{"id":329,"date":"2012-03-08T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2020-05-14T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:33:38","slug":"confirmation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/?page_id=329","title":{"rendered":"Confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"329\" class=\"elementor elementor-329\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0e7b52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0e7b52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-755a1cc6\" data-id=\"755a1cc6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dc83f34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4dc83f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Confirmation is a two year program which covers the teachings of our Faith which prepares the student to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation and live a productive Catholic life. \u00a0The &#8220;YouCat&#8221; is used as the text for both years. \u00a0During the first year, Parts I and II (Overview of the Creed and Sacraments) are covered. \u00a0In the second year, Part III (Overview Morality), a review of the Sacrament of Initiation, the Corporal &amp; Spiritual Works of Mercy and the Beatitudes are covered.<\/p>\n<p>Requirements for Confirmation are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20 hours of service each year<\/li>\n<li>Mass Attendance<\/li>\n<li>The Sacrament Of Reconciliation during Advent and Lent.<\/li>\n<li>Retreat (second year)<\/li>\n<li>Essay on &#8220;Why they want to be Confirmed&#8221; which is sent to the Bishop. (second year)<\/li>\n<li>Report on Saint selected which includes a short history of the saint and why you chose that particular saint. (second year)<\/li>\n<li>Interview with Father. (second year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the second year, the student will be ask to select a sponsor. \u00a0Requirements for being a sponsor are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be Confirmed<\/li>\n<li>Must be in good standing with the Church<\/li>\n<li>Must be a communicant of a parish<\/li>\n<li>Can not be the parents of the candidate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1948 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC04344-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"149\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confirmation is a two year program which covers the teachings of our Faith which prepares the student to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation and live a productive Catholic life. \u00a0The &#8220;YouCat&#8221; is used as<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-buttons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/?page_id=329\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-329","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmaryswaterford.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}