The Sacrament of Confirmation
The sacrament of Confirmation is a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the Apostles on the day of Pentecost. Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace:
Rationale: This website has been designed as a teaching resource for teachers that are preparing year 6 students for the Sacrament of Confirmation. This website forms part of the teaching package and is to be accompanied with the 5 lessons that have been developed in line with Stage 3, Prayer and Action Unit of the Treasures Old and New Syllabus (Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education Office). Each page within this website provides background information, biblical references, classroom resources and links to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Life in Christ
By Virtue of our Baptism into Christ Jesus, and affirmed in the sacrament of Confirmation, Christians are called to live a life of service (James 2:14-26). A life of service is essential to the life of discipleship that we are called to live out through the Sacrament of Confirmation (St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 2013).
Author: Hope Auth, Australian Catholic University, Bachelor of Education (Primary) Student S00058192.
- It roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry 'Abba! Father!';
- It unites us more firmly to Christ;
- It increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us;
- It renders our bond with the Church more perfect;
- It gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never be ashamed of the cross (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2014).
Rationale: This website has been designed as a teaching resource for teachers that are preparing year 6 students for the Sacrament of Confirmation. This website forms part of the teaching package and is to be accompanied with the 5 lessons that have been developed in line with Stage 3, Prayer and Action Unit of the Treasures Old and New Syllabus (Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education Office). Each page within this website provides background information, biblical references, classroom resources and links to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Life in Christ
By Virtue of our Baptism into Christ Jesus, and affirmed in the sacrament of Confirmation, Christians are called to live a life of service (James 2:14-26). A life of service is essential to the life of discipleship that we are called to live out through the Sacrament of Confirmation (St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 2013).
Author: Hope Auth, Australian Catholic University, Bachelor of Education (Primary) Student S00058192.