Sacrament of Reconciliation

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Faith Community is a parish staffed by the Jesuits and offers the sacrament of Reconciliation every Saturday from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. There are usually two priests available. No confessions after 5:00 p.m. All other times by appointment with priest on duty for registered parishioners only.

As Jesuits, we find that many people come to a Jesuit parish to avail themselves of the sacrament of Reconciliation. Each person who approaches the priest is treated kindly and with dignity and respect, and the Jesuit offers spiritual advice and counsel to the penitent within the tradition and discernment of spirits found in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. The person approaching the priest has the option of anonymity or speaking face to face with the priest.

“The sacrament of Reconciliation is a way of participating in God’s incomprehensible mercy. Reconciliation is never our own unaided action. It is God’s activity that inspires the desire to confess those things that damage relationships with God and with others. It is God who enables us to love and helps us regret those actions that damage others and ourselves. It is God who draws us toward truth and helps us regret our lies. It is God who illumines the conscience, revealing to us our need of repentance. It is God who gives us the courage to confess our sins. Finally, it is God who forgives”.