Confirmation completes the sacramental grace of Baptism. It is the second of the three sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist). Confirmation gives us the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit, enabling us as God’s children more readily to cry out, “Abba! Father!” Confirmation also binds us more closely to the Church and unites us more firmly to Christ. It increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us, enriching us with the Spirit’s special strength. It also empowers us to spread and defend the Christian faith by word and deed.

• Be a fully initiated, practicing Catholic in good standing who participates in Sunday Mass;
• Be leading a life in harmony with the faith and the role to be undertaken;
• Be not less than sixteen years of age;
• If married, be in a marriage recognized by the Catholic Church;
• Not be the father or mother of the one to be confirmed;
• Be committed to maintaining an appropriate contact with the candidate before and after Confirmation.

A sponsor is a person chosen by the candidate to walk the journey of faith as a companion and mentor to the youth being confirmed.

A fully initiated Catholic has been baptized, confirmed, has made first Communion.