Confirmation "completes" baptism. We are given the Holy Spirit when we are baptized, but the fullness of that Spirit comes when we are Confirmed. The Spirit comes to guide and help us in our daily life as Christians. Secondly and most importantly, the Eucharist becomes the focal point and apex of our initiation. As the Second Vatican Council stated, "The Eucharist is the source and summit of all life in the Church." This means that the Eucharist is the center of our life as Catholics. In recieving the Eucharist, we are called to become the living, breathing and acting Body of Christ in the World today.
Confirmation is usally done by the bishop of the diocese, but sometimes it can be done by a priest who has been given special faculties (permission) to so do.
We follow the Diocese of Marquette Confirmation Guidlines.
Confirmation classes for our High School (9th - 12th grades) students are held on Sunday's after Mass.
Requirments for confirmation students include: