First Penance and First Communion Preparation

Thank you for being a part of Together in Jesus First Reconciliation and First Eucharist Programs at-home for RFY this year! Our hope is that this will provide some additional background for First Penance and First Communion preparation here at Saint Maximilian Kolbe Church. This WILL NOT replace the First Penance and First Eucharist preparation program.

Links to weekly lessons can be found below. They will be updated by Sunday evening of each week.

A priest performing a religious ceremony with two young girls dressed in white doing a First Communion inside a church with wooden walls and windows, surrounded by a gathered congregation.

Getting Started

Please submit each week’s materials either directly via email to rburbrink@saint-max.org OR submit paper version to the SACRAMENT “MAILBOX” which can be found on top of the mailboxes in the breezeway. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR YOUTH’S NAME ON ALL PAGES OF ANY EMAIL/PAPER DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED.

Weekly lessons will be released each Sunday and will include a Gospel reading and reflection.
In addition to the Gospel reading/reflection each week, there will be another component to complete:
1. There six lessons/handouts for Together in Jesus...First Reconciliation and also six lessons/handouts for Together in Jesus...First Eucharist. These will always be the first week of a numbered lesson. Emailed responses can be typed answers to questions or attached photos of completed questions, or activities. IF sending photos, please attach photos using smallest possible resolution OR...
2. Completing indicated pages in the Family Activity and Memory Book. Emailed responses can be typed answers to questions or attached photos of completed questions, or activities. IF sending photos, please attach photos using smallest possible resolution.
Please submit each week's materials through email to rburbrink@saint-max.org or submit paper version to the "Sacrament Mailbox" which can be found on top of the mailboxes in the breezeway. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR YOUTH'S NAME ON EACH PAGE OF ANY EMAILED/PAPER DOCUMENTS.
Please hold on to ALL materials for the year, just tucking them back into the bag you received at the beginning of the year. If you are turning in hard copies of the materials, please let me know if you would like me to return them at the end of the year.
1. Gospel readings/reflections (readings included with the lesson) are always required. There are three possible ways to "reflect" on the Gospel (only one is required)
  1. IF YOU HAVE OTHER CHILDREN DOING FUEL WITH PFLAUM , please feel free to continue to reflect as a family and submit your reflection through the JOT FORM. Please just indicate this is what you have done.
  2. A short summary or picture explaining the Gospel can be submitted.
  3. Questions provided with the Gospel may be answered.
In the middle of the lesson packets, you will find "Questions Parents Ask About First Reconciliation" , "Questions Parents Ask About First Eucharist" and "Family Time Posters" that align with the Together in Jesus lessons. These are not required.
2025 – 2026 Due Dates
2025
September 21               Lesson 1
September 28               Lesson 2
October 5                         Lesson 3
October 12                      Lesson 4
October 19                      Lesson 5
October 26                      Lesson 6
November 2                    Lesson 7
November 9                    Lesson 8
November 16                 Lesson 9
November 23                 Lesson 10
November 30                 Lesson 11
December 7                    Lesson 12
December 14                 Lesson 13
December 21                 Lesson 14
December 28                Lesson 15

2026
January 4                          Lesson 16
January 11                       Lesson 17
January 18                       Lesson 18
January 25                       Lesson 19
February 1                        Lesson 20
February 8                        Lesson 21
February 15                     Lesson 22
February 22                     Lesson 23
March 1                             Lesson 24