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Participation

It is required that, to be Confirmed, a candidate participate in the entirety of our program. Events are highly interactive in nature and are not replicable. Arriving late/leaving early is not an option. If the dates for one cycle are not amenable to your schedule, preparation for and reception of the Sacrament is deferred to a cycle that is.

Preparation

Involvement in Christian Service Activities

• Click here for details (waived for 2021)

Retreat Day

• '20-'21 Cycle: Saturday, May 22, 2021
• Arrive at St. Aidan Activity Center Hall at 10:45 a.m.
• Begins at 11 a.m. & ends at 6 p.m. Following 5 p.m. Mass
• Your Sponsor should arrive for the session at 3pm and join us for the 5pm Mass, but if they are not able, bring a parent or older sibling.
• ​Wear your running shoes!

Journey Mapping

• '20-'21 Cycle: Saturday, June 5, 2021
• Begins at 3 p.m. & ends at 6 p.m. Following 5 p.m. Mass
• St. Aidan Activity Center Hall
• Sponsors Attend with Their Candidate

Gifts & Responsibilities​

• '20-'21 Cycle: Sunday, September 19, 2021
• Sponsors Attend with Their Candidate

• Begins with 9:30 a.m. Mass (Main Church) & Ends at 1 p.m.
• Breakfast & Program After Mass (Activity Center Hall)​

Celebration

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 11 a.m. Bishop Battersby will be the celebrant.

Your Sponsor

There are two areas that must be considered when choosing a sponsor:

• Responsibility: The sponsor needs to be present during the time of preparation and certainly at the celebration of the sacrament of Confirmation.  The sponsors present the candidates to the bishop for anointing and later help them to fulfill their baptismal promises faithfully under the influence of the Holy Spirit whom they have received (Code of Canon Law, # 892).

 

• Qualifications: To be a sponsor, a person must be chosen by the candidate; be sixteen years of age or older, a confirmed Catholic who has received the Eucharist and lives as a faithful Catholic (Code of Canon Law, #874).  The Church desires that, if possible, one of the baptismal godparents be the sponsor for Confirmation.  This emphasizes the close link between the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation (Code of Canon Law, #893).

Note: You should submit the full name of the sponsor to your catechist or our secretary in the Faith Formation Office as soon as possible, 734-425-9333.  Remember, your sponsor needs to be present during the time of preparation.