Confirmation 

Confirmation deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, neighborhoods, society, and the world.  We receive the message of faith in a deeper and more intensive manner with great emphasis given to the person of Jesus Christ, who asked the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the Church for building up the community in loving service.

In the Sacrament of Confirmation, the baptized person is “sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit” and is strengthened for service to the Body of Christ.

Name for the Sacrament of Confirmation

Candidates for Confirmation may choose the name of a saint or their baptismal name / Indigenous Spirit name.  The Indigenous spirit name may be used for Confirmation if the child/family chooses to do so.   In the case of the Indigenous culture, it is recognized that the Indigenous spirit name is as important and unique to the child as a baptismal name is in other cultures.

Sponsors

You will be required to select a sponsor.  These are the requirements for a sponsor for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Canon  892 Insofar as possible, there is to be a sponsor for the person to be confirmed; the sponsor is to take care that the confirmed person behaves as a true witness of Christ and faithfully fulfills the obligations inherent in this sacrament.

Canon  893 §1. To perform the function of sponsor, a person must fulfill the conditions mentioned in ⇒ canon 874*.

§2. It is desirable to choose as sponsor the one who undertook the same function in baptism.

* Canon  874 §1. To be permitted to take on the function of sponsor a person must:

1/ be designated by the one to be baptized, by the parents or the person who takes their place, or in their absence by the pastor or minister and have the aptitude and intention of fulfilling this function;

2/ have completed the sixteenth year of age, unless the diocesan bishop has established another age, or the pastor or minister has granted an exception for a just cause;

3/ be a Catholic who has been confirmed and has already received the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist and who leads a life of faith in keeping with the function to be taken on;

4/ not be bound by any canonical penalty legitimately imposed or declared;

5/ not be the father or mother of the one to be baptized.

For Pastors and Catechists:

Registration Form for the Sacrament of Confirmation

For Candidates Preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation:

Candidate Information Sheet

Meeting with the Priest

Exit Card

For Sponsors:

Confirmation Sponsor Personal Attestation Form

For Catechists:

Confirmation Curriculum Overview

Confirmation Candidate Workbook

Confirmation Mass Journal 1

Confirmation Mass Journal 2

Code of Canon Law

Retreat Day

Welcoming Rite

Rite of Enrollment