Working together, Year Two Candidates and Sponsors will complete the following three activities. Each activity has a worksheet that can be downloaded by both Candidate & Sponsor. Candidates will submit a completion report for all three activities. Sponsors will submit completion report for Activity #2. All activities need to be completed by December 15.
Activity #1 - Share Your Stories: In this activity, you will discuss your faith stories with one another. Download the worksheet for your discussion questions.
Activity #2 - Faith Challenges: This is a 4 part activity.
Part 1 - Both Candidate and Sponsor read the Youth Update article (from St. Anthony Messenger Press) which discusses how young people put their Catholic faith into action. Article link: "How is your faith expressed?"
Part 2 - Discuss YOUR faith (each of you) in relation to the four areas in the article: prayer & worship, proclaiming God's Word, building up the community and work for justice.
Part 3 - Choose an area to work on. See details on worksheet. Submit your challenge plan via this link: Confirmation Faith Challenge. Challenge plan due by November 1.
Part 4 - Check in with each other by December 1. Write your completion report. Candidate will complete this report for both Candidate and Sponsor by December 15.
Candidate reviews the two name options (stay with Baptismal name or choose a saint's name). Discuss options with Sponsor and make a choice.
If you choose to stay with your Baptismal name, learn about it! Find out why you were given the name and stories about it.
If your name is also the name of a saint, find out about the saint. If you choose to take a saint's name, you may have a saint in mind. Your Sponsor may have suggestions. You may also wish to find a saint that is connected to one of your interests or a saint whose feast day is on your birthday. Read about the saint and discuss with your Sponsor. The most important factors in your choice should be that your have a personal connection with the saint and that there is something about the saint that you admire or want to emulate in your own life.
Part 2 -Complete the Confirmation Name report. Confirmation Name report due by December 15.