Adult Confirmation Process 
Spring 2008
Holy Name of Jesus Parish
Loyola University Ministry
Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:20 PM

January 22
Introductions; The Process of Confirmation; The Presence of God and Prayer (C0691 Are Our Images of God Growing; CO381 Pathways to Prayer)

January 29
Divine Revelation I: Scripture and Tradition
(C 1284 Popular Guide to Reading the Bible; CO489 Whole Bible at a Glance: Its Golden Thread of Meaning; CUI081 Tradition in the Catholic Church: Why It’s Still Important

February 5 
Mardi Gras
No Meeting

February 12
Divine Revelation II: Who is Jesus? Why is he important?
(C0985 Who Is Jesus?; C0390 The Four Faces of Jesus; CO980
What Is the Kingdom of God?)

February 19
The Trinity, the Church, the Sacramental Life
(C0788 Trinity: The Mystery at the Heart of Life; CU0585 What
Does it Mean to be Church?; CO895 What Are Sacraments?)

February 26
Christian Initiation: Baptism] Confirmation! Eucharist (N0200 Baptism’s Biblical Roots; C0894 Confirmation: Anointed for Fuller Witness; NO697 The Eucharist; C0998 Real Presence in the Eucharist)

March 4
Sacraments of Healing: Reconciliation and Anointing
(C 1282 Your Conscience and Church Teaching; C0800 How to
Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation Today; USCCB
Pamphlet Celebrating the Sacrament of Penance; CU0287 Why
Must I Suffer?; CO1 96 Anointing the Sick: A Parish Sacrament)

March 11
Sacraments of Vocation: Marriage and Holy Orders
(CU0979 The Sacrament of Marriage; C0797 Sacrament of Holy
Orders

March 18
Holy Week
No Meeting

March 25
Living the Christian Life Today: Personal and Social Ethics
Review: The Creed: An Overview of Catholic Doctrine
(100 Years of Catholic Social Teaching CU 1190; C0904: Nine Things That Make Us Catholic; C 1086 What Catholics Believe: A Popular Overview of Church Teaching)

April 1
Evening of Recollection in Church

Sunday, April 6, 9:00 PM
Confirmation Liturgy at Ignatius Chapel