1. Please fill out a copy of the preparation program registration form: 
Confirmation Preparation Registration Form

2. If you are not registered with the parish please fill out and return the parish registration form as well.
OLOV Parish Registration Form

3. Please fill out a copy of the DOR Health Form for 2020-2021:
DOR Health Form 2020-2021
DOR Health Form 2020-2021 for Word 97-2003
4. Complete all orientation material listed below before the first class. Begin by praying the Confirmation Prayer. Once you have complete all the orientation material close with the Daily Prayer for Your Confirmation. 

5. Once you have turned in your registration and your health form, your first written assignment will be emailed to you. It is to be completed and sent to Deborah.Brinkhus@dor.org at least two days before the first class.
 

"Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit."
                                                                                                                                   - Acts 8:14-17
Confirmation perfects baptismal grace, incorporates us more firmly into Christ and strengthens our bond with the whole Church and the mission of Christ. At Confirmation, one is strengthened in the gift of the Holy Spirit to help them live more fully as disciples of Jesus Christ.

In our first sacrament, Baptism, people are incorporated into Christ and become part of God’s people. This makes us a “new creation through water and the Holy Spirit” (Cf. Christian Initiation, Introduction, no. 2). At  Confirmation,  people are strengthened in the image of the Lord and are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit. This renewed gift of the Holy Spirit endows the candidates “with special strength” (Cf. Lumen Gentium, no. 11) to speak the Gospel and bear witness for Christ in the world. This coming of the Holy Spirit “confirms believers more fully to Christ and strengthens them so that they may bear witness to Christ for the building up of His Body in faith and love.” (Cf. RC, no. 2). Therefore, Confirmation brings to fullness that life in the Holy Spirit into which God’s sons and daughters were first initiated at Baptism.

Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation

Teens -The two year program  is open to 8th graders (13-14 years old) and above who are baptized and have completed the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. 
 It is expected that youth enrolling in the program can complete program and have previously developed their Catholic faith through religious education classes, at home study or by attending Catholic school. 

Preparation for Confirmation for teens requires attending classes , regular attendance at Mass, completion of a Confirmation retreat each year,  completion of a  service project each year, and final evaluation by the pastor on the teen's readiness to receive the sacrament. 

Adults - The Sacrament of Confirmation is open to Catholic adults who have been baptized and receive Holy Communion and who have a serious desire to be confirmed. Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation for adults requires a set path of study on the faith and the sacraments, pastoral counseling, and evaluation for readiness.

Contact the Deb Brinkhus at the Parish Office for more details on preparing for Confirmation.