The Sacrament of Confirmation
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:5
Confirmation Registration is now open!!
All high school students in the Cedar Rapids Area Central Pastorate are welcome!
REGISTRATION IS DUE by SEPTEMBER 23rd
The Mandatory Parent Meeting/Student Social will be held on September 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM in the in Scotus Hall at Immaculate Conception Church. We will all meet in the church for an opening prayer. Then the students will head to Scotus Hall (the downstairs social hall) for games and snacks. This meeting is mandatory for both parents and students.
Please review the guidelines for the schedule and for more information.
Attending Mass
Attending Mass every week is NOT optional; it is an essential requirement of the Christian life. Students and their families should attend Sunday Mass every week and on Holy Days of Obligation.
Homeschoolers
If you are a homeschool family and are doing confirmation prep at home, read through the guidelines (listed above). Then please fill out this alternate form:
If your student has not received Baptism or First Eucharist/First Reconciliation
or if you are an adult seeking Confirmation, you may need to take the RCIA class.
The Sacrament of Confirmations is honored as the time when teenagers become adults and accept the responsibility of their faith.
The Sacrament of Confirmation is the last of the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, 1st Eucharist and Confirmation).
“Without Confirmation and Eucharist, Baptism is certainly valid and efficacious, but Christian initiation remains incomplete”. While sometimes called the “sacrament of Christian maturity”, it is by no means a graduation from the religious education that accompanies a Catholic adult. “Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace:
it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, “Abba! Father!” (Rom 8 :15)
it unites us more firmly to Christ;
it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us;
it renders our bond with the Church more perfect; (Cf. LG11)
it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross: (CF Council of Florence (1439): DS 1319; LG 11; 12.)
“Recall then that you have received the spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of right judgement and courage, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear in God’s presence, Guard what you have received. God the Father has marked you with His sign; Christ the Lord has confirmed you and has placed His pledge, the Spirit, in your hearts”.
(St. Ambrose, De myst. 7, 42:PL 16, 402-403.)"
“(The Effects of Confirmation #1303.” Catechism of the Catholic Church, Liguori Publications, Liguori , Mo, 1994, pp. 330–331)
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