{"id":5621,"date":"2025-07-31T19:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/?p=5621"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:25:55","slug":"confirmation-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/confirmation-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmation Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>8th GRADE &amp; HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMATION SESSIONS: START SEPT. 2oth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"size-13\" lang=\"x-size-13\"><u>Attention all 8th graders and high school students!\u00a0<\/u>Confirmation preparation will be held on Saturday evenings after the 5:30 Mass, beginning\u00a0<strong>Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. <\/strong>\u00a0Sessions will be from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Bethany Room. Our program consists of seven formation meetings and draws candidates into a deeper relationship with God through sponsor-candidate relationships, service projects and an\u00a0<u>overnight retreat\u00a0<\/u>at Camp Rancho Framasa on<strong> Nov. 1-2, 2025.<\/strong> Other meetings will be on Saturdays, Dec. 6, Jan. 10, Feb. 7, March 14 and April 11. A special Rite of Welcome is scheduled for the 10:30 Mass on Sunday, Nov. 16, followed by brunch. Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/staindy.formstack.com\/forms\/sta_confirmation_registration_form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to register.\u00a0For more information about this program and sacrament, please contact Karla Hudecek, pastoral associate and DRE, at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;:&#x6b;&#x68;&#117;d&#x65;&#99;e&#x6b;&#x40;&#115;t&#x61;&#x69;&#110;d&#x79;&#46;&#111;&#x72;&#x67;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">khudecek&#64;sta&#105;&#110;&#100;&#121;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"x-size-13\"><strong>REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li lang=\"x-size-13\">Complete <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/staindy.formstack.com\/forms\/sta_confirmation_registration_form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE Registration form<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li lang=\"x-size-13\">Pay $70 Registration Fee, <strong>payable to \u201cSt. Thomas Aquinas\u201d with \u201cConfirmation\u201d in the memo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li lang=\"x-size-13\">Submit Baptismal Certificate (<em>ONLY IF baptized at a parish other than St. Thomas Aquinas<\/em>)\u00a0 If needed, contact the office of the parish where the child was baptized and request that a baptismal certificate be sent directly to:\u00a0 St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 4625 N. Kenwood Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46208, Attn: Karla Hudecek, Pastoral Associate\/DRE .<\/li>\n<li lang=\"x-size-13\">Identify sponsor and have the sponsor complete the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/staindy.formstack.com\/forms\/sta_confirmation_sponsor_form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE Sponsor Registration Form<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>HELPFUL RESOURCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2025\/07\/Confirmation-2025-26-FAQs-Updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>CONFIRMATION 2025-2026 FAQs<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2025\/07\/Confirmation-Calendar-2025-26-Updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>CONFIRMATION 2025-2026 CALENDAR<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT<\/strong>: Karla Hudecek, Pastor Associate\/DRE,<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;k&#104;&#x75;&#x64;e&#99;&#x65;k&#64;&#x73;&#x74;a&#105;&#x6e;&#x64;y&#46;&#x6f;r&#103;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#107;&#x68;u&#x64;&#x65;&#99;&#x65;k&#64;&#x73;&#116;&#x61;i&#110;&#x64;y&#x2e;o&#114;&#x67;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8th GRADE &amp; HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMATION SESSIONS: START SEPT. 2oth Attention all 8th graders and high school students!\u00a0Confirmation preparation will be held on Saturday evenings after the 5:30 Mass, beginning\u00a0Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. \u00a0Sessions will be from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Bethany Room. 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