Sacrament Preparation

The sacraments are the signs of our Christian Faith and they are the means by which we not only receive the grace of the divine life but they welcome and sustain our community of the Church.

In order to receive a sacrament of the Church it is usually necessary to undergo a period of preparation to help the faithful understand the mysteries of our Faith.

To find out more information about our sacramental programs please select one from the column on the left.

To enroll your school-aged child in our sacramental program please contact our Religious Education Program.

If you are an adult and not a Catholic and are interested in joining the Catholic Church or have questions about the teachings of the Church please consider making an appointment with one of the priest and looking into our R.C.I.A. Program.

As Christians, we are all disciples of Christ and are called to bear witness to Christ in all that we say and do.  To help us in this work, the sacraments fortify us and call us to a life of holiness. 

Incorporated into the Church through Baptism, the faithful are destined by the baptismal character for the worship of the Christian religion; reborn as sons of God they must confess before men the faith which they have received from God through the Church.

They are more perfectly bound to the Church by the sacrament of Confirmation, and the Holy Spirit endows them with special strength so that they are more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith, both by word and by deed, as true witnesses of Christ.

Strengthened in Holy Communion by the Body of Christ, they then manifest in a concrete way that unity of the people of God that is suitably signified and wondrously brought about by this most august sacrament.

Those who approach the sacrament of Penance (also known as Reconciliation or Confession) obtain pardon from the mercy of God for the offense committed against Him and are at the same time reconciled with the Church, which they have wounded by their sins, and which by charity, example, and prayer seeks their conversion.

By the sacred Anointing of the sick and the prayer of her priests, the whole Church commends the sick to the suffering and glorified Lord, asking that He may lighten their suffering and save them; she exhorts them, moreover, to contribute to the welfare of the whole people of God by associating themselves freely with the passion and death of Christ.

Those of the faithful who are consecrated by Holy Orders are appointed to feed the Church in Christ's name with the word and the grace of God.

Finally, Christian spouses, in virtue of the sacrament of Matrimony, whereby they signify and partake of the mystery of that unity and fruitful love which exists between Christ and His Church, help each other to attain holiness in their married life and in the rearing and education of their children.