Reconciliation

ST. PHILOMENA CONFESSION TIMES

Wednesday 5:30PM-6:30PM

Saturday 9AM-10AM, 4PM-5PM

ST. THOMAS CONFESSION TIMES

Tuesday 5:30PM-6:30PM

Friday 10AM-11AM

Saturday 3:30PM-4:30PM

If you are in need of immediate pastoral care and it is during regular office hours: Mon-Fri 8am - 4pm, please call our office at (206) 878-8709.

Not only does the Sacrament of Penance free us from our sins but it also challenges us to have the same kind of compassion and forgiveness for those who sin against us. We are liberated to be forgivers. We obtain new insight into the words of the Prayer of St. Francis: “It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.”

Jesus entrusted the ministry of reconciliation to the Church. The Sacrament of Penance is God's gift to us so that any sin committed after Baptism can be forgiven. In confession we have the opportunity to repent and recover the grace of friendship with God. It is a holy moment in which we place ourselves in his presence and honestly acknowledge our sins, especially mortal sins. With absolution, we are reconciled to God and the Church. The Sacrament helps us stay close to the truth that we cannot live without God. "In him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28).

—from the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

FIRST SACRAMENTS

Our First Reconciliation and First Communion program is intended for children in grades 2-5 who were baptized in the Catholic Church. It you have a child in middle school or high school, please contact Maureen Fellez for more information on how they can receive their First Sacraments.

Program Requirements

At least one parent must attend every session
Miss no more than 2 sessions
Attend Sunday Mass every week and all Holy Days of Obligation

To learn more contact, Holli Neigel.