Updated: June 10, 2019

Sacrament of Confirmation 

to be celebrated at St. Catherine of Siena

on October 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm

Bishop Timothy P. Broglio, Archbishop for the Military Services, will be the confirming prelate.

Sacrament Preparation:

Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Religious Education program usually occurs in the seventh and eighth grade years, and students at St. Catherine of Siena parish are typically confirmed in the fall of the 9^th grade year.

If a student receives ongoing catechesis in a Catholic school program, Confirmation may occur in the fall of the 8th or the 9th grade year.

If your child has missed a sacrament, please contact us. We are happy to accommodate him or her, according to individual needs.  If one or both parents have not received a sacrament, or would like to learn more about the Catholic Faith, we are happy to help, also.

Confirmation Requirements:

Students enrolled in the religious education program who will enter high school in the fall of 2019 and have completed their formal (7^th and 8^th grade) catechesis are candidates for the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation on October 10, 2019. 

Required Confirmation Paperwork: DUE JULY 31, 2019

If paperwork is not received by this very firm due date, Confirmation will be delayed until the following fall.

 Required Confirmation paperwork due for all candidates (will not be accepted past the July 31, 2019 due date):

1. Confirmation Data Form
2. Baptismal Certificate 
3. Sponsor Eligibility Form (signed by the sponsor’s pastor, with the seal of the sponsor’s parish)

 Requirements for Confirmation usually completed in the 7^th Grade Year:

• (Practice) cumulative exam based on basic Catholic catechism is to be given in the spring of both the 7^th and 8^th grade years.

• Copies of the guide "Preparation for Confirmation" with catechism questions has been prepared by Bishop Burbidge's office and is available outside the Office of Religious Education and on this website.

• A summer service project with one-paragraph written summary statement (to be completed in the summers following the 7^th and 8^th grade years). Paragraphs given to Director of Religious Education in September. Diocesan guidelines suggest that at least 20 hours of service should be performed altogether.

• Attendance at the Mass of Confirmation at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church (at the beginning of the seventh or eighth grade year), and help with hosting the reception held immediately afterwards. The Confirmation candidate"s own Confirmation Mass should not be the first one witnessed. If a Confirmation student is unable to attend this Confirmation Mass, the requirement must be fulfilled at another parish.

Requirements for Confirmation usually completed in the 8^th Grade Year:

• Saint Report

• Mastery of material (prior to Confirmation) on a cumulative exam based on basic Catholic catechism is to be given at the end of both the 7^th and 8^th grade years. Eighth grade students who do not show mastery of material should study further and re-take the exam over the summer, prior to the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation.

• Copies of the guide "Preparation for Confirmation" with catechism questions has been prepared by Bishop Burbidge's office. Copies are available outside the Office of Religious Education and on this website.

• Summer service project with written summary statement (both in the summers following the 7^th and 8^th grade years), due in September at the first Confirmation seminar class, or to be sent electronically to the Director of Religious Education. Diocesan guidelines suggest that at least 20 hours of service should be performed altogether.

• Interview with Confirmation sponsor and report write-up due at the first Confirmation seminar class.

• Scheduled individual interview with Father Pokorsky (Interviews will be scheduled beginning in May of 2019, and will continue through early fall, prior to Confirmation.)

• Participation in Confirmation seminar: September 19, 2019

• Participation in Confirmation retreat: September 28, 2019

• Attendance by confirmandi and sponsor (or someone taking the place of the sponsor) at a rehearsal on October 9, 2019.

CONFIRMATION EXAM DATES:

All those students preparing for Confirmation on October 10, 2019 have taken the Confirmation exam.  If parents have not received the exam results, please notify the Office of Religious Education.