First Reconciliation/Eucharist 2nd Grade
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August 2010
Dear Parents of Second Grade Students:
The Guardian Angels Parish Community invites you and your child to participate in the preparation of the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist in the year 2010/2011. The first celebrations of these two sacraments are a very precious time in your child’s life. At Baptism, as parents you accepted the responsibility of “raising your child in the practice of the faith”. Now it is time to continue the steps of enriching your child’s faith practice.
There will be ONE parent only meeting for First Reconciliation on Saturday, October 9, 2010. There will be ONE parent/child learning session for First Reconciliation on Saturday, November 6, 2010. Finally on Saturday, December 4, 2010 there will be a Reconciliation Liturgy for the second grade families.
There will be THREE parent/child learning sessions for First Eucharist on Saturday, January 22, 2011, February 12, 2011 and March 19, 2011. This year the Sacrament of Eucharist may be celebrated on April 30th, 2010 during the 5:00pm Mass or on May 1, 2011 at the 8AM or 10AM Mass or at a 2:30pm Mass.
It is important your child and at least one parent come to the learning sessions. Godparents are always invited to come, as well. Please set aside the time now and arrange for this to be a special time with your child – a true focus on the candidate, without distractions. The dynamics are such that you simply must be there. We are not equipped for other children at these sessions.
Everyone is expected to be at all the sessions. You child must attend these sessions in order to be eligible for the celebration of the sacraments. These meetings cannot be made up. All sessions will be in St. Francis Hall or the Church at 9:00am and run for an hour and half.
In addition to the weekend parent student sessions, your child must be enrolled and participating in an approved religious education program (Guardian Angels School or Guardian Angels Faith Formation). Each family is also asked to participate in one family service experience. We are asking that your service experience be helping with the cleaning of our church on a Saturday morning at least once throughout your second grade year. Your family will also be required to bring up the gifts at a Guardian Angels weekend Mass during their second grade year. (details to follow).
If your family is not a member of our parish, but your child goes to our school or faith formation program and you would like him/her to receive the sacraments with their classmates; we recommend that you provide us with a written letter from your pastor giving his blessings to receive the sacrament in a different parish.
We look forward to helping you on this faith journey.
God Bless You!
Ms. Hritz, Ms. Klinker
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