...young people in the Confirmation group in the local parish. I was invited to talk to them yesterday evening, a great crowd all gathered for a very well structured series of classes, tackled with enthusiasm and excellently organised, led by cheery young curate. They are all choosing Confirmation names and my job was to talk about saints, the role they play in the life of the Church, how they fit into the calendar, etc. Gives a sudden sense of the huge sweep of things when you find yourself thinking about the saints mentioned in the New Testament, and then remembering talking to some one who is now on the way to being canonised - a chat with Mother Teresa at a conference in Germany back in 1989...
The team helping with Confirmation preparation includes a couple of men from the diocesan seminary, enthusiastic, dedicated and cheerful. It prompted me to look at the website which is very good - check out the blog listed on its home page too.
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