America Magazine

Warning many ‘disappear from the parish’ after Confirmation, Pope Leo tells young people to ask for perserverance

Sometimes, when the bishop confers Confirmation—the gift of the Holy Spirit—you never see the young people again,” Pope Leo ...
National Catholic Register

The Sacrament of Confirmation: When Should It Take Place?

FARGO, N.D. — In the largely rural Diocese of Fargo, N.D., Father Paul Duchschere will soon be one among many priests helping to prepare children for a sacrament commonly reserved for later in life.
National Catholic Register

Pope Francis: Confirmation Is the ‘Sacrament of Witness,’ Not the ‘Sacrament of Goodbye’

Reflecting on the accounts of the confirmation of the first Christians, recorded in the Acts of the Apostles and in St. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, Pope Francis said it is God himself who ...
Catholic Standard

St. John’s students receive sacraments at school, joined by classmates and teachers who guided them on their faith journeys

At the Gallagher Gymnasium where students at St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C., cheer for their basketball ...
America Magazine

I deeply want my daughter to be confirmed. But I will not force her to.

Over the past year my daughter and I have had a fair number of conversations about the sacrament of confirmation. They began when I realized that, for economic reasons, she was not going to attend a ...