The Sacramental Programme 2024/2025 involves:
- Parents with baptised children in Year 3 or older and would like them to become full members of the Catholic church
- Your willingness to help your children to grow in faith through your prayers and your example
- Joining the Parish Community each week at one of the Sunday Masses,
- Attending the meetings and celebrations, which form the core of the catechetical preparation, with your child
- The prayers of all who gather each week to celebrate Mass in the parish for you and your children.
If your child attends St Peter’s or St Thomas More School and is in Year 3, their Religious Education classes are designed to compliment your role as the first teachers of your children in the ways of faith. Building on what you have taught your children by word and example and mirroring the Parish Programme the children will
- Learn about forgiveness and sorrow in the life of
- Explore forgiveness in their own lives,
- Learn about the ways in which the Sacrament of Confession is
- Explore how Baptism has made them members of the
- Recall the Iast Supper and understand Mass as the weekly gathering of the
- Learn about the symbolism of bread and wine and about how in Mass bread and wine become the Body and Blood of
- Realise that participation at weekly Mass is the way we celebrate our Baptism.
- Learn that we have a responsibility to spread the Gospel by word and
Parent’s and children’s meetings must be attended, as they are important moments of preparation, Also, please bring your children to a weekend Mass—the Saturday Vigil or a Sunday morning Mass. By journeying together as a Parish Family we will support each other and help to nurture the children’s faith,
If you would like to register please complete
the Registration Form provided at the Introductory Meeting, and hand this in at the following weekend Mass
Sacramental Programme 2024-2025
In school, we are very lucky to have Mrs Millward who is a catechist. She works with Year 3 in school to deliver additional preparation lessons. In school we use the book- "Heart speaks to heart". This ensures that parents, school and church work closely together.
