Sacraments
Baptisms
Baptisms take
place on the
second and fourth Sundays of the month at 12:45 p.m. and on the
third Sunday during the 11:30 a.m. Mass. Families are encouraged
to attend the 11:30 Mass if possible. Parents are required
to attend the Pre-Baptism Preparation Class. Arrangements must
be made a minimum of two weeks prior to the date of the Baptism.
The Sacrament of Penance and
Reconciliation
Saturday, 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. and 7:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Vigil of Holly Days & First Friday: 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Marriages
Arrangements must be made with a parish priest, the parish
deacon, or a pastoral associate.
A six-moth preparation period is required by Diocesan policy.
First Communion
The First
Communion program helps
prepare children for First Communion not by simply informing
them about Eucharist, but rather, by initiating them into the
Body of Christ through the parish’s Sunday Celebration of the
Eucharist at Mass.
The celebration of
the Eucharist forms the heart and source of the parish’s faith
life. All other activities flow from and return to the
community’s sense of itself as a People of God who celebrate
“the death of the Lord until He comes.”
When you, the
parent, help your child prepare for First Communion, you in
fact, are initiating him or her into the life of the Eucharistic
Community of the Church.
As parents, then,
your first task and privilege is to be models of the lived faith
active in love. Children model the faith of the adults who are
important to them, such as attending Mass on Sundays, praying
daily and forgiving.
Hopefully, this
year will be an opportunity, not only for you to share your own
faith but an opportunity for you to lead and invite your child
to grow in that faith, to grow in deeper relationship
with God.
Click here
to download the 2013 First Communion and First Reconciliation
schedule.
First Reconciliation
The Gift of
Penance and Reconciliation program has been designed to assist you, the
parent, in preparing your child for this Sacrament. The
Sacrament of
Reconciliation is a Sacrament of healing, celebrating the gift of God’s
mercy that heals the sinner and restores them to life with
Christ. Like Baptism, Penance calls for and instills conversion
in the hearts of penitents. Your child’s experience of this
Sacrament for the first time is meant to be one of knowing that
God offers us His Gift of love so we can better love and serve
the Lord.
The preparation for this
Sacrament is carried out first in the home by you, the parent,
through your taking time to help instruct your child by using
the Family Guide. The guide gives ideas and ways in which you
can help your child prepare for this Sacrament. The school will
also work to help your child understand this Sacrament through
their religion classes.
YOUR USE OF “THE GIFT OF
RECONCILIATION FAMILY GUIDE” WITH YOUR CHILD IS DESIGNED FOR
THE FAMILY, LEARNING TIME AND PRAYER TIME.
Click here
to download the 2013 First Communion and First Reconciliation
schedule.
Confirmation
The candidate must
have proof of Baptism from the Church in which this Sacrament
was administered. If this sacrament has been administered
here at St. Luke’s we will check the parish records. The
candidate is asked during the preparation time and in life to do
and have the following:
PERSONAL FAITH AND
PRAYER – showing a growing awareness of God as an important part
of my life.
PERSONAL MORALITY
– an honest desire to keep the commandments and to make daily
decisions according to God’s will.
COMMITMENT TO
EUCHARIST – a personal commitment to keep the Lord’s day through
participation in weekly Mass.
SERVICE AND
MINISTRY – a desire to use my God-given talents to make the
world a better place.
RELIGIOUS
KNOWLEDGE – an understanding of the basics of Catholic
Christianity: a recognition of of my need to continue to learn
my faith throughout my life time.
Click
here to download a Confirmation Candidate Registration Form.
Click
here to download a 2012-13 Confirmation Schedule.
Marriage & Pre-Cana
You
may contact Deacon John Henderson for more information at
216-521-0184, or Holly & John Zappala at
216-529-1842.
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