Confirmation

- Formation
  - Children's/Youth Formation
    
    Totus Tuus 2025
    First Sacraments
    Confirmation
    
    1st Year Confirmation
    2nd Year Confirmation
    
    Youth and Family
    Family Catechesis
  - Adult Formation
    
    Adults
    O.C.I.A.
    FORMED
Mass Reflection
- Mass Reflection Sample
- Blank Mass Reflection Sheet
Instructions for Mass REflections

We introduced Mass Reflections to your student on Tuesday, January 14. Because receiving God’s Grace by attending weekly mass is integral to your student’s formation, we are having them pay special attention to what is said during the reading of Scripture. Every week your students need to attend mass and are required to turn in a Mass Reflection. There will be a basket at the East Entrance (Back of the Church) for them to turn in the previous week’s reflection, and another basket to pick up the one for the upcoming week. Please do not turn them in early. Please write legibly.
Your student can look up the readings after Mass at: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar All of this is to encourage your student to listen carefully to the words from Sacred Scripture, and to help them understand the importance of going to Mass. This should not take more than 30 minutes of time in their week. AND…if your student will not be attending Mass at St. Mary’s, they are asked to download the new sheet from our website. It is my hope they will take special notice of any differences they notice at the church they are visiting, or take a picture of the Sanctuary or anything they find interesting. (I always do this, as I’m kind of a “church nerd”, if you will. I love driving out Highway 10 through the countryside to the beautiful churches in that area.)
We will be reviewing your student's progress each month with this exercise.
First & Second Year Confirmation Service Hour Tracker
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- Student Full Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Year in Confirmation REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
- Where did you volunteer? Please provide the name of the place, and website info if they have one. REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- What did you have to do? REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- How did you have to prepare yourself for this service activity? REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- What challenges did you face during the service activity? REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- How did completing the service activity change you or your thinking? REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- How do you think you helped the person or people you served? REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Did prayer play a role in your act of service? REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
- Was your act of service a Corporal Work of Mercy or a Spiritual Work of Mercy, and why? REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- How many hours did you spend at your service activity? REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
- Category of Service Hours REQUIRED St. Mary of the Lake Outreach (Scouts, babysitting for free, shoveling for neighbor, etc.) Please fill out this field.
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Role of the community
“The Confirmation candidates need the community’s prayers, witness and support throughout the preparation process. In offering catechesis to the parents and sponsors, the Church shows its love for and eagerness to support them as well as their children.”
– National Catechetical Directory #117

**The St. Paul and Minneapolis Archdiocese requires all Confirmation preparation to take place in the home parish, where the teen will be celebrating the sacrament. Sponsors are required to come to two meetings during the second year of preparation, as well as an outreach project with their candidate.
Helpful Information

For 1st AND 2nd Year Confirmation, please send the required Baptismal Certificate for Confirmation. If you were NOT baptized at St. Mary's, a copy of your student's baptismal certificate is REQUIRED by the first class. If you have questions, please reach out to Bette Wolf.

We ask that at least one parent or guardian be VIRTUS trained, so as to assist in the classroom or special events with our students. Please click HERE to start your training, today! Thank you in advance for your commitment to our children!

Please check out the Confirmation Saint Information below to help your son/daughter make the decision about which saint will walk with them through the preparation of Confirmation and for the rest of their life. Decisions about their Saint Name need to be made by April 14 for our First Year Confirmation Class of 2027.

Also check out the resource on WHO is a great candidate for your student's sponsor. Thank you for your attention to this information!
“We are frequently tempted to think that holiness is only for those who can withdraw from ordinary affairs to spend much time in prayer. That is not the case. We are all called to be holy by living our lives with love...”
Pope Francis
Confirmation Saint and Sponsor Information
- Why A Saint for Confirmation
- Your Confirmation Sponsor

Confirmation

Role of the community