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Welcome to the Confirmation year!  It is a joy to have each of you taking part. The theme is "Our Life With Jesus."  In the gospels, Jesus meets each of his disciples where they are, engages them for who they are, and offers them an invitation: "Follow me."  In doing so, he beckons them to a way of life together that will reveal God's presence and God's Reign of Love in the midst of their very lives.. 

A disciple is a "learner."  It becomes the joy of Jesus' disciples to learn the ways of Jesus by heart and to proclaim the good news of God's eternal, saving love for all people.Today, you are such disciples!

Jam Richardson's beautiful artwork, "The Best Supper," is an image that adorns the cover of your Confirmation notebook.  We hope that it will be a constant reminder of your place at Jesus' table, and the role that you have in realizing the fullness of life that God intends for all of us, and for the world God so loves.

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