What is Confession?

Sin hurts our relationship with God, ourselves, and others. As the Catechism states:

The sinner wounds God’s honor and love, his own human dignity…and the spiritual well-being of the Church, of which each Christian ought to be a living stone. To the eyes of faith no evil is graver than sin and nothing has worse consequences for the sinners themselves, for the Church, and for the whole world. (CCC 1487, 1488)

Individual confession with a priest is the principal means of absolution and reconciliation of grave sins within the Church. Confession, also called Reconciliation, frees us from sinful patterns of behavior and calls us to complete conversion to Christ. Reconciliation heals our sins and repairs our relationships.

Confession

Confession Times

Saturday 3:00 - 3:45 pm

AND 30 minutes before Masses
OR by Appointment

Are you a baptized Catholic who hasn’t received First Confession or First Communion?

  • Sacramental preparation for First Sacraments is a two year program beginning in first grade. After the completion of the preparation period children receive the sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation in the spring of their second grade year. For more information, visit our Formation page or contact Christine Sanders, CRE at 717-637-1191 or csanders@hbgdiocese.org

  • First Confession is received after preparation in the Christian Initiation Process before a participant is received into full communion with the Catholic Church.

    Visit our Become Catholic page to learn more.