Confirmation

Confirmation takes place in the parish every year. Young adults who are to be confirmed are asked to attend a weekly confirmation preparation programme which takes place over a year.

This year's Confirmation will be on Sunday 23rd September 2007. The Sacrament will be conferred by Bishop John Hine at St. Anselm's.

Any young person who
(1) is in year 8 or is aged 12+,
(2) is baptised as a Roman Catholic, and
(3) has made their 1st Holy Communion
is invited to join the Confirmation programme.

Candidates and their parents should complete an application form (available in the Narthex) and return it to Fr. William together with a Baptismal certificate. Each candidate should have a sponsor who must be a confirmed and practising Catholic; it is desirable that one's baptismal godparent also serve as sponsor for confirmation, this expresses more clearly the relationship between baptism and confirmation, nonetheless, the choice of a special sponsor is not excluded.