Parent meetings for First Eucharist preparation will be:
Sunday, November 17 (during class time)
Monday, November 18 (6:45 p.m., during class time for Monday, Home Study and Catholic School parents)
Please call the Faith Formation office at 824-2935 with any questions.
Sunday, November 17 (during class time)
Monday, November 18 (6:45 p.m., during class time for Monday, Home Study and Catholic School parents)
Please call the Faith Formation office at 824-2935 with any questions.
"Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him." Isaiah 30:18
FIRST HOLY EUCHARIST 2024:
FIRST HOLY EUCHARIST 2024:
Our children’s testimonials after receiving First Holy Communion!
CJ said: I felt good, Jesus is with me. I feel Jesus is with me more!
"I felt nervous at the beginning and after I felt better."
*When I was receiving the Body of Christ, I felt happy.
*Pretty calm. In my head I was thinking I am going to eat Holy bread, no big deal, but in my heart, I knew that God would be entering me in a new way.
*Nervous because everybody was watching me.
How did you feel when you left the church that day?
"I felt like I was a part of Jesus."
*I felt holy.
*Ready to party
*Excited to go to my Communion party, meet some new family members who came to celebrate me.
*Excited because I can receive the Body of Christ
How has your First Communion made you a better follow of Jesus?
*I feel closer to Jesus
*It has made me a better follow of Jesus because he has entered by body and blood.
*It has made be a better follower of Jesus because I received his Body.
*By being closer to Jesus now that I have received my First Communion.
"Because I have the Body of Christ in me!"
CJ said: I felt good, Jesus is with me. I feel Jesus is with me more!
"I felt nervous at the beginning and after I felt better."
*When I was receiving the Body of Christ, I felt happy.
*Pretty calm. In my head I was thinking I am going to eat Holy bread, no big deal, but in my heart, I knew that God would be entering me in a new way.
*Nervous because everybody was watching me.
How did you feel when you left the church that day?
"I felt like I was a part of Jesus."
*I felt holy.
*Ready to party
*Excited to go to my Communion party, meet some new family members who came to celebrate me.
*Excited because I can receive the Body of Christ
How has your First Communion made you a better follow of Jesus?
*I feel closer to Jesus
*It has made me a better follow of Jesus because he has entered by body and blood.
*It has made be a better follower of Jesus because I received his Body.
*By being closer to Jesus now that I have received my First Communion.
"Because I have the Body of Christ in me!"