Are you an adult, practicing Catholic who would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation? Were you asked to be a Godparent and now need to be Confirmed? 

Beginning February 21, a five-week series of classes will be held for practicing adult Catholics to receive this Sacrament. These sessions will explore the topics and your questions about: the Mass, stewardship, the Sacraments, the Bible, prayer, and more, while helping you prepare yourself for Confirmation. 

• When: Wednesday evenings Feb 21 to March 20 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm
• Where: Archdiocesan Center 1229 Mt. Loretta Ave.
• Weekly attendance is mandatory, and your Confirmation sponsor is strongly encouraged to attend to support your growth.

If interested, please contact your local parish office for more information and to register.

The Lenten Confirmation program is for:

• adult catechized Catholics beyond high school age
• who are regular in the practice of the Catholic faith, or wish to be
• and who now wish to be confirmed.

Such a person needs to:

• contact the pastor of the parish that he/she is registered in
• That pastor will forward the names to Deacon John Stierman ([email protected]) and;
• will make arrangements for the person to participate in the Lenten Confirmation process which Deacon John and other adults will be leading during the Lenten season.
• If a person is not registered in a parish, they need to choose a parish in which to participate, register, and consult with the pastor.
  
  If a person is an uncatechized baptized Catholic he/she should go through the RCIA process. 

Overview of Confirmation Program

In the sessions for our Confirmation Preparation we will reflect on the following:

1. The gift of faith that we received in Baptism, the meaning of that faith and its implications for our life as baptized people.
2. Faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior as well as the possibility of a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus and the means to cultivate that relationship.
3. Being a disciple of the Lord.
4. Stewardship as a way of life
5. The paschal mystery of Jesus and our sharing in that mystery.

We will also reflect on the role of the Spirit in our lives and the significance of the Spirit as we deal with moral choices and decisions.  Our reflections will also deal with stewardship and the accepting of our adult responsibility for the mission of Jesus in our life today.

We will spend an evening on the Bible and Holy Scripture.  We will explore some basic concepts for understanding and interpreting Scripture, and provide some suggestions for reading, praying, and reflecting on the Word of God.

Finally, we will make an immediate preparation for celebrating the liturgy of the sacrament with a retreat evening at our last session. You will have an opportunity for the sacrament of Reconciliation during the retreat evening.

Our program will be in process form, which means that we intend to engage you in small group discussions and also to engage candidate and sponsor in one-to-one interaction.  The presentations will usually be short and will be intended to clarify and provide additional input to the sharing that we will do.