FIRST COMMUNION PROGRAM OUTLINE – 2024/25 YEAR
A. INTRODUCTION
B. WHAT IF MY CHILD IS IN GRADES 3–6?
C. WHERE THE SACRAMENT IS TO BE RECEIVED
D. CAPACITY LIMITS FOR THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM
E. PARENT VOLUNTEERS ESSENTIAL
F. EXPECTATION AND COMMITMENT REQUIREMENTS
G. FIRST COMMUNION MASS DATES
1. Weekend of May 3-4: Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9 & 11 am
2. Weekend of May 24–25: Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9 & 11 am
3. Weekend of June 14–15: Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9 & 11 am
H. FIRST COMMUNION MASS -- ATTIRE
I. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM REGISTRATION
1. Completed Registration Form
2. Parishioner of St. Gertrude’s Parish and Proof of Residency
3. Baptism Certificate for the one seeking to receive First Communion.
4. Payment of $120 fee.
5. Attendance at one of the Parent Information Meetings
6. Attendance at all 11 in-person sessions and completion of assigned work
This first group of dates is to prepare your son/daughter to make his/her First Reconciliation.
This second group of dates is to prepare your son/daughter to receive his/her First Holy Communion.
(Your son/daughter will make his/her First Confession on one of the two dates below, before moving on to prepare for First Communion.)
7. Weekly attendance at Sunday Mass or at the Sunday Vigil Mass on Saturday evenings at 5 pm except for serious reasons, such as illness.
If you have any questions please email our Lay Pastoral Associate, Geoffrey Lyn at: glyn@archtoronto.org.