"The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life." The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch."

-Catechism of the Catholic Church 1324

At St. Anne children receive First Reconciliation and First Eucharist in the third grade. Diocesan policy requires that each child be in preparation for three years, first, second and third grade religious education (St. Anne School or CCD). The parents, as primary educators of their children, also attend meetings for each Sacrament and oversee their children’s work.