Children & Holy Communion

Children and Communion Training

No Training Events are currently planned but if you would like to find out more about celebrating Holy Communion in School or admitting children to Holy Communion please contact the children's adviser or the schools team, who would be very happy to help you.

Resources List - Material for preparing children for admission to Holy Communion

Children and Holy Communion

Steve Pearce and Diana Murrie, (NS/CHP)

Welcome to the Lord's Table - a practical course, new and revised edition

Margaret Withers

Meet Christ with Joy

Joan Brown (Kevin Mayhew)

Follow Me!

The Additional Curates Society

Bread for all God's Family

LJ Francis & D Drayson (Gracewing)

Your Child's First Communion

R Gallacher (Redemptorist Pubs)

Invitation to Communion

Sr S Clifford (Kevin Mayhew)

(This is a programme for children with special needs)

Resources are available to borrow from the Resource Centre.

More general books, including reports, about the admission of children to Holy Communion

Christian Initiation: Birth & Growth In the Christian Society

(The Ely Commission (1969) CIO 1971)

Communion before Confirmation?

The Knaresborough Commission (CIO 1985)

Communion before Confirmation:

A report on the experiences of Southwark, Manchester and Peterborough dioceses

Culham College Institute

Christian Initiation: A Policy for the Church of England

Martin Reardon(CHP)

On the Way: Towards an Integrated Approach to Christian Nurture

GS Misc 444 (CHP 1994)

Children in the Assembly of the Church

E Bernstein & J Brooks-Leonard (LTP)

Issues in the Christian Initiation of Children

K Brown & FC Sokol (LTP)

Exploring Holy Communion in Primary Schools

Jumping Fish

Related links

• The Children's Council - Children and Holy Communion
• Children as Communicants
• Diocesan Framework for Admission of Children to Communion before Confirmation
• Children and Communion... What has happened? Review Meeting in October 2000
• Training Events