2026 Sacrament of First Holy Communion – Scoil Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Parish of Firhouse

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First Holy Communion Registration & Request Form for Scoil Carmel pupils 2025-26 to be completed by Parents / Guardians of 2nd class pupils attending Scoil Carmel.

Please read the letter below before completing the Registration Form.

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16 July 2025

Dear Parents / Guardians,

I am writing to you in relation to the Registration & Request of your child for the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion in 2026. Only children baptised as Roman Catholic can make the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. We recognise that children may be baptised in another Christian Church / Denomination who will not be receiving First Holy Communion.

Your child’s preparation with the ‘Grow in Love’ Religious Education Programme has been ongoing and I wish to acknowledge the work of the teachers in our Parish School of Scoil Carmel.

All Registrations & Requests are to be made online, by means of a Form. I wish to thank Scoil Carmel, for sending this letter to you, with the link to the Registration & Request Form. In some family situations, both parents / guardians may wish to ‘Submit’ a Form with contact details.

Please complete and ‘Submit’ this Registration & Request Form immediately or at the very latest by 25th August 2025 at: 2026 First Holy Communion Scoil Carmel Registration Form

Your child’s Baptismal Certificate from the Parish of Baptism will be needed, as evidence of a Roman Catholic Baptism. If you do not have a copy of the Baptismal Certificate, please contact the Parish of your child’s Baptism for a Baptismal Certificate immediately. For children Baptised in the Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Firhouse, we will check the Baptismal details of all children Baptised in the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Firhouse. If by any chance your child has not received the Sacrament of Baptism, you should immediately contact the parish you are living in to arrange their Baptism.

Please do not give the Baptismal Certificate to the class teacher but directly to me at firhouseparishsaf@gmail.com email attachment (scanned copy or a poto); or drop it into the Parish Office between 9.30 am – 2 pm (Monday to Friday) where a photocopy will be taken of it. As the Registration & Request Form requires you to give me a contact email address, I will be able to contact you by email if I need to.

We are asking each family to contribute a donation of €20 to meet the running cost of the parish and administration involved in preparing for the celebration of the Sacraments, which includes the Ceremony Booklets and flowers on the altar. If this request causes any hardship, please email firhouseparishsaf@gmail.com where all will be dealt with in confidence.

I will be in touch with you in due course about a Preparation Meeting for all parents / guardians of those who have submitted their Registration & Request Forms.

I encourage you, either in your own Parish or another Parish, to partake in Saturday Evening or Sunday Mass, as your family, with your child, prepare to celebrate First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion.

With every good wish.

Peter J Reilly

Fr Peter Reilly PP