First Holy Communion Course

Information about the First Holy Communion Course, including what is required for the course and the Application Form, can be found under Sacraments here.

Please ensure you look at the Course Requirements in order to attend this course as we cannot accept children until registration is completed.

• Parents must have completed the Anchor Course.

• Your child’s Baptism certificate must be uploaded

• The online covenant form completed.

Sessions 1 to 3 of the course take place on a Saturday - 9.45 am to 1.00 pm.
Session 4 of the course takes place from 10.45 am to 1.00 pm at St Francis de Sales Presbytery.

Note: If your child will be 9 years old by September 2025, they should join the Youth RCIA program which will start again in the Autumn.

Course Dates 2025 / 2026

This course has now started and it is too late to join it now.

The dates for the course preparing children to receive the Sacraments in 2026 are as follows:

The dates for the First Holy Communion Rehearsal and the First Holy Communion Mass will be published above once confirmed.