Catholic Parish of Guildford
  • Home
  • I'm New
    • Register with us
    • Church Mass Times
    • FAQs
    • Giving
    • Find Us
      • Webmaster Contact
        • Hosted Images
      • Cookie Policy
      • Terms and Conditions of Use
      • Other Links
      • Hall hire
  • Mass Times
    • Live Stream
    • Today's Mass Reading
  • Lent & Easter
  • Parish Calendar
  • Our Parish
    • Newsletters
    • Our churches
      • St Josephs
        • St Josephs History
        • Music at Mass
      • St Pius X
        • St Pius Weekly Prayer
        • St Pius X History
      • St Marys
        • St Marys History
      • St Edwards
        • St Edwards History
        • Graveyard
    • Formation
      • Formation Team
      • Belong & Believe
      • Prayer at Home
    • Finance
      • Donate
    • Clergy & Staff
    • Safeguarding
  • Sacraments
    • Baptism
    • First Communion
      • FHC Parents
      • FHC Masses
    • Confirmation
      • Confirmation Mass
      • Saint name & Sponsor
    • Marriage
    • Becoming Catholic (RCIA)
    • Reconciliation (Confession)
    • Mass Intentions
    • Sick & Housebound
    • Adoration
  • Family
    • Family Liturgy
      • FL Archive
    • Advent for Families
    • Lent for Families
    • CYF Vision
    • Children
      • Baby and Toddler Groups
      • Childrens Liturgy
    • Family Days
      • FDResources
    • Youth
      • Zoom Games
    • ROOTED
    • Altar Serving
    • Catholic Schools
  • Groups
    • Group Sign ups
    • The Chosen Resources
    • Modern Slavery awareness.
    • Thursday Club
    • Tuesday Club
    • Weekly Soup Lunch
    • Film Nights
    • Bereavement Group
    • Refugee Support Fund Dinner
    • SVP
    • Social Action
    • The Catenians
    • Teams of Our Lady
  • Blog
  • Home
  • I'm New
    • Register with us
    • Church Mass Times
    • FAQs
    • Giving
    • Find Us
      • Webmaster Contact
        • Hosted Images
      • Cookie Policy
      • Terms and Conditions of Use
      • Other Links
      • Hall hire
  • Mass Times
    • Live Stream
    • Today's Mass Reading
  • Lent & Easter
  • Parish Calendar
  • Our Parish
    • Newsletters
    • Our churches
      • St Josephs
        • St Josephs History
        • Music at Mass
      • St Pius X
        • St Pius Weekly Prayer
        • St Pius X History
      • St Marys
        • St Marys History
      • St Edwards
        • St Edwards History
        • Graveyard
    • Formation
      • Formation Team
      • Belong & Believe
      • Prayer at Home
    • Finance
      • Donate
    • Clergy & Staff
    • Safeguarding
  • Sacraments
    • Baptism
    • First Communion
      • FHC Parents
      • FHC Masses
    • Confirmation
      • Confirmation Mass
      • Saint name & Sponsor
    • Marriage
    • Becoming Catholic (RCIA)
    • Reconciliation (Confession)
    • Mass Intentions
    • Sick & Housebound
    • Adoration
  • Family
    • Family Liturgy
      • FL Archive
    • Advent for Families
    • Lent for Families
    • CYF Vision
    • Children
      • Baby and Toddler Groups
      • Childrens Liturgy
    • Family Days
      • FDResources
    • Youth
      • Zoom Games
    • ROOTED
    • Altar Serving
    • Catholic Schools
  • Groups
    • Group Sign ups
    • The Chosen Resources
    • Modern Slavery awareness.
    • Thursday Club
    • Tuesday Club
    • Weekly Soup Lunch
    • Film Nights
    • Bereavement Group
    • Refugee Support Fund Dinner
    • SVP
    • Social Action
    • The Catenians
    • Teams of Our Lady
  • Blog
MASS ONLINE

Session 5 - Reconciliation

9/3/2023

 
RECONCILIATION FESTIVAL - 18TH MARCH
Picture
HOW TO PREPARE FOR RECONCILIATION
Complete the family handout together or use it to frame your conversation. We structure the handout around the experience of the lost son in Jesus' beautiful Parable of Prodigal Son. In particular, we focus on three things:
1) he came to his senses
2) he rehearsed his sorry
3) he set off to the father

A PRIEST'S PERSPECTIVE
Watch this fantastic video put together by Mgr Tony, Parish Priest of Guildford, about the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Mgr Tony suggest looking to the Beatitudes to help in our examination on conscience. You can find an examination of conscience based on the Beatitudes below. We also looked at the Beatitudes in the Family Handouts on page 16.
EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
​BASED ON THE BEATITUDES
HOW DO I GO TO CONFESSION
Please watch the video below with your child. You can follow along with pages 7 & 8 in the Family Handout. You will receive a step-by-step guide on the day so don't worry about learning the order of things off by heart.

For Parents

Lump
A beautiful video about the forgiveness.
YouCat Confession Book
We highly recommend this accessible book all about confession. Recommended for parents to read to help them prepare to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation themselves. You can purchase it at Eden.co.uk.
Picture

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.
Picture
Picture

Session 4  - Sacraments and Baptism

6/2/2023

 
The sacraments use things from God the Father’s created world; it is Christ who works in them; the Holy Spirit pours into our lives through them. 
​
The sacraments are 7 meeting points with God.

The sacraments are meant to change us. But they only bear fruit if they are received with an open disposition.
Picture
Watch this useful video about Sacraments from Bishop Barron.

Session 3 - Why did Jesus die?

15/1/2023

 
This is session was made up of two sections: the cross and what it means for us today; and the difference between an accident and sin. If your child can better understand this at the end of the month, that would be great!

Please find the session notes below that you may find useful to read through again.
Session notes

Videos

Videos you can watch with your children:
The "Good Person" Test
The Pollution of Sin

OTHER VIDEOS WE RECOMMEND WATCHING
Bishop Robert Barron about why Jesus had to die the way he did
Forgiveness and Corrie Ten Boon
<<Previous

    FHC 2023

    Some useful links for parents to reinforce the conversation at home

    Family ​Handouts

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    August 2022
    May 2022
    November 2021
    June 2021
    October 2020
    September 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    October 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Get in Touch...

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.)

Opening hours are
Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm

The parish is part of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton | Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Trust registered charity 252878
© 2021 | Queries or Suggestions Contact the Webmaster, Terms of Use, ChurchSuite
© 2021 | Queries or Suggestions Contact the Webmaster, Terms of Use, ChurchSuite