Reconciliation
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FIRST RECONCILIATION
A parent must prepare their child for First Reconciliation before the child can be prepared and celebrate First Eucharist.
Children must be at least 7 years old or 2nd grade before they can begin the First Reconciliation and First Eucharist preparation process.
Guidelines for First Reconciliation Preparation
  • The Church recognizes parents as the most influential agents of catechesis for their children; the first educators, or catechists.
  • The basic responsibility for sacramental preparation rests with the parent. The role of the Parish is as an aide to parents.
  • Parents will be required to attend 3 preparation sessions for First Reconciliation.
  • The child must have reached the age of reason (Defined as age 7).
  • For children seeking sacraments, a copy of the child’s baptismal is required. (If you experience any problems, please contact the Parish office).
  • Registration in 2nd grade Religious Education (RE) class does NOT guarantee a student will celebrate the sacrament(s) that year!
  • A student ‘must’ have attended Religious Education sessions or have been enrolled in Catholic School the year prior to sacramental year.
  • For children not baptized as infants who have attained the age of reason
  • (Defined as age 7), the Rite of Christian Initiation (RCIA) adapted for children is recommended.
  • Children will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation/ Penance ‘prior’ to their first reception of the Eucharist.

Before Receiving the Sacrament the child will …

  • The child will have the understanding that sin is choosing to do what is wrong.
  • Child will recognize that there is good and evil in the world and their personal capacity for both.
  • The child will know the truth that God loves us unconditionally and will always forgive us.
  • Children will have some knowledge of the symbols, gestures, and prayers of the Rite of Reconciliation.
Classes for Parents for 2010 have not yet been scheduled.
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PENITENTIAL CELEBRATION
What are Penitential Celebrations?
The Penitential Celebration is at heart a time when God's people gather, and together listen more closely to God's word, and reflect on their lives in the light of that word.  It is a time of contemplation, for being attentive to those things that at other times we cannot find time to focus on.  We take part in such services to learn how to live lives more deeply grounded in the Gospel.
THE NEXT PENITENTIAL CELEBRATION will be Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm at Sacred Heart
RECONCILIATION will be celebrate at 4pm on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month in the Church.
DURING LENT
Reconciliation will be celebrated every Saturday at 4pm ... ALSO, Reconciliation will be celebrated for the Norfolk Churches on Thursday, March 11 at 7pm at Christ the King, Tidewater Dr. Norfolk