Weekly Update for Week 8 of Confirmation
Readings for the Week of November 8th, 2021, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Please make an effort to read the readings for Sunday's Mass to help prepare yourself for mass participation and understanding.
Saint of the week: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Check out the short article listed above along with a reflection to help you grow in your understanding and relation to the saints of our church.
Spiritual Growth Section:
Check out this video on why you need the Holy Spirit in your life!
Prayer for the week:
A guide to Lectio Divina:
check out the above link for an article on how to pray lectio divina. We did a version of this at the sponsor night last month. Take some time this week to practice it with the daily readings here:
https://bible.usccb.org/
Announcements:
Please choose only one time and make sure to come for the interview!
The first confirmation retreat is November 20th, 2021 from 7:30 am-6:30 pm we will begin the day at 8:00 am but please come early for breakfast and social. Parents and sponsors are invited to the retreat as well but not required to come. We will be closing the day with mass at 5:30 PM and families are encouraged to join their confirmation candidate at mass.
Confirmation Sponsor Night wrap up
In case you missed my earlier email on the sponsor night take a look below
Greetings Confirmation Candidates, Sponsors, and Families,
Attached to this message you should find a PDF of the binder you received at that meeting. This packet was what we did for the second half of that meeting.
Here are the steps to go through with your sponsor.
1) Complete the first two pages of the packet-You DO NOT need to write anything down unless it will help you remember the conversations you are having with your sponsor these resources are for you to use and they do NOT need to be turned in.
2) Read the article "How is Your Faith Expressed", this is for the candidates specifically but sponsors can also read the article if they choose, I was only able to find it in English however so I do apologize if that creates problems.
3) Set up a time for you and your sponsor to meet in the next month or so to begin going over the questions you find after the article. You DO NOT need to go over every question at this meeting pick 1 or maybe 2 to talk about and have a good conversation about it, after the questions in the packet are a series of journal papers you can use to organize your thoughts about the conversation should you need that as a tool to help you.
4) The last page in the packet is for you (the candidate) to fill out and return at the fall retreat in November. it is about your confirmation saint, even if you chose a saint last year please fill this paper out and return it.
Youth Group Announcements
Youth group meets each Wednesday from 5:30 PM-7:30 PM we being each night with mass, unless otherwise noted and all confirmation candidates are invited to attend, if you haven't registered for youth group and you want to attend please do so here:
https://christthekingparish.org/high-school-youth-ministry