ARE YOU CATHOLIC, BUT NOT CONFIRMED YET?

Here's your opportunity to complete the grace of Baptism and Eucharist and be sealled with the fullness of the gift of the Holy Spirit!

“Through the Holy Spirit hearts are raised up, the weak are led by the hand, and those who are making progress are perfected.”  
(St. Basil the Great)

Confirmation completes the grace received at Baptism and is the second of the three Sacraments of Christian Initiation. 

As with Baptism, an indelible spiritual mark or character is imparted and can never be erased from one’s soul.  Those Confirmed are forever sealed with the Holy Spirit, who marks those who belong to Christ, gives them a share in His authority, and promises them His divine protection.  Through Confirmation one is brought into closer union with Christ, given a special strength of the Holy Spirit, shares more perfectly in the divine life as a child of God, and is more perfectly bound to His Body the Church.  The gifts of the Holy Spirit, received at Baptism, are increased through Confirmation, and the Christian is both empowered and obligated to spread and defend the faith by word and deed as a result.

What is your conviction?  What is your purpose?  Who is your "lord"?  Brand and conform your life towards the Inexhaustible through the Sacrament of Confirmation.  

There will be classes at St. Francis to prepare for this Sacrament.  Contact Monica Conrow for this information.  Confirmation will take place in May at the Cathedral with the Archbishop.  Once you are Confirmed, you will be able to be a Godparent or sponsor.