Love God. Make Disciples.
Serve Christ in the World.
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High school YM
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CLICK HERE to register for our High School Youth Ministry
(registration is required to participate in Confirmation)
CLICK HERE to get to the "GREATER" Online Retreat - Student Registration page
Any questions: Contact Dave Neeson via email at DNeeson@sldmfishers.orgSLDM Confirmation Process
Here at St. Louis de Montfort, we have 3 aspects to our Confirmation Process:
#1 - Mentors
We create small groups within our registered sophomores and pair those groups with a parishioner who will serve as their small group's "Mentor". It's up to the groups to choose when they meet, but they will end up meeting a total of 6 times. You can view their material below. The mentor process allows for honest discussion and true growth for the teens. Our mentors are all Safe & Sacred trained, and all meetings occur in a public areas that the group agrees upon (i.e. Coffee & Doughnuts, Public Library, Coffee shops, etc.)
#2 - Large Group Sessions
We also have 3 Large Group gatherings where everyone who is in the Confirmation Process (both parent & youth) are required to join us in a large group format. Our large group team will work with furthering the discussion on Confirmation as our Youth Minister will stay with the parents to help form them in how to be the main leader in faith development for their teen. We'll also discuss the hardships and joys of parenting during the teenage years. Our goal is to help parents WIN during a very hard time in their child's life.
#3 - Retreat
We require everyone participate in the Confirmation Retreat before the Confirmation Liturgy, and believe that the retreat we have formed is incredibly powerful and engaging. We ask you mark those dates out in your calendar at the beginning of the year to show the commitment to this process. If our retreat dates conflict with pre-planned events, then we'll happily find you another opportunity to grow spiritually, but we strongly believe our retreat is the best option for those going through Confirmation here at SLDM.
If you have any questions, please feel welcome to browse our materials below, or shoot me an email.
Thanks for your time & interest in Confirmation here at SLDM!
God bless,
-Dave...
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IMPORTANT 2020-2021 Confirmation Dates:
PARENT SESSION
August 9th, 2020 - @ 3pm in the Youth Ministry Center
MEET YOUR MENTORAugust 23rd, 2020 - @ 1pm in Craig Willy Hall
LARGE GROUP MEETINGS - (both Parents & Youth are REQUIRED to come)November 1, 2020 - @ 4-6pm in the Youth Ministry Center
December 13, 2020 - @ 4-6pm in the Youth Ministry Center
February 21, 2021 - @ 4-6pm in the Youth Ministry CenterCONFIRMATION RETREAT
March 12-14, 2021 - @ St. Joseph Retreat Center, Tipton, IN
CONFIRMATION LITURGY
TBD - @ St. Louis de Montfort Church
*Mentor Sessions are 6 separate meetings that are decided between candidates and their parish assigned mentors. Any questions can be directed to Dave Neeson @ Dneeson@sldmfishers.org or Matt Pifer @ mpifer@sldmfishers.org. -
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PARENT MEETING on 8.12.18 - Video Below
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Choosing a Saint Name
In our Catholic tradition we have honored the holy men and women before us with patronage by choosing a Catholic saint name for our Confirmation. Our bishop has asked that boys choose male saints and ladies choose female saints. A great option is to use your Baptismal name (if you were chosen after a saint) to strengthen the sacramental connection for Confirmation. Here is a link for many more beautiful saints in our church. If a student does not choose their Baptismal name as their Confirmation saint, it should be a saint whose life speaks to them in some way. It could be a saint for whom a family member is named, a patron of an activity that the student enjoys, or one whose life speaks to the student in a certain way. St Isidore is the patron of video games. St Clare is the patron of TV. St Sebastion is the patron of athletes the list literally goes on and on.