Confirmation

 

Confirmation is a Sacrament of initiation, conversion, and renewal. The Confirmandi who present themselves for Confirmation become more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit."
(Catechism of the Catholic Church 1285)

“Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the ‘sacraments of Christian initiation…’ [T]he reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace…[B]y the sacrament of Confirmation [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit.  Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1285)
 

Teenagers in the Archdiocese of New Orleans who have been baptized and received the Sacrament of Holy Communion are able to receive the sacrament of Confirmation.  These students will complete Sacramental Preparation for Confirmation over the course of several weeks at the beginning of their junior year of high school (11th grade), and will be confirmed shortly thereafter, also in the fall of their junior year of high school. 

If your teenager has not been baptized and/or not received First Holy Communion, please contact the Office of RCIA/RCIC to discuss how they may receive these vital Sacraments of Initiation, by calling 985-898-0346. 

If you are an adult in need of the Sacrament of Confirmation, please click here for information about the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)