Confirmation

Please take a moment to read this letter from our Director of Religious Education, Olga Johnson, regarding Confirmation changes.

The Catechism's section on Confirmation says that Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Its effects are to:

• Root us more deeply in divine filiations (being children of God)
• Unites us more firmly to Christ
• Increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us
• Strengthens our bond with the Church
• Associates us more closely to her mission of bearing witness to Christ
• Helps us and more strictly obliges us to spread and defend the faith by word and deed 

Diocese of Baton Rouge (Sacramental Guidelines)

• The usual time and age for confirmation in the Diocese of Baton Rouge is during the eleventh grade of school.
• Place of Confirmation:  a Catholic is to be confirmed in his or her parish church, or in the Cathedral.
• Confirmation preparation should include components separate from and in addition to catechesis in the Catholic School or the Parish School of Religion. The Pagella says: preparation is to be separate from and in addition to the usual catechesis offered in Catholic high schools and parochial schools of religion.
• Confirmation should be freely chosen by the candidate.

Confirmation Sessions at St. Alphonsus Church:

All sessions begin with 12 PM Noon Mass on Sundays as a community and last until 3 PM.

Required Retreat:

Each grade has a retreat specifically made for that year.

Download Confirmation Sponsor Form HERE.

Download Saint Report HERE.

Download Certificate Form HERE.

Download Retreat Experience Form HERE.

Download Service Form HERE.

Contact & Staff Liaison: Olga Johnson, 261-4644