Collection: Chosen: Your Journey to Confirmation (draft)

An Award-Winning 24-part Confirmation Program

Overview

Chosen: Your Journey to Confirmation is a robust Confirmation program that has transformed thousands of young lives across parishes nationwide for over a decade.

The program provides an exciting and comprehensive exploration of the Catholic Faith, offering a complete system of catechesis and evangelization.

Filmed in over fifty locations in the United States and around the world, Chosen features fourteen of the top youth experts in the Church today, inspiring teens not just to learn about their faith but to live it.

The program combines engaging multimedia content with practical tools that make implementation seamless for busy teachers and facilitators. The authors of Chosen, who are teachers themselves, have mapped out comprehensive and flexible lessons so that you can spend more time engaging with your students and less time on planning and logistics.

Chosen will equip your team with all the tools and resources you need to help form young hearts into disciples of Christ, impacting families, parishes, and the Church…one young heart at a time.

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Details

• Topic: Confirmation
• Number of Lessons: 24
• Video Length: Approximately 15-20 min. each
• Class Length: 60/90/120 min. options
• Ages: 12-18
• Grade Level: Middle School/High School
• Presenters: Chris Stefanick, Jackie Francois Angel, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Brian Butler, Leah Darrow, The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, Jason Evert, Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, Fr. Josh Johnson, Mari Pablo, Chris Padgett, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Sarah Swafford, Fr. Mark Toups, and Mary Ann Wiesinger Puig
• Ecclesiastical Designation: Nihil Obstat, Imprimatur, USCCB Conformity List
• Available Languages: English, Spanish

Materials

• The Student Workbook is seamlessly integrated with the videos and includes fill-in-the-blank questions, prayers, vocabulary words, stories of saints, a “Challenge of the Week,” and more.
• The Leader’s Guide provides an overview and easy, 10-step structure for every lesson, lesson objectives, and the complete Student Workbook content with wrap-around leader’s notes.
• The Parent’s Guide includes an overview of a parent’s role, conversation starters, tips for supporting their child, and more.
• The Sponsor’s Guide includes an overview of a sponsor’s role, conversation starters, tips for supporting their candidate, and more.
• The Director’s Manual includes planning guidelines, 68 optional activities, leader formation and training materials, special sessions for parents, sponsors and service projects, a retreat, a penance service, assessment handouts, and more.
• The DVD Set provides twenty-four lessons (approximately 15-20 minutes each) with some of the most powerful and compelling speakers in the Church.

What's Included

For Students

For Leaders

Endorsements

“I find Chosen to be a well-organized, informative and inspirational Confirmation program and the catechesis on the videos is presented in an interesting and relatable fashion.” —Most Reverend Michael C. Barber, SJ, Bishop of Oakland

“Chosen is attention-getting [and] the content is substantial, thought-provoking, and explicitly well-grounded in the Catechism.” —Most Reverend Liam Cary, Bishop of Baker

“All I can say is 'Bravo!' Chosen is absolutely awesome! The way the program moves from the workbook to the video segments to discussions, etc. is perfect. It keeps this age group moving and engaged.” —Teresa Henderson, Confirmation Catechist, St. Agnes Parish, Mena, AR

“Before I started Confirmation, my friends and I didn’t really know what we were doing or what the point was. And then after we did Chosen … now we’re all on fire. I actually understand my relationship with Jesus.” —Connor, age 15

Awards

• Association of Catholic Publishers, 2015 Excellence in Publishing Awards – Book of the Year
• Association of Catholic Publishers, 2015 Excellence in Publishing Awards – Resources for Liturgy

Resources

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Leader's Resources