How can my children make holy communion if not in catholic school?

[Starsmum75]

I have a 5 & 4yr old, both who are in a good school which I am happy with. I'm just wondering how I will go about them making their first holy communion when the time comes, can they go along with the local catholic school. They are both christened catholic, but I had problems getting them in the catholic school. Now I am actually happy with the school they are in, except for the religious ceremony side of things. Can anyone offer advice or help please?

Yes soupy I thought that

Gone a bit judgey on here don't you think...

Yep, shouldn't be judgey at all, our Catholic priests k ow and accept that some families do the various sacraments because it's just pRt of their religion and for no other reason. Some will be church goers and some won't be.

Should be no problem. Our recent cohort included kids who didnâ??t go to Catholic schools. Ask the priest. I'd be really astonished if he objected. In the very unlikely event he does, speak to the Bishop.

Similarly there were kids in the class who didnâ??t. One going abroad to have service with family, others are not Rc.
After the recent and very fab vote in Ireland, the church is learning that being judgy gets you nowhere.

Agree about the fab result in Ireland Sparky, when we had the vote here in England our priest had to read a letter written by the Bishop urging MPs to vote against the Bill. I was heartened to see our priest had real issues with it....and he said so. He always says that anyone is welcome in the church regardless of sexuality.

In the same way both the priests locally accept that not all families will attend church....but they will still baptise the children and offer holy communion to them. The one exception in the last few years was a very conservative priest ...that was until he ran off with the single mother of a child in DS's class. He promptly became much more human and is now a vicar with far more humility....and married to the Mum in question. I a, pleased to say they are very happy....as it should be.

Anyway...now wildly off topic.

That was a bit judgy, why would a parent of a 4 &5 year old know this? I wouldn't have noticed it had changed if DS hadnt been asked to help at a meeting, DS has done his and DD is nowhere near old enough so I haven't been paying attention to the newsletter.