Senior High Catholic Confirmation Program A six-part Catholic Confirmation program for senior high school students that provides immediate preparation for receiving the sacrament of confirmation. The Moving in the Spirit Catholic Confirmation program has six candidate session handouts on the faith topics: Human Freedom Scripture Spirituality Sacraments Service Confirmation The six handouts provide stories, dilemmas, and activities for […]
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Rituals form around actions, symbols, and stories that are so sacred and so important people want to repeat them and take strength and meaning from them. However, many Christians may grow up taking part in rituals whose full meaning they don’t understand. They may participate with their families in rituals without knowing the stories that
In this Sunday’s gospel from Matthew, we hear the story of Jesus’ baptism. Jesus goes to the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist, who had been performing baptisms for Jews who wished to repent of their sins. At first, John is uncomfortable with the idea of baptizing Jesus, since John had been
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A guest post from Claire Bischoff Recently, a wise woman pointed out to me that while Catholics tend to spend a lot of time and energy thinking about the season of Lent, we often celebrate Easter Sunday and then forget that we are in the midst of the longest special liturgical season of the church