Confirmation Preparation
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Confirmation Masses
Saturday, May 13, 2023, 6:00 PM at St. Athanasius Church - Rehearsal, Wednesday, May 10, 7:00 PM
Sunday, May 14, 2023, 2:00 PM at St. Athanasius Church - Rehearsal, Thursday, May 11, 7:00 PM
4/30/2023 - The May 14 Confirmation Mass has been changed to St. Athanasius Church due to ceiling reinforcement at St. Agnes Church.
4/25/2023 - Confirmation Mass assisgnments are set. Confirmation Candidates have received email to confirm their Confirmation Mass, Confirmation Name, and Confirmation Sponsor. Please call the Parish Office if you have questions on Candidate's Mass, Name, and/or Sponsor.
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Service Opportunities
Each candidate for the Sacrament of Confirmation is asked to complete three acts of service: one for their parish, one for their greater community and one that may be completed outside the community.
Families, please support these teens in this work. It is not merely the knowlege of the faith, it is this faith in action that will grow candidates and ready them for not one day, but a life time of faith.
Service opportunities for the Lenten Season to be posted - Lent begins Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
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Choosing 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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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: Information
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Small Group/Large Group 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. Preparation is a two year process that begins in 9th grade and continues through 10th grade. It includes small group meetings, weekly celebration of the Eucharist, service to others, and spending time with God in prayer.
Confirmation I candidates attending Catholic School are not required to attend group meetings though we encourage and invite these candidates to make the two-year journey of preparation in the Spirit of community with their Confirmation Candidate peers and with our parishes. Confirmation II candidates attending Catholic School are required to attend Group meetings.
Candidates meet in Small Groups led by a volunteer Catechist, and remain in their Small Group for the entire two-year preparation.
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...
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