1. Archdiocese of Glasgow Head Teacher Conference May 2017
Confirmation
Archdiocese of Glasgow
Head Teacher Conference
May 2017

2. Core matters
Rooted in Christ, Rooted in Scripture and Rooted in Tradition
An encounter with Christ

3. Today: Sacraments:– locating Confirmation
Overview – theological / historical considerations
Context - where cognitive, moral and spiritual development meet theology
Considerations for learning and teaching, staff development…

4. “it should never be forgotten that our reception of Baptism and Confirmation is ordered to the Eucharist.” Sacramentum Caritas
Baptism, the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the sacraments of Christian initiation, whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace. CCC

5. Acts of the Apostles Early Church Middle ages 1910 20th -21st century
Confirmation
Acts of the Apostles
Early Church
Middle ages
1910
20th -21st century

6. Today
Practice differs from country to country and even within countries
Age of the candidate: infant, young child, teenager, adult
Before or after First Communion: does it matter?
School or parish as key locus of teaching?
This is where issues related to cognitive, moral and spiritual development meet theology - an interesting area and one ripe for debate

7. Sacraments
In Baptism – there is the giving of life, the spiritual life.
In Reconciliation/penance there is the restoration of the spiritual life.
The Eucharist nourishes the spiritual life.
Holy orders and marriage are the vocational focus of the spiritual life.
In Confirmation there is the …?
“Tell yer pal....”

8. … the baptised are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit’ (CCC 1285)
To understand confirmation we must understand Baptism first.

9. GIFTS Wisdom Knowledge Understanding Good Counsel Fortitude Piety
Wonder & Awe

10. You (staffroom) library / Resource room
A Companion to Catholic Education
Franchi L& McKinney S
Catechism of the Catholic Church - CCC
The Healing Power of the Sacraments McManus J
The Essential Catholic Handbook of the Sacraments (Redemptorist Pastoral Publications)

11.
Thank you
Mary F Lappin