Updates as of 3/29/2020 at 1:15pm

Edge is cancelled until further notice - Connect Digitally.
Life Night is cancelled until further notice - Connect Digitally.
Life Teen Deeper is cancelled until further notice - Connect Digitally.
Confirmation Rehearsal is cancelled and will be rescheduled.
Confirmation Mass is cancelled and will be rescheduled. 

For All Youth:
Wed April 1, 2020 at 5:00pm: Lectio Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJDgznk_jXw
Sunday March 29, 2020 4:00p: Global Life Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIHfjz04mmc
Sunday March 29, 2929 7pm: https://PROJECTYM.COM/WATCH

Edge: You will receive parent notice and material to teach your middle school youth at home. 

Life Teen & Life Teen Deeper:
With your parents permission - Join in our Zoom Video Sunday after the Global Life Night. Check Flocknote for invitation. Parents welcome!

Follow us on instagram - St. Jerome Life Teen Waco

In addition to the immediate preparation for Confirmation please continue to come to Life Teen Mass (or Sunday Mass at another time) & Life Night. To see the Life Night Calendar of events click here.

As mentioned in the Confirmation registration meeting religious education takes place before, during and after being Confirmed. Therefore, the below schedule is in regards to this years immediate preparation for Confirmation. Classes are intended for currently registered teens who interviewed in the summer of 2019. The below information includes the mandatory class dates and information (some dates are not intended for teens but their parents and/or sponsors).

The "three months of preparation" will take place over 4 months time because of scheduled breaks for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's & the beginning of Lent. 

NOTE: New Addition to Preparation per Fr. James:  Father James would like to meet with teens in small groups before Confirmation. These meetings will take place at Life Nights in January so that he can continue to provide Confessions for the parish as planned on Wednesday nights. 

SCHEDULE
Date, Time, Plan & Topic: Topics are taught by the Director of Youth Ministry, Core Team Memebers, Priest, and Deacons. All meetings are in the Mother Teresa Center, unless otherwise noted. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 
6:30p-8:15p Mandatory Parent and/or Sponsore Meeting: No teens, one parent and/or sponsor must be in attandance for each youth. We understand that our of town sponsors may not be able to attend. At the meeting with will answer the questions you may have about the Schedule and process for the Immediate Prepatration for Confirmation

Wednesday, November 20, 2019
6:30p-8:15p Class 1 - Why Jesus?

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 
NO CLASS THANKSGIVING

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 
6:30p-8:15p Class 2 - Why God? Why Church? Precepts of the Church

Saturday, December 7, 2019 - Brooks Hall
CONFIRMATION RETREAT: 9am-9:pm - With Great Power (Confirmation & the Holy Spirit. There is only one Confirmation Retreat offered this year. Please make this date on your calendars. 

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 
6:30p-8:15p Class 3 - Communion of Saints/Strength in Numbers (Authentic Friendship & Greatness).

Wednesday, December 18, 2019
NO CLASS CHRISTMAS

Wednesday, December 25, 2019
NO CLASS CHRISTMAS

Wednesday, January 1, 2020: 
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION - Please find a mass to attend. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - No Class.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020: Come early at 6:00pm to gain service hours by wirting a letter to a veteran, the homeless, and/or the elderly. ****
6:30p-8:15p Class 4 - Corporal & Spiritual Works of Mercy

Wednesday, January 15, 2020: Come early at 6:00pm to gain service hours by wirting a letter to a veteran, the homeless, and/or the elderly. ****
6:30p-8:15p Class 5 - Discipleship/Evangelization/Holiness

Wednesday, January 22, 2020: Come early at 6:00pm to gain service hours by wirting a letter to a veteran, the homeless, and/or the elderly. ****
6:30p-8:15p Class 6 - Letter of Intent
NOTE: Teens are incouraged to bring a smartphone, tablet or computer to use during class. We will print letters in the youth ministry office. There will be two tables and a computer for teens to borrow, if needed. 

Wednesday, January 29, 2020: Come early at 6:00pm to gain service hours by wirting a letter to a veteran, the homeless, and/or the elderly. ****
6:30p-8:15p Class 7 - Cardinal and Theological Virtues. Sign letter of intent.

**** For an alternate time to write letters in January please see Danielle Kronenberger or Whitney Godfrey at Confirmation Class.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 
6:30p-8:15p Class 8 - Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 
6:30p-8:15p Class 9 - Relation with the Holy Spirit/Building the Kingdom of God

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 
6:30p-8:15p Class 10 - The Creed

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 
6:30p-8:15p Ash Wednesday (Mass) - As a Class - Parents & Sponsors welcome. Teens will sit together in one section at mass. Teens are free to go following mass - Ash Wednesday Mass is typically a longer mass, about an hour and a half.  

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 
6:30p-8:15p Class 11 - Pentecost

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 
NO CLASS SPRING BREAK

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - CANCELLED
6:30p-8:15p Class 12 - Adoration (confession) in Church: Staying Catholic after Confirmation. Teens come straight to the church. We will walk over to the MTC as a class after Adoration. 

Thursday, March 19, 2020 - CANCELLED and will be rescheduled at a later date
6:30p-8:15p Rehersal - Teen & their Sponsor must attend (if the sponsor cannot attend the parent can attend in the sponsor place & fill them in when they arrive for the Confirmation. 

Saturday, March 21, 2019 
1:30-3:30p Confirmation & Reception
Celebrant: Bishop Joe Vasquez

Please know that these dates are in regards to the immediate preparation for Confirmation and the date your teen is to receive their sacrament, not the end or conclusion of the religious education year (Religious Education - Life Nights - will continue through May and continue into next year). This special date signifies the beginning, not the end of your teens life, as an adult in the Catholic Church.

The NET Confirmation Retreat for the 2020/2021 Candidates is scheduled for Saturday December 5, 2019 from 9am-9pm and will be held in the Mother Teresa Center