Confirmation
Open to teens in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade, our program is grounded in relationship building, discernment, and service. It is a year for reflection, learning and growth, a faith journey. There is a $200 program fee, payable upon registration. Scholarships are available. The 2024-25 registration is now closed. See schedule below.
Confirmation Schedule 2024-2025
Sunday September 29 12:00 Parent Meeting
Sunday October 6 1:30-3PM Discernment/Foundations
Sunday November 10 1:30 - 3 PM Communion of Saint/History
Sunday December 1 1:30 - 3 PM Social Justice
Sunday December 15 1:30 - 3 pm Scripture
Sunday January 12 1:30 - 3 PM Liturgical year/Teaching Mass
Sunday February 9 1:30 - 3 PM Morality & dignity
Sunday March 16 2:00 - 5 PM RETREAT
Sunday April 6 1:30 - 3 PM Rite of Confirmation/Gifts
Friday April 25 Night on the Street 6 pm
Sunday May 4 Blessing @ 9 and 11 Masses
Thursday May 8 Rite of Confirmation 7 pm Basilica
Confirmation Coordinators for 2024-2025 are Donelle Poling and Chris Sonnek
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 or the youth ministry program to learn more about our church community. This could be attending a speaker, a concert, a prayer group, a reconciliation service, a baptism, a rally for justice, a meeting on how to respond to the homeless, 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. Opportunities will be shared at the first Confirmation session.