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Congratulations to the 40 First Communicants who received Jesus for the first time on Sunday, April 30th!!!
May God bless them and their families abundantly!!
First Reconciliation - For 2nd grade children in religious education and the catholic schools, Saturday, December TBD, 2017, 9:00-11:00, in the church. A parents or parents are to attend first reconciliation with their child.
…And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after supper, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the New Covenant in my blood.” (Luke 22:19-20)
One of the three Sacraments of Initiation in the Catholic Church. (CCC 1323 - "At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.")
(CCC 1373 - The mode of Christ's presence under the Eucharistic species is unique. It raises the Eucharist above all the sacraments as "the perfection of the spiritual life and the end to which all sacraments tend." In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist "the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really and substantially contained. This presence is called 'real' - by which is not intended to exclude the other types of presence as if they could not be 'real' too, but because it is presence in the fullest sense: that is to say, it is a substantial presence by which Christ, God and man, makes himself wholly and entirely present."
1) Retreat/Practice – Saturday, TBD, 2018, 9:00-11:30 (Parents must attend at 11:00 for practice)
**Reminder to arrive at 9:00 am for pictures and then meet in the cafeteria so we can line up and go over any last details.
All 1st Communicants are encouraged to attend and participate in the May Crowning.
Congratulations to the 40 First Communicants who received Jesus for the first time on Sunday, April 30th!!!
May God bless them and their families abundantly!!
First Reconciliation - For 2nd grade children in religious education and the catholic schools, Saturday, December TBD, 2017, 9:00-11:00, in the church. A parents or parents are to attend first reconciliation with their child.
…And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after supper, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the New Covenant in my blood.” (Luke 22:19-20)
One of the three Sacraments of Initiation in the Catholic Church. (CCC 1323 - "At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.")
(CCC 1373 - The mode of Christ's presence under the Eucharistic species is unique. It raises the Eucharist above all the sacraments as "the perfection of the spiritual life and the end to which all sacraments tend." In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist "the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really and substantially contained. This presence is called 'real' - by which is not intended to exclude the other types of presence as if they could not be 'real' too, but because it is presence in the fullest sense: that is to say, it is a substantial presence by which Christ, God and man, makes himself wholly and entirely present."
1) Retreat/Practice – Saturday, TBD, 2018, 9:00-11:30 (Parents must attend at 11:00 for practice)
- All those who are scheduled to receive their first holy communion at the 10:00 Mass (2018) are expected to attend the practice.
- Go to confession again before your first holy communion day.
- Know the following prayers...the Our Father, the Hail Mary, Act of Contrition and the Glory Be.
- Bring your Holy Communion Banner to Church on the day of First Communion Retreat (Saturday, TBD, 9:00-11:30 a.m.)
**Reminder to arrive at 9:00 am for pictures and then meet in the cafeteria so we can line up and go over any last details.
- Sunday mass, 10:00 am
All 1st Communicants are encouraged to attend and participate in the May Crowning.
- 1st Communicants are encouraged to dress in their 1st Communion attire and sit with their families at the 10:00 am Mass
- At the end of Mass, Father will call forward the 1st communicants to lead the May Crowning Procession for the parish
