Reconciliation

Reconciliation is for everyone, and a child's First Confession is typically prepared for during the first half of their second grade year and celebrated in early January.   Please contact Jeanine Walker for more information.  Contact Jeanine.

We have Baptism, which reconciles us with God. Why, then, do we need a special Sacrament of Reconciliation?
Baptism snatches us from the power of sin and death and brings us into the new life of the children of God, but it does not free us from human weakness and the inclination to sin. This reason is why we need a place where we can be reconciled with God again and again. This place is Confession.

It does not seem like a modern thing to go to Confession; it can be difficult and may cost a great deal of effort at first. The beauty is it is one of the greatest graces that we can receive again and again in our life. It truly renews the soul and completely unburdens it, leaving it without the debts of the past, accepted in love and equipped with new strength. God is merciful, and He desires nothing more earnestly than for us, too, to lay claim to His mercy. Someone who has gone to Confession turns a clean, new page in the book of his life. (YOUCAT question 226)