Confirmation is coming soon - less than 2 weeks!!

Thank you all for accomplishing the homework that was due on 18 Feb. I’ll take a look at it and have comments for each of you for Sunday. Please check the Homework page for the homework due on 25 Feb, the LAST CLASS before Confirmation.

***UPDATE Your Mass Logs and Community Service Hours!***

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Dear parents, as we are getting closer to Confirmation Day, I like to share a reflection on the importance of the Sacrament your families are going to celebrate,

Confirmation deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, neighborhoods, society, and the world. Through Confirmation, our personal relationship with Christ is strengthened. We receive the message of faith in a deeper and more intensive manner with great emphasis given to the person of Jesus Christ, who asked the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the Church for building up the community in loving service.

When we are responsive to the grace of Confirmation and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, we begin to bear the fruits of the Spirit. The tradition of the Church names twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity (cf. CCC, no. 1832; Gal 5:22).

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated March 2nd, Panzer Chapel for 1700-1800.

Important Information:

1. The sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on 2 March 2024 and the last Confirmation class will be 28 April 2024. Confirmands are expected to continue their Faith Education until the end of the Faith formation Year.

2. All confirmation candidates are expected to be part of the Holy Trinity community, and they are expected to stay active by volunteering in the church ministries and activities of their choice, these activities are part of their commitment to serve God and their parish.

3. If Your child is a Cadet in the JROTC program, He/She can attend the Sacrament of Confirmation Day in their Cadet uniform and will be excused to leave right after mass. The JROTC CDR, Colonel Matzke understands the situation and all the families affected will be excused, so they can attend the Sacrament of Confirmation Mass. Cadets who attend the Mass will not be penalized. Cadets and Families are excused to arrive to the JROTC dinner after 1800.

4. Students are expected to dress in formal Attire at Confirmation Mass, it reflects your reverence for Christ and the candidate’s sincerity in taking his/her final Sacrament of Christian Initiation. Candidates will present themselves before Bishop Muhm to receive the indelible mark of the Holy Spirit, All Confirmation Candidates and Sponsors should be appropriately dressed for the Sacrament.

5. After Mass, the Holy Trinity Community welcomes all families to gather and celebrate the Sacrament of confirmation with Bishop William Muhm at the Panzer Chapel annex from 1800 to 1900.

Blessings,

Elisabeth Stephens

RSO, USAG-Stuttgart
CRE and  Catholic Parish Coordinator

French Consulting GmbH- Contractor

Office Phone / DSN: 0964170 596 3030 /5963030
Elisabeth.d.stephens2.ctr@army.mil

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1530 arrival to Panzer Chapel

1545 Meeting with Bishop Muhm

1645 Preparation for Mass

1700-1800 Mass

1800-1900 Reception and gathering with Bishop Muhm Panzer Chapel annex

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We have a wonderful photographer who is available to families who are interested in capturing memories for this important occasion. Please note that she has a recommended donation and these must be covered by each family as it is not provided by the chapel.

February 13 - Shrove Tuesday

• Pancake dinner with the Knights of Colombus at Patch Chapel Annex

• Volunteers needed

  • Setup and cooking 1600-1730

  • Serving 1730-1930

  • Cleanup 1930-2030

    • POC Pete Woodmansee: woodypd8@gmail.com

February 23rd - Stations of the Cross

• Station of the cross begins at 1800 and usually finish the stations at 1830 and finish eating by 1930

• Volunteers needed

  • Students to read the different Stations (books/reading material provided; each Station has 2 small paragraphs to read)

  • 4 Families to provide vegetarian soups (if students help make food, this counts as hours as well)

  • Students to stay after to help clean up (1930-2015?)

    • POC Elisabeth Stephens: Elisabeth.d.stephens2.ctr@army.mil

Saturdays - Breakfast kitchen downtown Stuttgart

Andy Schilling has been volunteering with his daughter at the breakfast kitchen downtown Stuttgart. Parents would need to accompany their children.

Volunteers are needed to help serve and clean, at the daily Homeless breakfast. Sister Margaret needs assistance especially on Saturday's. You can help prepare food for the breakfast, and serve coffee, to the 40-50 Homeless that come there daily. Some small cleanup, loading the dish washer, sweeping and putting dishes back , at the end.

• Showtime: 0700- plan your departure time accordingly as you will need to find street parking as well (recommended departure from Mr. Schilling’s experience was 0630).

• Plan to stay until around 10a as doors close to guests at 0900/0930 with cleanup to follow.

Please sign up, little german is a PLUS/but not required, just a heart to serve & Assist.

Just click on this link http://signup.com/go/4GerSx to REGISTER on the Calendar.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Andy Schilling andy@aschilling.net.

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