To attend the celebration called The Holy Mass every Sunday and to attend Church on special days like at Christmas and Easter, for example.

To receive the Holy Eucharist during Easter. Click here to find out more in our channelling section.

To sincerely confess the sins (the wrong things I've done or my rejection of goodness) to a priest at least once a year.

To be prepared to fast on certain days, eating one meal a day on some days and not eating meat at all on certain special days. Fasting is said to be a way to free our senses to help us get more spiritually in tune. It's a bit like a mini-detox.

For a marriage to be considered valid, Catholics are required to be married by a priest in a Catholic Church. Couples normally have to attend preparation classes 9 – 12 months before their wedding day.

To make a financial contribution to the Church. No-one can survive without an income and the Church is no different. Did you know that the average earnings of a Priest in England and Wales is around £8000 a year?

"Law is ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the one who is in charge of the community."
St Thomas Aquinas, The Catechism of the Catholic Church 1976.

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