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Confirmation Preparation
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"Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ’s teaching will never let us down, while worldly wisdom always will. Christ Himself said that this sort of wisdom was like a house with nothing but sand as its foundation, while His own was like a building with solid rock as its foundation."
~ St. Vincent de Paul
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Information about The Confirmation Mass
Grade 8 - 1st Year Confirmation Preparation: Mondays, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Grade 9 - 1st Year Confirmation Preparation: Sundays, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Grade 10 - 1st Year Confirmation Preparation: Sundays, Time TBA
Grade 10 - 2nd Year Confirmation Preparation: Sundays, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PMConfirmation Name & Sponsor Form
Choosing your Sponsor
The Sponsor is fully initiated into the Catholic Faith (having been Confirmed) and is of minimum age of 16 years old.
Our Community welcomes you and your family to join us on the journey with your candidate the next two years of their preparation for the sacrament and beyond! We are a family orientated community that is actively embracing it's role in the works of Missionary Discipleship. It is important that when Confirmed each young person is encouraged to serve the Church with their God given talents as well as feel confident to evangelize others, a Sponsor's support is vital.
Choosing your sponsor is one of the most important decisions that students will make during the preparation process. It requires discernment and prayer. A sponsor needs to be willing and able to make the faith journey with the candidate.
Archdiocese guidelines for Confirmation sponsors: InformationChoosing your Confirmation Name
One of the traditional practices in the Church at the time of Confirmation is choosing a name that will remind you of this sacrament and to signify your new and deeper awareness of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. If the choice is made to add a new name, it is to be a Christian name. It should reflect a saint whom you can admire and imitate.
Candidates are required to choose a Saint's name to become their Confirmation name and should be a person they wish to emmulate. If you are choosing to use your given name as your Confirmation Name, you will write your given name on the online form.
Check out some web-sites to learn more about some people who really lived the “Catholic Way of Life.”
http://www.catholic.org/saints/
http://www.lifeteen.com **Enter "Saints" under site search
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/byname.aspx
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Areas of Preparation
As Catholics, we are called, and Chosen, by God to affirm our faith in the Sacrament of Confirmation. Confirmation completes our "Initiation" into the Catholic Church.
1. Sunday Mass
Mass, the central act of worship of the Church, which culminates in celebration of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, the "Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church.- Youth Mass 5:30 PM
One Sunday/month
See Youth Mass Schedule - Sunday Masses
4:00 PM - St. Athanasius Church
8:30 AM - St. Agnes Church
10:00 AM - St. Athanasius Church
11:30 AM - St. Agnes Church
If you are an adult seeking to be Confirmed in the Catholic Church, you will want to explore the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): Learn more...
- Youth Mass 5:30 PM
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2. Christian Service
Putting Faith into action. Core to Jesus' teaching is the Gospel mandate to serve, tying the concept of service to scripture and a greater lesson. Christian service is a central tenet of the Catholic faith and therefore a key aspect to Confirmation Preparation.
Confirmation Candidates check in with their group leader for the focus of that class's Service.
There are many needs within and beyond the parish.3. Small Group Meetings
- Confirmation preparation is a 2-year process. Candidates meet in Small Groups led by a volunteer Catechist, and remain in their Small Group for both years of preparation.
- A NOTE ON STUDENTS ATTENDING CATHOLIC SCHOOL - Students enrolled in a Catholic School are not required to attend the 1st year of preparation. These candidates are required to attend their 2nd year of preparation. We encourage and invite these Catholic School candidates to make the two-year journey of preparation in the Spirit of community with their Confirmation Candidate peers and with our Parish.
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