First Communion

First Communion is celebrated with children after two years of religious education.  Students attending Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School are prepared for the sacrament in their religion class.  Students that attend other schools are prepared for first Communion through the Parish School of Religion.

For all students receiving the sacraments of Reconciliation and Communion for the first time, there will be a parent meeting on Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 6:00 PM in the church. At least one parent should attend. Registration forms for the sacraments will be collected along with a fee for the sacraments. The total fee is $60 ($30 for Reconciliation and $30 for Communion). The fee covers supplies for preparation including a book for each sacrament, the retreat, the necessities for the ceremonies. A copy of the child’s Baptismal certificate is needed in the DRE’s office. If one had not been handed in yet, it can be brought to the meeting or emailed to C.C. Merritt at [email protected]
 
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCmumpsrwBE Fr. Mike Schmitz – Making a Good Confession (7:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiVjwlUO9Sc Fr. Mike Schmitz – Confession is a Place of Victory (8:01)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz5-vu6A58E Busted Halo – Sacraments 101: Penance (why we confess) (5:09)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-mbVFzy5A8 Bishop Barron – The iPhone App & Confession (6:19)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIGXtDR2GCk    Bishop Barron on the Mass (11:23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuyxQvb9Ayw   Fr. Mike Schmitz – Motivation to Go to Catholic Mass (9:26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpUp6zSGCb4 Fr. Mike Schmitz - Pray The Mass like never before (45:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pw7Hl4RxFI  Fr. Mike Schmitz – Why we have to attend Mass and receive Communion in a state of grace. (8:08)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whbzLYi7cyc  Miracle of Lanciano Italy (6:31) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBs-xWeWuCM Miracle of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1996 (4:06)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5pJS9ZzCXg Fr. Josh Johnson – A Hospital for Sinners (2:32)