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How to Prepare For Confirmation
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Confirmation Retreat
We are in the home stretch of Confirmation Prep
and the next step is your Confirmation Retreat.
We have designed a special Retreat Kit that contains
opportunities for reflection, prayer, and service.
Email our office if you did not pick-up a kit.
Confirmation Retreat Responses
There are 4 parts of the Retreat that require your response.
Please use the link below to provide your responses for:
Sponsor information, Saint name,
Baptism story and Prayer Response.We ask that you complete your responses by February 20, 2021.Upon completion of this retreat, we will formally register each candidate for Confirmation!
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Confirmation Retreat Kit Instructions
Baptism: Watch the video Baptism, read the Baptism of Jesus in your Bible and talk with your family about your Baptism. Then share a few highlights of your Baptism story on the Confirmation Retreat Response form.
Prayer: Please watch the videos Prayer Prayer2 explaining types of prayer. Then take time during your retreat to try out a different type of prayer! We've also included a few of our beloved prayers for you in your Kit.
Prayer in Action -- Venture over to the statue of Mary outside of St Thomas’s school or the peace pole on the left side of the church and say a prayer. Then show us through an image where you find God. It may be a place outside, or inside, or a statue, or a picture, or a song. Share this on the Confirmation Retreat Response form
Reconciliation--God loves You! Reconciliation is always offered 4:00 PM on Saturdays at St. Thomas. There will be additional opportunities to receive the Sacrament during Lent. Please use the Examination of Conscience for Teens guide in your kit to help you experience the Grace and Peace of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Sponsor: you need one! Think about someone in your life who follows Jesus. Reach out to that person and ask them to be your sponsor. Ask them about their Confirmation, fav orite prayer, a place they encounter God!Sponsors must be Catholic, Confirmed and ready and willing to help you make your Confirmation! Let us know your Sponsor's name and email on the Confirmation Retreat Response form
Service: You will be making a saint medallion, one for yourself and one for your sponsor! You will need to pick a favorite saint, someone whose life story speaks to you--feel free to do some research if you aren't sure who's your favorite. Let us know via the Confirmation Retreat Response form which Saint you decided on and we will get you the materials for your medallion.
Holy Water: We ask you to use the Holy Water during your retreat to bless yourself daily and to share a special Hand blessing with your parent(s) or sponsor.
The Catholic Church tells us that "every baptized person is called to be a 'blessing,' and to bless". Blessings are called "sacramentals" because they prepare us to receive the grace of the sacraments and help us to grow to be more like Christ (see Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1670).
We use holy water and make the Sign of the Cross when we enter church to remind us of our baptism and our baptismal promises. However, we can use Holy Water to bless people, places, and things to remind us to put God first in all that we do.
Hand Blessing: Sponsor or parent takes the holy water and pours a small amount into the outstretched palms of the Confirmation candidate’s hands and reads this Blessing.
“ Christ has no hands on Earth now but yours. With gentleness and strength may your hands bring healing and comfort. In good times and in bad, may you always remember to hold them in prayer”. As you are making the sign of the cross on the palms.
Repeat: “We ask this in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Holy Water has been Blessed.
Please treat it with care and only use it thoughtfully and gratefully.
Please return any unused Holy Water to the earth.
Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”Joshua 1:9
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Confirmation Classes Resume Feb 22, 2021
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Gospel Reading and Faith Formation Calendar
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Confirmation Preparation
Young people preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation are to have been enrolled in our MS/HS Faith Formation Program at a minimum for the last 2 years. Sacramental Preparation for Confirmation builds on the MS/HS Faith Formation Program and includes a series of in-class discussion sessions, participation in prayer opportunites, attendance at a Confirmation retreat, and service through our St. Thomas Faith Formation and Youth Ministry program, known as H.O.P.E Hours.
Confirmation for young people typically takes place in the Spring of 10th grade.
Please review the 7 tips to follow before you receive the sacrament of Confirmation to begin your Sacramental preparation.
Confirmation is a joyful time when, following the centuries-old tradition of our faith, the Bishop personally confirms the presence of the divine grace in a follower since his or her Baptism.
Adults interested in the Sacrament of Confirmation Please see our RCIA program under Faith Formation