Bishop Hubbard presided over a beautiful Confirmation ceremony on Friday, May 10th, 2019. The Bishop's homily was inspiring and offered guidance on five qualities to develop and maintian to help fulfill the committment of Confirmation. 1.) To be flexible and open to change,to learn and grow and adapt. 2.) Crosses are an inevitable part of our faith jouney however, when crosses arise in life they can help you grow, redound to the beneifit of others and contribute to God's loving redemptive plan for salvation of humankind. 3.) We must be people of joy. Our words, our deeds, our gestures should communicate "I am delighted to be here, to be with you, to be the hearald of the Good News".
Indeed, it is Good News we are called and sent to proclaim. 4.) We need to foster the virtue of resilency. With resilency we can  emerge from failure or adversity as a better person and more fruitful disciple of Jesus Christ. To foster resilency we must have a set of standard that we never stray from,  a set of core ethical beliefs that guide us in making life choices, a strong supoprt system of family and friends, to forgive ourselves of past failures and mistakes and we must pray. 5.) The secret of all secrets then is that prayer must be at the heart of our lives. Prayer leads us to change our priorties and moves us to work to bring forward God's kingdom of peace and justice.

Confirmation is a joyful time when, following the centuries-old tradition of our faith, the Bishop personally confirms the presence of the divine grace in a follower since his or her Baptism.  Our Middle School and High School Faith Formation and Youth Ministry program prepares the Confirmandi through a series of in-class discussion, prayer, retreat, social activities and community service.

The sacrament typically takes place for teens in the Spring of their sophomore year in high school.    For more information about our Confirmation program, please contact our High School Faith Formation  coordinator..

Getting ready to receive the sacrament?  Here are Catholic Link's 7 tips to follow before you receive the sacrament of Confirmation.

Adults interested in receiving the sacraments for the first time should contact our RCIA program