SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
Hello Confirmation candidates and parents,
Confirmation 2020-2021
Registration is now open! Please register by September 22nd!!
link to registration: https://www.cognitoforms.com/HolyFamilyCatholicChurch4/ConfirmationRegistration
Registration is now open! Please register by September 22nd!!
link to registration: https://www.cognitoforms.com/HolyFamilyCatholicChurch4/ConfirmationRegistration
Information Regarding Confirmation 2020-2021
Requirement
To enter the Confirmation 2021 program at Holy Family, the student should be in at least 9th grade and have been in a faith formation or Catholic school program in the previous year. If this is not the case for your child, please contact Mr. Freiland about your child's situation.
Virtual and Hybrid options
To accommodate the learning and safety preferences for this year, we are offering an all-virtual session option and a hybrid/combo session option with Monday-Wednesday sessions and Tuesday-Thursday sessions. The hybrid/combo Confirmation classes will alternate between virtual meetings and in-person at-the-church meetings. The format of these sessions will continue through the end of 2020. The meetings will begin the week of October 5.
More than one child
If you have more than one child for Confirmation, you should register them together. When you reach the question How many Candidates are you registering for Confirmation?, you may change number you are registering.
Confirmation Fee
The Confirmation fee is $160 per student.
Financial assistance is available upon request. We do not wish for financial concerns to prevent any student from participating. We are accepting cash or check. For cash, please go to the receptionist desk in the office of the church where you may receive a receipt. For checks, please make payable to "Holy Family Catholic Church" with "Confirmation" on the memo line. Checks may be brought to Holy Family in the office, dropped off in our new drop box outside the front entrance, or may be mailed to Holy Family Catholic Church, Attn: Youth Ministry, PO Box 130, Davidsonville, MD.
To enter the Confirmation 2021 program at Holy Family, the student should be in at least 9th grade and have been in a faith formation or Catholic school program in the previous year. If this is not the case for your child, please contact Mr. Freiland about your child's situation.
Virtual and Hybrid options
To accommodate the learning and safety preferences for this year, we are offering an all-virtual session option and a hybrid/combo session option with Monday-Wednesday sessions and Tuesday-Thursday sessions. The hybrid/combo Confirmation classes will alternate between virtual meetings and in-person at-the-church meetings. The format of these sessions will continue through the end of 2020. The meetings will begin the week of October 5.
More than one child
If you have more than one child for Confirmation, you should register them together. When you reach the question How many Candidates are you registering for Confirmation?, you may change number you are registering.
Confirmation Fee
The Confirmation fee is $160 per student.
Financial assistance is available upon request. We do not wish for financial concerns to prevent any student from participating. We are accepting cash or check. For cash, please go to the receptionist desk in the office of the church where you may receive a receipt. For checks, please make payable to "Holy Family Catholic Church" with "Confirmation" on the memo line. Checks may be brought to Holy Family in the office, dropped off in our new drop box outside the front entrance, or may be mailed to Holy Family Catholic Church, Attn: Youth Ministry, PO Box 130, Davidsonville, MD.
Schedule for Confirmation 2020-2021
Confirmation
e will meet about every 3 weeks on average. Sessions will be 60-75 minutes instead of the 90+ minute sessions last year. The shorter times will help our experience in the virtual sessions. All meetings are scheduled to begin at 7 pm. The October in-person sessions will be outdoors in the area under the balcony in the back of the church. The location of the December sessions will be announced later.
We have the dates through the end of 2020. The 2021 dates will be made available when we hear back from the Bishop's office about our Confirmation Mass date for 2021, and after we look carefully at the situation with the pandemic at that time. There are four group options:
Mon-Wed Virtual Group:
Wed., Jan. 6 - Confirmation class #5 - M/W group - Zoom
Mon., Feb. 8 - Confirmation class #6 - M/W virtual group - Zoom
Wed., Mar. 3 - Confirmation class #7 - M/W group - Zoom
Mon., Mar. 29 - Confirmation class #8 - M/W virtual group - Zoom
Wed., Apr. 21 - Confirmation class #9 - M/W group - Zoom
Tue-Thur Virtual Group:
Tue., Jan. 5 - Confirmation class #5 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Thur., Feb. 4 - Confirmation class #6 - Tu/Th virtual group - Zoom
Tue., Mar. 2 - Confirmation class #7 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Thur., Mar. 25 - Confirmation class #8 - Tu/Th virtual group - Zoom
Tue., Apr. 20 - Confirmation class #9 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Mon-Wed Hybrid Group:
Wed., Jan. 6 - Confirmation class #5 - M/W group - Zoom
Wed., Feb. 3 - Confirmation class #6 - M/W hybrid group - in person Unity Hall
Wed., Mar. 3 - Confirmation class #7 - M/W group - Zoom
Wed., Mar. 24 - Confirmation class #8 - M/W hybrid group - in person Unity Hall
Wed., Apr. 20 - Confirmation class #9 - M/W group - Zoom
Tue-Thur Hybrid Group:
Tue., Feb. 9 - Confirmation class #6 - Tu/Th hybrid group - in person Unity Hall
Tue., Mar. 2 - Confirmation class #7 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Tue., Mar. 30 - Confirmation class #8 - Tu/Th hybrid group - in person Unity Hall
Tue., Apr. 20 - Confirmation class #9 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
We have the dates through the end of 2020. The 2021 dates will be made available when we hear back from the Bishop's office about our Confirmation Mass date for 2021, and after we look carefully at the situation with the pandemic at that time. There are four group options:
Mon-Wed Virtual Group:
Wed., Jan. 6 - Confirmation class #5 - M/W group - Zoom
Mon., Feb. 8 - Confirmation class #6 - M/W virtual group - Zoom
Wed., Mar. 3 - Confirmation class #7 - M/W group - Zoom
Mon., Mar. 29 - Confirmation class #8 - M/W virtual group - Zoom
Wed., Apr. 21 - Confirmation class #9 - M/W group - Zoom
Tue-Thur Virtual Group:
Tue., Jan. 5 - Confirmation class #5 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Thur., Feb. 4 - Confirmation class #6 - Tu/Th virtual group - Zoom
Tue., Mar. 2 - Confirmation class #7 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Thur., Mar. 25 - Confirmation class #8 - Tu/Th virtual group - Zoom
Tue., Apr. 20 - Confirmation class #9 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Mon-Wed Hybrid Group:
Wed., Jan. 6 - Confirmation class #5 - M/W group - Zoom
Wed., Feb. 3 - Confirmation class #6 - M/W hybrid group - in person Unity Hall
Wed., Mar. 3 - Confirmation class #7 - M/W group - Zoom
Wed., Mar. 24 - Confirmation class #8 - M/W hybrid group - in person Unity Hall
Wed., Apr. 20 - Confirmation class #9 - M/W group - Zoom
Tue-Thur Hybrid Group:
Tue., Feb. 9 - Confirmation class #6 - Tu/Th hybrid group - in person Unity Hall
Tue., Mar. 2 - Confirmation class #7 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Tue., Mar. 30 - Confirmation class #8 - Tu/Th hybrid group - in person Unity Hall
Tue., Apr. 20 - Confirmation class #9 - Tu/Th group - Zoom
Confirmation completes our baptism, and makes us full members of the Church, committed to being witnesses to Christ in the world.
Confirmation of Young People. Young people are normally confirmed during their Freshman year of high school - or later. Candidates will be expected to take part in a preparation course organized by the parish's Youth Ministry Team. Extenuating circumstances aside (COVID-19 anyone?), the Bishop usually carries the Confirmation in the parish.
Confirmation of Adults. If you were baptized and received your First Communion, but were never Confirmed, please contact Fr. Andy Aaron for information on RCIA at aaaron@archbalt.org.
Confirmation of Young People. Young people are normally confirmed during their Freshman year of high school - or later. Candidates will be expected to take part in a preparation course organized by the parish's Youth Ministry Team. Extenuating circumstances aside (COVID-19 anyone?), the Bishop usually carries the Confirmation in the parish.
Confirmation of Adults. If you were baptized and received your First Communion, but were never Confirmed, please contact Fr. Andy Aaron for information on RCIA at aaaron@archbalt.org.