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Confirmation Registration 2024
When registering, please enter the parent email address and
name of parent.
If you have any questions, please contact Heather Abraham via email:
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Confirmation Platform
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Catholics-in-Action (C.I.A.)MINISTRY DISCIPLESHIP
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Are You Ready for Confirmation?
Welcome to the Teen Confirmation Process here at St Mary Church! We are excited to have you join us!
There are three typical misconceptions about Confirmation:
- Misconception #1: You Become an Adult in the Church with the Sacrament of Confirmation. The Sacrament used to be celebrated at birth and now varies in age as to when someone is confirmed. It marks a sign of spiritual maturity, but not being an “adult” in the eyes of the Church.
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Misconception #2: The Sacrament of Confirmation is about “choosing to be Catholic” by “confirming” your faith. The Sacrament of Confirmation is about strengthening and completing the grace given at Baptism. While you must discern if you are ready for this sacrament, you are not “choosing” to become Catholic or making your faith your own. Your baptism made you a Catholic forever. The Lord gives us free will every day to “choose” if we are going to be Catholic or not.
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Misconception #3: You graduate from religious education once you are confirmed and can now choose what is right for you in your faith. Confirmation is a sacrament of initiation. Our faith is a lifelong journey. We can always experience deeper conversion, and Jesus is continually calling us to a deeper relationship with Him.
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What is Confirmation?
Confirmation is the Sarament that completes the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, the Eucharist and Confirmation)
- It’s transformative: This is the last of the Sacraments of Initiation. This sacrament leaves an indelible mark, which means it’s unremovable. You are marking your soul for eternity. You are activating the grace you received at your baptism and becoming the person Christ created you to be.
- It’s missionary training: By being Confirmed, you are taking the mission of the Catholic Church on as your own: “to go and make disciples of all nations” – Matthew 28:20
- It can be life-changing: This process has the power to change your life. Many teens have begun the Confirmation process unsure if they wanted to be Confirmed or even wanted to remain Catholic after being Confirmed. Many have ended up falling deeper in love with the Lord despite their initial reservations.
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." - Acts 1:8
This Sacrament enriches and strengthens the grace received at baptism and brings us into a stronger bond with the Church - through the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit [Read about this in Isaiah 11:2]. As confirmed Catholics, we have the responsibility to share the faith, defend the faith and help lead other people closer to Christ.
"Jesus invites us to build His Kingdom: "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit." [CCC 849]
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What to expect...The journey is a two-year-process, that begins Freshman year of high school where the teen start fullfilling the pre-requisites needed to enroll into the Confirmation program.
Teens entering their Junior or Senior year of High School and have completed their pre-requisites will receive a personal invitation to join our Summer Confirmation sessions held during the summer months, June through July.
We use Decision Point - Mattew Kelly Confirmation curriculum throughout their journey in preparation for receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. This program is user friendly and provides an opportunity for the Confirmandi, Parents and Sponsor access to essential tools and material to journey together, to be kept well informed and connected along this incredible time. If you need further information, please contact our Youth Ministry Office.
We look forward to walking this journey with you!Faith Formation/Youth Ministry Office
Sunday-Thursday from 8:30am-5:30pm.
(925) 891-8939 or
habraham@stmary-wc.org