10700 Aboite Center Road, Fort Wayne, IN
260-432-0268
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Information For our Confirmation Students and their Sponsors
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Important DatesStudent/Sponsor Meeting #1
- October 9 at 12:45 pm or 4:00 pm
- October 10 at 6:00 pm
- October 15 & 16
- December 11 at 12:45 pm or 4:00 pm
- December 12 at 6:00 pm
- TBD in February
- March 12 at 1:30 pm (YF/RE students have class that day)
CONFIRMATION- March 25, 2022 at 10:00 am (plan to arrive by 9:00 am)
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Service Hours
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All Confirmation students are required to turn in service hours. Confirmation calls each person to serve inside and outside the Church to further God's Kingdom.
Click on the image to find specifics about the requirement for Service hours
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Confirmation Details
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Confirmation Dress CodeGirls: Dress or skirt outfit of modest length or dress pants
No spaghetti straps, strapless dresses or halter tops
No plunging necklines, open back dresses or bare midriffs
No long formal dresses
No flip flops or athletic shoes
NO MAKEUP on your forehead
Boys: Dress pants and dress shirt
Dress shoes
Tie (optional)
Jacket (optional – about 80% wear jackets)
NO athletic shoes
INTERVIEWS: YOUTH FORMATION/RE STUDENTS
Mid-February: link to sign up will be posted at a later date
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Important Times:Times
- Students should arrive on hour prior to Confirmation and check in the Mother Teresa room to get name tag and have picture taken .
- Sponsors should be seated in the church 15 minutes before Mass begins.
- A Professional Photographer will be available to take individual portraits from. A copy of the order form for individual pictures and/or group pictures can be printed here.
Photography:- Pictures may be taken as the candidates are filing in, during the processional at the beginning of Mass and recessional at the end of Mass. You may take pictures during Confirmation but please do not leave your seat and/or use flash.
- There will be someone taking pictures of the individual candidates while they are being Confirmed. Those pictures will be made available online afterwards.
- After Confirmation, Bishop will be available in a designated place for individual pictures with your own camera. Please line up outside the Mother Seton room in the hallway by the nursery.
Servers and Eucharistic Ministers are needed.
If a sibling is interested in serving at Mass or if a parent/sponsor/friend is interested in being a Eucharistic Minister of Holy Communion (preferably St. Elizabeth trained) please click here and email Kim Conte.
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Confirmation Retreat
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All confirmation Students are required to attend a Confirmation Retreat.
Students have a choice of two dates:
January 21 or February 4
The retreat begins at 8:30am and ends after the 4:30 pm Mass
There is a $25 fee for the retreat to cover the cost of the t-shirt, food, etc.
Click on the image to the left to register online and pay by credit card or click here for a downloadable/printable form (Coming soon!)
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Confirmation Sponsors
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Confirmation Students select their Confirmation Sponsor at the end of 7th grade. Sponsors should be someone that the student feels close enough to to talk about faith matters and is an example of living the Catholic Faith.
Click the image to find out more about who can be a sponsor, the responsibilities of being a sponsor and submit your sponsor's name
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