Confirmation

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The Sacrament of Confirmation

St. Anthony Confirmation is open to Baptized Catholics in grades 9-12.  This year’s classes will begin in early December and they conclude with the Sacrament of Confirmation Mass in April or May.  Candidates attend various sessions each month, from December through April, and each 2 hour session has its own theme and activities.

Confirmation candidates will also participate in the annual St. Anthony Youth Ministry Food Fast, along with a special ‘day retreat’.
 

The Sacrament of Confirmation is our own Pentecost. When we are confirmed, we receive the Holy Spirit, through the anointing with oil and the laying on of hands by the bishop or a priest appointed by him.  As the bishop places his hands on our heads and then anoints our foreheads with oil, he says the words: "Be sealed with the Holy Spirit." When we receive this sacred seal we show that we belong to God.

Confirmation is one of the Sacraments of Initiation.

Although the Church has separated the Sacraments of Initiation, they still constitute a unity, as, properly speaking, Confirmation completes the baptismal rite. And so, without in any way devaluing their Baptism, the Church urges all its members to complete their Christian initiation by receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. Through it we receive what Jesus has promised - the strength and comfort of the Holy Spirit, ever present to help us meet the challenges and demands that face us as mature Christians.

"The Holy Spirit is truly transforming us, and through us,
and through us he also wants to transform the world in which we live".

Our Sacrament of Confirmation Mass was held on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at OLPH

Our Confirmandi
Brandon Barron
Sydney Barron
Alex Cox
Emily Dodd
Nicholas Freville
Grace Grady
Greg Gnadinger
Michael Morra
Sabrina Schmidt
Augusta Schonard
Helena Stoner
Claire Reyes
Christian Tate
Gabe Tucker
Sarah Williams