1. CHAPTER 4 THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
MEETING JESUS IN THE SACRAMENTS

2. Tuesday, February 17: QUICK WRITE
If you have already been confirmed, who was your Confirmation sponsor? Why did you choose this person? If you haven’t already been confirmed or will not be confirmed, who do you think you will choose to be your sponsor? Why?

3. Lesson Activities Quick Write Prayer
Introduction of Chapter 4: Lecture
Chapter 4 Inquiry

4. The Gift of Speech
Confirmation is the “sacrament of the Holy Spirit” The Holy Spirit is the source of holiness and love in the Church, and the bond of unity among all Christians

5. Understanding the Sacrament of Confirmation
We are “more perfectly bound to the Church and are endowed with the special strength of the Holy Spirit”
Many times Jesus promised the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
Pentecost: Birthday of the Church

6. Origins of the Sacrament of Confirmation
Laying on of hands—ancient gesture used in Confirmation that symbolizes the giving of the Father’s own Spirit to the recipient
Anointing with perfumed oil (chrism) added later

7. Chapter 4 Inquiry Pg. 96 For Reflection Pg. 102 For Review
Pg. 112 For Review and For Reflection
Pg. 114 Terms, People, Place to
Subject heading: Chapter 4 Inquiry

8. Wednesday, February 18: QUICK WRITE
If you have already been confirmed, who was your Confirmation sponsor? Why did you choose this person? If you haven’t already been confirmed or will not be confirmed, who do you think you will choose to be your sponsor? Why?

9. Lesson Activities Quick Write Prayer Chapter 3-Lecture
Individual Activity: Holy Spirit Collage

10. Celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation
The bishop blesses the Oil of Catechumens, the Oil of the Sick, and Chrism at an annual diocesan celebration The celebration of Confirmation ordinarily takes place at Mass in the presence of the Christian assembly.

11. The Rite of Confirmation
The bishop dips his right thumb in the chrism, then (with his thumb) makes the sign of the Cross on the forehead of the person, saying “N., be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit”
The Rite of Confirmation

12. Others Things about the Sacrament
Every baptized person who is not yet confirmed can and should receive the Sacrament
Adequate preparation and instruction is necessary
The “original minister” of the Sacrament of Confirmation is a bishop

13. Teachings about Confirmation
The Council of Trent defended the sacramental character of Confirmation In the United States, the age of Confirmation ranges from the age of discretion (age seven) to age sixteen

14. Two Traditions of the Sacrament Emerge
Confirmation and Baptism were a single celebration—“double sacrament”
As the numbers of Christians increased, the bishop could not attend all Baptisms
The Church in the West desired to maintain a connection to the bishop—a double anointing was begun
At Confirmation, the bishop confers the second anointing
The Church in the East celebrates Baptism and Confirmation as one single celebration

15. Independent Activity: Collage
Task: Using Pages, you are to create a collage about how we can see the Holy Spirit at work in the way people act and treat one another.
Create a half- page collage for the following:
Spirit of Holiness
Spirit of Life
Spirit of Power
Spirit of Truth
Spirit of Forgiveness
Answer the following questions on the second-half of the page:
Why did you choose those images?
How do those images reflect their understanding of the Holy Spirit?

16. Tuesday, February 24: QUICK WRITE
In your opinion, is it better to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation at the same time you receive the Sacrament of Baptism? Why or why not?

17. Lesson Activities Quick Write Prayer Ch. 3 Lecture
Research Activity: Christian Martyrs

18. The Grace of Confirmation
Baptism and Confirmation are intimately linked
Baptism gives us a new life in Christ and a new identity as members of him Body, the Church
Confirmation strengthens, intensifies, deepens and builds on the graces we were given at Baptism

19. The Grace of Confirmation
Confirmation completes Baptism and perfects Baptismal grace
The Grace of Confirmation

20. The Grace of Confirmation
Roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, “Abba, Father!”
Unites us more firmly to Christ
Increases the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in us
Renders our bond with the Church more perfect
Gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ

21. Confirmation Confers a New Character
The “character” of Confirmation helps us to spread and defend the faith as witnesses of Christ and to never be ashamed of the Cross We see ourselves as God’s anointed.

22. Sr. Thea Bowman
A Catholic convert and African-American religious in the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration “I don’t make sense of suffering; I try to make sense of life”

23. Research Activity: Christian Martyrs
Task: Complete the Research Activity Handout
Below is a list of martyrs you may choose from:
St. Fabian - St. Stanislus
St. Thomas More - St. Sebastian
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity - St. Hippolytus
St. Blasé St. Januarius
St. Cornelius - Holy Innocents
St. Cecilia -St. Lucy
St. Maximilian Kolbe - St. Josaphat
St. Lawrence -St. Vincent
St. Peter Chanel - St. Maria Goretti
St. John Fisher - St. Cyprian