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Title: Immaculate Conception Church


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Immaculate Conception Church  
  • Confirmation
  • Grades 8,9,10
  • Rev. Boguslaw Kobus, Pastor
  • Director of Faith Formation Nadine Allen

2
What is Confirmation?
  • The sacrament of Confirmation as celebrated in
    the Roman Catholic tradition, has been said to be
    the "Cinderella" sacrament, as it's often
    misunderstood and sometimes neglected, because
    it's one of the most difficult sacraments for
    people to grasp.
  • Basically Confirmation is meant to be a
    continuation of the beliefs we affirmed when we
    celebrated the first sacrament of initiation, our
    Baptism.  Through the Baptism, the sacrament of
    Eucharist, and finally through Confirmation, we
    rededicate ourselves to Christ. 
  • It's no longer "automatic" to be confirmed, but a
    conscious decision that young adults make to
    recommit their lives to Christ and the Catholic
    Church.  

3
Who can be a sponsor?
  • Through the process of preparing for
    Confirmation, candidates choose a sponsor.
  • The sponsor must be a confirmed practicing
    Catholic, not their mother and/or father, and a
    person with whom the candidate feels comfortable
    discussing their faith.
  • Another tradition is that the candidates choose a
    patron saint and name. The patron saint is chosen
    by the candidate to be someone whom the candidate
    particularly admires.
  • When the sponsor presents the candidate to the
    bishop during the Mass, the candidate is
    presented as the new name of their patron saint. 

4
What are the requirements for Confirmation?
  • Confirmation is a three year program of class
    work and service work in the community.
  • Classes are held on Sundays from 900
    Mass-1130am. Attendance at the 900 Mass is
    encouraged.
  • Lastly, candidates for Confirmation are
    encouraged to perform many hours of service in
    the community. Since we are all gifted in many
    different ways and these gifts come from God, it
    is appropriate that we use our gifts in service
    to others as a way of serving and loving God
    through our neighbor. Young adults are encouraged
    to volunteer in a variety of different ways and
    in different places.

5
Is there any special preparation for Confirmation?
  • Spiritual Formation and Service are the key in
    preparing for Confirmation.
  • Preparation for Confirmation should aim at
    leading the Christian toward a more intimate
    union with Christ and a more lively familiarity
    with the Holy Spirit - his actions, his gifts,
    and his biddings - in order to be more capable of
    assuming the apostolic responsibilities of
    Christian life.
  • To this end catechesis for Confirmation should
    strive to awaken a sense of belonging to the
    Church of Jesus Christ, the universal Church as
    well as the parish community. The latter bears
    special responsibility for the preparation of
    Confirmands.

6
What is spiritual formation?
  • First, spiritual formation is key in catechetical
    preparation of candidates for confirmation.
  • They should experience and come to value deeply
    the importance of prayer and discernment in
    Catholic life through dynamic liturgical and
    personal prayer, retreats, and living models of
    faith.
  • The Spirit is stirred into flame best by a rich
    spiritual lifefor adults, youth, and children.

7
What does service to the community mean?
  • Second, service must be accented.
  • Charity as well as working for justice and peace
    should be undertaken in the name of Christ as an
    effective apprenticeship in the Christian life.
  • The true Christian is one who not only bends a
    knee in prayer, but also bends a knee serving
    others.

8
How is the whole church community involved?
  • Third, the whole parish
    community needs to take an
    active part in the
    sacramental preparation of the candidates.
  • We ritualize the vital role of the community in
    all our initiation liturgies. What we ritualize
    in our celebrating can be mirrored in parish life
    and ministry.
  • Both the role of sponsors and integration into
    community life are two ways to bring about
    greater communal involvement.

9
Why is the community so important?
  • In Confirmation, we, too, are made
    apostleswitnesses to Christ.
  • We are reborn into the world to preach Jesus
    Christ and to glorify God in each of our choices,
    actions, and attitudes.
  • The Second Vatican Council sums up the richness
    of this sacrament
  • "By the sacrament of Confirmation, they are
    more perfectly bound to the Church and are
    endowed with the special strength of the Holy
    Spirit. Hence, as true witnesses of Christ, they
    are more strictly obliged to spread the faith by
    word and deed" (Lumen Gentium 11).

10
  • God has created me to do Him some definite
    service
  • He had committed some work to me which He has not
  • committed to another.I have a missionI may
    never know it in this life, but I shall be told
    it in the next.I am a link in a chain, a bond of
    connection between personsHe has not created me
    for naught.I shall do goodI shall do His workI
    shall be an angel of peace while not intending
    itif I do but keep His commandmentsTherefore,
    I will trust Him.
  • Cardinal John Henry Newman

11
Peer Ministry
  • Peer Ministry is a required part of those
    receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.
    Students will be asked to take an active role in
    one of the church ministries for two years. In
    this way they will continue their faith formation
    as active members of the church community while
    serving as role models for the youth of the
    parish.

12
Student Retreat
  • Retreat participation will be required of all
    Confirmation students prior to receiving the
    sacrament. Students will be given ample time to
    make arrangements to attend this mandatory
    retreat. Parents are welcome to attend, however,
    adequate supervision will be provided and parent
    participation is not required.

13
What service projects are part of the
Confirmation program at Immaculate Conception?
  • Service Projects are varied and provide students
    with a broad spectrum of service opportunities
    within the Church and Community. Parents and
    families are encouraged to participate with the
    students as they complete their scheduled
    projects each year prior to receiving the
    sacrament of Confirmation.

14
Service to the Church and Community
  • Service to the Church or Parish community can
    take on different forms.
  • Service to the Church community can be in the
    Liturgical, Formational (catechesis, youth
    ministry), Pastoral, or in the form of Service
    Ministries (parish outreach to those in need).
  • Students need to realize that as baptized
    Catholic Christians, we are called to use the
    gifts that God has given us to serve the Body of
    Christ.

15
In service to the Church/Parish Community,
students may be involved in one or more of the
following
  • Liturgical Service as ushers and greeters,
    Childrens Liturgist assistants, and childrens
    choir assistants
  • Formational Service as catechist (CCD) aides
  • Pastoral Service as assistants at Coffee
    after Mass, parish dinners/socials and church
    upkeep.
  • Pastoral Outreach in service to members of your
    parish community who are ill, elderly, or in need
    of assistance. This may also include assistance
    in the parish-Giving Tree during advent, food
    collections for Thanksgiving and Souper Sunday,
    Holiday Activities, and other parish outreach
    opportunities.
  • Service to the parish community is not limited to
    these specific items. Students are encouraged
    to develop their own Independent Projects.

16
In service to the Wider Community, students may
be involved in one or more of the following
  • Volunteerism
  • Shopping or yard work for local shut-in elderly
    or ill members of your parish community
  • Local hospital or nursing home
  • Hold a baby shower for BirthHaven or for another
    organization that works with unwed mothers or
    teens.
  • Donate to local thrift stores (Partnership for
    Social Services).
  • Create birthday cards for senior citizens
  • Make Holiday decorations for area Nursing Homes
  • Work with Childrens Hospitals or Local
    Childrens Support Groups

17
Religious Education Webpage
  • Locate more information about our Religious
    Education Program
  • at our Website
  • http//www.iccreligiouseducation.com
  • Information On
  • CCD Calendar
  • Confirmation Calendar
  • Confirmation Student and Sponsor Information
  • List of Questions Answers for Interviews with
    Pastor
  • Religious Education Program Guidelines for Grades
    K-7
  • Confirmation Program Guidelines for Grades 8,9,10
  • Immaculate Conception Parish Information
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