High School Confirmation

Overlying Theme: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE: Vocations & Evangelization
                                 Diocesan Modules III/IV: The Mission of Discipleship: A Life of Witness                               

MEANING: Our vocation

• Catholics use the word “vocation” a lot, but many teens do not know what it actually means; it includes both universal and particular vocations.
• Each person has the same universal vocation: the call to holiness. We must respond to this vocation during every moment of our lives.
• Our particular vocation is a specific and individual vocation from God, a calling to live out His will for our lives. This includes the Sacrament of Marriage, the Sacrament of Holy Orders, and consecrated life.
• Teens should begin discerning their particular vocation by asking God what He wants for their lives and learning more about the different vocations within the Catholic Church.

• Evangelization is about spreading the good news that Jesus Christ has come into our world, has given each of us the chance to be reunited to God the Father, and has saved from our sins.
• The Church exists to evangelize; each of us, in our identity as Christians and members of the Church, share in this mission of evangelization given to us by Jesus Christ in the Great Commission.
• Our personal testimony, the way that God has worked in real and concrete ways in our lives, is the most powerful way that we can share the Gospel with the world and those we encounter.