The Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered:
M, T, W, Th, F * 4:45 pm-5:20 pm at Sacred Heart Church, Norfolk
Saturday * 3:15 pm-3:45 pm at St. Patrick, Battle Creek
Saturdays * 4:00 pm-4:45 pm at St. Mary's Church, Norfolk
Saturday * 5:15 pm-5:45 pm at St. Joseph's, Pierce
Sunday * 7:15 am-7:45 am at St. Peter, Stanton
Sunday * 9:45 am-10:15 am at St. Leonard, Madison
First Reconciliation Preparation
Preparation for First Reconciliation for children is done through our Religious Education Programs, Norfolk Catholic Elementary School and St. Leonard Catholic School.
For information please contact one of the following:
| Location | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart, Norfolk | Cari Ramold |
(402) 371-2621 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| St. Joseph, Pierce | Amy Jessem | (402) 276-2849 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| St. Peter, Stanton | Kim Spence | (402) 851-1394 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| St. Patrick, Battle Creek | Teresa Wilkenson | (402) 750-7888 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| St. Leonard, Madison | Erin Reeves | (402) 992-0328 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Sacred Heart 1st Reconciliation &
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First Reconciliation for Adults
Preparation for First Reconciliation for adults is done through the RCIA program.
For information please contact Philip Zimmerman
Phone: (402) 371-2621
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Reconciliation
The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health, has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members."
It is called the sacrament of conversion because it makes sacramentally present Jesus' call to conversion, the first step in returning to the Father from whom one has strayed by sin.
It is called the sacrament of penance, since it consecrates the Christian sinner's personal and ecclesial steps of conversion, penance, and satisfaction.
It is called the sacrament of confession, since the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament. In a profound sense it is also a "confession" - acknowledgement and praise - of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man.
It is called the sacrament of forgiveness, since by the priest's sacramental absolution God grants the penitent "pardon and peace".
It is called the sacrament of Reconciliation, because it imparts to the sinner the life of God who reconciles: "Be reconciled to God". He who lives by God's merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord's call: "Go; first be reconciled to your brother".
[CCC 1421, 1423 - 1142]