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MASS ONLINE

Ideas for FHC Gifts

1/6/2022

 

Bibles and stories from the bible

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Devotional

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Informative

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Miscellaneous

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To remember the day

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Afterwards you could get a personalised card like this one including a photo from the day and the date and then frame it.

Cafod Celebration Fund

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A Celebration Fund is a personalised online giving page where you can celebrate your child's First Holy Communion by inviting family and friends to donate instead of giving presents and share a little happiness with those who have less.

Logistics of the FHC Mass

31/5/2022

 

​Masses: 4th, 18th, 25th June

  • Mass starts at 10am or 2pm
  • Please arrive between 9.10–9.45am or 1.10-1.45pm
  • The entrance is through the main hall doors 
  • Allocated a pew each
  • Some room downstairs with Mass livestreamed
  • NO PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALLOWED during the Mass. A professional photographer will be present to take a photo of your family before Mass and of your child receiving Communion. The cost per mounted photo is £12 or £30 for 3.  (Card accepted)
  • At the end of Mass, you will be invited to take a seat in your pews. One rep from your pew will be asked to go down
purchase the photos. The rest of the pew invited to leave church through the main church doors.
  • Stewards will be on hand to invite your child and then your household to receive Communion.
  • If you or anyone in your household displays symptoms of Covid-19 then please do not attend. We can arrange another time for your child to receive the sacrament of Holy Communion. Please let us know if you are not coming.
  • Please let us know if you have any special requirements e.g. needing a gluten free host or wheelchair access
  • Here is a link to the Live Stream: https://www.cpg.church/live.html 
  • Please note that the Mass will not be recorded.

What to wear?

It can feel like a lot of pressure to get your children the "right" clothes for their first Holy Communion. Some girls don't like wearing dresses and some boys hate the idea of wearing a tie or suit. Below are just some recommendations based on tradition and are not set rules imposed by the church.

It is traditional for the children to wear white; for girls a white dress and for boys a white shirt and smart trousers. Wearing white recalls the day of their Baptism when they first wore white to show that they were "clothed in Christ". The celebration of First Holy Communion completes what began with the first Sacrament, Baptism.

You do not need to purchase dresses or shirts from a first Holy Communion store that generally over-charge. There are many clothes shops in the area that sell white dresses.

Other items such as accessories, the colour of shoes, the colour of ties, the choice to wear a suit jacket or waist coat, the choice of socks or stockings are all at the discretion of parents.
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CERTIFICATES

We no longer issue 1st Reconciliation and 1st Holy Communion certificates. This is because we have found that this has caused confusion with regards to the purpose of the preparation and of receiving the Sacraments. In the past Secondary Schools used to ask for proof of 1st Holy Communion but this is not the case anymore. You do not need to have received Holy Communion in order to apply to the local secondary schools. St Peter's Secondary School (Guildford), as well as All Hallows (Farnham), St John the Baptist (Woking) and St Andrews (Leatherhead) only require proof of Baptism.

Not just that, the Church does not officially document anyone's receiving of the sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Communion for the first time. The only official records kept are for the sacraments that can only be received once in your life: Baptism, Confirmation and Marriage.

If you do require a proof that your child has been prepared for the sacraments and have received them then we can issue you letter on a request basis.

You may want to commemorate the day your child receives Reconciliation and Holy Communion for the first time yourselves.
If you visit a card company like Funky Pigeon they offer personalised Holy Communion Cards.
This is the design I have used for my own children which I personalised and then framed.
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Session 6 - The Eucharist

16/5/2022

 

The Last Supper

Why not watch, with your child, this video together about the Last Supper. This accompanies page 2 in Family Handout 7.
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Real Presence

Watch this useful video about Real Presence from Bishop Barron. This accompanies page 10 of the Family Handout.
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Practice Receiving at Home

Due to Covid restrictions we are all only able to receive the Eucharist under one kind (the host in our hands). Practice with your child steps 2, and 4 in the diagram below. You can find this on page 9 of Family Handout 7.
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Church of ​St Mary: ​157 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8BP
Church of St Joseph: 12 Eastgate Gardens, Guildford, GU1 4AZ ​
Church of St Edward: Sutton Park, Guildford, GU4 7QN ​
Church of St Pius x: Laustan Close, Guildford, GU1 2TS

About Sacramental Preparation.

For Baptism Preparation email baptism@cpg.church
For First Holy Communion Preparation email fhc@cpg.church
For Confirmation Preparation email confirmation@cpg.church

Catholic Parish of Guildford
12 Eastgate Gardens
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 4AZ

(+44)(0) 1483 562 704

Choose option 2 for questions about Sacramental Preparation (Baptism, 1st Communion & Confirmation)

office@cpg.church

for general enquiries

cyf@cpg.church

for enquiries about Sacramental Preparation (Baptism, 1st Communion & Confirmation & the youth ministry etc.)

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