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Confirmation

Youth Preparation

Candidates for Confirmation are challenged to move toward a deeper understanding of faith and encouraged to participate in the life of the Church.

Youth Confirmation preparation invites students in 11th or 12th grade to formally commit to the specifics of this Sacrament. Students must have participated in Faith Formation via St. Stephen’s programming or their Catholic high school curriculum in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades in order to celebrate Confirmation in 11th grade.

Requirements for Candidates

As part of the requirements for Confirmation, candidates must:

Attend a weekend retreat, such as TEC, Dunrovin, or NET Retreats.
Take part in specific large group gatherings.
Celebrate the Rite of Acceptance and the Rite of Sending.
Write a “letter of intent” to the Pastor requesting Confirmation.
Be currently enrolled and actively participating in a Formation Small Group (at which candidates will experience service and lessons in the theology of Confirmation).
Provide a copy of their baptismal certificate.

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