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    Confirmation is a Christian rite of passage and is one of the seven sacraments of a Catholic Church. The purpose of this rite is to seal a person with the gift of the holy ghost and to overall strengthen a Christian. This ceremony is for young adults who are soon to be fully pledged Christians, however anyone who has been baptized and is ready for confirmation may receive it. Bishop’s are the ones who performs the confirmation and oversees it. Another person who is involved in this ceremony is the

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    the greatest dangers to scientific studies is the "confirmation bias". When a researcher is trying to collect documents and publications for what is studying or analyzing, it is very likely that only see, or just to notice what "it suits" for what he wants to prove. Moreover, even almost unconsciously, it is liable to see more quickly connections with other publications that seem to corroborate their investigations. Unfortunately, this "confirmation bias" affects not only scientific studies. It concerns

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    Confirmation bias describes our unconscious tendency to place more emphasis than necessary on information that is consistent with our own beliefs, hypotheses, and recent experiences and to disregard information that contradicts them (Meissner, Sibony, & Wulf, 2015). Then there is a bias of overconfidence which will cause executives to misjudge their own abilities, as well as the proficiency of the business. This will lead decision makers to imprudently take risks, because they assume they will able

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    Angela Merici is the Saint I have chosen for Confirmation. Angela is a remarkable woman, who sets a good example of being a good Christian. She is a woman who is an inspiration to people all over the world, and is an inspiration to myself as well. Angela is a Saint that I hope to benefit from during my Confirmation journey. Angela Merici is an incredible women, who I shall learn from. She underwent struggles but did not let them put a hold on her passion of teaching young girls. Which is something

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    instantly available to us. We can easily search the internet for information we want to see, and most importantly, we can hear or read that information from a perspective which we support. I believe this is one of the most prevalent examples of confirmation trap, and it is dangerous to us as a society because it can divide us apart. Family and friends close to me know that in my heart, I am just another conservative Southerner. Throughout high school and even during my first year of college (not

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    qualities needed to live the greatest and most fulfilling life possible: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and, if applicable, fear of the Lord. According to the Catholic Church, for those who participate in the ritual of Confirmation, it is possible. As explained by the Catholic Church – also known as the exegetical meaning – one purpose of this ritual is to provide candidates with the characteristics listed above, which are known as the “Gifts of the Holy Spirit”. When these

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    Sacraments of Initiation – Confirmation – Luiz Bueno Why do we need the Sacrament of Confirmation? First, we should understand that the Spirit can be given to us in different degrees: in Baptism, we have already received this Spirit, but in Confirmation when the bishop lays hands on us and says, "Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit," there is an increase of this reality within us. Making a comparison with our physical development, Baptism is like our birth, and Confirmation is our growth, which

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    What is Confirmation? How can we celebrate our personal life of faith ? Liturgy and worship are very important to celebrate our personal life. We have many beginnings in our lives and we celebrate each beginning in our personal life of faith by acknowledging God’s initiative and our response. These two movements God’s action and our response are intertwined in such a way that we cannot examine them separately, they run together. You might be wondering where I am going with this. We will be starting

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    The junior acted appropriately by sending out positive confirmations, but he allowed the client to mail them out. Positive confirmations should have individuals with A/R balances replying regardless of the accuracy of the amount. While it may be optimistic to expect all confirmations to return, some should be returned. It is likely that the client did not mail out the confirmations. • Junior should send out external confirmations to verify balances himself, and should not allow the chain of custody

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    Path to Confirmation It all started in kindergarten. Wednesday nights I, with all of my other classmates at the time, attended CCD classes at St. Magdalen Catholic Church. We all pursued these classes every Wednesday night, with the exception of summer. This continued up until sophomore year. When it finally reached the time to get confirmed, we would receive confirmation at the St. Michael Cathedral in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Cathedral, one of the most extravagant buildings in all of South

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