Registration for Spring 2025 Adult Confirmation

Those baptized Catholic adults (post high school, 18 years or older) who have received First Eucharist, but did not receive Confirmation as a child or teen, may prepare to be confirmed by attending a course offered twice a year (once in the Fall and again in the Spring). Those adults completing the course are confirmed by our Bishop at a diocesan-wide Confirmation Ceremony/Mass. The date for the diocesan Confirmation event fluctuates. But is usually in late mid-October and mid April. There are also possible opportunities when Confirmation is celebrated here in the parish or in a neighboring parish.

Read through the information below and then click the link to give us more information about yourself.

What does preparation for Adult Confirmation entail?

• Provide a certificate of your Baptism and, optionally, First Communion

• Participate in preparation sessions prior to Confirmation. On Sundays 10:45 am to 12:30 pm
  Why We Believe - Jan11 (Saturday) - Mar 9
  Why We Worship - Mar 23 - May 4
  (See "Why We Believe" and "Why We Worship" for an intro and description)

• Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation

• Bishop Vasquez normally celebrates Confirmation for Adults in mid April and late October.

• Pay a $50 sacramental registration fee to help cover costs; scholarships are available so just let us know ahead of time.

Do I need a sponsor?

• First consider asking your baptismal godparent(s)

• A sponsor represents the witness of the Church community so must be in good standing with the church – a confirmed, practicing Catholic with no marriage annulments outstanding

• A sponsor must have completed their sixteenth (16) year

• A sponsor cannot be the confirmand’s mother or father or spouse

• Ideally participate with you in the formation process

• Participates in the confirmation celebration 

The Fall 2024 Adult Confirmation

October 26, 2024 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church