Youths learn about confession at an early age

Submitted on December 17, 2009

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by Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@stlouisreview.com

Father Sabastian Mundackal, OSB, bestowed the forgiveness of Christ to Rebecca Rushman, who was receiving her First Reconciliation Dec. 5 at St. Paul Parish in Fenton.

Lisa A. Johnston

There's an excitement in Barb Yoffie's voice when she thinks about children who make their First Reconciliation.

"They have no fear whatsoever," said Yoffie, a coordinator of religious education at St. Clement of Rome School in Des Peres for 16 years. "They're excited when they're about to make their First Reconciliation. They're beaming afterward ... it's like they've been filled with the grace of the sacrament."

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