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Registration for Spring 2025 Adult Confirmation
It’s difficult for all of us to live a Christian life. It’s especially difficult for those adults baptized Catholic who have not received the sacrament of Confirmation! Having received your First Communion—and ongoing participation in the Eucharist—helps. But, your initiation is not complete until you receive more help – the full strength of the Holy Spirit.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?
Meet with Dr. David Wood to discuss your background and the pathway to Confirmation. (Registrants will receive an email with a link to set an appointment on his calendar.)
Provide a certificate of your Baptism and, optionally, First Communion.
Participate in preparation sessions on Sundays from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (the group also sits together at the 9:30 a.m. Mass - family is welcome along with the candidate).
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)- Confirmations usually are celebrated for Adults in mid-April and late October, but this depends on the bishop's schedule.
- We ask for a $50 materials fee to help cover costs. Scholarships are available. The registration acknowledgement email will include a link to our online portal.
- Confirmations usually are celebrated for Adults in mid-April and late October, but this depends on the bishop's schedule.
Do I need a sponsor?
Everyone to be confirmed needs a sponsor. You can select your own sponsor or the parish can provide one for you. Consider the following guidelines when choosing 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, they participate with you in the formation process
Participates in the confirmation celebration
Registration
Please follow this link to register.
The Fall 2024 Adult Confirmation
October 26, 2024 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church