First Communion & Reconciliation

MORE INFO AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• The only pre-approved Faith Formation program is Whole Family Formation.
• If your family home-schools and would like to use another program, please contact the Director of Children's Ministry to review your request.
• If a family has attended a formation program the first year outside of St. Gabriel, please provide a written statement from the parish confirming your child’s participation.
• If a child is in the 5th grade for Year 1, they will complete Year 2 in the 6th Grade Fusion Youth Nights.

Yes, if a family has attended another formation program the first year outside of St. Gabriel, please provide a written statement from the parish confirming your child’s participation.  Call the Children's Ministry Director to discuss your situation.

We recognize the baptisms of other Christian faiths when baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and with water.  Before receiving the Rite of Reconciliation and Eucharist, our pastor would invite the child to make a profession of faith.  This is similar to the questions asked of the community during a baptism and the renewal of our baptismal promises we sometimes say at Mass.  The Profession of Faith is recorded in our Record of Sacrament book for Eucharist. 

Our formation year follows a traditional school year calendar (Fall to Spring).
Year 1 is first available to first graders (typical), but this preparation process is open to all children in grades 1-5. 
Year 2 consecutively follows Year 1.