{"id":3321,"date":"2021-07-14T12:09:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/?page_id=3321"},"modified":"2026-09-12T17:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T16:35:25","slug":"first-holy-communion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/?page_id=3321","title":{"rendered":"First Confession &amp; First Holy Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-5.png 940w, https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-5-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-5-765x267.png 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Catholic parents<\/strong> of Holy Cross parish are invited to register their baptised children in Year 3 or above \u2013 see the instructions below.&nbsp; Registration will close once the course is full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Queries<\/strong> \u2013 contact the Lead Catechist&nbsp; <a href=\"mailto:carshaltonfhc@rcaos.org.uk\">carshaltonfhc@rcaos.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steps towards registration:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FIRST, ENQUIRE<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/swJSgx4TgFCdSmRf9\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/swJSgx4TgFCdSmRf9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THEN watch for a reply from the Lead Catechist, with further instructions.<\/strong> <strong>If there\u2019s nothing in your inbox <u>after 3 working days<\/u>, check your spam \/ junk folders<\/strong> before contacting the Lead Catechist (see email above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In due course you\u2019ll be required to provide \u2013 <em>as hard copy<\/em>: &nbsp;a COPY of your child\u2019s Baptism certificate and a recent portrait photo approx 5.5cm high x 5cm wide. You may like to prepare these documents now, but do not submit until asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic parents of Holy Cross parish are invited to register their baptised children in Year 3 or above \u2013 see the instructions below.&nbsp; Registration will close once the course is full. Queries \u2013 contact the Lead Catechist&nbsp; carshaltonfhc@rcaos.org.uk Steps towards registration: FIRST, ENQUIRE https:\/\/forms.gle\/swJSgx4TgFCdSmRf9 THEN watch for a reply from the Lead Catechist, with further &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/?page_id=3321\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First Confession &amp; First Holy Communion<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3310,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3321","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3321"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8957,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3321\/revisions\/8957"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holycrosscarshalton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}