Confirmation

Confirmation is held each year for high school students who have completed the two-year Confirmation program.

Confirmation Program Description
Confirmation is the third sacrament of initiation.  Baptism is the first sacrament of initiation, followed by First Eucharist and then Confirmation.  Confirmation is different from the first two sacraments of initiation in that the Confirmation student chooses this sacrament.

Confirmation at St. Patrick St. Anthony Parish is a two year program.  Typically, students enter the first year of Confirmation preparation in 9th grade, and near the end of 10th grade, student receive the sacrament.  The program consists of classroom preparation time twice a month for one and a half hours. 

Confirmade also participate as a community in several ministries including: 

• Preparing Sunday breakfast once a month at the House of Bread;
• Preparing dinner twice a month for the women residing at Catherine’s Place Shelter;
• Working with youth at the Catholic Worker House;
• Participating in community outreach to elders ;
• Collect goods and other items for food pantries and area shelters;
• Hold a pancake breakfast annually to support the Catholic Worker Movement in Hartford.

St. Patrick St. Anthony Parish holds to a strong belief that students in our Confirmation program participate in community ministries as a community.