Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope that you are all having a good week/end!
I just wanted to send a reminder about Sunday night's session for Confirmation students.
Confirmation candidates will have one of their sessions jointly with the parish as a whole as we welcome Angela Scaperlanda Bujan to speak at our annual parish mission on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 6:00pm.
As participation in this session is open to the whole parish and one of the learning objectives is to demonstrate to candidates that faith development is a life-long journey, I encourage you to come and join in the session as well. I believe everyone will get a lot out of the presentation. More information is below.
One final note... in the last email that I sent, I had two dates for the Confirmation Sponsor meeting. The correct date is Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 3:30pm. I apologize for any confusion.
Many blessings,
David Heimann
- Faith In Action Projects
The expectation is for each Confirmation candidate to do one Faith In Action project in each of 3 categories -
- A - Care for the earth
- B - Service to those on the margins and
- C - Service to the church.
In each of the first two categories (A&B), I will provide an organized experience allowing students to do the project together. The first of these will be in May and in June, I will also organize similar opportunities in the Fall. A student does not need to go on all of the organized activities, just one from each category, or they can do an independent project in those areas so long as they coordinate it with me.
The third category, serving the church, can be done in a myriad of ways and is done independently. Altar serving, helping with Family Mass, volunteering at Wearin the Green, parish activities, etc. All of these qualify. I will make some specific opportunities available to you in subsequent emails. Below are opportunities to si gn up and participate in the organized projects for category A and category B.
Service Project from Category A
Cleaning a local Forest Preserve
Saturday May, 17, 2025 from 9:00 to 11:15am
Labagh Woods, West Foster Avenue, N. Cicero Ave, Chicago
During the time allotted, participants will help to clean up the Labagh Woods Forest Preserve for Cook County. Gloves and trash bags will be provided. Please dress for the weather and wear shoes that might get muddy as we collect trash near the banks of the waterways. Please arrange your own transportation. Parents are asked to volunteer with us if available. Only 25 volunteer slots are available.
Service Project from Category B
Feed My Starving Children - Schaumburg Location
Saturday, June 7, 2025 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Join with other volunteers to create food packs of protein and grains that will be shipped to parts of the world with urgent need for food relief. A single session of volunteering will create thousands of meals for those in need. Parent volunteers are also needed for this event to take place. Only 30 volunteer slots are available for this service project
- Fall Confirmation Retreat
In the requirements for Confirmation, we discussed earlier that there was a first year confirmation retreat and a second year retreat. We have just been able to book the NET Ministry team to be with us at Saint Andrew for the second Confirmation Retreat. It will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2025. We still haven't finalized the time, but it will likely start mid-morning and end at around 5:00pm. Thank you for saving the date in your child's calendar to avoid any conflicts.
- Missed Confirmation Retreat
Some individuals missed the Confirmation retreat last fall when we attended Holy Fire. There are two potential make-ups to that absence that are coming up. Parents would be responsible for contacting the parishes and making arrangements to attend.
The make up opportunities currently available are at:
SS. Viator and Wenceslaus on April 5, 2025
Contact Sr. Carmen Loredo 773 286 4041
&
St. Alphonsus on April 12, 2025
Contact Emily Ember - 773-525-0709