THE SACRAMENT of Reconciliation is called by many names:
1423 It is called the sacrament of conversion because it makes sacramentally present Jesus' call to conversion, the first step in returning to the Father⁵ 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.
1424 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" - acknowledgment 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."⁶
It is called the sacrament of Reconciliation, because it imparts to the sinner the love of God who reconciles: "Be reconciled to God."⁷ He who lives by God's merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord's call: "Go; first be reconciled to your brother."
Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion.
 
Reconciliation: Sacramental celebration in which through God’s mercy and forgiveness, the sinner is reconciled with God and also with the Church. Christ’s Body, which is wounded by sin. The sacrament of penance which is the liturgical celebration of God’s forgiveness of the sins of the penitent, who is thus reconciled with God and with the Church. The acts of the penitent – contrition, confession of sins, and satisfaction or reparation – together with the prayer of absolution by the priest, constitute the essential elements of the Sacrament of Penance.  It is through the sacrament of Penance that the baptized can be reconciled with God and with the Church:
 
Penance has rightly been called by the holy Fathers "a laborious kind of baptism." This sacrament of Penance is necessary for salvation for those who have fallen after Baptism, just as Baptism is necessary for salvation for those who have not yet been reborn.
 
The sacrament of Reconciliation at St. Charles Borromeo Parish is celebrated during Lent of a child's second grade year. Reconciliation preparation begins in September and is taught during our regular Faith Formation session times on Sunday morning. Children are prepared during their second grade year. 

Four Parent/Child Preparation Sessions will take place during the months of February and March TBA and Scheduled annually.
 
Reception of the Sacrament will be during our Lenten Communal Reconciliation.   

Policy & Procedure ~ Reconciliation