CONFIRMATION
​Q. What is confirmation?
A. Confirmation is a sacrament through which we receive the Holy Ghost to make us strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ.1
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It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost. 2
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Like Baptism which it completes, Confirmation is given only once, for it too imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark, the "character," which is the sign that Jesus Christ has marked a Christian with the seal of his Spirit by clothing him with power from on high so that he may be his witness. 3
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This "character" perfects the common priesthood of the faithful,
received in Baptism, and "the confirmed person receives the power to profess faith in Christ publicly and as it were officially (quasi Ex officio)."4
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Youth
Sign up for youth Faith Formation. Classes start in October and end in May. ​​
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Makeup work will be issued if your student cannot make one of the Confirmation classes. No more than 2 classes are allowed to be missed.
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Grades 6-12 are now eligible for Confirmation in our diocese. ​
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Confirmation prep is offered every other year for adolescents in grades 6-12
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1 Baltimore Catechism, 721
2 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1302
3 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1304
4 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1305