Penance Service - St. Charles

Communal Penance Services or Reconciliation Services are a form of sacramental confession.The sacrament of Penance can take place in the framework of a communal celebration in which we prepare ourselves together for confession and give thanks together for the forgiveness received. A communal penance service always includes the following: • The penitents' sorrow for sin expressed in an Act of Contrition; • Individual confession of sins to a priest with absolution given; • An act of penance.