Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.
This is Jesus' invitation to discipleship in Matthew 11:28-30.
Father Patrick M. Crino, Pastor
2022 - 2023 TEEN CONFIRMATION REGISTRATION FORM
2022 - 2023 TEEN CONFIRMATION SPONSOR FORM
Chosen offers a powerful approach to teen faith formation that will both catechize and challenge teens to fully embrace a life in Christ. This is a journey toward the Sacrament of Confirmation. The ultimate goal is to win over the hearts of teens and help in the process of making them disciples of Jesus Christ. Available for grades 9 - 12.
Jesus promised the gift of the Holy Spirit and he did so because none of us can ever take on the mission without the Holy Spirit. His mission for each and everyone of us is to go into the world and make disciples.
Confirmation is not a crash course in Catholicism! It is not the time in life a teen is choosing to be Catholic for the rest of their life. It is not deciding or confirming one's faith. It doesn't mean a teen is becoming an adult in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church. It isn't a completion of one's religious education and formation in the faith.
Our 2022 - 2023 Confirmation Journey is called Chosen and will take place Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. It will begin September 7. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred May 7, 2023.
*Ascension Press Chosen for Confirmation as a boilerplate resource
* St. Thomas the Apostle’s Confirmation Team meeting will be held Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 8:15 PM.
* Twenty five sessions
Contact Information
Deacon Ed Sheffer
5150 N. Valley View Road
Tucson, Arizona 85718
[email protected]
520.349.9395 cell
Bishop Edward Weisenburger anointed twenty-eight of our teens, as he said "Receive the Holy Spirit."
The Sacrament of Confirmation was administered Sunday, May 5, 2022. Along with them were seven teens from St. Odilia Parish, as well as thirteen adults from St. Thomas the Apostle. Let us as a parish faith community pray collectively, that they be enriched with the Holy Spirit, and that their hearts and minds be open to embrace the gifts of Wisdom, Understanding, Council, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, & Fear of the Lord.
Saint Name Confirmation Name
Michael Jose Cruz Barreda
Dymphna Isabella Barreda
John Thomas Baus
Cecilia Isabelle Bleakley
Sebastian Bailey Brandhuber
Anthony Sophia DiPonio
Cecilia Camilla Durazo
Lucia Lucia Escalante Tellez
Christopher Cristobal Escalante Tellez
Thomas Nathan Green
Genevieve Cameryn Kerr
Teresa Megan Longenecker
Mary Alexia Mancini
Mary Paulina Mancini
Paul Galadali Mancini
Sebastian Joshua Max
Bartholomew Zachary Pemberton
Veronica Samantha Rodriguez-Pinzon
Raphael Zachary Pittner
Istvan Adam Pongratz
Guadalupe Ally Rosas
Francis Adalberto Rosas
Martin Juan Pablo Sanchez
Francis Courtney Tong
James Javier Villareal
Agnes Ana Francisca Wesley
Madeleine Sydney Wong
Thomas Dylan Wong
Lord, send out Your Spirit to touch the hearts of those teens recently Confirmed, may they believe in You and in Jesus whom You sent.
Look kindly on them and may they listen to Your voice. Open their hearts to Your Spirit and bring to fulfilment the good work that You have begun in them.
Lord, let us all appreciate what is holy in others, and to be patient with what we do not understand. Please deepen our faith in the Gospel and help us to pass it on by our example. We pray that You will continue to guide us and sustain us.