Confirmation 2020
St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket candidates for confirmation in Spring, 2020 began their preparation in the fall of 2018.
The link to the full orientation packet is here.
Journaling about the corporal and spiritual Works of Mercy
There are several steps in the process.
St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket candidates for confirmation in Spring, 2020 began their preparation in the fall of 2018.
The link to the full orientation packet is here.
Journaling about the corporal and spiritual Works of Mercy
- Some ideas for doing the Corporal Works of Mercy
- Some ideas for doing the Spiritual Works of Mercy
- A sponsor must be a baptized, confirmed and practicing Catholic in good standing
- Must be at least 16 years old.
- Can not be your parent, step-parent, adoptive or foster parent.
- In the fall, a letter to be given to the sponsor's pastor certifying that the sponsor fulfills these requirements will be available.
- Look at the liturgical calendar and find out if your birthday is a saint’s feast day. You can find the calendar here.
- Look for patron saints of something that you are interested in. (For example, St. Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of the internet!) See the Patron Saints Index.
- Browse and look for someone who did something that you think you would like to live up to. Here is the general site to explore.
There are several steps in the process.
- Enrollment mass Saturday, November 16 at 5:00 PM. This is a different date from the first one posted.
- Pilgrimage Wednesday, October 9 . This is a day that many public school students have off due to the Jewish holidays.
- Retreat Saturday, January 11 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. This retreat is mandatory.
- Celebration of Confirmation Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 PM.
Confirmation 2021
St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket candidates for confirmation in Spring, 2021 will begin their preparation in the fall of 2019.
There will be a mandatory orientation meeting for parents and the seventh grade candidates
(choose one)
- Thursday, October 17 at 7:00 PM or
- Saturday, October 19 at 9:30 AM
There will be a Confirmation Enrollment mass on Saturday, November 16 at 5:00 PM.
Newsletters
We send an email newsletter home periodically to keep you updated on what is happening in the Confirmation program.
If you think you have missed a newsletter, or would like to go back to one, they are linked below.
You can subscribe to have the news sent to another address here.
Some email programs (especially Gmail and Yahoo) put email such as ours into a special tab (such as "Promotions" on Gmail) or into your spam folder. Please look at these instructions to 'whitelist' our email address so that you get all the newsletters.
For those being confirmed in March, 2020
We send an email newsletter home periodically to keep you updated on what is happening in the Confirmation program.
If you think you have missed a newsletter, or would like to go back to one, they are linked below.
You can subscribe to have the news sent to another address here.
Some email programs (especially Gmail and Yahoo) put email such as ours into a special tab (such as "Promotions" on Gmail) or into your spam folder. Please look at these instructions to 'whitelist' our email address so that you get all the newsletters.
For those being confirmed in March, 2020
For those being confirmed in spring, 2021
