THEME: The Gift of Happiness
Grades 8 & 9
This week: Candidates meet in their small groups to discuss Module 3: The Gift of Happiness
Grades 10-12
This week:
This week: Candidates meet in their small groups to discuss Module 3: The Gift of Happiness
Grades 10-12
This week:
- Ms. Ingrid and Ms. Rosie's Small Group: Make-Up Meeting to discuss Module 2
- Ms. Dianne and Mr. Robert's Small Group: Complete Module 3
Summary
True happiness comes at a price, and it requires courage to seek it and sustain it. Loving the way God desires us to love is not always easy, but it is a gift worth the commitment. In this module, the young people explore how choosing the path of true happiness takes courage, strength, and resolve.
The young people discover that the Gifts of the Spirit are actually foundations for a life of happiness.
The young people are then invited to explore more deeply with Bishop Frank the places in our society where profound brokenness and injustice exist and to consider how they are called to bring the gift of happiness to others, especially those most in need.
To support that invitation, the young people are led through a discernment of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to then consider which gifts they most need strengthened in their own life.
The module closes with prayerful reflection on what it means to allow the Holy Spirit, as Pope Francis says, to “draw us into this missionary dynamism, awakening within us the desire, the joy and the courage to offer our own lives in the service of the Kingdom of God” (“Message for the 52nd World Day of Prayer for Vocations”).
The young people discover that the Gifts of the Spirit are actually foundations for a life of happiness.
The young people are then invited to explore more deeply with Bishop Frank the places in our society where profound brokenness and injustice exist and to consider how they are called to bring the gift of happiness to others, especially those most in need.
To support that invitation, the young people are led through a discernment of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to then consider which gifts they most need strengthened in their own life.
The module closes with prayerful reflection on what it means to allow the Holy Spirit, as Pope Francis says, to “draw us into this missionary dynamism, awakening within us the desire, the joy and the courage to offer our own lives in the service of the Kingdom of God” (“Message for the 52nd World Day of Prayer for Vocations”).
Questions for Conversation
What is an injustice in the world today that breaks your heart when you see it or hear it?
In what specific ways might you act to heal that injustice?
What gift (or gifts) of the Holy Spirit do you think you need the most right now to bring God's love to our hurting world?
In what specific ways might you act to heal that injustice?
What gift (or gifts) of the Holy Spirit do you think you need the most right now to bring God's love to our hurting world?
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Choosing a Confirmation Sponsor
Candidates should by now have watched to Ms. Rosie's video on choosing their Confirmation Sponsor and looked at the Sponsor Reflection Worksheet to start discerning whom they want to choose to be their Sponsor.
- Sponsor paper work is due on March 26. See details HERE
Important Reminder
To be eligible to receive Confirmation in November of 2021, Candidates must participate consistently and actively in the Confirmation preparation program. This includes:
Of course we understand that this year has been and continues to be full of significant challenges for our teens and families. These challenges may disrupt your teen's active participation in sacramental preparation at this time. If this is the case, please contact Rosie to discuss options for resuming Confirmation preparation next year.
- completing the Called to Mercy modules in advance of the small group meeting in which they will be discussed
- attending all small group meetings with their leaders and peers to process what they are learning in the modules.
Of course we understand that this year has been and continues to be full of significant challenges for our teens and families. These challenges may disrupt your teen's active participation in sacramental preparation at this time. If this is the case, please contact Rosie to discuss options for resuming Confirmation preparation next year.
