Reconciliation and Eucharist

Parent Information Session choose 1: 

September 30 from 10:55-11:55am OR
October 2 from 6-7pm 

Please RSVP for 1 Parent Information Session by September 28.  

Reconciliation Family Session Saturday, November 3 from 9:30-11:30am for students and at least one parent in the social hall.  

First Reconciliation Liturgy Thursday, November 29 from 6:30-7:30pm for all First Reconciliation families.  

First EUCHARIST Family Session Wednsday, January 9, 2019 for students and at least one parent in the social hall from 6:30-7:30pm.  

First EUCHARIST Enrollment BLESSING at Mass Sunday, January 13 at 10:00 Mass for all First Communion families. 

First EUCHARIST Family Session Wednsday, February 6, 2019 for students and at least one parent in the social hall from 6:30-7:30pm.  

First EUCHARIST Family RETREAT 
Saturday, March 2, 2019 for students and at least one parent in the social hall from 9:30-1:30pm; lunch and snacks will be served.  

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.  
 

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.

Parents must  also attend 1 of 2 Parent Information Sessions in the Social Hall; RSVP for 1 session by September 28, 2018: 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.  

• 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. 

Please feel free to connect with Director of Faith Formation, Sarah Hogan at any time by emailing DRE@princeofpeacecatholic.church. ​

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

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