Reconciliation and Eucharist Family Preparation 2018/19

FIRST EUCHARIST FAMILY PIZZA PARTY & MASS REHEARSAL Wednesday, April 24, 2019 from 6-7:30pm in the social hall and church for First Communion students and at least one parent.

FIRST HOLY EUCHARIST MASS! Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 10:00am in the Church.  

Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation: May 11, 2019 at 4:00 pm
 

Families with children who will prepare to receive the Holy Sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Eucharist for the First Time at Easter time 2019: please review the preparation expectations below, complete the Weekly Faith Formation class Registration and be sure to indicate that child(ren) will prepare for these sacraments this year.  Please feel free to connect with Director of Faith Formation at any time by emailing DRE@princeofpeacecatholic.church. ​

Parents must  also attend 1 of 2 Parent Information Sessions in the Social Hall; Parent sessions took pleace on Sunday. September 30; or Tuesday, October 2.  

First Reconciliation and First Holy Eucharist family preparation EXPECTATIONS:

• Children must be baptized in a Catholic Church; if not baptized at Prince of Peace Parish, families must submit a copy of each child’s baptism certificate. 

• Children must be in their 2nd consecutive year of formatl Faith Formation to be ready to prepare to receive sacraments.  

• Parents and children complete First Reconciliation and First Communion workbook lessons at home as a family; preparation for First Communion and First Reconciliation takes place primarily within the family, not at weekly Faith Formation class. 

• All famiy sacrament preparation sessions are mandatory for children and at least 1 parent:
  • First Reconciliation preparation includes 1 Family Gathering and the Reconciliation Liturgy. 
  • First Holy Eucharist preaparation includes 4 Family Gatherings and First Eucharist Mass
  • See the dates to the right; and in the calendar docs below.  

• It is expected that all Faith Formation families attend Mass every Sunday; especially families preparing to receive a sacrament. 

Begins in January 2019! All Children who plan to receive the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time at Easter time 2019 must attend all family preparation sessions with at least one parent (grandparent; Godparent; ect.) 

Mark your calendar! First Communion Family preparation session dates: 

• Wednesday, January 9 from 6:30-7:30pm: families receive their First Communion workbooks to review at home from January-April 2019; family session focuses on the Mass Liturgy of the Word

• Sunday, January 13 at 10:00am Parish Mass: First Communion children, together with their families are recognized and blessed at Mass as they begin to prepare to receive the Holy Eucharist. 

 

• Wednesday, February 6 from 6;30-7:30pm: family session focuses on the Liturgy of the Eucharist.  

 

• Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 9:30-1:30pm: FIRST COMMUNION RETREAT for children and at least one parent; this is our experiential sessoin where students learn and practice the parts of the Mass and the Communion Rite of the Mass.  It is very important that all chilren attend this session.  

 

• Wednesday, April 24 from 6-7:30pm: family pizza party in the Social Hall and First Communion Mass practice in the Church.  

 

• Saturday, April 27, 2019 First Communion Mass at 10:00am 

"The Eucharist...
is not a prize
for the perfect
but a powerful
medicine for 
the weak."

Evangelii Gaudium,
​​​​​​​Pope Francis