First Communion

First Communion

Is Your Child Ready?

Read through this list of Sacramental Classes readiness indicators before enrolling your child.

Readiness Indicators for 1st RECONCILIATION and 1st COMMUINON:

  • The family is attending Mass at this parish
  • There are religious symbols in the home, such as a crucifix, statues of saints
  • There is prayer in the home (meal, night, morning…)
  • The child realizes they will enter a process where they will receive Jesus Christ
  • The child has ever been enrolled in prior Religious Education Classes
  • The child is aware of a few Bible stories (family reads Scripture)
  • The child has knowledge of basic prayers and Catholic teachings

Sacrament Classes

Sacramental Classes are for all baptized children grades 2nd - 12th, for 2 years

Class are held on Rotating Sundays from Fall to Spring for 2 years: 

  • 2nd YEAR 11:15AM - 12:45 PM
  • 1st YEAR 2:15PM – 3:45 PM


  • Attend Mandatory Parent Meetings
  • Student and/or parents will attend scheduled retreats as offered during the sacrament preparation process of their child


1st Year and 2nd Year Materials: Diocesan-approved liturgical based curriculum for all grades

  • Bilingual – English/Spanish from RCL Benziger: Reconciliación y Eucaristía for 2nd-5th grades
  • Bilingual – English/Spanish from RCL Benziger:  Faith Fusion/ Fusión en la Fe for 6th-12th grades
  • ALL STUDENTS NEED A NEW AMERICAN BIBLE REVISED – TRANSLATION FOR CLASS*

Sacrament Requirements

The Sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us…They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required dispositions. CCC 1131.  Our parish sacramental preparation is a 2-year process.


Every student must:

  • Must be baptized
  • Must be in 2nd through 12th grades
  • Must attend SCHEDULED classes
  • Must attend weekly Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation
  • Must have basic Catholic prayer knowledge
  • Student and/or parents must attend meetings and scheduled retreats as offered during the sacrament preparation process of their child
  • No sponsor is required in the Diocese of Salt Lake City


First Reconciliation/Communion Resources

St. Thomas Aquinas Monstrance Project Guidelines

St. Thomas Aquinas First Holy Eucharist Banner Project Guidelines

 

Click here First Reconciliation/Communion 2023 Mass Log
parent must sign and choose date for each Mass attendance.
 
Click here: First Communion Prayer List
Prayer Exam dates throughout 1st and 2nd year.
 
 
For Additional Resources for Reconciliation: Peace and Forgiveness Click here: http://rclbsacraments.com/
 
For Additional Resources for Eucharist: We Give Thanks and Praise Click here: http://rclbsacraments.com/

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