Eucharist

If you have received your First Communion and are unable to attend Mass, please call the rectory at 508-883-6726. Arrangements can be made to bring the Holy Eucharist to you.

First Communion

Children enrolled in the religious education program will make their 1st Communion in grade 2 or when they are most ready. If your child needs to make their sacrament, please call the religious education office at 508-883-2590.

• To help children understand that through their Baptism they are part of the church community
• Children should understand that the celebration of the Mass is the central celebration of the Catholic faith
• Children should be able to show age-appropriate reverence while listening to readings from the Bible and participating in Mass
• To foster the teaching that when we are at Mass, we worship God as the source of all goodness and blessings and that God always loves and cares for us.
• Children will begin to know the responses and prayers of the Mass; in particular the Our Father.
• Children will know that Jesus instituted the sacrament of the Eucharist at the Last Supper.
• Before receiving First Communion, children must know that the bread and wine present in Mass have become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ - that Jesus is truly and really present in the Eucharist.
• Children should be able to demonstrate age-appropriate reverence and devotion while receiving the Eucharist.

• Attend Mass regularly
• Attend religious education classes.
• Complete all necessary assignments.
• Participate in scheduled rehearsals.
• If there are excessive unexcused absences and incomplete assignments, your child may be unable to receive the sacrament with their class.