General Information
Our Parish Religious Formation Program meets the spiritual needs of
both children and adults.
- Parents who present their child for baptism take part in an
instruction on the Sacrament of Baptism and thereby renew their own
commitment to their faith.
- Second Graders are prepared for the reception of the Eucharist.
Reconciliation is celebrated with children who have not yet received
this sacrament.
- Every other year, older students (age 14 and above) are given the opportunity to take
part in classes to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Please note that the Roman Catholic Church introduced a
revised English translation of the liturgy worldwide with the start of
Advent 2011. For a look at the new version of the Mass, plus a series of
explanations and meditations on this change, please see the following
Website page of the Archdiocese of Liverpool, England. (Note: This link
takes you away from the St. Leonhard's Website) http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/index.php?p=288
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
The Children's Liturgy of the Word is celebrated concurrently with
the Sunday Liturgy. Where possible, there are two separate groups: one for children age
5 through First Communion and another for children who have celebrated
their First Communion but have not yet reached Confirmation age.
Materials are based on the Liturgy that the adults celebrate, but are
presented at an age-appropriate level. Adult and young-adult volunteers
of the parish lead the Children's Liturgy sessions.
Teachers are needed for the 2011-2012 school year.
For information on the program, or on volunteer as a teacher or
assistant, please contact coordinator
Benjie Dimauanahan at (069) 9288 6793.
First Communion
Each year the Sacrament of First Communion is celebrated in early
May. Children
who are in the second grade must attend at least 20 hours of instruction
and participate in a First Communion retreat. The coordinators for the
2010-2011 program are parishioners Mark Graves, at tel.
(069) 5680 7253, and Federico Geli. Please contact
them after Mass, or the Parish
Office at tel.
(069) 283 177
during business hours,
to sign your child up for the First Communion program or
to volunteer as a teacher.
Confirmation
To register
a pupil for the program, please contact the
Parish Office at
tel.
(069) 283 177
or
email@stleonhards.org.
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
Adults who are interested in becoming Catholic
can look at this link for more information or may contact Janet Gray, the coordinator, at tel. (06150) 402 03 or the
Parish Office at
tel.
(069) 283 177.
Family Mass
The parish celebrates several Family Masses during the year,
allowing children to become
involved as Ministers of the Word, as choir members or in the procession for the Preparation
of the Gifts. The coordinator is
Connie Horne at tel. (069) 597 3160.
Pilgrimages
Visits to religious sites are sometimes planned as day trips or more
extended pilgrimages. These have included a pilgrimages to Medjugorje,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the first week after Easter in 2009 and 2010, Turkey in
2003 and Rome in 2000 and 2005 as well as a weekend St.
Wendel in the Saarland in 2005 and day trips in 2008, 2010 and 2011 along the St.
Boniface Route along the Main River and in northern Frankfurt and in 2001 to Kloster Eberbach in the Rheingau area. For selected photographs, see the
Picture
Gallery page.
Parish Discussion Group
For details following the parish's move to temporary quarters at the
Holy Cross Center for Christian Meditation and Spirituality, please see the
calendar page
or contact the Parish Office.