**First Holy Communion and Confirmation 2021**

Greetings to all our pupils, families, and schools as you settle down for a new school year. Please God it will be a safe one, where everyone will grow in education, and look out for each other. On the one hand, you are returning to the normality of school, and on the other hand, to a new norm in terms of how you interact inside and outside of class. Do continue the basics, washing the hands, keeping the social spacing, wear the mask, and minding each other. We are in this TOGETHER!

To all the families who will celebrate First Holy Communion and Confirmation in 2021. We are very much looking forward to the year ahead. It will be different, but we in the parish will continue to connect and journey with you. As of now there are no dates for First Holy Communion and Confirmation in 2021, but will have dates once we see how things unfold in the coming months.

In the meantime one of the ways we are going to connect with you is through our Shannon Parish App. So the first thing we would like you to do is download the app, if you haven’t already done so, and keep the app open for notifications. The app is our free gift to you. It will be a great source of communication, posting resources online, which will complement the school programme and keep you notified of what is happening.

Finally, we wish you a wonderful school year ahead, and may God bless you and your family.

Fr Arnie P.P. V.F.