First Communion and          

        RCIA-Adapted for Children

What an exciting time for your family to prepare for one of your children to join the Eucharistic Meal at the Table of the Lord!

If your child is at least 7 years old and in at least the 2nd grade, we welcome you into the Sacrament Preparation phase of faith development as a family.  Our Sacramental Preparation sessions are geared toward children who are actively involved in becoming a disciple of Christ while participating in our Faith Formation programs.

We here at St. Mark are happy and honored to come alongside your family to help you prepare your child for the reception of First Reconciliation and First Communion.   .

In order to accompany your family on this next step, we will start by meeting with both you and your child. Our goal is to determine where your child is on their faith journey and what faith session(s) will be a good fit to prepare them for the next part of the journey. 
In this conversation, we are looking and listening for indicators that your child is developing into a disciple of Christ in order to enter into our Sacramental Preparation sessions.   We are looking for children who know who God is, who Jesus is, attend Mass weekly, who are familiar with Bible stories and who have a prayer life. 

If your child is showing these indicators in their faith life, then we will invite you  to join our Sacramental Preparation sessions for parent and child.  We ask that parents attend classes with their children in order to be able to partner with us to prepare your child for the reception of the sacraments.  Since this is preparation for such meaningful sacraments, we ask that attending weekly mass and these sessions be of the highest priority in your family.

If your child needs more time to grow into this phase of faith development, you may choose to attend our Evangelization sessions with your child to help them prepare to enter into the Sacramental Preparation phase of their faith journey.  If this does not fit into your family life at this time, you are welcome to delay your child's sacramental preparation for another time.

We are always happy to revisit where your child is at on their faith journey, to place them in the faith formation session(s) that best meets their needs next.  Their progress depends on many factors, the greatest of which is how the faith is being lived in your family life.  That can be an overwhelming and daunting task and we are here to support you!  We understand that spiritual growth is individual and your child's journey may not happen at the same pace as another child.  We are here to walk with you and your child all the way to the altar!  We want your child to join us at the Table of the Lord and celebrate Him with us!  

See the Sacrament Readiness Document in the Documents section to the left for more information and for class options.
 

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED:

Copy of child's birth certificate
Copy of child’s baptismal certificate
Transfer records from previous church if child was not enrolled at St. Mark last year.
 

We will be conducting intake meetings for the 2018-19 school year, starting in May, 2018.  Please click below to access our Sign Up Genius page to sign up for a meetings.   

FIRST COMMUNION DATES
SPRING 2019

Rehearsal:  Tuesday, May 7 @ 6:30 pm 
Mass: Saturday, May 11 @ 9:00 am

For Summer Session 2019
Rehearsal: Friday, August 2 @ 10:30 am
Mass:  Sunday, August 4 @11:30 am