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Communion for the Homebound
If you would like to receive the Eucharist but are unable to join us for Mass due to health conditions, please contact the parish office.
Director of Ministry for Older Adults
Judy Stasenko
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First Communion 2018
Congratulations to the 70 students who celebrated their First Holy Communion on May 5:
Mallory Alvarez
Ozimba Anyangwe
Yvette Babinszki
Reagan Bartal
Grant Bartolone
Jackson Becka
Patrick Byrnes
Devina Capiccioni
Savino Capiccioni
Sabrina Corbin
Benjamin Crane
Maria Davis
Joshua Delgado
Zachary Delgado
Jack Farrell
Brady Fessler
Everet Ford
Ann Frolo
Lucy Gray
Aubrey Grega
Declan Hannon
Ava Hawkins
Lilian Hegarty
Morgan Huber
Emma Kiernozek
Noah Kondzer
Mackenzie Kovachy
Kylie Kronik
Olivia Kunkle
Lucille LaFraniere
Peyton LaRue
Serena Legarth
Ryan Lenihan
Eddie Lewarchick
Alexandria Longo
Emma Manco
Shamus Masterson
Connor McKay
Nathan McKinley
Anna Minadeo
Abby Minor
Logan Mustar
Dylan Navratil
Owen Nechvatal
Abigail Olecki
Luke Pemberton
Cooper Pettit
Alden Phillips
Keeley Radigan
Owen Radigan
Elvis Richard
Noah Robles
Ally Rusnak
Connor Schneider
Gabriel Schultz
Blake Schwecke
McKenna Smego
Landon Smith
Benjamin Swenton
Kayliegh Tassie
Nathan Taucher
Andrea Trotter
Nolan Vavro
Joshua Voisinet
Cloe Wargo
Carter Williams
Emily Williams
Caitlynh Wydra
Dillon Young
Miah Yuhasz
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The children participate in Jesus Day the Saturday prior to First Communion. This is a preparation day when day school and PSR come together to practice in Church, sing Mass songs, and have classroom activities. All students must be present.
What a wonderful privilege it is for a child to be able to receive Jesus in a special way in the Sacrament of Eucharist! In order for Jesus to find receptive hearts in which to enter, children much be prepared to celebrate this sacrament. They do this by having one full year of formation in which they learn about God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and the Church Community. This is accomplished in Grade One at St. Mary of the Falls School or in Level One of our PSR program.
In the second year, children are prepared for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. And then in the second part of the year, they are prepared for First Communion. Preparation consists of classroom lessons, as well as parent participation in the home. A second meeting for parents is scheduled in February. First Communion is celebrated on a Saturday in May either at 10:00 am or 1:00 pm.
Eucharist is a sacrament that we have been blessed to receive over and over again. The worst spiritual abuse that parents can inflict on their children is to deprive them of the opportunity to attend Mass and receive Holy Communion. The Eucharist is our spiritual nourishment. Just as parents would never think to starve a child physically, we hope that they will always provide the Eucharist for the spiritual nourishment of their children. The Eucharist is also the "glue" that holds a family together. A family that attends Mass will always have their faith even in times of trouble and struggle.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Sister Jane Reisinger in the Religious Education Office at (440) 235-2808 .
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Really partaking of the body of the Lord in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread, we are taken up into communion with Him and with one another. "Because the bread is one, we though many, are one body, all of us who partake of the one bread." In this way all of us are made members of His Body, "but severally members one of another."
Lumen Gentium