Grades 9-10

Grade 9 (Yr I) students

• ARE required to register in the program
• ARE NOT required to pay the registration fee
• ARE NOT required to attend Religious Education classes at St. Mary’s
• ARE required to participate in the Grade 9 Retreat and complete 2 service projects

Grade 10 (Yr II) students

• ARE required to register in the program
• ARE required to pay the registration fee
• ARE required to attend the Confirmation Retreat, complete 2 service products & attend a select number of classes. Parents of students attending parochial schools will be notified of the schedule of classes separately. (Class schedule has also listed on this website - please scroll down.)
• Will need to attend classes on Sunday afternoons from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM. 

Both Grades 9 (Yr I) and Grade 10 (Yr II) students:

• ARE required to register in the program
• Meet on Sunday evenings after the 5:30 PM Mass

Grades 9 & 10

Sunday Evenings

Students will attend the 5:30 pm Mass (unless they attend a morning Mass with their families)
on the day of classes and then proceed to the Parish Hall immediately following.  Class sessions will end at 8:00 pm.

      

                                          Schedule of Classes 
                Grade 9                                                           Grade 10

 

 

 

 

CONFIRMATION will be celebrated on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at 3 p.m. at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Worcester. 
CONFIRMATION REHEARSAL will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Church, Shrewsbury.

Parochial School Class Schedule (Gr. 10 students only)

Class Time:  
 

 

Confirmation Prep Program:

Grades 9 and 10 Community Service Schedule: 2022/2023

As those parents of incoming sophomores already know, there is a requirement for the Confirmation Program beginning in Grade 9 that involves community service. 
This requirement was lifted in 2020 but is now back in effect.

As disciples of Christ, we want our teens to learn how to love and serve others the way Our Lord has asked us to.

For this reason, we require each student to complete a minimum of 2 service projects per grade for a total of six hours. So, in brief, our teens will:
  
  * Complete 6 hours during their 9th-grade year and 6 hours during their 10th-grade year.   * This also applies to students in Catholic Schools who do not attend CCD at St. Mary's.

Catechists are free to organize service projects for their classes with prior approval from the Religious Education Coordinator.
The parish will also be setting up different projects throughout the year for our teens to attend that will count toward their Service Requirements.

                                Confirmation Program Absence Policy
                                              2022 - 2023 School Year

When students are absent from class, Fr. José will send them a video to watch (via "Formed" or "YouTube"), along with a Google Forms Sheet of questions to answer based on the video. 
They should fill out the "Google Form" and submit it within one week. Videos could be as long as 40 minutes or so, depending on which we see fit for the lesson in question.

This can only happen twice.  After a third absence, the student will have to attend a 75-minute make-up class with Fr. José.

After a fourth absence, a discussion with parents will need to take place.

Visitation House:  

119 Endicott St, Worcester,  MA. 01610
Phone: (508) 798-8002

Jeremiah's Inn:  
1059 Main St, Worcester,  MA. 01603
Phone: (508) 755-6403

Urban Missionaries of Hope:
242 Canterbury St, Worcester, MA 01603
Phone: (508) 831-7455

Andy's Attic: 
South High Community School
170 Apricot Street, Worcester,  MA. 01603
Phone: (508) 735-8507

Note: (The Mustard Seed meal project involves cooking an evening meal for 175 people).