SAINT ANN CONFIRMATION

ACTIVITIES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2013

 

IMPORTANT DATES                   All Dates are MANDATORY

 Sunday, April 28, 2013

-          Spiritual Retreat for Confirmation Candidates – 9AM – 7PM

-          Divine Saviour Convent         610 Cypress Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90065

323-225-9181

-          MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS

 

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 – Rite of Reconciliation/ Confession

-          St. Ann Church 6PM

-          STUDENTS ONLY!!! MANDATORY

 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – Penitential Rite/ Reconciliation of Families

-          St. Ann Church & Auditorium 6PM

-          Please bring food to share after ceremony

-          Please bring letter for your child (Letter of affirmation, your thoughts about your child, love, concerns, gratefulness, anything positive)

-          Bring a Candle (can be purchased with Mother Margarita for $15 – deadline April 30)

-          MANDATORY for PARENTS/ STUDENTS

 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 – Rehearsal for Confirmation – 6PM – 830PM

-          Sponsors and/or Parents should be with Candidate

-          MANDATORY

 

Saturday, May 25, 2013 – CONFIRMATION DAY!!!!

-          Please be at St. Ann at 9AM

-          Mass begins @ 10AM with Bishop Gerald Wilkerson

 

Confirmation Expenses = $35 (Deadline April 27 or earlier)

Photo $15

Retreat $20

 $ 35

Hey guys happy Friday....
Just a reminder that tonight is Stations of the Cross and it will be lead by both the Franciscans and te Salesians. Please be there and pray with us.

First Friday & Stations of the Cross

REMINDER!!!!!

DON'T FORGET.... Confirmation Students will be leading the Stations of the Cross EVERY FRIDAY of LENT. March 1, 2013 - SALESIANS will be responsible for leading the faithful.

Pope Benedict says Good Bye

INTERREGNUM has begun....... the "gap" of the Catholic Church is here

  

The "Chair" of Saint Peter is now empty.

Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has officially left the Vatican and has begun his life of retirement.

NO HABEMUS PAPAM.... WE HAVE NO POPE!!!



Let us pray for our Holy Father Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Let us pray for our Cardinals as they begin their decisions in electing the new pope.

For more information you can visit these websites
Vatican Website - www.vatican.va
United States Bishops Conference - www.usccb.org

HELLO!!!! JUST A REMINDER!!!!

FRIDAY, MARCH, 1, 2013 is First Friday. There will be Stations of the Cross @ 7pm in the Church. This week the SALESIANS will be leading.

Today, Thursday, February, 28, 2013 @ 8pm Italy Time. Our Holy Father Pope Benedict the XVI will officially be retired as Pope. He will still be called "Your Holiness" & "Pope Emeritus."
Let us pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Cardinals as they meet in conclave to elect the next pope. Let us pray for Pope Benedict as he enjoys his retirement. Let us pray for the Church and that her people will always look to God for strengthen.

Let us also remember to partake of the Sacraments especially Confession and Holy Communion. We need strength of the journey and these are the sacraments which nourish our souls the most.

Holy Gospel of Thursday of the First Week in Lent

Jesus said to his disciples:

“Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds;

and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 

Which one of you would hand his son a stone

when he asked for a loaf of bread,

or a snake when he asked for a fish?

If you then, who are wicked,

know how to give good gifts to your children,

how much more will your heavenly Father give good things

to those who ask him.

“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. 

This is the law and the prophets.”

Journey to the Foot of the Cross: Bishop Ricken Offers 10 Things to Remember For Lent

Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offers “10 Things to Remember for Lent”:    

1. Remember the formula. The Church does a good job capturing certain truths with easy-to-remember lists and formulas: 10 Commandments, 7 sacraments, 3 persons in the Trinity. For Lent, the Church gives us almost a slogan—Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving—as the three things we need to work on during the season. 
     
2. It’s a time of prayer. Lent is essentially an act of prayer spread out over 40 days. As we pray, we go on a journey, one that hopefully brings us closer to Christ and leaves us changed by the encounter with him.  
   
   
3. It’s a time to fast. With the fasts of Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, meatless Fridays, and our personal disciplines interspersed, Lent is the only time many Catholics these days actually fast. And maybe that’s why it gets all the attention. “What are you giving up for Lent? Hotdogs? Beer? Jelly beans?” It’s almost a game for some of us, but fasting is actually a form of penance, which helps us turn away from sin and toward Christ.  
   
   
4. It’s a time to work on discipline. The 40 days of Lent are also a good, set time to work on personal discipline in general. Instead of giving something up, it can be doing something positive. “I’m going to exercise more. I’m going to pray more. I’m going to be nicer to my family, friends and coworkers.”   
   
   
5. It’s about dying to yourself. The more serious side of Lenten discipline is that it’s about more than self-control – it’s about finding aspects of yourself that are less than Christ-like and letting them die. The suffering and death of Christ are foremost on our minds during Lent, and we join in these mysteries by suffering, dying with Christ and being resurrected in a purified form.  
   
   
6. Don’t do too much. It’s tempting to make Lent some ambitious period of personal reinvention, but it’s best to keep it simple and focused. There’s a reason the Church works on these mysteries year after year. We spend our entire lives growing closer to God. Don’t try to cram it all in one Lent. That’s a recipe for failure.   
   
   
7. Lent reminds us of our weakness. Of course, even when we set simple goals for ourselves during Lent, we still have trouble keeping them. When we fast, we realize we’re all just one meal away from hunger. In both cases, Lent shows us our weakness. This can be painful, but recognizing how helpless we are makes us seek God’s help with renewed urgency and sincerity.  
   
   
8. Be patient with yourself. When we’re confronted with our own weakness during Lent, the temptation is to get angry and frustrated. “What a bad person I am!” But that’s the wrong lesson. God is calling us to be patient and to see ourselves as he does, with unconditional love.   
   
   
9. Reach out in charity. As we experience weakness and suffering during Lent, we should be renewed in our compassion for those who are hungry, suffering or otherwise in need. The third part of the Lenten formula is almsgiving. It’s about more than throwing a few extra dollars in the collection plate; it’s about reaching out to others and helping them without question as a way of sharing the experience of God’s unconditional love.   
   
   
10. Learn to love like Christ. Giving of ourselves in the midst of our suffering and self-denial brings us closer to loving like Christ, who suffered and poured himself out unconditionally on cross for all of us. Lent is a journey through the desert to the foot of the cross on Good Friday, as we seek him out, ask his help, join in his suffering, and learn to love like him.

Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offers “10 Things to Remember for Lent”: 

Verse of the Day

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest."
Matthew 11:28

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Welcome to the new St. Ann's Confirmation Blog...

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ANNOUCEMENTS

**** REMEMEBER these are MANDATORY SESSIONS for ALL STUDENTS

WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 20, 2013
Lenten Soup Supper 5-7pm
Lenten Mission Talk 7pm

FRIDAY, FEBUARY, 22, 2013
Stations of the Cross 7pm
This week the Stations will be lead by the Servites

SATURDAY, FEBUARY 23, 2013
There will be NO CLASSES due to Religious Congress
Classes will begin again on Saturday, March 2, 2013