Confirmation: Mission Year 1 & 2

The Goal of the Confirmation Program is to help you move from accepting your parents’ faith to learning and confirming that what the Catholic faith teaches is indeed the Truth and the Way to eternal Life.

The Archdiocese of Detroit prescribes 30 hours of learning and engagement for each year of religious formation.  At St. Therese, we focus on Confirmation preparation for two years, and approach it with a combination of hands-on-activities, in-class discussions, service opportunities, and a workshop per year.  Attendance at each of these components is expected, since the content builds upon each other.

Quick Overview 

• For middle school teens (7th -9th grade).
• 30 hours of learning and engagement for each year of religious formation is required
• 2-year program that covers the basic concepts of our rich Catholic Faith.
• It meets 17 times a year, Sept. through May.
• Classes are offered Mondays and Tuesdays at 5 pm and 6:30 pm.
  a. Teens can come to ANY of these classes.
• During our gatherings we will use the Catholic Youth Bible (St. Mary’s press), Sunday Mass
  readings, games, guided meditations, small and large group discussions, and a “Thinking
  Journal” to ponder big questions such as: What makes me happy? What is the meaning of
  life? Who is God? Who is Jesus? Why be Catholic?
• The time we spend together is interactive, hands on and introspective. This is how we
  “practice” our faith, within the community!
• We’ll use Pflaum Gospel Weeklies https://www.gospelweeklies.com/visions/
• It includes a workshop each year, https://stol.church/confirmation-retreats/
• Engagement in the life of the church through service opportunities, 6 hours each year.
• Confirmation Name and Patron Saint: each teen is to learn about how people through
  history have come to give witness of their faith. Learn more here:
  a. https://stol.church/patron-saint-and-confirmation-name/
   
   

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MISSION’S GOALS AND HOPES

• Build a RELATIONSHIP with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,  by reading Scripture, and developing a habit of prayer. 
• What we BELIEVE: Learn facts about our rich Catholic faith.  (Catechism of the Catholic Church.)
• Build a RELATIONSHIP with fellow believers through meaningful conversations about Who God is and Who We are in relationship to Him. Together we explore what it means to be human by pondering four big questions:
  • Who am I?  Where and who do I belong? (identity)  
  • Where do I come from? (origin)
  • What is my life for? (purpose)
  • Where am I going? (destiny)

• PRACTICE the faith in the classroom, through meaningful conversations, hands-on activities, different forms of prayer, and in the community through service opportunities, Mass participation, and events that allow teens to build skills for Christian living.

Confirmation preparation requires time and presence with people of your chosen faith community.  It is a commitment to live our faith as an active participant in a faith community. 

Parent Meeting 

Parents please come to one of our two parent meetings where you will have the chance to experience firsthand some of the activities and questions your teen will ponder while in class. 

Wednesday, August 28, 7-8 PM

Monday, September 30, 7-8 PM

Please sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080D48AAAF2AA4F58-50555372-parent

For more information, contact
Veronica LaPlant
VeronicaL@stol.church or 586-254-2944 x 313