• First Reconciliation
  Preparation is held in the fall for children in second grade or older who are also preparing to receive First Eucharist and Confirmation the following spring.  There are five weeknight classes with Fr. Tim will teach the students. One parent is also asked to attend.
  
  Confirmation and First Eucharist  
  In the Diocese of Spokane, Confirmation and First Eucharist are celebrated at the same time. As a sacrament of Christian Initiation, Confirmation is most properly celebrated in relationship to Baptism and Eucharist. The Eucharist - and not Confirmation - is the summit or culmination of the initiation process. Holy Communion is the most perfect sign or sacramental ritual by which our incorporation in the Body of Christ is realized. Received in their traditional order, Baptism and Confirmation prepare us for the completion of initiation.
  Preparation for both of these sacraments begins after First Reconciliation in the early spring. The time and date for these sacraments is usually late April-May; and do fluctuate as they are based on the Bishop's schedule. In our Roman Catholic tradition, the bishop is the ordinary minister of the sacrament of Confirmation. Therefore, he travels to all the parishes in the diocese to celebrate these sacraments.
  
  Fr. Tim will teach a series of six weeknight classes on Confirmation and five on Eucharist.
  Dates and times will be announced in the bulletin and on the website.