Comments on: Countdown to Confirmation http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2007/01/27/countdown-to-confirmation/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Joe http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2007/01/27/countdown-to-confirmation/#comment-93 Joe Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:15:55 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/2007/01/27/countdown-to-confirmation/#comment-93 Regina, what an excellent program! Personal witness is so much more powerful than simply reading about someone's experiences. Let us know how it turns out. Regina, what an excellent program! Personal witness is so much more powerful than simply reading about someone’s experiences. Let us know how it turns out.

]]> By: Regina Thibeau http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2007/01/27/countdown-to-confirmation/#comment-92 Regina Thibeau Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:28:53 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/2007/01/27/countdown-to-confirmation/#comment-92 I teach and coordinate a 7th grade RE program and our students are just beginning to think about Confirmation. In preparation for their service work, we are hosting a panel presentation during this week's classes entitled "Working for the Kingdom": Volunteer Leaders Showcase Service Ministries. Five speakers have generously agreed to witness to their work in service ministries which we hope will engage our students in action as well. The ministries range from a medical mission in Haiti, the youth group Kairos Retreat and peer ministry, an Amate House volunteer who works in a food pantry and an newly formed foundation to benefit the orphans of Ayacucho, Peru. Please pray for our speakers, many of whom are witnessing to their work for the first time. Recently I learned that one of the 6 tasks of catechesis as stated in the General Directory for Catechesis is to foster the missionary spirit of the faithful. Pray with me, that this program may foster the missionary spirit of our 7th grade students and claim them for the work of Christ. Amen. I teach and coordinate a 7th grade RE program and our students are just beginning to think about Confirmation. In preparation for their service work, we are hosting a panel presentation during this week’s classes entitled “Working for the Kingdom”: Volunteer Leaders Showcase Service Ministries.

Five speakers have generously agreed to witness to their work in service ministries which we hope will engage our students in action as well. The ministries range from a medical mission in Haiti, the youth group Kairos Retreat and peer ministry, an Amate House volunteer who works in a food pantry and an newly formed foundation to benefit the orphans of Ayacucho, Peru. Please pray for our speakers, many of whom are witnessing to their work for the first time.

Recently I learned that one of the 6 tasks of catechesis as stated in the General Directory for Catechesis is to foster the missionary spirit of the faithful. Pray with me, that this program may foster the missionary spirit of our 7th grade students and claim them for the work of Christ. Amen.

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