Lesson 1Session 12: Final preparation, retreat day, and rehearsal for sacramentsThis final session gathers the journey, offers retreat-style reflection, and rehearses the liturgies for First Communion and Confirmation, ensuring adults are spiritually, emotionally, and practically ready for celebration in their parish community.
Review of key themes and gracesGuided retreat prayer and reflectionExamination of readiness and trustWalk-through of the sacramental ritesPlanning celebration and next stepsLesson 2Session 4: Sacraments of Initiation overview: Baptism, Eucharist, ConfirmationThis session presents the three Sacraments of Initiation as one unified process, explaining Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist, their scriptural roots, symbols, and effects, and how they shape lifelong Christian identity for participants.
Sacraments as signs and instruments of graceUnity of Baptism, Confirmation, EucharistBiblical foundations of initiationKey symbols and gestures in each sacramentOngoing effects in daily Christian lifeLesson 3Session 10: Prayer life and personal devotion: examen, lectio divina, and sacramental lifeThis session strengthens personal prayer life, teaching the daily examen, lectio divina, and regular sacramental practice, so adults can build a sustainable rhythm of devotion that supports ongoing conversion and mission in their daily lives.
Foundations of Christian prayerStep-by-step daily examen practiceLectio divina with the Sunday GospelDevotion to Mary and the saintsRegular Mass, confession, and adorationLesson 4Session 11: Living the Christian life: moral teaching, social witness, and missionThis session presents Catholic moral teaching, virtue, and conscience, then explores social teaching, justice, and evangelising witness, helping adults see their mission in family, work, parish, and wider society with practical application.
Freedom, sin, and moral responsibilityCardinal and theological virtuesCatholic social teaching essentialsWitness in family, work, and societyParish involvement and lay ministriesLesson 5Session 5: Baptism essentials and preparation for unbaptised candidatesThis session focuses on Baptism’s meaning, grace, and ritual, and offers special guidance for unbaptised adults, including preparation steps, godparents, and practical details for celebrating the sacrament in the parish setting.
Original sin and need for BaptismBaptismal promises and renunciationsWater, oil, white garment, and candleRole of godparents and Christian witnessesSteps for unbaptised adult candidatesLesson 6Session 6: Reconciliation—sin, conscience, examen, and sacramental confession practiceThis session explores sin, conversion, and conscience, then teaches how to examine one’s life and celebrate sacramental confession, including form, prayers, and practice to reduce fear and encourage honest repentance among adults.
Mortal and venial sin explainedForming and following a right conscienceHow to make a daily examenStructure of the Rite of PenancePractice: preparing a first confessionLesson 7Session 8: Preparing for First Communion: rites, disposition, and practical rehearsalThis session prepares adults practically and spiritually for First Communion, reviewing the Communion rites, interior disposition, fasting, and reverence, and offering a step-by-step rehearsal for receiving the Eucharist confidently.
Spiritual hunger and desire for JesusRequired disposition and state of graceCommunion fast and external reverenceHow to receive under different formsRehearsal of Communion processionLesson 8Session 9: Confirmation: gifts of the Holy Spirit, personal discernment, and sponsor roleThis session explains Confirmation as outpouring of the Spirit, reviews the seven gifts and fruits, and guides adults in discernment of vocation and service, including the role and selection of a suitable sponsor for support.
Meaning and effects of ConfirmationSeven gifts and fruits of the SpiritAnointing, laying on of hands, and sealChoosing and working with a sponsorDiscerning personal gifts and vocationLesson 9Session 7: Eucharist doctrine: Real Presence, Liturgy of the Word and EucharistThis session deepens understanding of the Eucharist as sacrifice, memorial, and Real Presence, and walks through the Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist so adults can participate more consciously and devoutly in Mass.
Biblical roots of the EucharistReal Presence and transubstantiationMass as sacrifice and thanksgivingLiturgy of the Word: structure and meaningLiturgy of the Eucharist: prayers and ritesLesson 10Session 3: Church, Tradition, and Magisterium—authority and teachingThis session explains what the Church is, why Christ founded it, and how Tradition and the Magisterium guide teaching, so adults can understand authority, unity, and their place in the Catholic community today with clarity.
Biblical images of the ChurchMarks of the Church: one, holy, catholic, apostolicSacred Tradition and Sacred ScriptureRole of the Magisterium and the popeObedience, conscience, and assent of faithLesson 11Session 2: Who is God? Trinity, Revelation, and Scripture basicsThis session introduces who God is as Trinity, how God reveals himself in history and in Jesus, and how Scripture is inspired and interpreted in the Church, giving adults a solid foundation for later sacramental teaching and growth.
Images of God and personal experienceThe Trinity: Father, Son, Holy SpiritRevelation in salvation history and ChristInspiration and canon of ScriptureHow Catholics interpret the BibleLesson 12Session 1: Welcome, Storytelling, and Personal Journey mappingThis opening session builds trust, invites participants to share their stories, and maps each person’s spiritual journey, helping them name hopes, questions, and goals for preparing to receive First Communion and Confirmation as adults.
Introductions and group expectationsSharing faith backgrounds and life storiesNaming hopes and fears for this processPersonal faith timeline and key momentsSetting individual spiritual goals
