Received Online Parent Certification

The Received: Your Journey to First Communion Parent’s Certification Course provides four short sessions that offer spiritual encouragement and refreshment for parents, as well as guidance on how to help their child prepare for these important sacraments. Parents receive a certificate of completion when they finish the course.

Table of Contents

• Session 1: "An Invitation"
• Session 2: "What Is the Holy Eucharist?"
• Session 3: "Jesus in Your Life"
• Session 4: "Strategies to Accompany Your Child"

The Received Parent Certification course includes a Received Parent’s Guide. Each lesson in your child’s book has a corresponding section in the Parent's Guide.

Here is what you will find:

• Bird’s-Eye View - An explanation of the material your child will learn in the lesson.
• Make It Personal -Two opportunities for you as a parent to reflect on the major themes of your child’s lesson and explore the ways those themes apply to your own life. These sections include an invitation to reflect on some deeper questions related to the theme and explore your thoughts in writing.
• Pray - A chance to offer the thoughts from your reflection to God in prayer.
• Take-Home Activities - A review of the car conversation and family time prompts that your child is expected to complete each week, with tips, tricks, and ideas for you.
• Tough Questions - A look at some tough questions that your child may have after the lesson. It gives you a guide to approaching challenging conversations and a possible response to each question.
• Additional Resources - This includes Bible verses, Catechism references, videos, podcasts, and articles to help you dive deeper into the concepts covered in the lesson.

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About Received:

Received: Your Journey to First Communion is a twelve-lesson program that provides everything you need to prepare children to receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist. It features gorgeous live-action videos with stunning animations that help communicate the spiritual dimension of the Faith to children in a way they can easily understand. The program also offers a Student Workbook, a Leader’s Guide, an Online Parent Certification, a take-with-you Mass book, family activity crates, and more.

Note: Purchase of online access grants immediate access to the program videos and workbook for one year. If you've already purchased access, view the program online here.