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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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Our 2019 First Communicants
Congratulations to those who received their First Communion:
Avery Atkins
Carson Becka
Julia Benedict
Madelyn Boehnlein
April Cabassa
Maximus Chung
Henry Colson
Claire Cooney
Kieran Davis
Annalise DeVries
Michael Dietel
Logan Ditz
Anna Doering
Isabella Faciana
Caleb Farber
Grant Fischer
Parker Gildea
Sydney Gillespie
Stefan Glaser-Taliaferro
Zachary Hartig
Isaac Heinz
Xavier Hernandez
Nathan Kessen
Anthony Kocmit
Makani Kocon
Dominick Koziol
Lauren Kunkle
Owen Lehmann
Caden Lyons
Mason Macanga
Colleen Mack
Ashlyn Madden
Addyson Mamone
Lucas Mazzarella
Nathan McClelland
Maisie McKenna
Mary McNeeley
Gabriella Mezinger
Collin Navratil
Garrett Neura
Claire Novak
Taryn Nye
Sophia O’Boyle
Logan O’Malley
Payton Parsons
Gianni Pinzone
Carmelo Riccio
Avery Rich
Trenton Rizer
Lyndon Roncone
Connor Rosol
Eric Rus
Ingrid Rus
Addison Sado
Michael Scali, Jr.
Calleb Scheffler
Nathaniel Scheffler
Matthew Sheehan
Morgan Smith
Liam Stupansky
Sean Sweeney
Nolan Taucher
Luke Tonissen
Elizabeth Voldrich
Claire White
Alexander Williams
Waylen Zdilla
Jayden Zolikoff
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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