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Dear Parents/Guardians,

I hope that you are doing well.

Just wanted to send a progress update about the Confirmation program so that we don't lose sight of the journey to Confirmation.

1) The last meeting that was held was with the Confirmation Sponsors and the Candidates together. Some candidates were not able to attend or to have their sponsors attend. I do have a website prepared which allows anyone who missed the session to complete it at home / over the phone with their sponsor. It can be found at

Make up for Sponsor Meeting

2) There are some upcoming opportunities for witnessing a baptism if your child has not already completed that assignment. Click on the button below to sign up.

Sign Up to Witness a Baptism

3) Faith in Action service projects have begun. There is still room for more individuals to join at the Feed My Starving Children project on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 2:30pm in Schaumburg. If you would like to sign up, please click on the button below.

Feed My Starving Children

There will be other projects in the Fall that will be organized specifically for Confirmation candidates. The organized projects are ideal because they create a sense of safety and trust in the candidates who are doing it together. Other options are out there, one such example is the lunch-making project between Saint Andrew and Saint Benedict parishes that will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 9:45am in the Saint Andrew gymnasium. To sign up for this project visit - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4CAEA72DA4F58-56972245-making

Please let me know if you have any questions. I will be updating the schedule for the Fall as we get more information about service projects, classes and even the date for Confirmation.

God bless!

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.

- 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.