SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Sacraments are food for the journey
we want to walk with you
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION
In the Parish we run three age-based youth groups: for primary school children we have Stars of Abraham (from school year 3 to 6), for young people at secondary school we have Grail Seekers (from school year 7 to 9) and for teenagers from school year 10 till sixth form we have Student Youth. The aim of these groups is to learn how to live as Christians.
Regarding the preparation to receive First Holy Communion and Confirmation, we believe that rather than proposing programs or a course with a beginning and an end, it is important to give children and teenagers the opportunity to being involved in something wider: an everlasting friendship with Jesus within his Body, the Church.
That's why if a child or a teenager wants to be prepared to receive First Holy Communion (and is at least in school year 3) or Confirmation (and is at least in school year 9) we will ask them to come regularly to one of the three groups according to their age. They will receive the First Holy Communion or Confirmation when they are ready (usually after one year).
The emphasis is not on the sacrament but on Christian life, of which sacraments are an essential part.
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION FOR ADULTS
The Sacramental Preparation for Adults (RCIA). Click the link below for more information.