Adult Catholics (ages 18 and older) who have been baptized, received First Eucharist and are practicing their faith but have not celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation are invited to participate in a preparation program.

Interested adults must inform the pastor or a member of the parish staff in their home parish that they wish to prepare for the sacraments. They will then be advised of the process for this preparation and what is required of the candidate.

There are four Confirmation Preparation classes scheduled beginning March 14. The Confirmtion ceremony will take place on April 15 at the Cathedral. Anyone interested should contact Mary Jane Silva at the Diocesan office.

The Sacrament of Confirmation completes the process of Christian initiation.  Without it, a baptized Christian remains, in a sense, at the level of a spiritual child.  You can think of Confirmation analogously as the period of puberty in the natural order.  Through this sacrament, a baptized Christian receives the strengthening of the Holy Spirit to mature into spiritual adulthood, resist temptations to sin, and courageously spread the Gospel of Jesus. 

We must not neglect or undervalue this sacrament!  Indeed, the Catechism teaches that, "Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the 'sacraments of Christian initiation,' whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace.  For 'by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed'" [CCC1285]

To become a stronger and more faithful Catholic, therefore, one should make an effort to receive the graces and privileges that come from this Sacrament with mindful reverence and devotion as soon as possible.

Click on the adjacent link above or here for a biblical defense of Confirmation.  You can also read more about it in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

If you are teenager or baptised adult who wishes to get confirmed, please call the parish office and speak with Fr. Paul.

If you are a baptized adult but you have not received 1st Communion, you can to join the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults so you can receive both Holy Communion and Confirmation.  Click here for more information.