High School Confirmation
Confirmation 2023 Mass dates
- Tuesday April 25th: Candidate last names A-M
- Wednesday April 26th: Candidate last names N-Z
If you need to request a switch, please send it before March 10.
Both Confirmation masses start at 7 pm but candidates and sponsors have to arrive by 5:30 pm.
Dress rehearsal on Monday April 24th at 6:30 pm in the Church. If a sponsor is unable to attend rehearsal, a parent may attend in their place.
Welcome!
Our Lady of Guadalupe is happy to accept teens for our High School Confirmation program!
Accepting registration until October 1, 2022
Requirements
What do I have to do to enroll my teen in confirmation classes?
- Prerequisite – Register for Life Teen and complete service hours
- Attend at least 85% of Life Teen sessions: no more than 4 absences in the year.
- Must express a readiness and desire for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
- Teens who have not yet received the Sacrament of First Eucharist will be asked to spend this year in preparation for the sacrament and will then be eligible for Confirmation the following school year.
- Complete 10 service hours at OLG. Pre-requisite hours are due June 30th, 2023. Use x2Vol app to track hours.
Confirmation Classes
1. Enrollment
Once your teen completed one year in Life Teen program (with the required attendance) and finished his/her service hours. He/she can register on the Confirmation Program. A copy of the teen’s baptismal and first communion certificates is required for enrollment (notations are acceptable). If you do not have a copy on hand, we recommend that you call the parish of your teen’s baptism (even if that is OLG) and request a copy as soon as possible.
The Confirmation classes will take place on most Sundays from 12:30 pm- 2:30 pm during the school year.
2. Mandatory Meeting
Parent & teen has to attend one of the two informational meetings offered. Dates:
Thursday August 25th
Tuesday August 30th
Both meetings are at 6:30 at the Parish hall. You’ll receive your books and information regarding the preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Please fill out the Commitment Form -remember to include the email which is going to be used for x2vol (our service hours track app)- and register to Flocknote to receive relevant information.
3. How do I make up a missed class?
If a candidate misses class, they should watch the missed lesson and email a photo of the book section “Watch it videos” to Jen at jstam@olghelotes.org no later than one week after the missed class. Please see the calendar links above to see which chapter lesson need to be done. If more than four classes are missed, the candidate will be removed from the Confirmation program.
4. How to access Chosen videos
OLG gets charged every time an account is created with this link so please only create one account per family. Parents, you are welcome to check out the videos we use but please use your teen’s account to do so. https://ascensionpress.thinkific.com/enroll/872203?th__ug=c832b4eb&th__c=jenstambaughchosen2021
Once an account has been created, you will be able to view all study videos for the Chosen program through a platform called Thinktific. After creating a password you will need to click “complete your purchase” but you will not be charged, the amount due will be zero. If you ever have issues accessing the videos, please contact Ascension support at: support@ascensionpress.com
5. Prerequisites for Confirmation Sponsors
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Must be a fully initiated Catholic (received the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist)
- Must participate regularly in the Eucharist
- Must not be living in marriages not recognized by the Church
- Must not be the parent of the candidate or person dating/married to candidate
- Should be able to help in the formation process through communication and meetings, and should be able to attend various events throughout the year. For this reason, we strongly recommend you pick someone local to be the sponsor.
If you need help finding a good sponsor, the Confirmation Director may be able to help find one from the parish community.
6. Saint Paper
Each candidate must select a Confirmation name based on a saint who inspires them, or is someone they would like to emulate. Confirmation students MUST complete a 2 page paper (typed, double spaced) on the life of the saint they have chosen that includes an explanation as to why they have chosen that saint. The paper it’s not a biography of the life of your saint. Describe from your heart how you identify with your saint. A great format to follow could be to pick 3-5 virtues of your saint that you would like to exemplify in your own life and write a paragraph per virtue to further explain how and why you will live that in your life as a Confirmed Catholic. Your saint paper MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS and can be turned in via email at any time before or on the FINAL DUE DATE OF January 9th, 2023.
7. Community Service Requirements
All Confirmation students are required to perform 10 hours of service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Look at the app X2vol for a list of all service projects available at OLG and to track service hours. Service hours are due March 1, 2023.
8. Confirmation Retreat
The Confirmation Retreat is an opportunity for teens to dive deeper into the meaning behind their confirmation. This retreat is mandatory. If your teen can’t attend to retreat at OLG- Helotes, It is his/her responsibility to attend other Confirmation retreat.
Dates for Confirmation retreat March 24-26, 2023
9. Confirmation Mass
Our Confirmation Mass date(s) and time(s) are selected by the Office of the Archbishop and based on the Archbishop’s calendar.
Confirmation Masses 2023
- Tuesday April 25th – Candidate last names A-M
- Wednesday April 26th – Candidate last names L-Z
If you need to request a switch, please send it before March 10.
Both Confirmation masses start at 7 pm but candidates and sponsors have to arrive by 5:30 pm.
Dress rehearsal on Monday April 24th at 6:30 pm in the Church. If a sponsor is unable to attend rehearsal, a parent may attend in their place.
Dress Code for Confirmation Mass
Both Candidates and Sponsors MUST dress appropriately and respectfully for the Confirmation Mass. Guidelines for the dress code are as follow:
MEN – Dress shirt and tie (if possible, a suit and red tie)
- Dress pants
- Dress shoes
- NO JEANS
- NO TENNIS SHOES
WOMEN – Nice dress or skirt and blouse
- If not wearing a dress, pants MUST be dressy
- Shoulders MUST be covered (wear a sweater, jacket or shawl if necessary)
- Dresses and skirts must not be too tight and NO SHORTER THAN 2 INCHES ABOVE THE KNEE
- NO JEANS
- NO TENNIS SHOES
X2Vol App – Service Hours Tracking
To be able to access all the functionality on the app, before signing in for the first time, you need to complete the Confirmation Commitment form, and wait for us to transfer the information into x2vol. Otherwise your account will not work. We try to have it updated within 24 hrs.
First time Registration in X2Vol
- On a web browser go to https://www.x2vol.com/
- Select “My school instructed me to complete my registration”
- Enter the name of the Church Our Lady of Guadalupe – Helotes
- In the account look up section, enter last name & email address. Click “Search”. Please note that the email is the same used on the Commitment Form
- Verify information and click “Proceed”
- Create password, Select Youth Program group and click boxes for agreement. Click on “Complete registration”.
- An “Activation Successful” window should show confirming the email used for the record.
- After you registered for the first time, you can login in a web browser or in the App on your phone.
Sign Up or Cancel Service Opportunities
- Login into your account (Web browser or app)
- Go to “Opportunities & Projects”, select “Find Opportunities”
- A list will appear with all the opportunities available where you can volunteer. The ones with blue buttons, represent ongoing opportunities. The orange buttons represent opportunities that have specific times/dates.
- Click on “View Event Details”. If you would like to sign up for that activity, choose the day and time and click on “Sign Up”. If there is a “Waiting list” button instead, it means all the shifts have been taken. You will be added to a waiting list.
- A window will appear to confirm if you want to sign Up for the event. Click “OK”
- You will receive a reminder email 2 days prior to the scheduled event
- If you can no longer volunteer on that project, go to “Opportunities & Projects” tab and click on “Find Opportunities”.
- Click on “Cancel Sign Up” on the time you want to cancel.
Log Service Hours
- Login into your account
- Go to “Opportunities & Projects” tab and click on “My Activity Log”
- Go to Community & Campus Opportunities section and click “Add Hours”
- Add the date of when the service was performed, how many hours and minutes you served.
- Add a picture of yourself doing the activity and a reflection of what you learned from the activity completed.
- Click on “Goal”. This is where you want these hours to be counted
- Click the “Oath” and then “Submit”
- If the hours were accepted, you will see a “Claim Successfully Submitted” window. The information has been sent for approval.
Log hours from an event not posted on x2vol
- Login into your account
- Go to “Opportunities & Projects” tab and click on “My Activity Log”
- On the section “Personal Project“, click “Create New” button
- Fill out info: Project name, description, attach picture, and Activity Verification Contact (Name of the person on charge of the project, phone and email)
- Claim Hours Section: fill out date, how many hours and your reflection about the activity you performed.
- Choose the “Goal”. This is where you want these hours to be counted
- Click the “Oath” and then “Submit”
- If the hours were accepted, you will see a “Claim Successfully Submitted” window. The information has been sent for approval.
For other questions on x2vol and videos, please visit :
x2Vol Help page or contact Angela Quintanilla at aquintanilla@olghelotes.org 210-685-8791, ext. 116
Questions?
Contact Angela Quintanilla, aquintanilla@olghelotes.org | (210) 695-8791, ext. 116