Do This in Memory
Do This in Memory is a parish-based programme of preparation for First Communion centred in the parish celebration of the Sunday Eucharist and in the home. The programme resources are designed to facilitate parents, families and parishioners’ active involvement in the preparation for the sacrament.
The programme takes place once a month for nine months before First Eucharist and
concludes during the parish celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi.
Programme Resources : Coordinator’s Manual
- Liturgical guidelines for each Sunday of the programme
- Homily notes
- Text of Sunday readings
- Post-Communion reflections
- Liturgical guidelines for the celebration of First Eucharist
- PowerPoint presentation and notes for the initial meeting with parents
THUMB
THUMB is a book that contains an Introduction to the programme, including a Guide for Parents that suggests ways they might use the programme
most effectively.
Grapevine Newsletters
There are nine Grapevine Newsletters which are distributed to the families preparing for First Eucharist after each ‘Do This in Memory’ Mass. Together with THUMB, the Grapevine helps parents to engage more fully with the programme at home. It includes the text for the Gospel of the next Sunday of the programme, suggestions for family prayer and the creation of a Family Prayer Space.
Inserts for Parish Newsletters
As a way of connecting the wider parish community to the First Eucharist preparation, there are a series of short inserts for Parish Newsletters entitled ‘Learning about the Mass with Kath and Qumen’. There are 36 of these short inserts which can be placed in the Parish Bulletin, beginning on the weekend of Enrolment Sunday and continuing on a weekly basis until the programme is finished.