Confirmation I & II
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registration 2021-2022
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Welcome to our program
We are looking forward to sharing with you this journey of faith as you prepare to receive the sacrament of Confirmation. As you will see, Confirmation Preparation involves learning, sharing, serving, fellowship, spiritual growth and fun! You will be given the opportunity to learn more about your Catholic faith and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Confirmation is the Sacrament in which one is enriched by the gift of the Holy Spirit and bound more perfectly to the Church. It strengthens us and obliges us to be witnesses to Christ by word and deed and to spread and defend the faith. It is the Sacrament in which one enters into full membership in the Catholic Church.
Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives us the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply as children of God, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us to bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds. Confirmation, like Baptism, imprints a spiritual mark or indelible character on the Christian soul; for this reason one can receive this sacrament only once.
A Christian does not live as a child of God through his or her own efforts alone, but through the grace of God. We see this in a practical way when we look back on our own lives and the lives of others, even the lives of saints. Therefore, it is our duty to seek the grace that God offers us in order to live our lives as Christians in the way that God intends.
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Calendar
2021-2022 Calendar for Confirmation Grade 9 and 10
Grade 9 will meet from 4-5:30 on Class days
Grade 10 will meet from 6- 7:30 on Class days
October 3, Sunday Parent Night Grade Nine 5:00, Grade Ten 6:00
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SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
Candidates are expected to complete 5 hours of service hours during each of their two years of confirmation classes. If a single service is not 5 hours per year, then similar experiences may be coupled to total 5 hours per year. A defined year will run from May to May. Additionally and separately, every candidate will be ask to do at least one service activity within our parish over the course of the two year program. These activities will be posted on the Confirmation website as they become available and sign up should be done through the indicated activity coordinator.
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Written Service REflection
After completing their hours of service, candidates are required to reflect on a take away from their service experience in a paragraph. How will their service experience impact their choices after they are confirmed and what types of service would they feel they would continue when there was not service requirement built into their education? Reflections should be a minimum of 200 words and submitted in the assignment - name written on the top - to Ms. Bowers on Google Classroom using the GC codes below.
Grade 9: dgh6tci
Grade 10: 25lpedm
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Ideas for Service
SERVICE TO THE PARISH: Examples of parish service include for example working with the summer SUMP program, working at the Parish Picnic or helping with the Appreciation Dinner, or helping with the May Procession, hospitality service.
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY: This will include all Public and government facilities such as parks, community recreation centers, animal shelters, libraries, etc. This is work that may or may not have direct contact with those that it benefits, and may include physical labor to build or repair facilities or land.
SERVICE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: In issues of Social Justice, our faith calls us to measure the world around us, not by what it produces, but by how it touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person. This category involves direct contact with individuals that the service goes to. The service is intended to protect and improve that Human Dignity of those that are typically economically or physically challenged. For example, participation in Habitat for Humanity, working at Feed My People, helping with the clothing drives, having a mini-food drive in your neighborhood and delivering the donations to the North Reading food pantry, serving Thanksgiving dinner to people who are homeless, helping out at a soup kitchen, organizing a recycling effort or another means to express your commitment to cleaning up the environment, etc…
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Service Opportunities
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Additional Opportunities
Contact Mrs. Heffernan for the following service opportunities at [email protected]
- Running the slides at regular weekend masses.
- serving pizza at Youth Masses
- clean up at Youth Masses
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My Brother's Table WAlkMy Brother's Table is doing a virtual or in person walk with a kickoff date of Oct 24. We have a team: St. Theresa's Confirmation Crew. If your child wants to participate virtually/in person, you can use the link to the left to register - please set up an account and join our team with our team name. This event will count as two hours of service.Walk the official 3 mile route along the Lynn/Swampscott shoreline or customize your walk by choosing your own distance and route. Walk safely at your own leisure any time between October 24 – November 14.
Join us for the official Walk Kickoff: October 24 at 10AM on facebook liveSince our first Walk 40 years ago, My Brother’s Table has served 5.2+ million meals. With your support each step will help to nourish our neighbors.
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Contact Information
EMAIL ADDRESS
Laura Bowers, Confirmation Coordinator
[email protected]
Amanda Heffernan
[email protected]
TELEPHONE NUMBER
978-664-3412PHYSICAL ADDRESS
St. Theresa Parish
63 Winter Street
North Reading, MA 01864
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