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The Sacrament of First Reconciliation, or Confession, is celebrated in the spring of Grade 2. Parents attend a Parent Workshop to help them prepare their children for the sacrament. Students are prepared at home, and their lessons are reinforced in their Family Faith Formation sessions. The students and their families come together at the First Reconciliation Mass of Enrollment.
Reconciliation is a Sacrament of Healing, the opportunity for a repentant sinner to receive Christ’s healing and absolution from all of their sins. This sacrament is also called the Sacrament of Confession or Penance.
Penance is also a term that means a task completed by a Christian to show one’s resolve to be a follower of Christ.
In Confession, we have a conversation with our Lord, acknowledge our sins, repent and ask for forgiveness, and restore our relationship with God.
Registration for First Reconciliation is typically in November. Please call the Family Faith Formation Office at (716) 688-5760 to register.
The Sacrament of First Reconciliation is celebrated in the spring of second grade.
Public, private, Catholic, and home school students must register with the Family Faith Formation Office for First Reconciliation.
First Reconciliation Parent/Child Retreat is on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 9:00 am in the School.
Mass of Enrollment is on Jan. 12, 2-025 at 10:00 am.
First Reconciliation is on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 6:30 pm in Church.
Please contact Michael Ruszala, DRE, with any questions: mruszala@stgregs.org
It is thanks to the medicine of Confession that the experience of sin does not degenerate into despair.
One of the most important things you can do to prepare your children for the Sacrament of Confession is to allow your children to see that you yourself go frequently to Confession.
It is good for children to see that Mom and Dad come to Jesus in the sacraments and actively live out humility, understanding the importance of the Sacrament of Forgiveness.
We offer Confessions at St. Gregory the Great Church every Saturday, from 2:30 – 3:45 pm.