Confirmation
New Year - begins Sept 2013
15th May – Confirmation II Parent’s Meeting – Brooks 6:30pm
(For 9th graders entering 10th in Sept)
Opportunities for Service Hours:
Brooks Hall
Classroom Clean up, Book/Supply Round up
Wed, 29 May, Brooks Hall, 5pm-8pm
Other opportunities for service hours are available.
(Call or email at least one day in advance for available dates and times).
Christine Moore, DRE
DREStJerome@hot.rr.com (254) 666-6222
Become a Summer Library Volunteer
Hewitt Public Library Volunteer Program:
Assist with summer programs, reading program, shelving and
cleaning children's area, help with parties and movies.
www.cityofhewitt.com/hpl , 100 Zuni in Hewitt
Call: 666-2442 / 666-6025
Confirmation, together with Baptism and Eucharist, form the Sacraments of Initiation that are all intimately connected. In the Sacrament of Confirmation, the baptized person is "sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit" and is strengthened for service to the Body of Christ.
The prophets of the Old Testament foretold that God's Spirit would rest upon the Messiah to sustain his mission. Their prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus the Messiah was conceived by the Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus on the occasion of his baptism by John.
Jesus' entire mission occurred in communion with the Spirit. Before he died, Jesus promised that the Spirit would be given to the Apostles and to the entire Church. After his death, he was raised by the Father in the power of the Spirit.
Those who believed in the Apostles' preaching were baptized and received the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands. The Apostles baptized believers in water and the Spirit. Then they imparted the special gift of the Spirit through the laying on of hands. "'The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the sacrament of Confirmation, which in a certain way perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church'" (CCC, no. 1288, citing Pope Paul VI, Divinae Consortium Naturae, no. 659).
By the second century, Confirmation was also conferred by anointing with holy oil, which came to be called sacred Chrism. "This anointing highlights the name 'Christian,' which means 'anointed' and derives from that of Christ himself whom God 'anointed with the Holy Spirit'" (CCC, no. 1289, citing Acts 10:38).
Confirmation is celebrated in the 11th grade. This sacrament has a pre-requisite that includes two years religious education immediately preceding preparation to receive the sacrament.
Daryl Nagel, Senior Youth Minister .......................................254-666-7722
or Christine Moore, DRE...........................................................254-666-6222
Brooks Hall
Classroom Clean up, Book/Supply Round up
Wed, 29 May, Brooks Hall, 5pm-8pm
Other opportunities for service hours are available.
(Call or email at least one day in advance for available dates and times).
Christine Moore, DRE
DREStJerome@hot.rr.com (254) 666-6222
Become a Summer Library Volunteer
Hewitt Public Library Volunteer Program:
Assist with summer programs, reading program, shelving and
cleaning children's area, help with parties and movies.
www.cityofhewitt.com/hpl , 100 Zuni in Hewitt
Call: 666-2442 / 666-6025
Confirmation, together with Baptism and Eucharist, form the Sacraments of Initiation that are all intimately connected. In the Sacrament of Confirmation, the baptized person is "sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit" and is strengthened for service to the Body of Christ.
The prophets of the Old Testament foretold that God's Spirit would rest upon the Messiah to sustain his mission. Their prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus the Messiah was conceived by the Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus on the occasion of his baptism by John.
Jesus' entire mission occurred in communion with the Spirit. Before he died, Jesus promised that the Spirit would be given to the Apostles and to the entire Church. After his death, he was raised by the Father in the power of the Spirit.
Those who believed in the Apostles' preaching were baptized and received the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands. The Apostles baptized believers in water and the Spirit. Then they imparted the special gift of the Spirit through the laying on of hands. "'The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the sacrament of Confirmation, which in a certain way perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church'" (CCC, no. 1288, citing Pope Paul VI, Divinae Consortium Naturae, no. 659).
By the second century, Confirmation was also conferred by anointing with holy oil, which came to be called sacred Chrism. "This anointing highlights the name 'Christian,' which means 'anointed' and derives from that of Christ himself whom God 'anointed with the Holy Spirit'" (CCC, no. 1289, citing Acts 10:38).
Confirmation is celebrated in the 11th grade. This sacrament has a pre-requisite that includes two years religious education immediately preceding preparation to receive the sacrament.
Daryl Nagel, Senior Youth Minister .......................................254-666-7722
or Christine Moore, DRE...........................................................254-666-6222