Burman approached Miss Warnke this past August about the
possibility of receiving his First Communion in the Church. Miss Warnke immediately contacted Fr. Joel to
put the wheels in motion to grant his request.
“Blake was baptized in California, but his family’s
frequent moves made preparing for the sacraments very difficult,” Miss Warnke
said.
Miss Warnke gave him information to study in August and
prepared him for the sacraments. He made
his First Confession on Friday and his First Communion on Monday, December 16,
with his two sisters, grandmother, and parents in attendance.
“Blake is an outstanding young man who has taken it upon
himself to seek out the important things,” Fr. Joel said, “He has been persistent
in his desire to know and love God more completely and to receive the power of
God in his life.”
“Blake was baptized in California, but his family’s
frequent moves made preparing for the sacraments very difficult,” Miss Warnke
said. 
Miss Warnke gave him information to study in August and
prepared him for the sacraments. He made
his First Confession on Friday and his First Communion on Monday, December 16,
with his two sisters, grandmother, and parents in attendance.
Fr. Joel Martin, President of St. Bernard Prep,
celebrated the Mass. Fr. Joel said St. Bernard
strives to assist students in their desire for truth and goodness, which is
exactly what Blake has asked to do.
“Blake is an outstanding young man who has taken it upon
himself to seek out the important things,” Fr. Joel said, “He has been persistent
in his desire to know and love God more completely and to receive the power of
God in his life.”
In his homily at the Advent Mass, Fr. Joel stated, “In
this season of Advent, light increases as we near Christmas and the coming of
Christ. Blake shows us that light by
saying ‘yes’ to God, and he teaches us to do the same.”
Blake is the son of Bill and Mary Burman of Arab,
Alabama.
