CONFIRMATION MASS 2021
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021
AT 7:00 PM
# OF PEOPLE ATTENDING CONFIRMATION MASS WITH YOUR FAMILY
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In case you missed the Parent/Student meeting on August 29th please see this video.
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WELCOME TO CONFIRMATION PREPARATIONOn behalf of the Community of St. Patrick, we welcome your family to the Confirmation Program and pray that you and your daughter or son will have many growing experiences into the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Confirmation completes the process of initiation into the Holy Catholic Church and sets the newly confirmed on the way of Discipleship.
Parents, you are the primary faith educators of your child. Over the coming months, candidates will be doing much reflecting, sharing, praying, celebrating, caring and growing in the sacramental knowledge of our faith. St. Patrick is committed to supporting these young people every step of the way. CONFIRMATION PRAYER FOR CANDIDATES God, our father, We ask you to bless all candidates who are now preparing to receive the spirit of your love in the Sacrament of Confirmation. May the gifts within each one be touched by your Holy Spirit and become blessings for our parish family. Bless, too, our parents, our sponsors, our teachers and Catechists, and all those who have been the reflection of your son’s love for us. This we ask you through Christ, our Lord. Amen. PREP STUDENTS
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WHAT IS CONFIRMATION?
Confirmation is a sacrament in which those who have been baptized receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, whom the Lord sent upon His apostles at Pentecost. It is a sacrament that celebrates God’s special strengths and gifts in those who have been baptized. In 1972, the Church published The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). The RCIA stresses the connection between the three sacraments of Christian initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist.
Confirmation is a parish community celebration. It provides an opportunity for members of the parish family to renew their baptismal commitment. Confirmation time in the parish is a time when the community celebrates the gifts of the Holy Spirit among them. It is not enough for the candidates (those eligible and preparing for Confirmation) to sit back and learn about faith from the words of a catechist or from a book. They must go out and see for themselves how the Holy Spirit is at work in the community. Confirmation preparation is the chance for them to find how the gifts of the Holy Spirit are at work every day. This also helps the candidate to be open to receiving these spiritual gifts in a special way at their Confirmation. Pentecost saw the Holy Spirit given to the fledgling group of people that was the Church. Peter and the others had experienced both the presence of the Risen Jesus and His Holy Spirit. These remarkable experiences fired them to begin immediately spreading the Good News that Jesus was Lord. He had risen from the dead. God is the God of welcome and love, and the power of God is available to everybody through the coming of the Spirit. CONFIRMATION ELIGIBILITY
The St. Patrick has set 8th grade as the minimum age for Confirmation. Those currently enrolled in the 8th grade during the the school year, who successfully completes religious education requirements through St. Patrick School or St. Patrick Religious Education Program (PREP) in their 7th and 8th grade year, will be eligible for Confirmation in the Fall. REGISTRATION Each candidate must complete a Candidate Information Sheet. Those not enrolled at St. Patrick School must also enroll in St. Patrick’s Parish Religious Education Program or have made arrangement to participated in the Adapted Confirmation Preparation Process. If indicated on Candidate Information Form, all candidates must supply a copy of their baptismal certificate. A $25 Confirmation Program Fee needs to be collected for all St. Patrick School Families. PREP Families - This fee is included in your PREP Registration THIS VIDEO GIVES INSIGHT TO WHAT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE CONFIRMATION PREPARATION PROCESS:
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PARISH RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION PROGRAM
(PREP)
Any Non-St. Patrick School 8th grade students who wishes to be Confirmed in 2021 needs to fully register for PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) for the Fall. If this
8th grade student did not attend PREP in their 7th grade year they need to contact Tim Grove at theParish office at
244-6083by July 1 in order to be Confirmed in Fall of
their 8th Grade Year.
EDUCATION PROGRAM
(PREP)
Any Non-St. Patrick School 8th grade students who wishes to be Confirmed in 2021 needs to fully register for PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) for the Fall. If this
8th grade student did not attend PREP in their 7th grade year they need to contact Tim Grove at theParish office at
244-6083by July 1 in order to be Confirmed in Fall of
their 8th Grade Year.
Students in the 7th grade that will be attending the Confirmation Preparation PREP sessions
need only to attend the PREP sessions.
Parent/Student Meeting and Sponsor/Student meeting is for 8th grade students only.
need only to attend the PREP sessions.
Parent/Student Meeting and Sponsor/Student meeting is for 8th grade students only.
THIS VIDEO GIVES INFORMATION FOR THE STUDENTS IN OUR PREP PROGRAM:
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ADAPTED CONFIRMATION
PREPARATION PROCESS
FOR 8TH GRADE STUDENTS WHO
DID NOT ATTEND PREP CLASSES IN THEIR 7TH GRADE YEAR
For those students that have not attended the the first year of the two year Confirmation Process of Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) will need to complete this adapted process , along with enrollment and attendance in our Fall Confirmation PREP program. Once this adapted Process is fulfilled (Deadline September 7th), along with the Fall PREP Program Classes and all other requirements for Confirmation is completed, students will be able to be Confirmed in November.
Missed PREP Session - Make Up Work can be found below:
Session #1
September 19
Overview of Confirmation Process
Please see the following Videos and review the Quick Reference Buttons found on this webpage.
Video 1 - Welcome to the Confirmation Process
Video 2- The 3 S's- Saint
Video 3- The 3 S's - Service
Video 4- The Confirmation Experience
Video 5- Julia's Story- Decision Point
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Session #2
September 26
Decision Point- Chapter 7- Eucharist
Session #1
September 19
Overview of Confirmation Process
Please see the following Videos and review the Quick Reference Buttons found on this webpage.
Video 1 - Welcome to the Confirmation Process
Video 2- The 3 S's- Saint
Video 3- The 3 S's - Service
Video 4- The Confirmation Experience
Video 5- Julia's Story- Decision Point
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Session #2
September 26
Decision Point- Chapter 7- Eucharist
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NO CLASS - FALL BREAK- OCTOBER 3
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Session # 3
October 10
Decision Point- Chapter 8- Holy Spirit
NO CLASS - FALL BREAK- OCTOBER 3
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Session # 3
October 10
Decision Point- Chapter 8- Holy Spirit
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Session # 4
October 17
Decision Point- Chapter 10
CONFIRMATION- You are Called and Chosen
SAINT NAME ESSAY DUE
Session # 4
October 17
Decision Point- Chapter 10
CONFIRMATION- You are Called and Chosen
SAINT NAME ESSAY DUE
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Session # 5
October 24
Decision Point- Chapter 11
MISSION- You are Made for Mission
Session # 5
October 24
Decision Point- Chapter 11
MISSION- You are Made for Mission
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NO PREP SESSION ON OCTOBER 31
LETTER TO ARCHBISHOP DUE- email to [email protected]
NO PREP SESSION ON OCTOBER 31
LETTER TO ARCHBISHOP DUE- email to [email protected]
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Opportunity for Reconciliation
November 7th
9:00 am- Examination of Conscience in JPII Youth Room
9:45-10:45 am Reconciliation in the Church
SERVICE ESSAY DUE
Opportunity for Reconciliation
November 7th
9:00 am- Examination of Conscience in JPII Youth Room
9:45-10:45 am Reconciliation in the Church
SERVICE ESSAY DUE
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Session # 6
November 14
Decision Point- Chapter 12
HOLINESS IS POSSIBLE
PASTORIAL INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE BEING CONFIRMED-
AN INTERVIEW IS REQUIRED FOR CONFIRMAITON
Session # 6
November 14
Decision Point- Chapter 12
HOLINESS IS POSSIBLE
PASTORIAL INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE BEING CONFIRMED-
AN INTERVIEW IS REQUIRED FOR CONFIRMAITON