Important Dates and Notes for SMV First Communicants 2016
Sacrament
Date/Time/Attendance
Location
Event
First
Reconciliation
and Eucharist
Wednesday, September 30
6:15-7:30 p.m.
Senior Center
Parent Meeting for 1st
Eucharist &
Reconciliation
Reconciliation
Parents are required to attend
(children do not attend)
Wednesday, January 6
6:15-7:30 p.m.
Church
Reconciliation
Rehearsal
Parents & Child engage in rehearsal together
A parent must attend.
Reconciliation
Saturday, January 9th
10:00-11:00 a.m.
Church
Reconciliation
Celebration
Saturday, April 16th
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
1st
Eucharist
1st Eucharist
Parent & Child engaged in activities together.
A parent must attend.
(Optional) 11:30-12:30 Paint ceramic goblet at
SMV $25/each includes goblet + staffing
Please make checks to SMV.
Questions: Joanne at La Terazza
414-443-1800
Thursday, April 28th
6:15-7:30 p.m.
Church
Church &
Atrium
Bread of Life Day with
Father Peter
1st Eucharist
Rehearsal
A parent must attend.
1st Eucharist
Sunday,
May 1st
1:30 p.m.
Church &
Atrium
1st Eucharist
Celebration
Church
May Crowning
Thursday, May 12th 6:30 p.m.
Communicants
honor Mary
Children wear First Communion
clothing and process together to crown
Blessed Mother
Notes: First Reconciliation: Before, during and after the Sacrament of Reconciliation, we ask that parents and family
members remember to be respectful of the children who are waiting to receive the sacrament. Please take conversations and
visiting outside of the church. We want to maintain a quiet and sacred setting with contemplative music playing as the children
wait their turn to talk with the priest. Once your child has received the sacrament, you can come to the church atrium to
receive the sacrament certificate from Elizabeth Harrison and then leave. This is a joyous occasion. We encourage parents to
celebrate their child’s First Reconciliation in a way that is meaningful to him/her.
First Communion: Bread of Life Day with Father Peter is a very special time for your child preparing for the Sacrament of First
Holy Communion. It is required that all children and a parent attend and participate. Father will review important aspects of
the mass, give the children a tour of the sacristy and take questions. We will rehearse the receiving of the host and wine on the
rehearsal night, along with instructions on how to walk in procession and how to approach Jesus as they receive Him, body,
soul and sacred divinity, in the Eucharist.