Let's Celebrate Confirmation!: How the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit Lead to Sainthood - Paperback

by John T. Stobb (Illustrator), John T. Stobb (Author)

Let's Celebrate Confirmation! How the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit Lead to Sainthood explores each of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and inspires teens and pre-teens to greatness by llustrating how God's priests, prophets and kings lived them out. Pre-teens and teens explore the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit received in Baptism and strengthened in Confirmation, and confront what each gift might mean for their daily lives. Readers are instructed on popular approved Catholic devotions, including the Holy Rosary, Divine Mercy Prayers, the Miraculous Medal and Carmelite Scapular, to cultivate these gifts and answer God's call to sainthood. This easy-to-access book explains each gift in a way that pre-teens and teens can understand and explains how kids can become more like Christ by imitating the saints. Let's Celebrate Confirmation! is written and illustrated to engage and inform pre-teens and teens. The concepts are reinforced by dramatic and engaging pictures modeled after the works of the masters, but with a graphic novel feel. A go-to resource for articulating the great mysteries of our faith in a way teens and pre-teens can appreciate, Let's Celebrate Confirmation! is a valuable gift for anyone who received Confirmation, an invaluable addition to a confirmation preparation, catechetical curriculum or any family's book collection!

Author Biography

John T. Stobb is a happily married, homeschooling dad of five. Author, illustrator and practicing Catholic, John lectors and teaches catechesis at his home parish. John has also professionally consulted Catholic schools and parishes to help them spread the Good News of the Gospel and great graces through the Roman Catholic Church. Driven by a passion for the faith, John has been blessed to host a Catholic talk radio show, serve as a Catholic speaker and Catholic Campus Minister. He also served as a young adult Catholic ministry volunteer where he met his wife of 15 years. A gifted educator, John has served as a grade school teacher and liturgical ministry coordinator, coaching college students in service as Altar Servers, Lectors, Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers and Greeters/Ushers. His 17 years as a professional artist and writer help him serve and spread the joy and truths of the Catholic Church in today's mediums.