Reconciliation
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Why Confession?
When you go to Confession you are not telling God something he doesn’t already know, and you're not showing him something he doesn’t already see. You are giving him something he doesn’t already have: your broken heart.
-Fr. Mike Schmitz
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Confession Times
- Tuesday: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (or any date and time by appointment)
- Thursday: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (or any date and time by appointment)
- Saturday: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM (or any date and time by appointment)
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By appointment: Call the Parish Office at 574-282-2308 to setup a day and time
*No confessions are offered on Holy Saturday
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How to Make a Good Confession
If you're nervous about confession or haven't been in a while, take a look at our resources on making a good confession. Know that God loves you and wants to lift the burden of sin from you through this beautiful sacrament.
We're here to help! Take a look at some how-to videos and even print a guide (linked to the right) to take with you into the confessional.
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About the Sacrament
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins he then said to the paralytic, 'Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.' He rose and went home. When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to human beings." -Matthew 9:6-8
The Sacrament of Reconciliation can be a fearful experience for Catholics, especially if one has not been to confession in many years or has committed grave sin. The beauty of this sacrament is that God is always willing to welcome us back into his grace and protection. Satan wants us to hide our sin so we will not be free from them. But there is no sin that cannot be forgiven.
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From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Jesus Christ had the authority to forgive sins on earth and he gave this authority to his apostles when he said, "As the Father has sent me, so I send you." "And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them receive the Holy Spirit whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained" (John 20:21-23.) "Only priests who have received the faculty of absolving from the authority of the Church can forgive sins in the name of Christ" (CCC 1495). -
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