Those children, who have reached the age of 9 or who are in the 3rd grade, are now invited to come to the sacramental teaching of the First Holy Communion to prepare for receiving the Eucharist for the first time in the spring of 2025.
Dear children’s parents, please contact the parish through this invitation letter!
SACRAMENT TEACHING: First Holy Communion 2024/2025
Dear parents of children preparing for First Holy Communion,
I invite your children to the Sacrament Teaching organized by the Holy Cross Parish, which prepares to receive the sacrament of penance and First Communion in spring 2025.
Here are the dates of the sacrament teaching of First Communion (in our church building in the rooms of the English School, accessed from the church hall through the sacristy, every Sunday at 11.30 am):
Sun September 22, 2024 at 11.30 am (theme: Creation, Moses) + parents’ meeting
Sun October 20, 2024 at 11.30 am (theme: Creation, Moses)
Sun November 24, 2024 at 11.30 am (theme: Ten Commandments) + parents’ conversation
Sun December 15, 2024 at 11.30 am (theme: Ten Commandments)
Sun January 26, 2025 at 11.30 am (theme: Holy Eucharist) + parents’ conversation
Sun February 16, 2025 at 11.30 am (theme: Holy Eucharist)
Sun March 23, 2025 at 11.30 am (theme: Holy Eucharist) + parents’ conversation
Sun April 27, 2025 at 11.30 am (theme: Sacrament of Penance)
Sun May 18, 2025 at 11.30 am (theme: Sacrament of Penance) + parents’ meeting
The teachers and tutors are Sinikka Meurman and the parish priest Fr Tri Nguyen.
Children are asked to bring pencils and educational materials.
So there are totally nine teaching sessions. All teaching sessions are compulsory. If there is a serious obstacle, please inform Sinikka in advance (+358404197077). Otherwise, the absence means moving to the teaching group of next year (autumn 2025).
In order to receive the First Communion, your child must be a registered member of the parish and a baptized Catholic. In addition, he or she must attend Catholic catechism classes, either at school or on a Saturday course, and attend the Holy Mass at least 10 times. If your child has been baptized outside of Finland, we ask you to submit a baptismal certificate to the parish during this coming winter.
We also organize five parent-meetings during the sacrament teaching to help parents in issues concerning the First Holy Communion of children. These meetings will be on Sun 22.09.24; 24.11.; 26.01.25; 23.03. ja 18.05. immediately after Sunday Mass (11.30am) in the church building on the premises of the English School.
Fri 23.05.2025 at 17.00 Confessions and Rehearsal //
Sat 24.05.2025 at 9.00 am First Communion Mass
IMPORTANT REQUEST: Could you kindly confirm your children’s attendance for the classes organized by the parish by replying as soon as possible to these contacts: tel. +358503617942 or email: risti@katolinen.fi or tri.nguyen@katolinen.fi (Fr Tri Nguyen), so that we can properly prepare the program? Thank you very much for your cooperation!
I wish you abundant blessing from God!