Sacred Heart Morriston at School Road, Morriston, Swansea, West Glamorgan SA6 6HZ UK - First Confession & First Holy Communion 2007

Parents are very much seen as part of the programme and will be required to attend adult classes at the same time as their children attend their own classes.  Parents should give good example through regular attendance of the sacraments themselves (especially Confession and Mass).

Meetings will be held on a mutually agreed day and time and will last no more than one hour and fifteen minutes. 

All meetings will start with a short service in the Church, and continue in the Youth Room (for children), and in one of the other meeting rooms (for parents), at the Sacred Heart Centre.

There is no set date for the Reception of the Sacraments.  Candidates are encouraged to make their First Holy Communion sometime in June or July, at the Mass they usually attend with their families.

Candidates are encouraged to take an active role in the Mass, becoming involved in welcoming, collecting and even reading, though, this is not compulsory.

FIRST CONFESSION

There will be FOUR sessions during the season of Lent:

1.     Reconciliation and Contrition;

2.     Reconciliation and Confession;

3.     Reconciliation and Penance;

4.     Reconciliation and Absolution.

FIRST COMMUNION

There will be FIVE sessions during the season of Easter:

1.     We are the Body of Christ;

2.     God Speaks to Us:  The Liturgy of the Word;

3.     Lift Up Your Hearts:  We Give Thanks and Praise;

4.     Reply ‘Amen’ to What You Are

5.     We Live What We Pray

IMPORTANT

1.     No catechist will be able to provide lifts.

2.     No catechist will be left alone with any of the candidates.

3.     Catechists will undergo the COPCA police check.

I hope you will enjoy the new programme, and that it will leave you with many happy memories!

Principal Adviser:  Fr. Michael Burke,  Parish Priest

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ADVISE ONE OF THE CATECHISTS IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING.