Year 2 of Sacramental Preparation

So, you have completed the first year of retreats in the Sacramental Preparation process and now it is time to get serious! Your child will receive three Sacraments over the course of the next year and a half.  

Your child will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation in March of this school year. Then, the bishop usually visits St. John Paul II Parish in October to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation and First Eucharist.

This is a lot to prepare for and it includes four retreats, an opportunity in March to receive Reconciliation, an interview in August or September to make sure we have all of the paperwork ready to go, and an opportunity for a banner making and potluck event in September with rehearsals before the actual ceremonies.

To help prepare we offer four retreats:

• What is a Sacrament?
• Reconciliation: The Sacrament of Hope and Healing
• Confirmation: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit 
• Eucharist: Jesus the Bread of Life