Sacramental preparation for first Reconciliation and first Eucharist, whether the child participates in the Wednesday night Faith Formation Program or is enrolled in the Holy Family School System, will be home-based.
The school and Faith Formation Program will also be covering some materials on first Eucharist and first Reconciliation, but the home-based sacramental preparation will be the primary preparation. Having a home-based program emphasizes the parents' role as first and priamary catechists of their children and makes clear that the sacraments are not received from the school or Faith Formation Program, but from the parish, as part of the greater parish community.
Students in the parish will typically begin preparation for their first Reconciliation and first Eucharist in the fall of their second grade school year, but they may be delayed for various reasons.
It is the policy of the parish that students need to be enrolled in formal catechesis for a full year BEFORE and DURING beginning sacramental preparation. Therefore, a student who was not enrolled in either Faith Formation or Catholic school will be unable to begin sacramental preparation in second grade.
There is a materials fee of $40 for all participants in First Reconciliation and First Eucharist preparation,