Hello all -

Remember that we are meeting tomorrow, Sunday, March 8th, at 12:40 to enjoy our second session of Fr. Ben sharing about the Sacraments.

It will be recorded to share out to you all!

The recording of last Sunday's teaching from Fr. Ben was added to the Session 7 page.

Please review the recording and bring any questions about it and be ready to repeat back to him what you learned last week.

We pray you are all having a blessed week!

See you tomorrow.

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello Confirmation Family -

Apologies again for creating confusion last week about our schedule!

We are meeting this Sunday, March 1st, at 12:40 to enjoy our beloved Fr. Ben share about the Sacraments.

A few of you will not be able to make it and I will do my best to get it recorded and shared out to you all!

Also, thank you all for getting your paperwork in!  

Our past two confirmation classes we had a struggle and lots of late paperwork.  

We appreciate your efforts to get it all done and to us!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello again -

Another quick reminder to bring these three items next Sunday:

• Final draft of your Letter to the Bishop.

• Filled out Confirmation Certificate Information Sheet (there is a copy below if you lost yours)

• Non-perishable food item for donation to the Food Bank.

We will be taking a quick tour of The Food Bank at the end of Sunday's class.

Please also take a minute to read our beloved Bishop Peter's Ash Wednesday / Lenten Message:

A Lenten call to listen to the Holy Spirit who leads us home (copy below)

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Bishop Peter: A Lenten call to listen to the Holy Spirit who leads us home

“Lent is not first a season of our effort or self-improvement. It is, above all, a season of God’s mercy and action in our lives through the gift of the Holy Spirit. At the same time, this gift is never forced upon us. The Holy Spirit is freely given, but he must also be freely received. During these forty days, the Lord invites us to open our hearts more fully, to listen more attentively, and to cooperate more generously with the Spirit’s gentle promptings. We are not passive spectators in Lent; we are beloved sons and daughters who are called to walk willingly with the Spirit who leads us.”

Lent begins today, Ash Wednesday, February 18. Read Bishop Peter’s column on Lent on the Idaho Catholic Register’s website by clicking HERE.

Hello Confirmation Family -

We pray you had a blessed St. Valentine's Day!

Please remember to bring these three items next Sunday:

• Final draft of your Letter to the Bishop.

• Filled out Confirmation Certificate Information Sheet (there is a copy below if you lost yours)

• Non-perishable food item for donation to the Food Bank.

We will be taking a quick tour of The Food Bank at the end of Sunday's class.

A reminder of the time changes for the 1st and 8th of March:

Father B

Beloved friends, I would like to remind us that classes on March 1 and 8 would be at 12:40pm that is immediately after 11:30am Mass. That will give me the opportunity to run to Genesee and back. 

God bless you all. Fr. Ben.

Thank you to Bobbi Finken who was able to round up a GoPro for us to use to record Fr. Ben's talks in March.  Still figuring out the finer details of it but I have made some recordings and it should work!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello all -

Just a quick reminder to please bring a start/ rough draft of your Letter to the Bishop to our meeting on Sunday.

In case you didn't see Fr. Ben's note on the 29th here it is:

Father B

Beloved friends, I would like to remind us that classes on March 1 and 8 would be at 12:40pm that is immediately after 11:30am Mass. That will give me the opportunity to run to Genesee and back. 

God bless you all. Fr. Ben.

A second special request for help:

Our sessions on March 1st and March 8th will be led by Fr. Ben as he teaches on The Sacraments.

I would like to be able to record his teaching.

I have tried with my phone in the past and the quality was not very good.

Do any of you have recommendations for hardware and/or software that we could you to get a good quality recording of Fr. Ben's talk to be able to share with those that might not be at the sessions?

Any direction or suggestions you can provide would be much appreciated!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello all -

Just a quick reminder to please bring a start/ rough draft of your Letter to the Bishop to our next meeting.

Also, we have confirmed (no pun intended) that we will be able to use St. Augustine's Catholic Center again for our retreat this year on April 12th.

Thank you to Fr. Chase and his team!

A special request for help:

Our sessions on March 1st and March 8th will be led by Fr. Ben as he teaches on The Sacraments.

I would like to be able to record his teaching.

I have tried with my phone in the past and the quality was not very good.

Do any of you have recommendations for hardware and/or software that we could you to get a good quality recording of Fr. Ben's talk to be able to share with those that might not be at the sessions?

Any direction or suggestions you can provide would be much appreciated!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello again Confirmation Family -

One more item to think about for discussion tomorrow (and this will help with your letter to the bishop):

"Why do you want to be Confirmed in the Catholic Church?"

Reminder from the message earlier this week:

If you did not do so last session, please feel free to bring gently used clothing items on Sunday related to our discussion on The Spiritual & Corporal Works of Mercy.

If you haven't already done so, please keep working on your Confirmation Saint Name and your sponsor.

Keep thinking about and even start working on your Letter to the Bishop.

Lastly, please remember the daily prayer to Be a Blessing for Someone!

Feel free to plan to share with us any times you feel like you have been able to be that blessing for someone.

See all you students tomorrow!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello Confirmation Family -

We pray you all had a Blessed Christmas Season and a Happy and Blessed New Year!

After another long break, it's time to get back in the Confirmation Prep mode.

If you did not do so last session, please feel free to bring gently used clothing items on Sunday related to our discussion on The Spiritual & Corporal Works of Mercy.

If you haven't already done so, please keep working on your Confirmation Saint Name and your sponsor.

Keep thinking about and even start working on your Letter to the Bishop.

Lastly, please remember the daily prayer to Be a Blessing for Someone!

Feel free to plan to share with us any times you feel like you have been able to be that blessing for someone.

See all you students Sunday!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Good Morning -

Happy Gaudete Sunday to you all! 

Please remember to bring gently used clothing items today as we discussed today related to The Spiritual & Corporal Works of Mercy.

Last Sunday we handed out a small book/pamphlet that is a guide for Confirmation Sponsors.  

Thank you Dianna Spellman for the suggestion!

See all you students at 9:15!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Good evening Confirmation Family -

We had a full class again today - thanks again for students being there and parents getting them there!

Looking forward to seeing all you students again next Sunday! 

Please remember to bring gently used clothing items next Sunday as we discussed today related to The Spiritual & Corporal Works of Mercy.

Please also remember to pray together this week the Prayer of Abandonment.

Praying you have a blessed week!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Good evening Confirmation Family -

Apologies for the late evening message - just wanted to give you a quick reminder about tomorrow's session!

Looking forward to seeing all you students there! 

Please also give a listen to Bishop Robert Baron's Sunday Sermon for tomorrow, the Second Sunday of Advent (below).

He talks about Confirmation and the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Tomorrow's readings can be found here if need them.

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120725.cfm

We will not be actually discussing this topic until Session 6 but it is a great primer for us!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Greetings Confirmation Family

Well, it's been a while!  

Happy Liturgical New Year!

We hope and pray that you all had a blessed Thanksgiving Day and that your Advent is starting off well.

Hopefully you are remembering our second session coming up this Sunday.

You may want to review Session 1 Introduction to the Sacrament - Life is Choices together just a refresher, if you have time!

Remember to check out a new Catholic AI system called magisAI by Father Robert Spitzer's organization, the magis center.  

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Good evening Confirmation Family

Thanks again for all of you that attended our first session today - we have 11 participants now and we are so excited!

The webpage for today's session is available.

Please see the link below.

Just a reminder that we only have the contact information for a couple of the students

So parents, please ensure that your students have the information to connect to this website as it our hope that this information is accessible to them whenever needed for reference or help.

Please let us know if you have any issues with this!

Lastly, I would like you all to check out a new Catholic AI system called magisAI by Father Robert Spitzer's organization, the magis center.  

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello again Confirmation Family!

Please remember our First Confirmation Preparation Session tomorrow, November 9th, 2025 @ 9:15 upstairs in St. Mary's Parish Center.

Please let us know if you want us to use your student's contact info as part of the FlockNote messaging for this class.

Feel free to send the info in response to the text/email you received with this announcement.

Please re-review the session schedule below.  

A reminder of the time deviation for the 7th & 8th sessions - 12:30 instead of 9:15.

Fr. Ben will be leading these sessions and, now that he is the only priest at St. Mary's, he won't have time between masses.

Looking forward to seeing you all on tomorrow!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello again Confirmation Family!

Please remember our First Confirmation Preparation Session on Sunday, November 9th, 2025 @ 9:15 upstairs in St. Mary's Parish Center.

Apologies for taking so long, but, as requested, a page was created with links to all of the videos in the Decision Point series here.

The title below the video link is also a link to the text of the video in the online workbook.

Please let me know if any of these links don't work!

Student phone and email information has been included with the parents information in the past in the Flocknote contact list so parents and students received the same communication.  Please let us know by this Sunday if you want us to use your student's contact info.

Feel free to send the info in response to the text/email you received with this announcement.

Please re-review the session schedule below.  

A reminder of the time deviation for the 7th & 8th sessions - 12:30 instead of 9:15.

Fr. Ben will be leading these sessions and, now that he is the only priest at St. Mary's, he won't have time between masses.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello again Confirmation Parents!

Please remember the Parent Session on Sunday, October 12th, 2025 @ 9:15 upstairs in St. Mary's Parish Center.

We will be sharing a bit about ourselves and our goals for this class as well as going over some of the resources on this website.

We will also be handing out a Confirmation information sheet that needs to be filled out as soon as possible.

Student phone and email information has been included with the parents information in the past in the Flocknote contact list so parents and students received the same communication.  Please let us know by this Sunday if you want us to use your student's contact info.

Feel free to send the info in response to the text/email you received with this announcement.

Don't forget to review the session schedule below.  

Please note the time deviation for the 7th & 8th sessions - 12:30 instead of 9:15.

Fr. Ben will be leading these sessions and, now that he is the only priest at St. Mary's, he won't have time between masses.

We are open to discussion of questions / issues / concerns about schedule or anything else at the Parent Session.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis

Hello and Welcome Confirmation Family!

Parents, please plan to join us for the Parent Session on Sunday, October 12th, 2025 @ 9:15 in St. Mary's Parish Center.

Welcome (or welcome back) to the St. Mary's Confirmation Preparation website!

Please feel free to check out the resources links at the left of this page.

There are also calendars at the bottom of this page showing events at St. Mary's Church and Family Center.

Our plan is to "activate" a page after each session with summaries of the discussion items and links to the videos.

Please also review the session schedule below.  

We tried to avoid Sunday's during long school breaks as well as other major events.

Confirmation is nearly a month earlier next spring than is was this past spring so we have a pretty tight schedule.

We are open to discussion of questions / issues / concerns about schedule or anything else at the Parent Session.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the 12th!

God bless you all!!

Connie & Dennis