During the 9 am Mass on Sundays, a nursery is provided in Sacred Heart Hall for children from 6 months through their 3rd birthday.
Children are cared for by a professional nursery worker and parent volunteers. Please alert nursery workers of any allergies when you bring your child.
Please contact:
Magdalen Covington
864.207.2640
Q & A’s
1. Q. Can I bring a snack for my child/children?
A. No.
On any given Sunday, we do not know what kinds of food allergies may be present in the children in the room, so we ask that you do not send any snacks.
2. Q. Why is there a cut off at the 3rd birthday?
A. Space and staffing are very limited.
In our vibrate and growing parish, we have several new babies turning 6 months old throughout the year. Room must be made for the addition of the new babies by having an age-out timeline. Too many children in the limited space creates challenges to the safety and well being of each individual child. Additionally, it’s a matter of staffing. We rely on volunteer parishioners to help in the nursery each week and we must maintain a specific ratio of caregivers to children, therefore we must limit the number of children entering the room.
3. Q. Once my child ages out of nursery (turns 3), can I enroll them in the Sunday Morning Preschool class for K3 & K4?
A. Yes, but not until the next class forms in the autumn. The Sunday Morning Preschool for 3 and 4 year olds is not childcare, it is a program for Catechesis which runs congruently with the academic school year.
4. Q. What can I do if my small child is in the gap between attending the nursery and Sunday Morning Preschool?
A. You are always encouraged to bring your child to Mass with you, and you may use the cry rooms if necessary. Some parents have attended separate Masses so that one parent can keep the small child home while the other attends Mass and vice versa. Remember, the gap between nursery and preschool is only a temporary situation, so don’t get discouraged.