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2010 Adult Confirmation Information
Welcome to the Adult Confirmation program at Newman Catholic Student Center / Christ the Teacher Parish.  This program is for Catholics who have already been baptized and received Holy Communion and are now ready to begin preparation for the sacrament of Confirmation.

We meet for 8 weeks in spring semester beginning the week of February 1st. Candidates are confirmed at the Easter Vigil Mass.

Please contact mariaalderson@comcast.net to register.

Here are some important items of information:

Sponsors: Your sponsor must be a confirmed Catholic over the age of 16, and someone willing to walk the journey of faith with you.  Please let someone on the Team know as soon as possible if you do not have a sponsor so we can introduce you to a volunteer sponsor from our parish community.  

Documents: We will need a copy of your baptism certificate before spring break. Please write or call the church at which you were baptized and ask them to send you  your certificate. They’re used to these requests in the months before Easter. 

Books and Materials: We will provide you with This is Our Faith (an abridged version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church), and several Catholic Updates. There is a $20 charge for these materials (the only fee that will be asked of you during the Confirmation process.)

Meetings: We’ll meet once per week for the 8 weeks before Easter from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on a weeknight to be determined once all the applications are in. Your sponsors are always welcome to come to the classes so that they can be a full mentoring presence to you in this journey.  

You’ll also need to be available on one Saturday and one Sunday: 

Sunday March 28 (Palm Sunday), for a Reconciliation Service at 7 p.m.

Saturday April 3rd (Holy Saturday) for:
             Reflection, Rehearsal and Lunch (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
             Pictures, Easter Vigil Mass, and Reception (6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.) 

Schedule:

Week 1: Introductions, Faith Journey, Images of God, Jesus (chapters 1-6)
Week 2: Sacramentality, Sacraments, and Sacramentals (chapter 12)
Week 3: Lent; Prayer in the Catholic Tradition; Mary and the Saints (chapters 10-22)
Week 4: The Church (chapters 7-9)
Week 5: Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism and Confirmation; Eucharist pt.1 (ch 13-14)
Week 6: Eucharist part 2; Salvation, Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, End Times (chapter 11)
Week 7: Sin and Catholic Morality; Mock Confession (chapters 15, 20, 21)
Week 8: Q and A and wrap up

Sunday March 28:  Reconciliation Service 7 pm

Saturday April 3:   Reflection, Rehearsal and Lunch (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
                              Pictures, Easter Vigil Mass, Reception (6:30 – 10:30 p.m.)

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