THEME: True Happiness
Grades 8 & 9
This past week: Candidates met in their small groups to discuss Module 2: True Happiness
Next week: Complete Called to Mercy, Module 3: The Gift of Happiness
This past week: Candidates met in their small groups to discuss Module 2: True Happiness
Next week: Complete Called to Mercy, Module 3: The Gift of Happiness
Grades 10-12
This past week: Candidates completed Module 2: True Happiness
Next week: Candidates meet in Small Groups to discuss Module 2: True Happiness
This past week: Candidates completed Module 2: True Happiness
Next week: Candidates meet in Small Groups to discuss Module 2: True Happiness
Summary
God desires our joy and happiness, but happiness (the kind God desires for us) is often confused with the world’s sense of pleasure. This module leads the young people through a discernment and clarification process to arrive at the meaning of true happiness.
- They are introduced to Pope Francis’s Top Ten Secrets to Happiness, and they reflect on the one they most desire to further incorporate in their own life.
- Bishop Frank introduces the young people to the teaching “God is Love” and that love is the source and foundation of true happiness.
- The young people are invited to consider where love is most needed in the world today, and Bishop Frank expands their reflection by inviting them to consider how love is most needed “in the shadows of society” and how we are called as missionary disciples to bring love to those most in need.
- The young people are further invited to consider how their Confirmation is a calling to be witnesses of God’s love in the world.
Questions for Conversation
What are some things that give you pleasure, or short-term happiness?
What are some activities that give you joy, or lasting happiness?
Who are the people who give you joy? How do they do that?
What do the things or people who bring you joy have in common?
In what ways do you (or can you) bring joy to family and friends? Neighbors? Strangers?
Who are the people in our community or society who live on the margins?
What can you do personally to show the love of Jesus to those on the margins?
What are some activities that give you joy, or lasting happiness?
Who are the people who give you joy? How do they do that?
What do the things or people who bring you joy have in common?
In what ways do you (or can you) bring joy to family and friends? Neighbors? Strangers?
Who are the people in our community or society who live on the margins?
What can you do personally to show the love of Jesus to those on the margins?
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 Mercymodules 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.
