Please contact the
Parish Office at least six months in advance.
Participation in both
a parish and a diocesan preparation is required of all couples.
For Catholics, the Sacrament of Baptism is the first step
in a lifelong journey of commitment and discipleship. Whether we are
baptized as infants or adults, Baptism is the Church's way of
celebrating and enacting the embrace of God.
Baptism at St. Robert's is celebrated regularly at Sunday Eucharist and
periodically on Sunday afternoons throughout the year. Mandatory parent
preparation sessions are held at church every other month. Please
contact the Parish Office four months in advance of the intended Baptism date.
Confirmation is a Catholic sacrament of mature Christian
commitment and a deepening of baptismal gifts. Like Baptism and
Eucharist, it is a Sacrament of Initiation for Catholics and a Sacrament
of faith in God's fidelity to us.
The Catholic Sacrament of
Reconciliation (also known as the Sacrament of Penance, or Penance and
Reconciliation) has three elements: conversion, confession and
celebration. In it we find God's unconditional forgiveness, and as a
result we are called to forgive others.
Reconciliation at St.
Robert's is available on Saturday at 3:30 PM or by arrangement with one of the
priests.
The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, formerly
known as Last Rites or Extreme Unction, is a ritual of healing
appropriate not only for physical but also for mental and spiritual
sickness.
Please contact the
Parish Office when a parishioner is seriously ill or goes into the
hospital. Staff and Communion Ministers bring communion to those who
are infirm. The Sacrament of the Sick is celebrated communally in the
spring and the fall.
