Our youth confirmation program is for high school students. It is a two-year journey involving faith formation classes, retreats, and community service hours leading to the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Sacrament of Confirmation.
For Year 1 and Year 2 Class Registration for 2020-2021, please click here
Accepting applications starting June 1st, 2020.
For questions, please email Cristina at olmmyouthconfirmation@gmail.com
or call Roy Ramirez at 562-879-9478.
Confirmation, like Baptism, imprints a spiritual mark or indelible character on the Christian’s soul; for this reason, one can receive this sacrament only once.
The Sacrament of Confirmation is the second of the three Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism being the first and Communion the third). Confirmation is regarded as the perfection of Baptism, because, as the introduction to the Rite of Confirmation states:
by 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.
The prophets of the Old Testament foretold that God's Spirit would rest upon the Messiah to sustain his mission. Their prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus the Messiah was conceived by the Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus on the occasion of his baptism by John.
Jesus' entire mission occurred in communion with the Spirit. Before he died, Jesus promised that the Spirit would be given to the Apostles and to the entire Church. After his death, he was raised by the Father in the power of the Spirit.
Those who believed in the Apostles' preaching were baptized and received the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands. The Apostles baptized believers in water and the Spirit. Then they imparted the special gift of the Spirit through the laying on of hands. "'The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the sacrament of Confirmation, which in a certain way perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church'" (CCC, no. 1288, citing Pope Paul VI, Divinae Consortium Naturae, no. 659).
By the second century, Confirmation was also conferred by anointing with holy oil, which came to be called sacred Chrism. "This anointing highlights the name 'Christian,' which means 'anointed' and derives from that of Christ himself whom God 'anointed with the Holy Spirit'" (CCC, no. 1289, citing Acts 10:38) ©2016 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Expectations: Parents, Candidates, and Sponsors
Are you an adult who wants to get confirmed? You can receive the Sacrament of Confirmation here at our parish.
Adults entering this program must have received the Sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion and must be 18 years old. Classes will begin on Thursday, January 16th, 2020, and will conclude on Pentecost Sunday, May 31st, 2020. You will be receiving Confirmation at the Easter Vigil on April 11, 2020.
Please provide a copy of your Baptismal Certificate with this application.
Fees : $75.00 (non-refundable).
For more information, please contact Roy Ramirez at 562-879-9478 or email him at olmmrcia@gmail.com.
Please note adults need to be 21 and over.