First Communion & Confirmation

FIRST COMMUNIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS

Last Updated: 23 May 2023

First Communion   Confirmation
FIRST COMMUNIONS FOR CHILDREN
CURRENTLY IN GRADE 2
(and above)
   CONFIRMATIONS FOR STUDENTS
CURRENTY IN GRADE 7
(and above)

 

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FIRST COMMUNION preparations consist of Sunday Mass, Parents' Meetings, and at-home activities

We congratulte the children who recently received Our Lord in the Eucharist for the first time!
May you and your families continue to grow in faith and love for Him.
   

CONFIRMATION preparations consist of Sunday Mass, Candidates' Meetings

We look forward to the celebration of Confirmation for our young people.
We pray for them and for their families that this celebration may be made more special by a continuing commitment of faith beyond the day of the Confirmation. 

Confirmation candidates are highly encouraged to join the St Patrick's Youth Group and its activities.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please contact the Parish Office by e-mail at StPatricksBR@archtoronto.org or by calling (905) 794-0486.

communion hands
First Communion
In the Archdiocese of Toronto, children in Grade 2 and older are eligible to begin celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation and to the receive Communion. We welcome the children to the Eucharistic Table to receive Our Lord for the first of hopefully many times. The preparation takes place through the Parish, working with the families and our Catholic Schools. The celebrations are held at the Parish where the family worships on Sundays, regardless of the Parish to which the child’s school is attached.
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Anointing forehead with Chrism
Confirmation
Young people in Grade 7 and older are eligible to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. IN this Sacrament, the Baptized are strengthened with a renewed sense of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in their lives. The preparation takes place through the Parish, working with the families and our Catholic Schools. The celebrations are held at the Parish where the family worships on Sundays, regardless of the Parish to which the child’s school is attached.
Click here to learn more on the Church's understanding of Confirmation