OUR LADY OF THE NATIVITY CHURCH LAWSON

        Sacramental preparation of families in our parish for 2025

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First Reconciliation (Confession) Preparation Program starts soon at Lawson. Families are welcome to apply to enrol their children who are in year 2 or above in our First Reconciliation program. 

Below are the dates for the upcoming program 

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Parent Evening The parent evening will be held with speaker Laurie Woods at 7.30pm, Thursday 23rd October at Our Lady of the Nativity Church, 254 Great Western Highway, Lawson.

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Family group Sessions. Families are expected to attend 4 group sessions. 
The sessions will be held one session per week for three consecutive weekends, plus a 4th session on the following Wednesday.

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The times are 3.45pm Saturday or 9.45am Sunday.

Families may choose to attend whichever session on each weekend that suits them.

The dates are either Saturday or Sunday of the 3 weekends of the 25th, 26th October,  the 1st, 2nd November, and the 8th, 9th November.     

Venue to be advised.                                         

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The 4th Family Session, combined with a Rehearsal, will be held on Wednesday the 12th November at 6pm In St Canice’s Church Katoomba.

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The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated at St Canice’s Church Katoomba on Wednesday 19th November with times to be advised soon.

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Please contact the coordinator Maureen Ryan for further information via email, olon254@gmail.com  

Celebration of the Sacrament of First Reconciliation will ensure that the children can be enrolled in the First Communion program in 2026.

The Sacrament preparation is a joyful, faith building experience for the whole family.

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The Sacramental Program

Over the last few years St Mary of the Cross Upper Blue Mountains Parish and Our Lady of Nativity Parish have been working together for at least some of the Sacramental preparation programs and litur- gies. This year we have completely joined together to prepare for and celebrate the Sacraments of First Reconciliation (Confession), First Communion, Confirmation and for the Baptism of Children of Catechetical age (children over 7 years). Both parishes are sharing the parent input session evenings provided in both parishes. We are all using the Lawson parish family group session plans and our litur- gies will be planned together. Our actual preparation sessions will be duplicated locally within each par- ish. So, this will give some options for busy families as they can participate at either parish venue if needs be.

Though Reconciliation and Confirmation will be held for us all in St Canice's Catholic Church, First Communion will be celebrated by each Catholic Parish in their local Church.
We hope this new venture will help to not only reduce the duplication of the planning and administra- tion but will help us all to share our gift of the Holy Spirit and so gain even more from being part of the wider "Body of Christ"
Maureen Ryan for the Lawson and Upper Mountains Sacramental Team.

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