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I decided I am going to have to do my own thing to prepare ds for confirmation. I am looking for a list of the things the kids NEED to know. Then I am hoping to find resources/activities to get ds "on fire" for his confirmation. Just reading through a book is not working right now. We will do some apologetics, service to our parish and community, but I"m looking for the academic stuff. I want goals to meet.
Help??
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This book St Joseph Confirmation Book Has a confirmation catechism in it which would be your minimum what is confirmation learning.
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We wanted to read YOUCAT together with our dd and 2 other 15 yr olds. But I am also curious what there is out there for confirmation prep.
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Our parish confirms children at grade six (or equivalent age) which is an akward age to find material for.
I started my planning by rereading the section on confirmation in the CCC as confirmation is the one sacrament where specific preparation advice is given (see CCC 1309).
So following this advice we concentrated on the Holy Spirit (using Faith Folders by lapbooksforcatholics as being the most age appropriate) and becoming more involved in our Parish.
We also used _The King of the Golden City_ for spiritual reading and _The Sacrament of Confirmation For Confirmation Candidates_ from New Hope Publications for review of doctrine and to fill in any cracks. My daughter had already decided who she wanted as her patron saint or I would have added a Saint anthology to our reading list.
So basically a review of basic doctrine (apostles creed and what it means) concentrating on the Holy Spirit plus developing a deeper understanding of what it means be part of the Universal Church both in terms of our responsibilities (parish involvement) and helps (patron Saints). Prayer and spiritual reading to be encouraged with plenty of choices given (we went over a number of books and different prayers and pious practices before my daughter choose which book and to go to monthly adoration).
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Anne:
We just received this list of what our Confirmation Candidate should know:
Understanding of the Nicene and Apostle's Creeds
Four Marks of the Future
Ten Commandments
Seven Sacraments
Beatitudes
Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy
Major Prayers
Major Feast Days
Holy Days of Obligation
Liturgical Year
Liturgical Colors
Plus, they have to do service hours and write a letter to the Bishop expressing their desire to be confirmed and why, the confirmation saint and why, and some idea of plans to help the Church in the future, as well as gratitude for performing the confirmation.
Just an idea of what's required in our area. Hope it helps.
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Anita
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Anne
I'm currently preparing ds12 myself too. I didn't really find a list, so am very interested in these responses. when you are up to gathering resources I shared my list in this thread. Lots of ideas there.
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I should probably add that my book list was deliberately light so that we could both throughly study those books AND more importantly still keep our focus on practice rather then theory.
My daughter like myself would quite happily spend all her time reading and has read much of our collection of religious books on her own. But just as I did, she needed encouragement to live her Faith as well as know it.
I'd likely have looked for a bit more material for formal study (books or DVD's) if she wasn't as well read but I like to think that I'd still opt for spending more time on a few carefully chosen books rather then try to cover every good book available.
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What Anita listed is what (along with other stuff.. and the answers) is in the book I linked to.
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Thanks everyone. Going to work on my outline--yeah!!
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