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Confirmation Programme 2004/2005
July 2004 Dear Parents and Young Person, I am writing to invite you to join the programme preparing teenage candidates for Confirmation next year. The young people should be in Year 9 in September 2004 at the very youngest. Classes will be on Sunday mornings in the Parish Hall after the 10.30am Mass. But there will be activities other than classes, on some Saturdays, as well as many weeks off from classes. For example, we have no classes at all in Dec. See details on the grey sheet. We will have a day retreat at Southwell House Hampstead. We will also ask the young people to take on certain responsibilities in the Church or in the parish community, like helping on the ambulance, or taking up the collection at Mass. Candidates will need a sponsor, who is able to accompany them on their journey and who will be present at the Confirmation itself. The sponsor should be a practicing, confirmed Catholic. Candidates should agree at the beginning of the course to to attend Mass here in Holy Apostles on a weekly basis, specifically the 10.30 Mass on the days when there is a class, and to attend all the meetings (or give their apologies in advance of any unavoidable absence). They will also need to choose a Confirmation Name which should be the name of a Christian Saint whom they admire. In many countries like Italy, Spain etc you cannot marry in the Catholic Church unless you are confirmed. If you are already confirmed or preparing for the sacrament in another parish then please ignore this invitation but be assured of my prayers and good wishes. If you would like to join our programme fill in the cream application form The completed form should be returned, preferably before the summer holidays, but certainly no later than Sunday 5th September. If you know of another young person who would like to join with you and did not get a letter from me, then please feel free to photocopy thises documents and invite them to join as well. Yours sincerely Canon Pat Browne Parish Priest |
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