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.

Here are some suggestions concerning things you can do with and for the candidate during the time of preparation:

• Pray for your candidate daily.
• Invite your candidate to accompany you to Sunday Mass.
• Invite your candidate to assist you in some service you perform in your parish.
• Take the candidate out for a meal and share with him/her your gratefulness for being chosen his/her sponsor. Let him/her know of your suppor

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.

What is Confirmation?

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 the primary educators of their children
• Are responsible for initiating their children into the sacramental life
• Serve as Christian models for their children
• Witness to their children by sharing their time, treasure and talent as gifts to the Church
• Actively participate in Sunday Mass every week
• Encourage their child to reflect on and consider the decision to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation
• Assist their child with the immediate preparation for this sacrament through prayer, study, Christian service, and completing all assignments, including sponsor related assignments
• Emphasize the initiation aspect of the sacrament by encouraging their child to continue learning more about the Catholic faith
• Help their child in understanding that the Confirmation Catholic Service Action projects are the beginning of a life committed to Christian service
• Participate in meetings, programs, and prayer services that are planned to help their child prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

• Choose to be confirmed and make their desire known
• Are willing to participate in the Confirmation Program of study, prayer, retreat, liturgy, and service
• Attend the mandatory Confirmation retreat
• Actively participate in Confirmation Connection events
• Have celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation within one month of Confirmation
• Have participated in the required learning sessions, as reflected on assignments and tests
• Practice their faith by participating in Sunday Mass weekly and celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation
• Are aware of the initiation aspect of the sacrament of Confirmation and are committed to continuing the faithful practice and study of the Catholic faith the rest of their lives.

• May not be the parent of the candidate
• Will support the student to be confirmed and his/her parents in guiding the student to know God and to belong to his Church in the fullest way possible
• Know the candidate and be willing to serve as a strong and long-lasting Christian influence on the candidate
• Are registered and active in a Catholic parish and be fully initiated themselves, having received Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation; and if married, the Sacrament of Matrimony.
• Assist the candidate in choosing and performing Catholic Action Service projects
• Participate with the candidate at special liturgies and preparation events
• Grow in a faith relationship with the Candidate, being a model of Christian living through the practice of daily prayer, weekly participation in Mass, and full participation in the life of the parish
• Need to complete the Together With Your Sponsor activities with the candidate
• Are informed on current church teachings

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.

Registration Form
Sponsor Form