Eucharist – First Communion

Preparation for First Holy Communion

Not only is this an important year in the life of your child, it is also an important year for their class, their teachers, and also for you the parents/guardians. It is also a special time too for the parish community. Your child’s faith journey began the day you brought your child to the Church to be baptised. And what a special day that was for you and the family. Now, that child has grown, they are about to take another step in their faith journey, as they prepare for First Holy Communion. And we all have a part to play.

While the Home is the primary learning place, each parent/guardian will be asked to take on a special role over the next few months, to journey with your child as they prepare to receive the sacraments, as there is only so much that can be taught in school. Our teachers do a wonderful job in preparing the children for their special day, but ‘home is where the heart is’.  And the home is the domestic Church, where our children are influenced by what they see and learn.

As part of our preparation for First Penance and First Holy Communion, we run in tandem a parish based programme. This programme is a continuous programme, connecting the classroom with the home and the parish. As part of the programme, there is an Information Night, (where we meet the parents), an Enrolment Ceremony for you and your child, and there are some Sundays set aside where you and your child will have some participation in the Sunday Mass. It is also hoped that you and your child will attend mass regularly as your child prepares for this special day.

Preparation Dates 2012 -2013

October 13/14th -Enrolment Sunday
November 11th – Childrens Mass
December 9th - Childrens Mass

January 27th – Childrens Mass
February 24th – Childrens Mass
April 21st April - Childrens Mass

June 2nd – Feast of Corpus Christi – Childrens Mass

First Holy Communion Ceremonies 2013

Gael Scoil - 

St. Corban’s School – Sunday 26th May in Church of The Irish Martyrs, Ballycane at 12.15pm
Scoil Bhride  -  Sat 11th May in the Church of The Irish Martyrs, Ballycane at 12.00 & 2pm
Convent School – Sat 27th at 12 noon & Sun 28th April at 12.15pm in Ballycane Church
Holy Child, Ballycane – Sat 12th & Sun 13th May, Ballycane Church at 12.00 & 2pm

Sallins School - Sat 18th May at 10am & 12noon & Sun 19th at 10am in Sallins Church

Two-Mile-House School – Saturday 25th May in St. Peter’s Church at 12.30pm
Killashee School - Saturday 25th May in St. Peter’s Church at 10.30am

See also some details below relevant to the Naas Schools