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Confirmation

- Religious Education

The Confirmation Cirriculum, concludes the preparation to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. The curriculum is designed to deepen your personal commitment to Jesus and to the Church and to introduce you to the call to Christian witness and service.

You will explore tow of the "greatest Commandments" to love God above all else and your neighbor as yourself. We will also cover various issues in the lives of teenagers and the moral implications of the decisions we make. Keep the follosing question in mind as you navigate through life.
- What do I to have faith in God?
- Does pride get into the way of my fully practicing faith?
- What does it mean to be confirmed in the Catholic Faith?
- What am I attendin this program?
- Why is it necessary for me to be confirmed?
- What areas of my faith need reawakening?
The choice to be confirmed is made by the individual who seeks to complete the sacraments of Christian Initiation in the Catholic faith with the help of your parents/guardians.
Important Forms and Due Dates

Baptismal Records: if you were not baptized and have not received your First Communion at St. Joseph's. You will need to provide your Baptismal Record no later than the the end of December.

Confirmation: May 3, 2023 @7:00 pm

Confirmation Retreat: TBD

Confession: Month of December (Advent Season) and Month of March (Lenten Season)

Fish Fry Service Hours: Completed by April 2023

Confirmation Application: Due by February 2023

Sponsor Information Form: Due by February 2023

Candidate Summary of Preparation and Intent: Due by February 2023

Service Hours Completed and Submitted: Completed by April 2023

Letters to the Fr. Bill and Bishop Hying: Completed by March 2023
Attendance at Mass
Mass is the apex of the Catholic Faith. Being a confirmed Catholic means that one has accepted the invitation to faithfully follow the ways of Christ in the Catholic Faith. Therefore, it is expected that candidates for Confirmation attend Mass on weekends and on Holy Days of Obligation. The obligation to attend Mass ia a Divine Law. It is a sacred invitation that Christ has extended to us. At the center of our Catholic Faith is the sacrifice of the Eucharist. The Eurcharist can only be received at Mass and hence the importance that we faithful attend Mass.

Holy Days of Obligation
- Mary, Mother of God (January 1)
- Ascension (May 8)
- Assumption of Mary (August 15)
- All Saints Day (November 1)
- Immaculate Conception (December 8)
- Christmas (December 25)
It will be the obligation of each candidate, during this year of Confirmation classes, to attend Mass every weekend and on all Holy Days. Candidates are not required to go to St. Joseph's, but they need to attend a Catholic Mass every weekend.
Service Hours and Parent Volunteers
A crucial part of our Catholic Faith and transaction is being a Christian witness to others. Our tradition holds that we have an obligation to help those in need (service and good works.) In order to sh ow the benefits of Christian service, we required 15 service hours for this confirmation year. We encourage you to seek out a variety of experiences to give you a broad perspective of the different opportunities that are available to you. You may discuss with Fr. Tafadzwa or Mr. Joestgen to get ideas on different opportunities out there in the community. Your service hours are broken down into these categories:
- Three Fish Fries
- 8 hours for community, family, and parish events
Fish Fry Service Hours
- Each Confirmation Student is required to help at THREE Fish Fries.
- For all Confirmation Students to fulfill their obligation, each Fish Fry list must be filled in completely each month. So don’t wait to sign up!!!
- If you are unable to work the Fish Fries because of work or other personal obligations, you must volunteer for an alternate Parish fundraiser. For example: pasty sale, script sales, rummage sale, Parish Festival.
To sign up for your three Fish Fries, please click here.

Experience has shown that the sooner the student begins to work on these the more likely they are to have them done in a timely manner.

Service Guidelines and Criteria
- Work done for others for which you receive no monetary reward is considered service.
- Service hours and projects may be done individually, or as a group, or as a class.
- Work done for your family for which you are compensated never counts as service hours or projects.
Your Confirmation Student is also required to participate in THREE Youth Ministry Events. The events occur once per month on the third Sunday of the month.

For your student to receive credit for any of the items above, they will need to complete a Service Hours record. Please have your student complete the Service hour record upon completion of any of the hours they complete. To record Service Hours, please click here.

The last item for you is for each class, we required two Parent Volunteers. To sign up to be a Parent Volunteer, please click here.

St. Joseph's Church and School

Dodgeville, WI

Confirmation

Important Forms and Due Dates

Attendance at Mass

Service Hours and Parent Volunteers