Holy Communion 2017

22 Candidates received their First Holy Communion during the Feast of Corpus Christi on 18th of June here at Our Lady of Lourdes & St Bernadette.  We think the photo below sums up the feelings about the day, all the classes this year and our wonderful parish community.  We are Blessed.

First Holy Communion 2018

Applications are now open for

First Holy Communion 2018

for children who have been baptised

in the Catholic Church

and who are in Year 3 or above.  

If you wish your child to receive

First Holy Communion 2018 

please download and complete 

the application form and 

return it to the Parish Office 

by Friday 20th October 2017.

Application forms are also available from the Parish Office, OLOL School Office 
and on the noticeboard in Church

For more information please contact the Parish Office

  Tel: 0117 9498743   Email: ololbristol@gmail.com

First Holy Communion 2016

Applications forms for First Holy Communion 2016 are now available for children who have been baptised in the Catholic Church and who are in Year 3 or above.  If you wish your child to receive First Holy Communion in 2016 please complete the application form and return it to the Parish Office by Friday 23rd October 2015.  

Holy Communion

A prayer written by one of the children who is preparing to receive Holy Communion for the first time next Sunday.

Dear Lord Jesus,
Help me in Holy Communion.
Please help me not to be nervous and help me to be confident.
Amen

Please remember in your prayers all our children who have completed their preparation, ready to receive Holy Communion next week: Mathew, Ross, Christopher, Sergio, Grace, Elsie-Mae, Gracie. Poppy, Cristiano, Faith, Isabella, Ciaran, Kendrix, Rozalia, Keith, Mikha, Owen, Joshua, Ellis, Hayden, William, Shanae,  Rosie, Danny, Jeremiah and Joe.

We wish them and their families a very happy and holy celebration as they receive the Sacrament.

Holy Communion Preparation 2015

Please pray for the following children and their families as they prepare to join our community and receive Holy Communion: 

Mathew,Ross, Christopher, Sergio, Grace, Ellis, Gracie, Poppy, Mikha, Cristiano, Joshua,

Joe, Faith, Danny, Rosie, Isabella, Hayden,Mikha, Jeremiah, Rozalia, Kendrix, Keith, Owen, Shanae, Ciaran and William.

 

Lord Jesus,

Bless the children coming forward to receive Holy Communion for the first time.

May this day be an initial step into a life–long love of the Eucharist.

Give them a hunger for this sacred food so that they turn to you for comfort, guidance and wisdom as they grow in full discipleship.

Thank you for their innocence and goodness.

May their hands, extended in anticipation of your Body and Blood, inspire all of us to cherish this sacred sacrament.

Amen

First Communion Group 2014

My dear Sisters and Brothers, Emma & I wanted to share a little of the joy we are having this year with our first communion class. They are a fantastic class this year and we are all learning a huge amount from each other. We have just taught them about bread and the history of the bread in the bible from the quickly baked bread at the Passover, to the manna from heaven in the desert to the loaves and fish that feed five thousand on the hillside while they listen to the teaching of Christ and finally to the bread and wine of the last supper, our Eucharist, the food of our salvation, the fuel for our Christian lives.

We wanted to give them a challenge for their homework so we asked them to bake bread, bread without yeast. We gave them a soda bread recipe and this is what they produced. 

Please keep them all in your prayers as the work towards their first communion which will take place this June on Corpus Christi.

God Bless,

Deacon John

First Holy Communion 2014

Forms for First Holy Communion preparation 2014 are now available from school, Church or on our web page "How do I...?"

There will be a parents meeting on Sunday,12th January 2014, after morning Mass and you will receive a preparation timetable.

The date of the First Holy Communion Mass this year is 22nd June 2014.

The deadline for applications to the Parish Office is Friday,13th December 2013. 

(Please note if your child was not baptised in our Parish, a copy of their baptism certificate is required.)

First Communion Group Photos

Here are some photos of this year's First Holy Communion Class...courtesy of John Holbrook Photography.
To view more photos of your child please click here to log in.

John has kindly agreed to donate £1 from every photo sold to the Church.

First Communion Photos

Photos of your children and families are now available to view from the First Holy Communion celebration on Sunday. Simply click this link http://www.johnholbrookphotography.co.uk/user-login.asp to view and order your photos.

If you do not have the password please contact Claire Westbury at the Parish Office (Tel 0117 9498743 or email olol@catholic.org)

Here's a snapshot below of the children preparing to walk over to Church...you can see their excitement or is it nerves?

Getting ready to walk over to Church 

Pictures from our First Holy Communion class

Thank you to our First Holy Communion class for these beautiful pictures as they get ready to receive the sacrament for the first time on Sunday 2nd June at 1.00pm.

Please remember them, their families and our catechists in your prayers on this very holy and special occasion.

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We have just completed our first half term of the First Communion programme for the children in our parish. Over 20 children are taking part in a 6 month programme of lessons, events and sacraments this year in which they will learn about and experience our faith. 

We have been focusing on reconciliation and the children have learned all about saying sorry to God for what they have done wrong, about being forgiven and about being saved by Jesus. We have given them each a small handout to help them prepare for the sacrament of reconciliation and we thought that you might like to take a look at it. It is of course designed to help the children prepare for their first reconciliation (or Confession) but if you haven't been for a while it's a very simple reminder of the prayers and the format that the sacrament takes.

My First Reconciliation Handout.

The course is brilliantly put together and teaches big and complex theology, but it's always with simple and clear language that the children understand. It's been a real joy for Emma and myself to teach and lead the programme.

One of the first things we ask the children to do is to pray everyday. We will be teaching them several prayers over the programme but the first prayer is called 'I Belong' and it's a prayer we will say together every week at the start and the end of the lesson.

I Belong prayer

We would like you to pray for the children taking part in the programme and for yourself. We all need to prepare to receive the Eucharist whether that's for the first time or the thousandth time. Maybe you will join the children in their prayer 'I belong' tonight before you go to sleep. 

God Bless,

Deacon John

First Holy Communion

Congratulations to the 30 children in our parish who have made their First Holy Communion over the last fortnight.  
Thank you to all those who have played a part in this joyous occasion and to our catechists who have led the children through their preparation. Thank you also to all the parents for undertaking the responsibility of bringing up their children in the practise of the faith.