Celebrating Your Child's First Communion


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Here are all the essentials for parents preparing their children for First Communion. Full of practical advice and gentle encouragement, this engaging and thoughtful resource provides answers to childrens questions and a beautiful collection of family prayers. With an imprimatur from the Diocese of St. Louis, its the perfect for take-home resource every parent in your program.




My First Holy Communion


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An appealing gift for children aged 7+ to give as a memento of the occasion and a guide to the meaning of the life of faith




Celebrating Eucharist


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This is a wonderful resource for helping children participate more fully at Sunday Mass, using the the new Roman Missal language and changes. In addition to helping children learn about the Mass, Celebrating Eucharist assures them that they have the love and supposrt of a faith community. Parish children (ages 5-8) will love the lovely, colorful, and whimsical artwork, and parish leaders will love that the illustrations are liturgically correct.




The Night Before My First Communion


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A brother and sister celebrate and prepare for this Catholic rite of passage in the twenty-fourth title in Natasha Wing's best-selling paperback series featuring rhyming text in the style of the classic Clement C. Moore holiday poem. On the night before their First Communion, a brother and sister get ready for this important event. All the family is there--family, grandparents, godparents--to help them prepare for the following day.




Your First Communion


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In a guide for youngsters approaching their First Communion, the pope discusses how the sacrament brings people closer to Jesus, its relationship to baptism and confession, and the role of receiving communion in a Christian life.




Child's Guide to First Holy Communion


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A Catholic boy describes preparations for his First Holy Communion, the ceremony itself, and how it feels to be with Jesus in a special new way.




Celebrating Your Child's First Reconciliation


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Whether its been a few months or several years since parents have been to Confession, theyll find this refreshing resource helpful as they prepare children for First Reconciliation. Its filled with practical advice and detailed explanations of what happens before, during and after the sacrament. With an Imprimatur, and a collection of family prayers, its the perfect take-home resource for every parent in your sacramental program.




The Gift of Holy Communion


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This helpful introduction explains the basic Catholic teachings about the Eucharist, describes the first communion guidelines and rituals, and provides ways for parents to help make the child's initial reception of the sacrament a holy, treasured, and memorable event. It includes answers to often-asked questions about first communion and Scripture readings that pertain to the Eucharist.




Guide for Celebrating® First Communion


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The first in LTP’s new Preparing Parish Worship series, this book aims to help those responsible for parish liturgies to prepare and celebrate a child’s First Communion Mass. Offering ideas for preparing well-crafted and beautiful parish First Communion liturgies, this guide tells the story of how the Catholic Church first started celebrating First Communion, helping priests, catechists, and religious educators to discover how today’s children might fit into this sacred narrative. Treating practical matters of all types, Guide for Celebrating™ First Communion will walk readers through everything from the sublime meaning of Communion in the Catholic Church to the ordinary concerns of photography. And, of course, the dress.




We celebrate the Eucharist


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