Confirmation

All persons who are Baptized, and who have celebrated First Reconciliation and First Eucharist, but who have not yet been Confirmed, will be prepared in three sessions. Children through adults are invited and will join for opening celebrations followed by separate, age-appropriate instruction. Sessions will be held from 9:00 am to Noon on February 23,  March 8, and a third Saturday to be announced. All three sessions are required to complete sacramental preparation. Confirmation will be celebrated on May 11.

 

NOTE: Sacramental preparation for children through high school is in addition to a “regular program of religious formation.”

For those new to this lower age for Confirmation, you might find the following  helpful to understand the theology behind Bishop Olmsted’s decision to confirm at the third grade level. Read Bishop Olmsted’s pastoral letter here.
http://www.diocesephoenix.org/catecheticalministry/Sacraments/Pastoral-conf-eng.pdf