Our Confirmation Formation begins in 7th grade within Christ the King School and A Family of Faith (formerly called Religious Ed.), with the Rite of Confirmation in the 8th-grade year on the Solemnity of Christ the King in the fall. To participate in Confirmation Formation you must be enrolled in the Christ the King School or A Family of Faith.
Requirements for your child to be confirmed:
Your child is currently enrolled in and attending Catholic school or A Family of Faith and has been for at least six (6) months.
Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the sacraments of Christian initiation, whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace. For by the sacrament of Confirmation, the baptized are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1285)
The faithful are obliged to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation at the appropriate time. Their parents and pastor are to see to it that young people are properly instructed to receive it (Code of Canon Law, 890). Likewise, parishes are to make suitable provision for the catechesis of the parents of those to be confirmed (Archdiocesan Pastoral Policies Handbook, 3.2.2.2.b).