Confirmation
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The sacrament of Confirmation is all about choices. When we choose to be confirmed, we choose to own the baptismal promises that - for most of us - our parents made for us when we were still in diapers. We choose to stand up and be counted. We choose to tell the world that we are ready to fully and actively participate in our faith community. We choose to acknowledge and accept our birthright as children of God. We choose faith!  Choosing to be confirmed is an important decision. We believe teens in our parish deserve special time and space to discern what path to take as young adults and how faith fits into this path.
Dear St. Matthew's Families and Friends:
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges and opportunities for envisioning and implementing faith formation. We are busy planning for our 2020-2021 Confirmation program in light of the many guidelines required to keep us all safe during this pandemic. Please stay tuned!
Peace and all good,
Dr. Joy Galarneau, Pastoral Associate for Faith Development, St. Matthew's Church
Mrs. Chrisi Young, Coordinator of Youth Ministry, St. Matthew's Church
A Coronavirus Prayer
Loving God,
Your desire is for our wholeness and well being.
We hold in tenderness and prayer the collective suffering of our world at this time.
We grieve precious lives lost and vulnerable lives threatened.
We ache for ourselves and our neighbors, standing before an uncertain future. 
We pray: may love, not fear, go viral. 
Inspire our leaders to discern and choose wisely, aligned with the common good.
Help us to practice social distancing and reveal to us new and creative ways to come together in spirit and in solidarity.
Call us to profound trust in your faithful presence,
You, the God who does not abandon.
-Sister Christine Koelhoffer, IHM

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