Dear Faith Formation families,
Please use these materials to prepare for your child's First Reconciliation. Be sure to complete all segments including the worksheets which must be submitted to us at the First Reconciliation Retreat on February 28, 2026. Please contact us with any questions or needs.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
Our review is in five parts. Each chapter of the First Reconciliation text book is as follows:
Chapter 1 - God Call Us Friends
Chapter 2 - Jesus Saves Us
Chapter 3 - Jesus Forgives Us
Chapter 4 - Jeus Heals Us
Chapter 5 - The Holy Spirit Guides Us
Chapter 6 - Jesus is Always With Us
Copies of summary sheets to bring with you at your First Reconciliation Retreat - click HERE to print
Complete Chapter 1 and 2
Focus on vocabulary
Check for understanding
Understand God’s gift of friendship
What is grace?
How were Adam and Eve tempted? What is Sin?
Understand the sacrament of Baptism
Words I should know: baptism, conscience, Eucharist,
Sacrament of Initiantion, reconciliation (pages 76-77)
Learn the Act of Contrition (click on link for prayer)
Complete Chapter 3 and 4
Focus on vocabulary
What to Do as Confessions Begins
Practice How to Go to Confession (page 37)
Clarify who can forgive sins
Understanding God’s Mercy
Define confess, contrition, forgiveness
What is the difference between mortal sin and venial sin
Complete Chapter 5 and 6
Focus on vocabulary
Check for understanding
Examination of Conscience
What is absolution
Use the Ten Commandments to Examine Our Conscience
What is penance and why is it important?
What are the precepts of the church (page 63)
The summary sheets “Learning Reinforcment, D, N and P, and the Beatitudes Worksheet” MUST BE TURNED IN AT THE RETREAT AS DEFINED in the BLOCK ABOVE.