Dress Code for First Reconciliation

Children are expected to be dressed up, not to come in play clothes.

Dress Code for First Communion

• Boys are to wear long-sleeved white shirts, long white ties, navy blue

trousers, and dress shoes. Jackets will not be worn.

• Girls may wear a white or pastel dress, veil, flowers, ribbon, or nothing

on their head, white ankle or knee socks, or white tights, and dress shoes.

Gloves will not be worn, nor rosary beads or flowers carried.

Grade 4, 5 and 6

Students study the Beatitudes, the Commandments, the Sacraments, and the Old Testament. Each year the Mass, Reconciliation, and Eucharist are reviewed.

Confirmation

The Confirmation Program begins in Grade 7 with a study of basic Catholic belief, using a text entitled “One Faith, One Lord.” Students are required to perform fifteen hours of service in Grade 7, and to choose their Confirmation sponsor. Students must pass a doctrinally-based Confirmation test. Students and parents are expected to attend two Confirmation preparatory meetings during this year.

In Grade 8 Confirmation candidates follow a scripture based curriculum, using “The Catholic Youth Bible.” The purpose of this program is to provide the candidates with a practical preparation to living lives based on the Gospel after Confirmation. Candidates are required to perform fifteen hours of service as well as to complete the Sponsor Information form and the Confirmation Register Information sheet. Students must write an essay entitled “Why I Want to be Confirmed’ and a “Saints Name” essay. Candidates, parents, and sponsors are expected to attend three preparatory meetings during this year.

In the Fall of Grade 9, a six-week seminar is held which deals directly with the sacrament of Confirmation. Candidates study the history and theology of the sacrament, and are familiarized with the rite of the sacrament itself. The candidates are required to participate in a Confirmation retreat before Confirmation, which is usually held in late October.

Dress Code for Confirmation

Boys are to wear the following:

• Dress shirts, ties, and jackets

• Dress pants (no jeans)

• Dress shoes (no athletic shoes/sneakers) loafers, & docksides are ok

Girl are to wear the following:

• Dresses or skirts

(must be at least to the knee in length, can be as long as you like).

• Dresses must have a sleeve-cap three-quarters or longer

• Dress shoes.

<< Back

More Information >>

© Copyright 2008 Our Lady of Assumption Church. All rights reserved.
Website design: © Copyright 2008 Debbie Campoli