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CHOSEN! Teen Confirmation Program
Welcome to Chosen! We are happy to serve you and your family as you seek a closer relationship with Jesus. Our program contains the following five elements:
- Award Winning Catechesis Programs through Ascension Press
- Connect and Cristeros nights
- One-on-One Spiritual Direction
- Service Opportunities based on the Corporal & Spiritual Works of Mercy
- Inspiring Retreats
For their catechesis requirement, candidates complete three excellent courses. At the beginning of your journey, you will meet with a Chosen team member to map out a plan to complete the requirements over the course of aproximately two years. Teens are currently required to complete the following:
- Altaration: The Mystery of the Mass Revealed (6 sessions)
- Chosen: Your Journey Toward Confirmation (11 sessions)
- YOU!: The Theology of the Body for Teens (11 sessions)
Candidates also participate in at least eight of our youth Connect nights or Cristeros nights.
Learn about Connect and Cristeros by visiting: https://www.holynameym.org/ or click on the schedules below.
These requirements, combined with retreats, service and one-on-one spiritual direction make for an excellent foundation for forming life-long Catholics.
Teens should begin in 9th or 10th grade. The Diocesan policy is that a teen must be at least 16 years old by April 1st in the year they are to be Confirmed. Confirmation takes place in May each year. A teen can finish the requirements in two years.
Teens attending a Catholic High School participate in Chosen & You: Life, Love & the Theology of the Body course; participate in a weekend retreat; attend 5 teen Connect nights; complete the service requirement and meet with the coordinator for one-on-one spiritual direction. This should take one academic year to complete. You may not enroll in the winter session and expect to be Confirmed that same year. You must submit a registration form at least by September 1st the year prior if you wish to take You in the winter session. This will allow you the full academic year to complete all of the requirements.
Teens who have not been baptized will complete Altaration, Chosen and YOU! as well as participate in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (adapted for teens).
Teens who are baptized but who have not received First Eucharist will also participate in all three catechetical programs as well as Connect nights, service, spiritual direction and retreats. In their second year, they will meet with Karen Grozak for preparation for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Eucharist.
Cost of our Programs: $80 per catechesis course ($240 total). Retreat fees are billed separately through the Office of Youth Ministry. Weekend retreat is currently $125. NET retreat is $30.For more information, contact Mathew Troy, (909) 793-2469 ext.131, mtroy@sbdiocese.org. You may also text him at 909-528-0704.
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Chosen! Catechesis Program Links
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Contact Us
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Mat Troymtroysbdiocese.orgDirector of the Office of Young Catholics -
Carlos Uribecuribesbdiocese.orgConfirmation Assistant (habla español) -
Teresa Roquettroquetsbdiocese.orgYouth Ministry Assistant
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This is a year like no other!
This year has taken us by storm and our parish staff has been working day in and day out to make sure our parish community is still being served to the best of our ability. In the midst of everything going on in our world, know that we are constantly praying for you, and we hope that you are praying for us as we figure out how to spread the Gospel Message via Zoom, FaceBook and Youtube.
That being said, here's what is changing for the Chosen Confirmation Program 2020-2021
Our summer session of Altaration will begin July 19th and 20th online.
The fall semester will be a hybrid of online and in-person meetings. Details are being ironed out now and will be available by the end of July. Registration is open.
This years Confirmation Mass will happen as soon as A) COVID-19 numbers are decreasing and Gov. Newsom begins to lift certain social distancing mandates and B) Bishop gives parishes the green light and is able to figure out the logistics. We will more than likely have several smaller masses. But we still do not have any updates. We will notify you via email as soon as we know anything. Until then, thank you for your continued patience.
Information is changing day by day, but we will continue to move forward praying for the day our churches, classrooms, meeting spaces and offices are back open and full of you, our amazing parish community! -
Listen to Holy Name teens share their journey towards Confirmation in this inspiring video.
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