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Posted: Aug 28 2009 at 12:07pm | IP Logged Quote montessorisbev
My son will be receiving his FHC in May 2010, and I am looking for ideas to help prepare essentially him but also us for the sacrament.

I have been reading the boards and so far have come up with, the FHC notebook ( which sounds wonderful) and the St.Joseph's catechism books that I will be ordering from Amazon. We also have a couple ( 2- 4 ) books on the sacrament.

I am hoping to get

1) Suggestions for books/ websites etc to help with the prep.

2) Any ideas from those that have passed this way ('') to make this more concrete and thereby meaningful to him.

In some ways I am hoping that the fact that its meaningful to his dad and me rubs off on him, but at the same time, I want to do something special with him this year, in prep for these two big sacraments that are coming up.

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Posted: Aug 28 2009 at 2:52pm | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG
Bev~
So exciting!!!! I'll overload you with some links, and then I'm sure others will chime in with some of their favorite things to do and resources!

**Here are some threads from the archives

**I listed a lot of the resources that we use in this thread:
Favorite FHC Resources and our general outline looks is similar to what I posted here.

**And, making sure that you have all the links for FHC Notebooks:
First Communion Notebooks
FHC Notebook
First Communion Notebook~the 4 pager
First Communion Notebook-help!-a couple different detailed plans


Other Misc. Threads:
**First Communion Novena
**First Communion Fair at Catholic Cuisine
**Paper Flower making for First Communion
**Monstrance craft thread
**Little Crafts for a Big Day
**First Communion Poem
**Also, searching the archives for liturgical feast celebrations that have to do with the Eucharist: Feast of Corpus Christi and Another thread on Corpus Christi

Prayers before/after Communion:
Prayers before Mass
Teaching Prayer after Communion
After communion prayer

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Posted: Aug 28 2009 at 4:39pm | IP Logged Quote ekbell
What I currently consider essential to do for First Holy Communion

Reading The King of the Golden City aloud.

Going through the St. Joseph Baltimore First Communion catechism.

Reading about the Eucharistic saints and miracles in the Little Catechism on the Eucharist.

And most importantly the family as a whole (including me) studies the mass with a concentration on the Most Holy Eucharist. This started with the CHC Mass book project and the fact that I prefer to do such hands-on projects as a family.

Current books used are various missals plus My Mass Book by Regina Press for pre-school/Kindergarten, an old copy of The Essence of Holy Mass from CHC (the current recommendation could be used) for grade two, A pocket guide to the Mass for grades four to five, and [The How-To Book of the Mass for the adults.

I start by reading the relevant section from the Adult's guidebook as preparation. [I plan to follow the study guide at the back with my oldest child next time around.]

As a group we go through the relevant section of the Mass using a missal,

The older children then read the relevent section of their books while I read to the younger children

Then they add to their mass book while we discuss that mass part, why they choose that picture and anything else that comes up.


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