Latest Testimonials

Testimonials from Bishops

Children of the Eucharist offers children an invaluable support in developing a personal prayer life, which is not just about saying prayers, but about listening to Jesus and talking to Him in their own words. While it is a programme for children, it is about gently and appropriately laying foundations for a lifetime. It is about opening the hearts of children to the beginnings of a relationship which is not just for childhood, but for life and, indeed, for eternity.

His Most Reverend Kevin Doran, Bishop of Elphin

Testimonials from Priests

The ‘Children of the Eucharist’ is what we call, new evangelisation. It is through the children adoring the Blessed Sacrament that, we are going to evangelise our families. In the past it was the parents who transmit the faith, but, through the ‘Children of the Eucharist’, it is the children who are bringing the faith to their family.

Fr. Aaron Zahra OP Rector of St. Albert the Great College, Valletta, Malta

Testimonials from Religious Sisters

I have no hesitation whatever in highly recommending the ‘Children of the Eucharist’ programme. It instils in the children preparing to receive first Holy Communion a great reverence for the Blessed Sacrament. It also allows them to develop a personal relationship with Jesus, as their friend. I have had the great privilege of exposing the Blessed Sacrament for the children of St. Ronan’s Primary School in recent years and can see the value of this enriching programme. I wholeheartedly believe that it should be delivered in every Catholic Primary School, throughout Ireland.

Mother Attracta Devlin O.S.C., Newry, Co. Down

Testimonials from School Principals

We would love to say that we have found that adoration in our school has really added focus to our sacramental preparation for both 2nd and 6th class. The personnel involved are very kind and spiritual in everything they say to the children. It has added an extra valuable element to our faith formation. It is an uplifting oasis during a very busy school timetable. I'd highly recommend it.

Maria Foley, Principal, Glantane N.S., Co. Cork

Testimonials from Teachers

I unreservedly recommend the COTE ministry as a unique supplement to the faith formation of primary school children. The children encounter God in His Eucharistic Presence and in His word, enabling them in a special way to enter into and deepen that personal relationship with our indwelling living God, for which we all long and without which we will not know true and lasting peace. In addition, volunteers find, to their joy, as all teachers do, that in their giving, their ‘understanding of their subject’ grows continually and beyond expectation. COTE truly is blessed and a blessing. Not to be missed!

Myra O’Regan, Retired Primary School Teacher, Millstreet, Co. Cork

Testimonials from Volunteers and Parents

The joy my heart feels in watching the little children dance like flowers in a garden at the feet of Jesus absorbing all His light & love is overwhelming. And HE, taking their little sacred hearts into the flame of His loving heart raises them to an orbit of existence as far above nature as heaven is above earth… filling them with Himself, in their own words: ‘loved, at peace, joyful, safe, no one will hurt me anymore, blessed, happy, warm…’, their hearts restless…until they rest in Him, ready to set the world ablaze.

Rosie Hannigan, COTE Volunteer, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal