“For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.”

JOHN 6: 55-57

Holy Communion

The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.” The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch.” The Eucharist is the efficacious sign and sublime cause of that communion in the divine life and that unity of the People of God by which the Church is kept in being. It is the culmination both of God’s action sanctifying the world in Christ and of the worship men offer to Christ and through him to the Father in the Holy Spirit. Finally, by the Eucharistic celebration we already unite ourselves with the heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life, when God will be all in all.In brief, the Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith: “Our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn confirms our way of thinking.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1323-1327) 

COMMUNION AT ST. PETER

We are here to guide, teach, and support you and as your child prepares for the sacraments. It is essential to keep in mind that the Church has always considered parents to be the primary educators in the work of forming their children’s faith. Please contact Justyna Baustert, Director of Evangelization and Catechesis for guidance and materials as you prepare your child for the sacrament of reconciliation.

St. Peter’s offers a two-year sacramental preparation program for children. 2nd graders are prepared for the sacrament of reconciliation and the following year, grade 3, children are prepared for the sacraments of confirmation and holy communion.

COMMUNION PREPARATION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

  • A child must be baptized Catholic. A copy of the certificate must provided at the time of registration.
  • Attend the weekly sacramental preparation program.
  • Children and their parents are expected to attend Mass each Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation.

If your child is not baptized Catholic please visit our RCIA page.

For more information:
970.352.1060