? on sacrament reception eligibility

[faithfulservant]

the bottom line question is can an individual going through the rcia process go to confession validly, long before they are scheduled to come into the Church?

obviously , a first confession will be made before Holy Communion , Confirmation and reception into the Church … but is it up to the priest to make this decision or is there some guideline as to when someone is allowed to participate in the sacrament of reconciliation?

 

[Jermosh]

It depends on if they are baptised. If they are not(like I was) they cannot recieve the sacrament till they are validly baptised. So I recieved baptism-confrimation-communion-pennance in that order. I did prepare before easter though, setup meetings with a priest and so forth.
If they are baptised in a licit manner(multi-denominational) then they can setup and start regulary going to confession when they are ready. They “should” have this done before confrimation or communion.