WHEN YOU MISS A CLASS: Participation in the faith and building skills through active conversation is how we become practicing Catholics. This communal and interactive component is difficult to replicate in the make-up class homework.
When you miss a class, you will need to work together with a parent or your sponsor to replicate the type of important discussions about the faith that you would experience in the Confirmation prep gatherings.
In order to meet these requirements, and avoid delaying the sacrament you will need to:
1) Do the “make-up homework” with a parent to gain the knowledge of what the Catholic Church professes by the following class.
2) If you miss 3 or more classes you will also need to make up the interactive and introspective piece of the classes by participating in faith-filled activities with a parent OR adding a volunteer hour per every two classes missed.
To earn credit for participating in an interactive faith experience OR volunteer service you will need to write a brief report to share what you have learned and how it helps you understand our faith. Here is a template for the report: Event Participation Report.pdf
If you miss more than 4 classes, you will get confirmed once you participate in a total of 54 hours of class/active participation in the life of the church. Once the requirements are met, a date for Confirmation will be set.