The Eucharist is celebrated at the following times:
-Saturday Evening at 5:00 PM(Organ and Cantor) and 7:30 PM (Both Saturday Evening Masses Fulfill Sunday Requirement)
-Sunday in the Upper Church at 7:00, 9:00(Guitar and Cantor), 10:30 AM (Choir and Organ), 12:00 Noon(Organ and Cantor) and 5:00 PM(Organ and Cantor), and in the Holy Family Chapel at 10:15 AM (Family Liturgy)
(Bold Represents Masses with Music)

-Weekdays (Monday through Friday) at 6:30 AM and 9:00 AM
-Saturday Morning at 8:00 AM
-For Holy Day Masses, refer to the special schedule published in the bulletin

The Sacrament of Holy Communion is the third of the Sacraments of Initation. Even though we are required to receive Communion at least once per year (our Easter Duty), and the Church urges us to receive Communion frequently (even daily, if possible), it is called a sacrament of initiation because, like Baptism and Confirmation, it brings us into the fullness of our life in Christ.

In Holy Communion, we are eating the True Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, without which "you shall not have life in you" (John 6:53).

Preparing for the Sacrament of Holy Communion:Because of the intimate connection of the Sacrament of Holy Communion to our life in Christ, we must be free of any grave or mortal sin before receiving it, as St. Paul explained in 1 Corinthians 11:27-29. Otherwise, as he warns, we receive the sacrament unworthily, and we "eat and drink damnation" to ourselves.

If we are aware of having committed a mortal sin, we must participate in the Sacrament of Confession first. The Church sees the two sacraments as connected, and urges us, when we can, to join frequent Confession with frequent Communion.

Making a Spiritual Communion:If we cannot receive Holy Communion physically, either because we cannot make it to Mass or because we need to go to Confession first, we can pray an Act of Spiritual Communion, in which we express our desire to be united with Christ and ask Him to come into our soul. A spiritual communion is not sacramental, but prayed devoutly, it can be a source of grace that can strengthen us until we can receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion once again.

The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Communion:Receiving Holy Communion worthily brings us graces that affect us both spiritually and physically. Spiritually, our souls become more united to Christ, both through the graces we receive and through the change in our actions that those graces effect. Frequent Communion increases our love for God and for our neighbor, which expresses itself in action, which makes us more like Christ.