Leslie Monette, Director
lmonette@annunciationparishabq.org
CONFIRMATION SCHEDULE 2009 - 2010
YOUTH CONFIRMATION
Our Confirmation Retreat last Sunday was a beautiful day of reflection and prayer for the candidates and sponsors. Please keep the candidates in your prayers as their Confirmation Day draws closer.
Confirmation Schedule:
MONDAY, MAY 3rd
Candidates and Sponsors begin praying the Confirmation Novena.
FRIDAY, MAY 7th – Before 5:00 p.m.
* Palanca letters due to Parish Office
MONDAY, MAY 10th – 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Practice & Penance Service:
Candidates & Sponsors meet in the Community Center at 5:30 p.m. Sponsors can leave after the practice.
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.: Penance Service for Candidates Only Palancas & Confirmation gowns given to each candidate
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th – 7:00 p.m.
Confirmation Mass and Reception
Candidates & Sponsors meet in Community Center at 6:00 p.m. Reception immediately following service in gym.
SUNDAY, MAY 16th – 3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Mystagogy Session: Meet in the Community Center –
Pizza & drinks will be served
Palanca letters
*Palanca letters are written to individual candidates by their families and friends. The context of each palanca letter varies depending on the person writing the letter. The context can include words of encouragement, holy cards or tell of the intercessory prayers and/or sacrifices or works of mercy that you are offering to God on their behalf.
Palanca letters can be turned in before or on Friday, May 7th. Please bring the letters to the Parish Office in sealed envelopes with your child’s name written on the envelope.
The sacrament of confirmation is found in Bible passages such as Acts 8:14–17, 9:17, 19:6, and Hebrews 6:2, which speak of a laying on of hands for the purpose of bestowing the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 6:2 is especially important because it is not a narrative account of how confirmation was given and, thus, cannot be dismissed by those who reject the sacrament as something unique to the apostolic age. In fact, the passage refers to confirmation as one of Christianity’s basic teachings, which is to be expected since confirmation, like baptism, is a sacrament of initiation into the Christian life.
We read: "Therefore let us leave the Elementary (ERE) (ERE) teachings of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment" (Heb. 6:1–2).
Catholic Answers, “Confirmation” (San Diego: Catholic Answers, 2004)
http://www.catholic.com/library/Confirmation.asp