2-Year Program

Confirmation formation at St. Thomas is a 2-year program, and most of our teens are confirmed in the spring of their freshman year. The first year of formation typically begins in 8th grade, but youth can enter the program after 8th grade if that's the situation your family is in. Youth enter into the second year of formation when they have completed the first year. There is an exception to this: if your son or daughter attended St. Thomas School in 8th grade, then they enter into the second year of formation in their freshman year.
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SESSION OVERVIEW

The topics of each session are outlined in the table below. Confirmation I & II classes attend all sessions together, which is why the topics below are named "cycles" instead of "years." For example, in this 2018-2019 year, both Confirmation I & II will be on "Cycle 2."

MONTH	TOPICS: CYCLE 1 2017-2018	TOPICS: CYCLE 2 2018-2019
September Orientation	God, Jesus & the Church Quiz: Part A	Discipleship & Evangelization Quiz: Part C
October	Trinity: Who Is God? ​Teaching	Evangelization Teaching
November	The Eucharist & the Mass ​Teaching Mass	Service Project Feed My Starving Children
December	No Class ​Christmas	No Class Christmas
January	The Eucharist Adoration & Confession	Confession Adoration & Confession
February	Confirmation Teaching	Discipleship Teaching
March	Sacraments ​Quiz: Part B	Confirmation Quiz: Part D
April	Chastity & Safe Environment Confirmation I only Confirmation Rehearsal Confirmation II only	Chastity & Safe Environment Confirmation I only Confirmation Rehearsal Confirmation II only

Orientation

Confirmandi and their parents should attend one of two Confirmation Orientation options in September. To attend the Confirmation Orientation, please register your confirmand. If it's after orientation already, please register your confirmand anyway, and we will bring you up to speed.

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CLASSES / SESSIONS

All Confirmandi are expected to attend five (5) classes/sessions per year. All sessions are 7:00 - 8:30 PM at the Oak St. Church. The Confirmand is expected to attend with their Sponsor (a parent should come if the Sponsor is unavailable). There are two options for each session, but you only need to attend one of each session. The full class/session schedule can be found on the Confirmation page of our website.

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Confirmation Day

Typically the Diocese assigns our Confirmation in the Spring (i.e. March or April). We announce the Confirmation date as soon as we receive it from the Diocese.

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