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2ND YEAR CONFIRMATION
All Sacramental Preparation will be done on Sunday nights for high school and Monday nights for middle school, so attendance is a requirement.
This includes Confirmation students.
Confirmation Requirements
✔ Be in at least 10th grade at the time of Confirmation
✔Attend Sunday Mass weekly
✔ Attend an overnight retreat
✔ Complete 30 hours of service
✔ Submit copy of Baptism Certificate
✔ Complete a Personal Interview
✔ Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation
✔ Complete second year Confirmation curriculum1st Year
✔ Establish a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
✔ Attend Sunday Mass weekely. (Will be part of their attendance)
✔ Attend Sunday Night Programming
✔ Attend a freshmen retreat (optional)
✔ Start researching Saints
✔ Good class attendance - No more than three absences
✔ Begin working on service hours
✔ Choose a sponsor2nd Year
✔ Write a letter to sponsor
✔ Good Class Attendance - No more than three absences
✔ Attend a Confirmation retreat or
Teen ACTS retreat
✔ Personal Interview
✔ Attend Sunday Mass weekely. (Will be part of their attendance)
✔ Reconciliation on retreat
✔ Complete service hours by April 2
Important Dates for 2nd Year Candidates
Write letter to sponsor: Due in Fall Semester
Sponsor Meeting & Mass: November 19, 2023 4PM in St. Mary's Hall. Must attend Mass at 9:30am and meeting will be after. Sponsors and Candidates should attend. If the sponsor cannot, a parent should attend in their place.
- First Confirmation Retreat: Slumber Falls New Braunfels, TX: December 2nd-3rd, 2023
Final Confirmation Retreat: TBD 2023
Teen ACTS Retreat at El Shaddai Retreat Center Yorktown, TX in : July 20-23, 2023
Rite of Election: TBA
Confirmation Rehearsals - Will be the day prior to your students' Confirmation date in the Church at 6:30PM. Sponsors should attend, if not available a parent may stand in their place.
Confirmation I - May 22nd 2023, 6:30PM
Confirmation II - June 8th 2023, 6:30PM
Guidelines for Choosing a Confirmation Sponsor
- Sponsor must be at least 16 years old
- Sponsor must be a fully initiated Catholic (received Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation)
- Sponsor must be a Catholic in good standing with the church (married in the church), if your sponsor was not married in the church and are interested in having their marriage blessed email rustybrandt@sppnb.org.
- Sponsor cannot be a parent
To parents of older Confirmation Candidates:
If your son or daughter starts the program in 10th grade,
he or she will be confirmed in the 11th grade.Any 11th or 12th grader who needs the Sacrament of Confirmation will attend our Confirmation program on Sunday evenings and most likely be confirmed in that year providing he or she completes all other requirements, especially attendance.
Please consult with the Youth Ministry office to determine readiness and preparation for Confirmation for any student who begins after the 9th grade.
CURRICULUM
- First year students will meet in St. Mary's Hall for dinner and program on Sunday evenings, and we will be using the Chosen program by Ascension Press
- Second year students will meet for dinner in St. Mary's Hall and then move to St. Anne's Hall, and we will be using the Chosen program by Ascension Press.
Confirmation interviews will be conducted in the spring by our teachers and deacons.
Before entering this final phase of Confirmation preparation, students will have to turn in a copy of their baptism certificate, sponsor information, and any other requested paperwork.