Confirmation Service
Projects & Essays
Confirmation Requirements for Service at St. Anthony of Padua
- At least 14 hours of Church/Community Service must be completed by April 13th
- Complete (2) two essays on service projects you participated in. (One essay written in the Fall Semester and the second written in the Spring Semester.) Each Essay must be typed and at least one full page in length, Single-Spaced, using Times New Roman 12 Font. In the essay you will state what you did (in detail), the date of service and how many hours you worked, who you served and the effect on them, and what you learned from this experience that made you a stronger Catholic Christian.
- Service Project Essays are due as follows: 1st Project Essay-December 15, 2010
- Keep a Service Project Log Sheet to document your Service Hours throughout the Confirmation Year. The Service Project Log Sheet is due on April 13, 2011.
Opportunities for Service at St Anthony of Padua
- Interfaith Serving Our Seniors
- Star of Hope
- Confirmation Food Drive - Required Service Project
- Breakfast with Santa
- Knights of Columbus Lenten Friday Fish Fry
- Seder Meal
- St. Anthony of Padua Easter Egg Hunt
- Teen Assistant in Faith Formation (Pre-School or Elementary)
- Teen Assistant in EDGE (Jr. High – Tuesday Evenings)
- Teen Assistant for Sacramental Preparation (Sunday Afternoons)
- St. Anthony’s Bread Food Pantry
- HabitatFor Humanity
- Knights of Columbus Work Day
- And Many More……
Other Service Opportunities
You may also perform service projects on your own through your school, or other civic organizations.
Only 5 hours of outside Service Hours will be accepted, and must be signed and approved
by Shelly Wilson (See Outside Service Project Authorization Form).
Why we serve…
“In every way I have shown you that by hard work of that sort we must help the weak, and keep in
mind the words of the Lord Jesus who himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
-Acts 20:35
Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) 1889, 1926, 1932, 1889
- This is the path of charity, that is, of the love of God and of neighbor. Charity is the greatest social commandment. It respects others and their rights. It requires the practice of Justice, and it alone makes us capable of it. Charity inspires a life of self-giving: “Whosoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.” (Luke 17:33)
- The dignity of the human person requires the pursuit of the common good. Everyone should be concerned to create and support institutions that improve the conditions of human life.
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The duty of making oneself a neighbor to others and actively serving them becomes even more urgent when it involves the disadvantaged, in whatever area this may be. “As you did it to the least of my brethren, you did it to me.” (Mt 25:40)