At St. Clare’s parish, this sacrament usually starts with grade 2 students. Those students not attending a Catholic school receive their instruction through our PREP Program.

If you or your child did not receive this sacrament, other avenues available to you – the Excel class in our PREP program for children and the RCIA Program (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) for adults.

The Sacrament of Communion
First Communion

The Code of Canon Law states:

Can. 913 §1 For holy communion to be administered to children, it is required that they have sufficient knowledge and be accurately prepared, so that according to their capacity they understand what the mystery of Christ means, and are able to receive the Body of the Lord with faith and devotion.

Can. 914 It is primarily the duty of parents and of those who take their place, as it is the duty of the parish priest, to ensure that children who have reached the use of reason are properly prepared and, having made their sacramental confession, are nourished by this divine food as soon as possible. It is also the duty of the parish priest to see that children who have not reached the use of reason, or whom he has judged to be insufficiently disposed, do not come to holy communion.