Confirmation 2023
St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket candidates for confirmation in Spring, 2023 began their preparation in the fall of 2021.
Please note that students are required to attend two years of classes before receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation (7th and 8th grade). If you have any questions about this policy, please feel free to contact the Religious Ed Office.
Our Confirmation Mass has been scheduled for March 12, 2022 with our Vicar, Bishop Jeffrey Grob. Families will receive information regarding choosing sponsors and the form that each sponsor must have completed by their own pastor.
St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket candidates for confirmation in Spring, 2023 began their preparation in the fall of 2021.
Please note that students are required to attend two years of classes before receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation (7th and 8th grade). If you have any questions about this policy, please feel free to contact the Religious Ed Office.
Our Confirmation Mass has been scheduled for March 12, 2022 with our Vicar, Bishop Jeffrey Grob. Families will receive information regarding choosing sponsors and the form that each sponsor must have completed by their own pastor.
Confirmation 2024
St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket candidates for confirmation in Spring, 2024 began their preparation in the fall of 2022.
Please note that students are required to attend two years of classes before receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation (7th and 8th grade). If you have any questions about this policy, please feel free to contact the Religious Ed Office.
Information meetings for Confirmation candidates and their parents will be held in October, 2022.
St. Emily and St. Thomas Becket candidates for confirmation in Spring, 2024 began their preparation in the fall of 2022.
Please note that students are required to attend two years of classes before receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation (7th and 8th grade). If you have any questions about this policy, please feel free to contact the Religious Ed Office.
Information meetings for Confirmation candidates and their parents will be held in October, 2022.
Sponsors and Service
Choosing a sponsor:
Choosing a patron saint
Journaling the Works of Mercy
Choosing a sponsor:
- A sponsor must be a baptized, confirmed and practicing Catholic in good standing
- Must be at least 16 years old.
- Can not be your parent, step-parent, adoptive or foster parent.
Choosing a patron saint
- Look at the liturgical calendar and find out if your birthday is a saint’s feast day. You can find the calendar here.
- Look for patron saints of something that you are interested in. (For example, St. Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of the internet!) See the Patron Saints Index.
- Browse and look for someone who did something that you think you would like to live up to. Here is the general site to explore.
Journaling the Works of Mercy
- Submit your journal entries here. (Bookmark this link for quick and easy access!)
- Some ideas for doing the Corporal Works of Mercy
- Some ideas for doing the Spiritual Works of Mercy
Newsletters
We send an email newsletter home periodically to keep you updated on what is happening in the Confirmation program.
Some email programs (especially Gmail and Yahoo) put email such as ours into a special tab (such as "Promotions" on Gmail) or into your spam folder. Please look at these instructions to 'whitelist' our email address so that you get all the newsletters.
We send an email newsletter home periodically to keep you updated on what is happening in the Confirmation program.
Some email programs (especially Gmail and Yahoo) put email such as ours into a special tab (such as "Promotions" on Gmail) or into your spam folder. Please look at these instructions to 'whitelist' our email address so that you get all the newsletters.
