What is Welcome Home?

Welcome Home is an Order of Christian Initiation for Adults program for people 18 years and older at Immaculate Heart of Mary.

This Confirmation course is for people who have been baptized and received 1st Holy Communion but are in need of the Sacrament of Confirmation. The course will be offered from October 8 to November 19. 

Registration will open on August 1 and will close on October 8. 

These students should have a good understanding of Scripture and the Catholic faith.  They must be attending Mass on a regular weekly basis and receiving the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Communion on a regular basis in order to be accepted into the Confirmation course. Otherwise, if they have not been practicing the Catholic faith, receiving the Sacraments, attending Mass, etc., they will be assigned to the candidate course. 

Students in the confirmation class will need to provide their baptism and 1st Holy Communion certificates, select a saint for their Confirmation name and select a sponsor who is a practicing Catholic (per the Archdiocese of Denver guidelines). 

The class will follow the teachings in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Article 2 pages 325-333, pages 80-81 of the Compendium, the Didache Bible pages 1306-07 and lessons from the current curriculum over a seven-week period including the following topics:

1. Overview of the Kerygma
   1. God has a plan for your life
   2. Sin interrupts that plan and separates you from God
   3. Jesus Christ died and rose so that you could be forgiven of these sins and be united to God in heaven.
   4. Through faith and his Church, you can be united to God forever.
2. Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation
3. The signs and the Rite of Confirmation
4. The effects of Confirmation
5. Who can receive this Sacrament
6. The Minister of Confirmation
7. Prayer
8. Holiness
9. Mission (What’s Next)

Classes will be held Thursdays from October 8 through November 19 starting at 6:30 pm in the Holy Family Room. The class will be ninety minutes in length.  Deacon Paul Louderman and Deacon Jerome Durnford will be teaching this course.  The cost for this course is $25.  

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