Confirmation is normally given during the eighth grade. Preparation, however, begins in the seventh grade. Please contact Mrs. Maureen Curtis for details. Adults who have not been confirmed are asked to contact Father Foley. The Cardinal usually offers this sacrament for adults on Pentecost Sunday at the cathedral.

Sacrament of Confirmation

In the Archdiocese of Washington, Confirmation is always celebrated within Mass to express more clearly the fundamental connection of this sacrament with the entirety of Christian initiation, which reaches its culmination in the Eucharist. Students in the Archdiocese of Washington are to be confirmed in the 7th or 8th grade.

Who can receive the sacrament of Confirmation

    Every baptized person not yet confirmed can and should receive the sacrament of Confirmation

Receiving the Sacrament

    To receive Confirmation one must be in a state of grace. One should receive the sacrament of Penance in order to be cleansed for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The Minister of Confirmation

    In the Latin Rite, the ordinary minister of Confirmation is the bishop. Although the bishop may for grave reasons concede to priests the faculty of administering Confirmation.

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