Bishop McKeown has announced today that the Sacrament of First Holy Communion has been deferred until September. The dates for the Sacrament of Confirmation for Primary 7 and Rang 7 are now provisional and these will be reviewed in May.
Mrs Mc Master
St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry Diocese First Communions and Confirmations Postponed. The difficult decision has been taking, after some consultation, that the celebrations of First Communion are to be deferred until September 2021. We are conscious that we must do everything we can to ensure that life is protected in the midst of this pandemic, noting that there has been some upturn in case numbers locally in recent days. For the celebration of Confirmation, it is acceptable for parishes to make provisional arrangements for these in the month of June. However, this decision will be reviewed at the middle of May. Return to any form of normality for church and society will be slow and, in order to hold the progress that we have made towards normal practice of faith, patience will be needed in relation to the pace of such change. Please note this is the same for all parishes in the Diocese.
