Confirmation & Sacraments
2ND YEAR CONFIRMATION
Our high school youth ministry program has one goal - for students to experience God's presence in their life and show them that God is real. We use adapted Ascension Press & Chosen curriculum for these evenings.
Join on Sunday Evenings, 6:30-8:30pm
Open to 10th, 11th, & 12th grades
St. Anne's Hall (10th grade)
*Food is served from 6:30pm-7:00pm in St Mary's hall with programming to follow
Students are required to attend Mass as part of their attendance. Youth and their parents are encouraged to attend Mass together at 5:30pm
on Sunday's. This is the dedicated Life Teen Mass. These Masses on Sunday evenings are facilitated (Lectors, EMEs, Music, Altar servers and Ushers) by our high school ministry students.
All Sacramental Preparation will be done on Sunday nights for high school and Monday nights for middle school, so attendance is a requirement. This includes Confirmation students.
Registration is closed for 2nd year Confirmation students.
To be confirmed/receive sacraments your student must still
be enrolled in our Sunday/Monday evening programs.
Confirmation Requirements
✔ Be in at least 10th grade at the time of Confirmation
✔Attend Sunday Mass weekly
✔ Attend an overnight retreat
✔ Complete 30 hours of service
✔ Submit copy of Baptism & First Communion
Certificate
✔ Complete a Personal Interview
✔ Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation
✔ Complete second year Confirmation curriculum
1st Year
✔ Establish a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
✔ Attend Sunday Mass weekely. (Will be part of their attendance)
✔ Attend Sunday Night Programming
✔ Start researching Saints
✔ Good class attendance - No more than three absences (make up lessons will be given for more than 3 classes missed)
✔ Begin working on service hours
✔ Begin thinking of a sponsor
2nd Year
✔ Telephone call to sponsor
✔ Good Class Attendance - No more than three absences
✔ Attend an overnight retreat: Confirmation retreat or
Teen ACTS
✔ Personal Interview
✔ Attend Sunday Mass weekely. (Will be part of their attendance)
✔ Reconciliation on retreat
✔ Complete service hours by March 5
Important Dates for 2nd Year Candidates
- Choose a sponsor: In Fall Semester
- Sponsor Meeting: September 3rd 2025 6:30pm ST Mary's Hall (English). Reunión de Padres, Alumnos y Padrinos en el Aula 1
(arriba, en el Centro Parroquial.) a las 6:30 pm.
- Confirmation Retreat1: Slumber Falls NB, TX: December 13th-14th 2025
- Confirmation Retreat 2: Slumber Falls NB,TX: January 10th-11th 2026
- Spring Teen ACTS Retreat at Slumber Falls NB,TX: February 12th-15th 2026
- Summer Teen ACTS Retreat at El Shaddai in Yorktown TX: July 2026
- Confirmation Rehearsals - Will be the day prior to your students' Confirmation date in the Church. Sponsors should attend, if not available a parent must stand in their place.
- Confirmation I
- SMALL GROUPS A-F: Rehearsal is Wednesday, May 6 from 6-7pm in Church for sponsor and teen or a stand in if sponsor is unable to attend. Mass- Thursday, May 7- teens and sponsors MUST arrive by 5:30pm (Bishop arrives and speak to the group at this time) in St. Mary’s Hall. Mass begins at 630pm
Confirmation II - SMALL GROUPS G-J: Rehearsal is Monday, May 18 from 6-7pm in Church for sponsor and teen or a stand in if sponsor is unable to attend. Mass- Tuesday, May 19- teens and sponsors MUST arrive by 530pm (Bishop arrives at this time to speak to the group) in St. Mary’s Hall. Mass begins at 630pm
Guidelines for Choosing a Confirmation Sponsor
- Sponsor must be at least 16 years old
- Sponsor must be a fully initiated Catholic (received Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation)
- Sponsor must be a Catholic in good standing with the Church (married in the Church), if your sponsor was not married in the Church and are interested in having their marriage blessed email viriginawills@sppnb.org.
- Sponsor cannot be a parent.
To parents of older Confirmation Candidates:
- If your son or daughter starts the program in 10th grade, he or she will be confirmed in the 11th grade.
- If your son or daughter starts the program in 11th grade, he or she will be confirmed in the 12th grade.
- Any 12th grader who needs the Sacrament of Confirmation will attend our Confirmation program on Sunday evenings and will be confirmed in that year providing he or she completes all other requirements, especially attendance.
Please consult with the Youth Ministry office to determine readiness and preparation for Confirmation for any student who begins after the 9th grade.
CURRICULUM
- First year students will meet in St. Mary's Hall for dinner and program on Sunday evenings, and we will be using the Lifeteen & Altaration program by Ascension Press
- Second year students will meet for dinner in St. Mary's Hall and then move to St. Anne's Hall, and we will be using the Chosen program by Ascension Press.
Our teachers and deacons will conduct confirmation interviews in the spring. Before entering this final phase of preparation for Confirmation, students will be required to submit a copy of their baptismal and first communion certificates, sponsor information, and any other requested documentation.
