CONFIRMATION
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Sacrament of Confirmation 2023
OUR IN-PERSON SESSIONS
begin on Thursday April 13th at Holy Trinity Parish Hall.
Time for all sessions is 6:45 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The topic that night is What does the Holy Spirit do for me.
Upcoming dates and topics are:April 20th
– What have I been Chosen, Sealed and Sent in Confirmation
April 27th
– “Are you talking to me?” Getting to know God through prayer
May 4th
– Why do I have to go to Mass, Encountering Jesus in the Eucharist
May 11th
– Session in the church
JOURNALING AT MASS
As part of the preparation for Confirmation you are required to journal on the homily at Mass. Journaling begins this weekend March 25/26 and continues until May 6/7. Deadline to submit the journaling is May 11th, 2023.
CONFIRMATION RETREAT
Wednesday May 3rd, 2023
9:15 – 2:30 p.m. @ Holy Trinity Parish Hall.
Please contact me at the parish if you have any questions regarding the above at [email protected]
The Sacrament of Confirmation is scheduled for May 31st and June 1st @ 6 p.m. with Bishop Joseph Dabrowski.
Please keep all our youth and their families in your prayers as they journey towards their Sacrament.
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CONFIRMATION RESOURCES
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It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the Sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost.
From this fact, Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace:
it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, "Abba! Father!" (Romans 8:15);
it unites us more firmly to Christ;
it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us;
it renders our bond with the Church more perfect;
it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross:
Recall then that you have received the spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of right judgment and courage, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear in God's presence. Guard what you have received. God the Father has marked you with his sign; Christ the Lord has confirmed you and has placed his pledge, the Spirit, in your hearts.
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Watch "The Sacrament of Confirmation" as described by Fr. Raphael Mary of the Catholic Newman Center at the University of Washington below
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