Setting up a new Formation class in Camino takes just a few minutes once you know where everything lives. Whether it's a Sunday morning session, your Grade School Prep classes, or a full OCIA program, the same New Class form covers it. Here's a walk-through of building one from scratch.

Head to Formation > Classes in the left-hand navigation. This is your master list of every class in the system, active and inactive; with class size, catechist, and status at a glance. Click ADD NEW CLASS in the top right to start.

Give the class a clear, descriptive name; this is what families will see when they browse or register. Set a Max Class Size if you want to cap enrollment, a Max size of ‘0’ signals Camino that there is no limit. Use the checkboxes to mark a class Inactive or flag it as being for adults (handy for things like RCIA or adult Bible study).

Start Date and End Date define the life of the class. Camino automatically calculates the Class Period from those dates; for example, a class running September through the following February is tagged 2026/2027; so there's nothing to fill in there yourself.

Location and Room Number are both free text, so use whatever naming your parish already relies on. If there's a fee to attend, enter it under Cost. Need to offer a reduced rate for some families? The Discounts panel right below it lists any discounts already tied to the class; or lets you know there aren't any yet. The Discounts can be set up and associated in the Discount section under Formation. 

Start Time and End Time set the actual meeting window for each session. Tap either field to open the time picker.

NOTE: Course Description and Notes are both optional but worth a sentence or two — the description can surface on public-facing registration pages, and notes are a good spot for anything staff-only, like a reminder to confirm a catechist's background check.

Schedule and Catechist

Before Camino can generate a schedule, it needs to know the pattern. Scroll down on the Formation Class tab to Frequency, choose Weekly or Monthly, set Every or Every Other, and pick the Day of the Week. Click CREATE SCHEDULE when the pattern's set. This is the foundation of the class schedule. We will be able to modify and add details 

Class Catechists lives right next to it. Add each catechist, assign a Role, and mark one as primary. 

Hit SAVE and Camino assigns the class an ID number, and a full set of tabs appear: Formation Class, Online Registration, Class Schedule, Roster, and Attendance. Everything you'll manage from here on out.

Want to let families register and pay online? That's a separate step, covered in our Online Registration for Formation Classes guide. It lives right in the Online Registration tab you see above.

•          Formation > Classes — Where every class in the system lives, active or not

•          Class Name — What families see when browsing or registering

•          Max Class Size — Optional cap on enrollment

•          Class Period — Auto-calculated from Start Date and End Date

•          Location / Room Number — Free-text fields for where the class meets

•          Cost — The fee to attend, if any

•          Discounts — Any reduced-rate offers tied to this class

•          Start Time / End Time — The recurring meeting window for each session
•          Frequency — Build the outline for your Class Schedule

•          Class Catechist — Set up the class Catechists in Camino