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The reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace.  For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, the baptized are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit.  Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed."    CCC1285

Refer to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) paragraphs 1285-1321 for more detailed information on this sacrament.





 

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For those students wishing to have the sacrament of Confirmation, our parish celebrates this sacrament during the child's sophomore high school year.  Preparation for the sacrament occurs during the religious education classes that year.


Please go to the following link for more detailed information of the religious education classes offered, and the needed forms to be completed for reception of this sacrament.
http://www.stspeterandpaul.net/k-12-religious-ed-classes.html


Important  Dates:

    
              September, 2021 -    Classes Begin, 
                                                     Sts. P/P,    6:30 PM


              December 12, 2021 -    Sponsor/Candidate Meeting,
                                                     Sts. P/P cafeteria, 8:45 AM


                  January 12, 2022 -    Enrollment
                                                     Confirmation class, 6:30 PM

                  January 26, 2022 -    Interviews
                                                     Sts. Peter & Paul, 6:30 PM


                 February 13, 2022 -    Retreat
                                                     St. Bernard, 12-5 PM


                         February 23, 2022 -    Discipleship class with
                                                      Sponsors

                                                                         Holy Cross,  6:30 PM

                      March 9, 2022 -    Confirmation Parent Meeting,
                                                                              Holy Cross, 6:30 PM


                        April 20, 2022 -    Practice-Confirmation Mass,
                                                     Sts. P/P
Church, 6:30 PM

                          May 8, 2022 -    Confirmation
                                                     Sts. P/P Ch
urch,  10 AM



 

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For those adults wishing to have the sacrament of Confirmation, our parish celebrates this sacrament within the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Program (RCIA).

Please contact the parish office (753-3548) if you are interested in getting more information about our
  RCIA program.



Confirmation Prayer


O Holy Spirit of God, take me as Your disciple. 

Guide me,
illuminate me,

sanctify me.
Bind my hands that they may do no evil.
Cover my eyes that they may see evil no more.
Sanctify my heart that evil may not dwell within me.
Be my God,

Be my guide.
Whatsoever You forbid me
I will renounce,
and
whatsoever You command me,
in Your strength I will do.
Lead me then unto the fullness of Your truth.   


Amen





















You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses.

Acts 1:8






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