CCC 1322 – The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord’s own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist.
CCC 1323 – “At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet ‘in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.'”
The Eucharist – Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life
CCC 1324 – The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.” “The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch.”
First Holy Communion
a) First Holy Communion takes place during the month of May.
b) Requirements
1) Catechism Registrations are taking place at our Church Madre dei Cristiani and if you know anyone whose children are going to Grade 2 and Grade 5 in September and would like to have their children prepare to receive the sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation please contact the Church office at (514) 365-2830 or Agnes Vilone by email at agnesvilone@gmail.com for further details regarding the registrations.
NEWSLETTER to Parents for New Catechism Registrants 2020-2021
Click here to download the Catechism registration form for 2021 (8.5″ X 14″)
2) Fill out the registration form and bring it to the office with the baptism certificate of your child and with your fee (7935 Lefebvre, LaSalle).
3) Catechism for First Holy Communion and first confession starts at the end of September and it will last for two years. Usually children receive first communion when they are in grade 3.
4) Catechism takes place at the Church “Madre dei Cristiani”, every second Sunday from 10:15 am to 11:15 am..
c) Celebration of First Holy Communion
1) On the day of their first communion the children will receive the First Holy Communion in a group.
2. A rehearsal will be held just a few days before the actual celebration of the First Holy Communion
3. A First Holy Communion certificate will be given to each child after the reception the sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time.
4. From this day forward all First Holy Communion children are invited to attend Mass with their parents and to receive Holy Communion.