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Confirmation

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- Youth Confirmation
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Confirmation is one of the seven sacraments instituted by Christ for the conferral of sanctifying grace and the strengthening of the union between individual souls and God. Confirmation is necessary for the completion of Baptismal Grace. Confirmation “gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1303). By receiving Confirmation, one becomes a “soldier of Christ” and it renders our bond with the Church more perfect.

The sacrament of Confirmation is the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost. The effects of this outpouring are to:
- Root us more deeply in divine filiation (being children of God)
- Unites us more firmly to Christ
- Increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us
- Strengthens our bond with the Church
- Associates us more closely to her mission of bearing witness to Christ
- Helps us and more strictly obliges us to spread and defend the faith by word and deed
CONFIRMATION ELIGIBILITY
- Students are required to be in High School AND have two consecutive years of formal Religious Education prior to receiving Confirmation . This includes Catholic School, Middle School Edge, and High School Life Teen. Attendance must be no less than 70% for each year all the way through the Confirmation date. Students with less than 70% attendance will need to supplement their religious formation before becoming eligible for Confirmation.
- Students and parents must attend the Confirmation Parent Orientation and two Confirmation Sessions. If a student misses a Confirmation Session, he/she will be given a make-up assignment. Students who miss more than one Confirmation sessions will not be eligible for Confirmation.
- Attending a retreat is part of the Confirmation preparation. DCYC is the primary option, but other retreats through St. Joseph or the Diocese may be used and approved by the Youth Minister.