Confirmation
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Confirmation Ministry 2020-2021
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September 22, 2020
Dear parents of All Saints’ Confirmation candidates:
Welcome to the Kenwood Pastoral Region’s Confirmation Ministry! As with many aspects of our lives today, things are different. If you have had a child go through our Confirmation ministry in advance of receiving the sacrament in past years, you will see many long standing traditions maintained in our plan for this upcoming year, but you will also notice some new and different items in our plan as well. Since the situation around COVID-19 is unfolding and in need of flexibility and constant re-evaluation, we are going to roll out our plan for Confirmation in 3 phases so that adjustments may be made based on CDC, state and local guidelines and best practices. Our prayer is that, as we move through the months ahead, we will be able to gather for retreats and service projects.
PHASE I – September through December 2020 – Focus on religious education curriculum through the School and F.L.O.C.K. program. Choose a sponsor, submit sponsor form to parish, and begin working on Sponsor/Candidate engagement activities, begin planning and working on personal service projects and participate in virtual podcasts and meetings as announced and released by All Saints parish. These podcasts and meetings will include audio/visual components and will be viewable live as well as in archive. A schedule of these events during Phase I will be announced soon!
PHASE II – January through March 2021 – More to come!
PHASE III – April through September 2021 – Praying for opportunities to gather and build community!
The focus of our Confirmation ministry this year will be on fostering the Sponsor/Candidate relationship, developing engagement in service, diving into the Scripture and the heart of faith with the Gospel of Mark project and the Gifted with the Spirit program and growing in connection and knowledge together through podcasts, virtual retreats, and Zoom faith-sharing groups.
Your daughter or son will be receiving the sacrament of Confirmation in the Fall of 2021. This sacrament will be celebrated with St. Vincent Ferrer, our partner parish in the Kenwood Pastoral Region. In past years, we have participated in a Confirmation Mass at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral Basilica in February of the candidates’ 7th grade year. The change in our schedule to receiving the sacrament in the Fall of 2021, early in the students’ 8th grade year, was requested of us by the Archbishop due to constraints around COVID-19.
Additionally, a Confirmation folder with the journal, Gifted with the Spirit program, Gospel of Mark project, and other helpful items will be provided to all the candidates in a few weeks time. We will let you know as soon as these are ready for pick up or sent home through the backpacks. Below you will find links to two forms that are due October 15 and November 20. Please mail or drop these off to the parish office.
God’s peace,
Emily Mulvey
Director of Faith Formation
792-4603, emulvey@allsaints.cc -
