{"id":763,"date":"2015-04-29T18:37:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T23:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holyfamilsparta-org.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=763"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:19:25","slug":"first-communion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/?page_id=763","title":{"rendered":"First Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/holyfamilysparta-org.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC01583.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3163\" src=\"http:\/\/holyfamilsparta-org.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC01583-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01583\" width=\"289\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC01583-300x225.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC01583-900x675.jpg 900w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC01583-958x719.jpg 958w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC01583-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a>The Eucharist is &#8220;the source and summit of the Christian life. ~ Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Holy Eucharist is not merely an instrument for the giving of grace\u2014here is the actual Giver of grace Himself, Jesus Christ our Lord truly and personally present.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 First Holy Communion<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Students in our 2nd grade Religious Education program learn about and prepare for the sacrament through their classes. They also attend a half-day retreat. We provide parents with resources to aide them in preparing their children to receive the sacrament. They receive their First Holy Communion at Mass in the spring, at a 5:30pm Mass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eucharist is &#8220;the source and summit of the Christian life. ~ Catechism of the Catholic Church Holy Eucharist is not merely an instrument for the giving of grace\u2014here is the actual Giver of grace Himself, Jesus Christ our Lord truly and personally present. \u00a0 First Holy Communion Students in our 2nd grade Religious Education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":711,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34949,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions\/34949"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}