Our confirmation program is undergoing a major change this year. No more will we be thinking of it in terms of Year One or Year Two. (See catalog and forms at bottom of page.) No more ninth grade or tenth grade. High school youth will be placed in classes regardless of age. That means ninth graders will be sharing classes with tenth graders (or even older students if necessary). Also, the student will no longer be in the same classroom for the entire year with the same catechist and the same classmates. We do this by changing the class format. Registration for confirmation will be more like a college registration format with students registering for up to three different classes per year. The year looks like this:

Session One (Fall): Sept 19-Nov 28
Session Two (Winter): Dec 5-Feb 13
Session Three (Spring): Feb 27-Apr 23

Students will be registering to take a different class during each of these three sessions. There are five required “Core” classes that students must take. There are also three “Elective” classes students can choose from.

The required classes are:

Creed
Morality
Liturgy and Sacraments
Prayer
Confirmation (cannot be taken in the student’s first year of preparation)

The elective classes are:

T3 – The Teen Timeline (Bible Study)
Theology of the Body for Teens
Social Justice

A student may take as many of the elective classes as he/she wishes. However, if the student wishes to take the traditional two years for Confirmation preparation, he/she will only have (6) six sessions to complete the (5) five required courses. That leaves time for only one elective class. Here is a sample schedule:

Session One 2007-08: Creed
Session Two 07-08: Prayer
Session Three 07-08: T3
Session One: 2008-09: Morality
Session Two: 08-09: Confirmation
Session Three 08-09: Liturgy and Sacraments

Students register for classes each fall. Students are free to take the required classes in any order he/she wishes and can be confirmed in two years as long as the student satisfactorily completes the required classes in that time. Class choices for tenth graders wishing to be confirmed this spring are Prayer, Liturgy and Sacraments, and Confirmation.

ConfirmationCatalog.pdf 
ConfirmationClassRegistrationForm.pdf    
Mass attendance Cards.pdf