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    • Our History
    • Our Mission
    • Our Team
    • Becoming Catholic
    • Parishioner Registration
    • Mass and Penance Times
    • Employment Opportunities
  • SACRAMENTS
    • Baptism
    • Penance
    • Eucharist
    • Confirmation
    • Matrimony
    • Holy Orders
    • Anointing of the Sick
  • FORMATION
    • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
    • Faith Formation (CCD)
    • Youth Group
    • Become Catholic (OCIA)
    • Encounter the Eucharist
    • Eucharistic Adoration
    • Spiritual Direction
  • HEALING
    • Annulment
    • Bereavement
    • Sick and Homebound
    • Prayer Chain
  • STEWARDSHIP
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    • Gifts of Time and Talent
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Confirmation

The prophets of the Old Testament foretold that God's Spirit would rest upon the Messiah to sustain his mission.  Their prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus the Messiah was conceived by the Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.  The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus on the occasion of his baptism by John.  Jesus' entire mission occurred in communion with the Spirit. Before he died, Jesus promised that the Spirit would be given to the Apostles and to the entire Church.  After his death, he was raised by the Father in the power of the Spirit.

Confirmation deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, neighborhoods, society, and the world. We receive the message of faith in a deeper and more intensive manner with great emphasis given to the person of Jesus Christ, who asked the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the Church for building up the community in loving service.

~from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Prayer for Charity in Truth
Father, your truth is made known in your Word.
Guide us to seek the truth of the human person.
Teach us the way to love because you are Love.
Jesus, you embody Love and Truth.
Help us to recognize your face in the poor.
Enable us to live out our vocation to bring love and justice to your people.
Holy Spirit, you inspire us to transform our world.
Empower us to seek the common good for all persons.
Give us a spirit of solidarity and make us one human family.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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This prayer is based on Pope Benedict XVI's 2009 encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth)
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FR. DAVID SABEL, ADMINISTRATOR
FR. DAVID WHITESIDE, PAROCHIAL VICAR

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  • ABOUT
    • Our History
    • Our Mission
    • Our Team
    • Becoming Catholic
    • Parishioner Registration
    • Mass and Penance Times
    • Employment Opportunities
  • SACRAMENTS
    • Baptism
    • Penance
    • Eucharist
    • Confirmation
    • Matrimony
    • Holy Orders
    • Anointing of the Sick
  • FORMATION
    • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
    • Faith Formation (CCD)
    • Youth Group
    • Become Catholic (OCIA)
    • Encounter the Eucharist
    • Eucharistic Adoration
    • Spiritual Direction
  • HEALING
    • Annulment
    • Bereavement
    • Sick and Homebound
    • Prayer Chain
  • STEWARDSHIP
    • Parish Organizations
    • Altar Servers
    • Gifts of Time and Talent
    • SCRIP
    • Food Pantry
  • GIVE
  • NEWS & EVENTS
    • Bulletins and Newsletters
    • Calendars
    • 4-H Fair
    • Flocknote