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May 7, 2023
RITE OF WELCOME 2023
May 7 at the 10:00 AM Mass
Over the past several months, a number of children with their families have become a part of Children’s Ministry of Initiation (CMI). This year all the children in CMI are baptized Catholics. They are all preparing for the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist. They will make public their intention to follow Jesus and continue in sacramental preparation for the initiation sacraments. From this point on, these children, who are already baptized, will be called candidates. Watch for their photos on our kiosk in the narthex of the church.
As part of our mission, the entire community is called upon to welcome and support these children in their formation and discernment. It will be our duty to pray for them and with them throughout the year in the liturgy — especially in the Rite of Sending for Election and Continuing Conversion, in the early spring of 2024, and the Rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist at the Easter Vigil in 2024. We will be asked to help them learn about our faith in the traditions of our Church — as they continue to participates in CMI and as they grow in appropriating a gospel life that connects faith with action.
Certain people have also been asked to assist them and their families in varied support roles as sponsors, godparents, and catechists.
Thanks for joining us in prayer as they make this important step on their journey of faith.
If you have an unbaptized child over the age of seven, or uncatechized child over the age of 8, who is interested in receiving the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist, please contact Marie Staffa at 847-885-7700, ext. 124 or email [email protected] .