Tonight is our final Confirmation Intensive for this year. It is also an Open House for parents to attend to see what their kids are up to every Monday evening…hope we get a good turnout.
Anyway, for this evening’s intensive, we are reflecting on the Rite of Confirmation itself, taking each of the following five components of the Rite and putting them “under the microscope” for closer study in preparation for the sacrament which is just a month away.
“Not Bad, If I May Say So Myself!” Bernadette shares some wonderful thoughts about a very successful lesson she taught: I was one of the facilitators at a weekend retreat for a small group of Confirmation candidates. The theme was”Who am I?” In the introductory session I invited them to play a simple game. As they sat in a circle we pinned the names of well know people (local & international) on their backs. Their […]
Tonight, as we begin our first of five Confirmation Intensives (class will be for two hours instead of 75 minutes, comprised of five different mini-sessions), I will be teaching about images of the Holy Spirit: water, anointing, fire, and a dove. To introduce this concept, I am bringing in a blank red octagon that I cut out of construction paper and afixed to a stick. I plan to show it to the kids and to […]
I had a very enjoyable session last night! Here are the highlights: We began in church with an opening prayer service with the pastor. I met my group out in the parking lot and they were jovial and polite. I had a full class with the 2 absentees from last week being present. The kids were very well behaved in church…I was quite pleased to see that. My aide Lucy was there as well and […]
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Joe,
Thanks for all the great stuff and ideas. Clicking on the links above a I postings of different dates. But when I look through the postings on your blog https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/ I do not see those postings. Do these come from another blog? Thanks for all you do.
Vince, thanks for your comments. I’m not sure I follow you in terms of posts you’re finding and not finding. If you can be more specific, I’d appreciate it. Basically, in this particular post, I linked to posts from last year.
Last year links explains it. Clicking on the Baptismal promises link displays a posting dated Jan 20. But there is not a posting for Jan 20 from this year. I did not catch the 2009 on the linked posting.
Gotcha….thanks, Vince.