“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses … And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules … and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.“
Ezekiel 36:25-28
The children’s Confirmation programme runs from Christmas until Pentecost, usually in late May or early June.
The sign-up sessions for 2025-2026 are being held in Houlden Hall at 10.00am on Saturday 29th November, and after the 10.30am and 12.30pm Masses on Sunday 30th November.
About Confirmation
Through Confirmation, the weak become strong, committed Christians. The soul of a baptised Christian becomes imprinted with a permanent seal, marking the individual as a Christian, forever. The gift of the Holy Spirit is then the strength that comes from us above, through this Sacrament, to realise the full grace of our baptism. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can learn to be true witnesses for Jesus Christ, in our words and in our deeds – for the rest of our lives. God is with us forever, for He loves us without end. [Catechism of the Catholic Church, nn. 1302-1305, 1317].
In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Sacrament of Confirmation is administered by the Bishop to express more clearly the communion all Christians share with their Bishop and how, as fully initiated members of the Apostolic Church, he sends us out to glorify the Lord by our lives.
We prepare carefully in order to receive the Sacrament. St Marie’s offers two separate parish programmes to do this: one for young people (teenagers), and one for adults. If you are an adult wishing to be received into Full Communion with the Catholic Church and/or Confirmed please take a look at our ‘Journey in Faith’ programme.
