SACRAMENTS
BAPTISM
Ordinarily, infant reception of the sacrament is at 12:30PM the first Sunday of every month. You need to contact the parish office 60 days before the desired date of the ceremony. Attendance at a Baptismal preparation session is required. Meetings are held the last Monday of the month at 7:00PM.
ADULT BAPTISM
We always welcome new members into the faith life at St. Bernard’s. Please call the parish office to receive more information on this process.
CONFIRMATION
Those who have reached their junior year in high school and anyone older are invited to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Immediate preparation for high school students begins in the fall of junior year culminating in the celebration of the sacrament in February. Candidates work closely with their
sponsor or an adult confirmed, practicing, Catholic mentor.
ADULT CONFIRMATION
Adult confirmation involves individual consultation. There is a variety of options and times available for the adult candidate to consider, depending on an individual’s faith journey. Call the parish office to make an appointment.
RECONCILIATION
AND FIRST COMMUNION
Preparation to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation and
Communion for the first time takes place in the second grade.
The preparation involves age appropriate lessons on sin
and forgiveness and the Eucharist.
For both sacraments, parents are encouraged to attend a
parent meeting to clarify the role of the parents in the
preparation process and the procedures involved in the
celebration of the sacraments.
The celebration of First
Reconciliation takes place usually in the first week of Advent.
The celebration of First Communion takes place usually the first
two weekends after Easter. For the
preparation for First Communion the children, along with their parents,
attend a retreat and also participate in a Bread Prayer Partner weekend.
Children must be enrolled
in St. Bernard Religious Education program or St. Bernard Catholic School
to receive preparation for the sacraments.
Adapted lessons are available for children older than second grade
who have not received Communion and Reconciliation but are baptized
members of the Catholic faith. Please
contact the Religious Education Department for more information.
RECONCILIATION
Reconciliation (Confessions) are held the first Tuesday of every month from 6:00-7:00 p.m. and by appointment.
Special services are held during Advent and Lent.
We have a reconciliation room where penitents have the option of "face to face" reconciliation or the use of the traditional screen.
RCIA
The RCIA is the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. The RCIA is a process in which adults desiring to grow in their faith-life and in their relationship to God journey together to become participating members in the Catholic Church.
The RCIA program is for:
1. Those who have never been baptized
2. Those who have been baptized in another faith and wish to become Catholic.
3. Those who were baptized Catholic but never received any religious formation or any of the other Sacraments.
Please call the Religious Education office for more information.
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