To Our Current 8th Graders:

Sometime in the fall of your freshman year, you will receive the sacrament of Confirmation.  The Holy Spirit, whom you received when you were baptized, will work in a powerful and unique way for each of you.  If you pray and cooperate with this grace you will begin to identify the special gifts you have been given, not just for your benefit, but to build and strengthen the faith of others.

How can I prepare?

Pray for the grace to grow closer to Christ each day. Prayer is such an important part of our faith formation throughout our entire lives. We can never pray too much!

1. SASEAS School 8th graders only:Click here to Register Online This will give us the information needed in order to communicate with you all year long. Please fill in as much of the form as possible.​ If you already registered for FOF, we have most of the necessary information from you already. We will just eventually need your Sponsor and Confirmation Saint name.

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2. Choose a patron saint to be with you on your journey. A patron saint is a person who has died and is in heaven. The Church, through careful examination of their lives, has determined that these people lived in a heroic way and were examples of how to love the way Jesus loved, some even dying for their faith. Choose your hero in faith and ask that saint to intercede (pray) for you each day. You will take this saint's name as your Confirmation name. 

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3. Choose a Confirmation sponsor. A Confirmation sponsor is someone who is a fully initiated and practicing Catholic. This person cannot be your parent, but should be a mentor and friend in faith. Why now? Because like your patron saint, you need this person to be praying for you every day. You need this person to share this time with you. The link below will assist you. 

Confirmation Name & Sponsor Sheet

4. Submit your Permission/Emergency Medical Form and Confirmation fee. The fee and form for Confirmation is INCLUDED ALREADY IF you have registered for 8th grade Family of Faith. For students of SASEAS school the fee is $40. This fee helps to cover our retreat, mailings and other expenses related to Confirmation at the Cathedral. This payment should be made payable to your parish and should be turned into your SASEAS religion teacher along with the release/emergency medical form below.
Permission, Release and Medical Form

5. If you did not receive the Sacraments of Baptism or First Communion at St. Andrew or St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, please submit a copy of your Baptismal Certificate to your registered parish. This gives us the information to notify your place of baptism about your reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation.

​6. Attend the Confirmation Retreat. For your planning purposes, all 8th grade students from St. Andrew and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will join together for a retreat at the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford  on  Saturday, March 4th, 2023 or March 18th, 2023. You will have the opportuniy to register for ONE retreat. This will be a great opportunity for everyone to be together.​ 

7. Participate in 2 service projects of your choosing. Each Confirmation candidate will participate in 2 service projects of their own choosing, followed up with a written reflection for each one. Please have at least one of the reflections completed by April 1 and the second completed by September 1. We encourage partnering with your sponsor for at least one of these projects. 

Service Project Information & Reflection Sheet