sacrament (encouraged) Service Students/Parents 1 full-day project organized by the parish for a group of candidates 1 full-day project with family/sponsor Retreat Students 1 full-day (required) Weekend/Overnight recommended Fired Up! Students 1 full day Confirmation Conference ** Parent/Sponsor Formation that also involves the students fulfills hours for both the Immediate Preparation for the Sacrament and Parent/Sponsor Formation Guidelines for the Confirmation Liturgy GENERAL INSTRUCTION 1. The Confirmation Mass should exemplify the very best we have to offer liturgically. The Confirmation liturgy should be reverent, dignified and beautiful. This is accomplished by good planning and preparation, thoughtful and well-executed music, active participation by the assembly, and the involvement of competent liturgical ministers. 2. The Confirmation liturgy is to be a show place for novel or virtuosic performance but should represent the normal liturgical practice of the particular parish community. 3. people of God, represented by the families and friends of the candidates and “The by members of the local community, will be invited to take part in the celebration and will endeavor to express their faith by means of the fruits the Holy Spirit has produced in them” (Order of Confirmation, no. 4) The cultural and ethnic diversity of the parish community should be taken into account in the preparation of the liturgy. Mass Setting
sacrament (encouraged) Service Students/Parents 1 full-day project organized by the parish for a group of candidates 1 full-day project with family/sponsor Retreat Students 1 full-day (required) Weekend/Overnight recommended Fired Up! Confirmation Conference Students 1 full day ** Parent/Sponsor Formation that also involves the students fulfills hours for both the Immediate Preparation for the Sacrament and Parent/Sponsor Formation Guidelines for the Confirmation Liturgy GENERAL INSTRUCTION 1. The Confirmation Mass should exemplify the very best we have to offer liturgically. The Confirmation liturgy should be reverent, dignified and beautiful. This is accomplished by good planning and preparation, thoughtful and well-executed music, active participation by the assembly, and the involvement of competent liturgical ministers. 2. The Confirmation liturgy is to be a show place for novel or virtuosic performance but should represent the normal liturgical practice of the particular parish community. 3. “The people of God, represented by the families and friends of the candidates and by members of the local community, will be invited to take part in the celebration and will endeavor to express their faith by means of the fruits the Holy Spirit has produced in them” (Order of Confirmation, no. 4) The cultural and ethnic diversity of the parish community should be taken into account in the preparation of the liturgy. Mass Setting
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