First Reconciliation (Confession) and First Communion for Immaculate Heart Church & Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
Registration opens on October 1st for the 2026 preparation classes.
Please contact Christine at [email protected] if you have any other questions.
Here at Our Lady of Perpetual Help & Immaculate Heart Church the First Reconciliation and First Communion lessons are designed for families to participate together - the children and their parents.
These classes will help strengthen your faith and your families faith together.
This program engages the whole family as they grow in their understanding of the Eucharist and Parish Family
Life. At least one parent (or grandparent) must attend the preparation classes with their child. The program is not a "drop off" program.
"One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a rich treasury, the apostles have placed all that pertains to truth, so that everyone can drink this beverage of life. She is the door of life."
-Saint Irenaeus
We will begin the First Confession preparation classes in February 2026 for six weeks.
Then take a break and start back up with the First Communion preparation classes after Easter.
The classes will be on Wednesday evenings at the Immaculate Heart Church site (2153 Parkwood Ave.) for both Our Lady of Perpetual Help & Immaculate Heart children/families beginning at 6:30 pm.
Cost for the program to help offset the cost is $45. If this is going to be a burden on your family please let Christine know.
The sacrament of Reconciliation must be made before receiving First Communion.