Confidently accompany your children toward a joyful first experience of God’s mercy.

This booklet offers a clear, welcoming overview of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, including what the Church teaches, how children understand sin, and how to prepare for the rite in age-appropriate, concrete ways. It highlights Scripture stories of forgiveness, explains the forms of the sacrament, and provides prayers and a child-friendly examination of conscience. Perfect for home use, it equips families to talk meaningfully about rules, forgiveness, and making loving choices. Ideal for parish parent meetings, it gives leaders a ready-made, theologically solid resource to spark discussion, reduce anxiety, and help parents model reconciliation in daily family life.

OSV’s bestselling parent booklet for First Reconciliation has been revised and reimagined to fit the cognitive, interior life, and behavioral goals for the sacraments in the USCCB’s Handbook on the Catechetical Accompaniment Process. The result is an easy-to-read, parent-friendly booklet that helps parents guide their families in knowing, loving, and living the sacraments.

Also available in Spanish.