ST. MONICA

Confirmation Registration

Families must come in person to the Church office to register their youth in our Confirmation program.

To register, one must bring a copy of your student's birth and Baptism certificates. The cost or fee for 2019-2020 has changed to $200. There is an additional fee for late registration. This fee is used to cover the cost of the retreat, materials, reception, certificates, speakers and other items throughout the year.

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Confirmation Sponsor

A Confirmation sponsor is someone who will journey with the youth as they grow in their Catholic faith into adulthood. The following are the requirements to serve as a sponsor:

• Sponsors must be practicing Catholic, fully initiated Catholics who have receiving the sacraments of Baptism, Holy Communion, and Confirmation.

• Sponsors must be 16 years of age or older

• Sponsors may be married or single. If married, the sponsor must be married thru the Church, and if single the sponsor cannot be living with anyone outside of the sacrament of Marriage.

• A parent cannot serve as a youth's Confirmation sponsor.

A sponsor must fill out the following sponsor form: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=0bcaf1

 

Confirmation Mass and Rehearsal

• Confirmation rehearsal for the parish: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. (In the Sanctuary)

• Confirmation Mass for the parish: Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 2 p.m.

• Confirmation rehearsal for the school: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

• Confirmation Mass for the school: Friday, March 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

 

Program Requirements

• Youth are prepared for one academic year (August - May) to receive the sacrament of Confirmation. Preparation begins as early as 8th grade.

• Parent and youth are required to come together to L1ft Confirmation each week. Eighth grade youth attend L1ft Confirmation on Sunday afternoons 3:15 - 4:45 and 9th - 12th grade youth come on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

• Youth attend two Confirmation retreats. The first retreat is a themed Confirmation Retreat. The second retreat, Emmaus, is for both parent and youth.

• Youth attend a foundational course called Refresh. During Refresh, students will learn the basics of our Catholic Faith.

• Youth select a patron Saint and participate in a Saint Fair.

• Youth select a Confirmation sponsor in conformity with canonical requirements. Sponsors must be practicing Catholic, fully initiated Catholics who have receiving the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist), must be 16 years of age, if married must be married in the Church, and if single cannot be living with anyone outside of the sacrament of Marriage. A parent cannot serve as a youth's Confirmation sponsor.

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Everyone preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Monica will get to experience the below events.

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CONFIRMATION RETREAT

Our annual Confirmation Retreat weekend is packed with sessions, praise + worship, and opportunities to receive Christ in the Eucharist and through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This weekend is used to help guide students to have an encounter with Christ in their understanding.

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EMMAUS

The Emmaus retreat prepares the Confirmation candidates and their parents for the road ahead. Confirmation is only a stop. It is not the destination, and the people who walk the road with us are an important part of the journey.

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REFRESH

Refresh kicks off the year. The week is spent going back to the basics of the faith in order to "refresh" the teens' memories in order to remind them of all of the foundational beliefs of Catholicism that they might have forgotten.

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SAINT FAIR

Youth will be selecting a patron Saint for Confirmation after researching about the lives of the Saints. Youth will be expected to present on the life of their Saint at the Saint Fair.

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For more information contact Gerardo Olivares at 214-357-8549 (ext.7106) or by email at golivares@stmonicachurch.org.

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