Confirmation: Confirmation is a year long preparation and we welcome those who are receptive to receiving this Sacrament (typically those who are in 7th and 8th grade and high schoolers). Classes will meet each Sunday, beginning September, 22nd, 2024. Our program includes engaging presentations, small group discussions led by high school mentors, prayer and retreat experiences, and meaningful communiity outreach/service projects. Our young people will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation the early spring of 2025. .
Please note: The Archdiocese of Detroit requires two years of faith formation for children receiving sacraments. (This means they should be in some form of faith formation classes or attend a Catholic School for at least one year prior to beginning Sacramental preparations like Confirmation.) Feel free to reach out to Karen.Hogan@ResurrectionParish.net with questions.
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Tentative Confirmation Schedule 2024-2025
Sunday, September 22nd 2024: 4-8 p.m. Opening Retreat (At least one parent attends orientation 4-5 p.m.)
Sunday, September 29th, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m.Session 1- "Listening to God"
October 6th, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 2- "What's the Bible Have To Do with My Life?"
Sunday, October 13th, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 3- "Belonging: Gathering as a Church"
Sunday, October 20th, 2024: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Session 4-"Going Deeper with the Mass" and evening Mass
Sunday, October 27th, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 5- "Surrounded by a Communion of Saints"
Sunday, November 3rd, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 6- "Baptism: Part of a Family"
Sunday, November 10th, 2024: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Empowering God's Children Part 1 (Required safe environment training for public school students)
Sunday, November 17th, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 7- "Candidate/Sponsor Event" (Confirmation candidates and their sponsors attend session together to help prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation. (Zoom option is available for sponsors.)
Sunday, November 24th, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 8- "Discovering your Spiritual Gifts"
Sunday, December 1st, 2024: No Confirmation classes due to Thanksgiving weekend
Sunday, December 8th, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 9- "Laying on of Hands/ Anointing with Chrism"
Sunday, December 15th, 2024: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 10- At Edge at St. John Neumann Church
Sunday, December 22nd and 29th, 2024: No Confirmation due to Christmas break
Sunday, January 5th, 2025: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 11- "Eucharist: Strength for the Journey"
Sunday, January 12th, 2025: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 12- Kids Coalition Against Hunger Food Packaging Event
Sunday, January 19th, 2025: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 13- "Speed Sainting" (Candidates give a 2-minute presentation on their favorite saint.)
Sunday, January 26th, 2025: 6:30-8 p.m. Session 14- "What's Next? Living Out Your Faith"
Sunday, February 2nd, 2025: 4-8 p.m. Closing Retreat
Sunday, February 9th, 2025: No Confirmation due to Super Bowl 2025 (Go, Lions!)
February 16th, 2025: No Confirmation due to winter break
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025: Empowering God's Children Part 2 (Required safe environment training for public school students)
Confirmation Mass is March 2nd, 2025 at 3 p.m. at St. John Neumann
Reception to follow in Baldwin Hall, St. John Neumann