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• Has your child expressed a concept of right and wrong, or fairness and unfairness?
• Does your child understand that she/he is loved even when he/she does something wrong?
• Does your child have a prayer relationship with God?
• Does your child have appropriate loving relationships with others?
• Does your child have a desire to make up with others after disagreements or fights?
• Does your child have a desire to make right his/her wrong doings?
• Does your child seek to improve the quality of her/his relationships with others?
• Has your child demonstrated compassion or empathy for others?
• Has your child demonstrated feeling remorse or guilt?
• Can your child express sorrow?

To celebrate the Sacrament of Penance and the Rite of Reconciliation, a child must be able to:

• know the difference between right and wrong
• know that sin is a choice not an accident or mistake
• understand that sin is a choice that causes one to turn away from God’s friendship
• recognize and express sorrow for his or her wrong choices
• understand that Jesus forgives sins through the power of the Holy Spirit
• know that God will always forgive if he or she is truly sorry
• be willing to forgive others, as God forgives them