Registration for First Holy Communion

This will be held on Tuesday 5 May at 7.00pm in the Church. This is a compulsory part of the program for at least one parent to attend.

Commitment masses will be held on Saturday 9 May at 6.00pm or Sunday 10 May at 8.30am or 10.00am or 6.00pm. This is compulsory part of the program for the parents and the child to attend one of these masses where a blessing will be given and commitment form completed and submitted.

The Family sessions will be conducted in small groups with a facilitator for each group. These meetings will be 60 minutes in length and will run on Saturdays at 4.30pm and Sundays at 8.30am in the Church Hall or surrounding rooms. After the session it is compulsory for the parent and the child to attend mass either the 6.00pm mass following the 4.30pm session or the 10am mass following the 8.30am session where some material completed during the sessions is to be submitted to the priest.

You can nominate your preferred time on the enrolment form, it should remain the same for each session, so you stay in the same group and have the same facilitator.

Session 1: Saturday 16 May or Sunday 17 May

Session 2: Saturday 23 May or Sunday 24 May

Session 3: Saturday 30 May or Sunday 31 May

The child and a parent must attend all 3 sessions.

This will be distributed at the first session.

It will include the Resource booklet needed for each session and other material required for the program.

This will be held on Thursday 4 June.

The practice will begin 6.15pm followed by the Second Rite of Reconciliation liturgy. It is important that the children go to reconciliation before receiving their First Holy Communion. This is a compulsory part of the program for the child and a parent to attend.

The First Holy communion Masses will take place on

Saturday 6 June 6.00pm

Sunday 7 June 10.00am or 12.00pm

Parents will choose which mass they wish to attend on the enrolment form. You are asked to make a 1st and 2nd preference. Every effort will be made to give you your 1st preference, but we cannot guarantee this due to constraints with numbers at each mass.

To enroll your child for the First Holy Communion program, complete the form below and submit. If your child was NOT baptised at St Nicholas of Myra, you will need to bring a copy of their Baptismal Certificate to the Parent Information evening.

Enrolments close on Wednesday 29 April.

The recommended donation is $50 and can be made by either

1. Direct Deposit to our Bank Account

BSB: 067 950

Acct No: 100001692

Acct Name: Penrith St Nicholas Catholic Church

Reference: REC surname, first initial  eg REC Howard N

2. Credit card

Go to our Website (www.stnicholasofmyra.org.au) and click on the DONATE button

3. Cash

Hand an envelope to facilitator with the following details on

Holy Communion

Child’s name