Confirmation Meeting Info

Confirmation Meeting Info:

Purple Folders: Contain all the information you will need to get through the year. Please read it over for the first time or again so you can stay connected! J

Attendance: Attendance is mandatory. Some of your kids have 5 or 6 and are on the fence for being postponed. Diocesan guidelines says you have cannot have more than 4 unexcused absences. If they do have more than 4, we reserve the right to postpone their Confirmation to the following year. Please contact their teacher if they are absent or Barbara in the office.

Service Hours: Service Hour Log Sheets are due Nov. 6, 2016. Failure to do so will result in postponing their Confirmation until the following year! Please turn in completed log sheets to their teachers, or Beth! The teachers will see that we get them!

Baptismal Certificates: Baptismal certificates are due Oct. 30, 2016. If your child was baptized at another parish and they did not make their First Holy Communion here, please email, fax or bring in a copy of their Baptismal certificate to Nellie in the front office.

Remind 101: If you are not signed up for Remind 101, please do so by texting to this number 81010 and then text @spirit2016 enter! This is the number one way I keep in touch. All of you have cell phones but not all of you have emails! J

Website: Please keep track of everything on our website st-bart.org! Go to “Youth Ministry” then subcategory “Service”. Click on “Service” and keep up to date! Or go to “Sacraments/Liturgy” go to the subcategory “Youth Confirmation” And I have more info there! J

Saint Names: We need to know their Saint name by Oct. 30th, 2016! Help them find a Saint they can connect with in their life!! :D Email the name to me or Shiara!

Sponsor’s Name: We need to know the Sponsor’s name by June 6th, 2016. Please see the purple folder for guidelines on what makes a good Sponsor. I also have created a Sponsor Page on our website as I know that many Sponsors live out of town, state or out of the country! This way they can get information on what it means to be a Sponsor and how they can participate in the journey of their Confirmandi!

Confirmation Mass: Sun., Dec. 4th, 2016 5pm Youth Mass! More info at a later date!

If you are not receiving any info from me you are probably one of those who have not turned in the Confirmation Information Page that was handed out in March 2015 at the Mandatory Parent Meeting, do not have an email, have not signed up for Remind Text Message, are leaving before Mass gets over and not hearing the announcements, not reading the bulletin, or not going to the website to gain the information needed! Please fix that! J

Confirmation Retreat: ALL Confirmandi MUST attend a Confirmation Retreat. If you are unable to do so, you can attend another Confirmation retreat in the diocese at another parish. Email me to get the list of other retreats taking place in the diocese. Confirmation Retreat forms are due Jan. 8th. Oops! That has passed! If you have not signed up your son/daughter you need to do so tonight. I have to give numbers to the retreat site and get t-shirt sizes together to order t-shirts. If you should need a scholarship for the retreat please see Beth or if you have financial issues, please let me know and we can set up a payment plan!

Love Letters: For their Confirmation retreat we ask the parents to write and collect love letters for Confirmandi. You write a letter and then collect letters from other family members, neighbors, friends, etc. They need to be turned in prior to the retreat so the kids can receive them Saturday evening of the retreat. This is a surprise for the kids. Please make sure you collect “Love Letters”. You can turn them in to Soyla at the FLC Parish Office or bring them to check-in on Friday in a manila envelope with your child’s name on it! Please do not show up without them. There is nothing more sad than to see a child who only got letters from the Core Team on Retreat. Have family members or anyone who is out of town send letters through email. Print them off and put them in an envelope! J

Retreat Information: See Sheet

Any questions or concerns, please contact Beth!