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Confirmation 2014 Info Session Thurs. December 5, 2013.

Confirmation 2014 Info Session Thurs. December 5, 2013. Welcome & Opening Prayer. THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS. Thank you to Agata and Erika for helping with the Welcome desk. Big thank you to Agata for all the Confirmation form processing!.

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Confirmation 2014 Info Session Thurs. December 5, 2013.

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  1. Confirmation 2014Info SessionThurs. December 5, 2013.

  2. Welcome & Opening Prayer

  3. THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS Thank you to Agataand Erika for helping with the Welcome desk. Big thank you to Agata for all the Confirmation form processing!

  4. Please take only 1 Handout Booklet per familyIf any are left after the meeting, you are welcome to take another.

  5. Intro Meeting Handouts Each package should contain • Letter dated December 3, 2013 • Family Bonding Homework Activities • 2014 Confirmation topics • Choosing a Confirmation Name Handout • Getting to know your Sponsor/Candidate: Discussion Questions • Confirmation Service Hours Record Sheet

  6. Meeting Overview • Objective of Confirmation Preparation • Schedule • Requirements • About Sponsors • Expectations • Attendance • Website Downloads

  7. Meeting Overview • No Sponsor? • Volunteers Needed • Sign up sheets • Reminders • Announcements • Questions?

  8. What is Confirmation? Section 203-207 of YouCat - 1 of the 7 Sacraments - Completes our Baptism • Strengthens the Gifts of the Holy Spirit that we first receive in Baptism. • Helps us live out our faith and act as witnesses of Jesus Christ • Receive a special seal on our soul that marks us forever as a Christian

  9. Pope Francis

  10. Pope Francis on the Sacrament of Confirmation “The most important thing that can happen to a person, is to encounter Jesus: the encounter with Jesus who loves us, who has saved us, who gave his life for us -- to encounter Jesus…. in prayer, when we go to Mass, and when we do good works, when we visit the sick, when we help a poor person, when we think of others, when we aren’t egoistic, when we are kind.” “You… with the seal of the Holy Spirit, will have more strength for this journey, to encounter Jesus. Be courageous, don’t be afraid! Life is this journey, and the most beautiful gift is to encounter Jesus. Forward, courage!”  ~ Pope Francis addressing Confirmation youth December 2, 2013.

  11. Objective of Confirmation Preparation Through fostering encounter and relationship with Jesus Christ, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, the Confirmation ministry aims to: joyfully prepare youth in grades 6 to 12 to receive Confirmation, which is the second sacrament of Initiation, thereby sealing their baptism and embarking upon an ongoing and life-long process of conversion and mission.

  12. Objective of Confirmation Preparation Receiving the sacrament of Confirmation means you want to be with us – the People of God – at Church EVERY SUNDAY, celebrating the Eucharist as the source and summit of our faith.

  13. Confirmation Preparation • Acts 1:8 – “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses.” • Gather, Proclaim, Break, Send • Lots of games, fun, activities, small groups, prayer and reflection. • 4 Super Saturdays for candidates, 1 retreat, and then Mass with the rite of Confirmation

  14. Family Homework SAINTS * 5 points * Costume

  15. Confirmation Schedule 4 SUPER SATURDAYS • Confirmation Students Only • Complete family bonding homework activity before each Super Saturday • Bring lunch, snack, indoor shoes, & water bottle • 4 Super Saturdays – January 18, February 15, March 15, and April 5 • 10 am sign in • 3:15 pm Mass in Church – families invited • 4:00 pm end

  16. Confirmation Schedule Confirmation Retreat May 31, 2014. • Sponsors & Candidates in attendance • If sponsor cannot be present, then another adult who can stand in and inform sponsor what missed • 10 AM start • Lunch provided by the Church on this date • There will be a Confirmation rehearsal • 4 PM end

  17. Confirmation Schedule Confirmation Day – June 1, 2014 • Sponsors and Candidates will meet at 2:15pm in MacNeil Hall on this date • Ask parents NOT to come into Hall, as it will already be very full. Instead find a seat in Church as it will fill up quickly.

  18. Requirements for Confirmation FamilyHomework Reflection Journals Attendance Confirmation Saint Service Hours

  19. Who can be a Sponsor? • Practicing Catholics who are fully initiated (having received the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist) and attends Sunday Mass weekly • Willing and able to help the Confirmation candidate live their life as a Christian • At least 16 years of age • Willing to make the life-long commitment of being a prayer partner and mentor to the youth • Suggest same person who acted as a godparent at Baptism • CANNOT be either the father or the mother of the youth being Confirmed. • One sponsor, male or female, is sufficient, but there may be two, one of each gender. • No more than 2 sponsors (1 male and 1 female) is allowed. When choosing a sponsor, ask yourself whether this person leads a life that you want to imitate and inspires you in the faith?

  20. Expectations of Confirmation Students • Be on time • Complete Confirmation requirements • Sign in at the beginning of every Confirmation event • Respect • 100 % • no texting, listening to mp3s or ipods during Super Saturday events • Positive – no put downs; positive speech and action • Attendance • Not allowed to leave hall. If parent has to pick up youth, parent must come into hall and speak with me first. • May be asked to assist with Confirmation Masses, readings, prayers of the faithful, bringing up gifts.

  21. Expectations of Confirmation Parents • drop off + pick up on time • too early or too late causes difficulties for volunteers. • If parent has to pick up youth, parent must come into hall and speak with me first • pray with and for your child + their sponsor • Complete Family Homework Activities with youth • Make attending Mass as a family a priority

  22. Expectations of Confirmation Sponsors • Attend May 31 retreat & June 1 Mass with the Rite of Confirmation • Pray with and for students • Getting to Know You Sponsor and Candidate Discussion Questions • Check in with youth after Super Saturdays • Foster Confirmation candidate’s faith • lifelong commitment; send Christmas card and or phone call at least every year thereafter

  23. Attendance • Mandatory attendance • If family emergency or illness, give Angela as much notice as possible & parent responsibility to ensure make up work is completed and submitted to Angela • Sport practices do not count as family emergencies • Missing more than one Super Saturday = missing ½ of the Confirmation preparation • Meet with Fr. Jim &/or myself to discuss ability to proceed forward to Confirmation

  24. Website Resources

  25. Bulletin & DownloadsSacrament of Confirmation

  26. Youth & Young Adult Ministry

  27. No Sponsor? Any families still looking for a sponsor? * Youth asked to come up to front * Any fully initiated Catholics here willing to be youth’s sponsor?

  28. NEED SMALL GROUP VOLUNTEERS • Adults 18 years and older who are fully initiated practicing Catholics that love Jesus and love youth • Willing to complete Archdiocese screening process • Supervise at Super Saturdays and retreat + help lead small groups • Provided with schedule and small group questions in advance • Come to one training session: Thurs. January 9 OR Tues Jan. 14 from 7:30-9:00 pm at parish office Plz SIGN UP - We require more volunteers or will not be meeting archdiocesan policy re: adult to youth ratio

  29. Youth Service Hour Opportunities • ALTAR SERVERS – sign up to serve during Super Saturday 3:15 pm Masses! Wanna learn? We’ll train ya! • READERS– during Super Saturday 3:15 pm Masses! Wanna learn? We’ll train ya! • PICS CREW – Confirmation volunteers who take photos and video during Confirmation events then provide copies to Angela. Gain service hours! But only if submit the work. • TECH CREW – Confirmation volunteers who help run sound system and power point on Super Saturdays • CLEAN UP CREW – sign up to volunteer at end of Super Saturdays with clean up SIGN UP ON VOLUNTEER SHEETS!

  30. Youth Service Hour Opportunities www.strcp.com/youthservicehours

  31. Reminders about Super Saturdays Family Homework

  32. Important Items • Forms Status – always check at sign in • Email address required or you will not receive any information or updates • Baptismal certificates • please provide copy even if child was baptized at St. Theresa’s • If certificate is in a different language, make sure translate into English on back of photocopy

  33. Family Homework: Before January 18 • As a family, go through photos of your child's baptism • Together watchSacraments 101: Baptism video • Getting to Know Your Sponsor and Candidate Discussion Questions

  34. St. Theresa’s Parish Bookstore Check it out for Confirmation gifts and more!

  35. FMT SPORTS DROP IN When: Sunday, December 15, 2013. Where: Father Michael Troy School - 3630 23 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta T6T 1W7 Sports drop in takes place the 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month

  36. EXALT (XLT) THIS Sunday, December 8 from 7:15 to 9 pm in Main Church Praise & Worship, speaker, Eucharistic adoration, snacks & fellowship. All youth, young adults and families invited!

  37. Questions?Closing Prayer

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