Confirmation
Open to teens in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade, our program is grounded in relationship building, discernment, and service. The schedule is below. It is a year for reflection, learning and growth. There is a $200 program fee, payable upon registration. Scholarships are available. The 2025-26 registration is available here.
Confirmation Schedule 2025-2026
Sunday September 28 12:00 Informational Meeting for Parents
Sunday October 12 1:30-3:15 PM Discernment/Foundations
Sunday November 9 1:30 - 3:15 PM Communion of Saints/History
Sunday November 23 1:30 - 3:15 PM Social Justice
Sunday December 14 1:30 - 3:15 pm Scripture
Sunday January 11 1:30 - 3:15 PM Liturgical year/Teaching Mass
Sunday February 8 1:30 - 3:15 PM Morality & Dignity
Sunday March 15 2:00 - 5 PM RETREAT SJA
Sunday April 12 1:30 - 3:15 PM Rite of Confirmation/Gifts
Sunday May 10 Blessing @ 9 and 11 Masses SJA
Thursday May 14 Rite of Confirmation 7 pm Cathedral
Confirmation Registration
Confirmation Coordinator / Chris Sonnek
Administration Support / Diane Haugesag
Community Engagement
You have chosen the community of St. Joan of Arc to discern what it means to become confirmed. As part of your journey, we are asking you to engage in the community in a specific way. Choose 3 events/meetings/celebrations outside of Sunday Mass and the Youth Ministry program to learn more about our church community. This could be attending a meeting on how to respond to the homeless, a prayer group, a reconciliation service, a baptism, a rally for justice, etc. The possibilities are almost endless!
Service
Service is faith in action! During this year of Confirmation preparation, each candidate has the opportunity to reflect on their faith and discern their place within the church. What better way to think about faith than by putting it into actions that benefit the community? Complete three different service opportunities throughout the year to reflect on them in light of what we talk about in our meetings.
Why is a life of service important for people of faith? What type of community is God calling us to be a part of creating? Examples of service include: Micah service, Feed My Starving Children, working at our Lenten Soup Suppers, volunteering at various church events, cooking meal at a shelter, helping a neighbor with their yard work, picking up trash in your neighborhood, helping sort donations at a food shelf, summer service trip, going grocery shopping for an elderly neighbor, and many others. One opportunity is required: MASS – Mass and Service Support. This is being a Greeter, and Gift Carrier and Serving Cookies/Coffee for a Sunday Gym Mass at SJA.
If you have questions about what may count as service, ask the Confirmation Coordinator.