The Sacrament of Reconciliation, Penance or Confession is celebrated for the first time in the early weeks of December. Parents are an important part of the learning process and are expected to attend a parent meeting, participate in two parent/child classes on Sundays in the Fall as well as to attend a Reconciliation Retreat prior to the child recieving the sacrament for the first time. Children must be prepared to recite an Act of Contrition, the Sign of the Cross,Hail Maryand Our Father by the time they receive Reconciliation.