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Reconciliation/Eucharist: Adolescents (6th Grade-11th Grade)

- Sacraments
Questions? Contact Us
- Selma DeMarco
  
  Director of Sacraments and Discipleship
  
  346-236-6444
  sdemarcocgscc.church
Initial Interview Request Form
- First Reconciliation & First Eucharist Initial Interview Request Form
Interview Discussion Questions
- First Reconciliation & First Eucharist Initial Interview Discussion Questions
Reconciliation Role Play Video
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First Reconciliation and First Holy Eucharist
Adolescents (Youth) 6th-11th Grade
- If your child is baptized Catholic in this age range,
- Your family is registered in our parish database with a current email address, so you can receive the "Weekly Guides" and participate in our parish Faith Formation process,
- Your child may prepare and receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation (Confession/Penance) and Holy Eucharist (Holy Communion) here at Christ the Good Shepherd when they are ready.
What does "ready" mean?

"To be ready" means the person has a firm foundation in the beliefs of the Catholic Faith appropriate for their age.

For more information on how to acquire this firm foundation by age level, consult your parish Weekly Guides and Pflaum Weeklies along with the accompanying Pflaum age-appropriate catechism handbook.
When Your Child is Ready:
1. Complete the "First Reconciliation & First Eucharist Initial Interview Request Form" provided on the link on this page.
2. Submit the completed form along with a copy of your child's Baptism Certificate to the Director of Sacraments. Details are on the form.
3. When these two items are received you will be contacted by one of our team members to set up a day and time for the interview.
4. Once the interview is successfully completed, you will receive materials and instructions on Reconciliation Preparation.
5. When Reconciliation Preparation has been successfully completed there will be a "check in" just before you take your child for an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation
  - At this "check in" there will be a review of the Reconciliation materials, and an opportunity to get any questions answered and concerns you may have addressed.
  - You will also receive Eucharist (Holy Communion) Preparation materials and instructions.
"Children must go to the sacrament of Penance before receiveing Holy Communion for the first time" (CCC 1457).

For First Reconciliation (Confession) and First Holy Eucharist (Communion) to be administered to children, it is required that the child have sufficient knowledge, desire to celebrate and be accurately prepared, so that according to their capacity they understand what the mystery of Christ menas, and are able to receive reconciliation and the Body of the Lord with faith and devotion. (See Code of Canon Law 913 & 914)

It is primarily the duty of the parents and those who take their place, as it si the duty of the parish priest, to ensure that children who have reached the use of reason are properly prepared, and having made their sacramental confession, are nourished by this divine food as soon as possible. It is also the duty of the parish priest to see that children who have not reached the use of reason, or whom he has judged to be insufficiently disposed, do not come to Holy Communion. (Code of Canon Law 914)