SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

Confirmation, Reconciliation and First Eucharist are celebrated annually within our Parish.  A full outline of the 2024/2025 Sacramental Program is available on the noticeboard in both Brighton and Sandgate Church.

Formal preparation to receive Sacrament of Confirmation in 2024 includes –

Parent Information session (attendance required by at least one parent)

• Monday 15 July or Tuesday 16 July at 7pm in Sacred Heart Church

Enrolment Mass – Saturday, 3 August – 5.30pm Brighton Church or Sunday, 4 August – 9am Sandgate Church

Workshops – Saturday, 4pm, St Kieran’s Place, St Kieran’s School, Greenwood Street, Brighton.  August 10, 17, 24 & 31

Sacrament of Confirmation – Monday 2 September – 6pm, Sacred Heart Church.

This page outlines the Sacramental Preparation Program for school age children wishing to receive these Sacraments. If you have left school and are interested in receiving the blessings these Sacraments bring, then please refer to the RCIA program.

Once baptised, the next step in full initiation into the faith is the following sacraments:

• Confirmation in the year your child turns eight
• Reconciliation (1st Rite) and First Eucharist in the year your child turns 9
• At the beginning of each year, the Parish Priest offers an information session to all families wishing to have their children involved in sacramental preparation in the parish.  This session includes information on the parish expectations. Following a period of regular weekend Mass attendance, when parents feel that their child is ready to progress to formal preparation, they are invited to complete an Expression of Interest form.  This form is available from the Sacristan at any weekend Mass.  Once enrolment is accepted, dates for Enrolment Mass, Workshops and the Sacrament will be provided.  Workshops are prepared in collaboration with the Parish Priest, Parish Volunteers, and Assistant Principal, Religious Education (APRE’s), supported by Parish Office staff. Regular weekend mass attendance with their families is a critical part of each child’s preparation. If your child is not able to understand and participate in the mass then they may be invited to join the program in the following year to give them more opportunity to prepare.
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  To keep informed of our programs we strongly suggest you ‘like’ our Sandgate Brighton Catholic Parish facebook page, and keep an eye on this website and on the weekly parish newsletters available when you and your family attend mass at either of our churches.
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  If you have any concerns or questions about the program please contact the Parish Office on phone 3869 1377 or email sandgatebrighton@bne.catholic.net.au

Parish Office:
Tel: 07 3869 1377
Email: sandgatebrighton@bne.catholic.net.au
Address: 23 Greenwood Street, Brighton, Qld 4017
Opening Hours:
   Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
  Times: 8.30am to 3.30pm
  Wednesday Closed