Confirmation

THIS INFORMATION IS BEING UPDATED FOR 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR.  PLEASE CHECK BACK.

If you are an adult and are seeking to receive Confirmation, please visit our RCIA page.

In standing with the Yakima Diocese, those seeking the sacrament of Confirmation are required to participate in preparation programs for two consecutive years to strengthen their understanding of the Catholic faith. Confirmation Preparation is open to sophomore and juniors in high school. If someone is a senior please contact to make other arrangments. Those that are freshman may wait until the cycle is over and can start in the fall of 2022.


Requirements for Confirmation Candidates

• Mandatory Retreats (to be scheduled soon, usually one in fall and one in spring). Retreats must be attended in order for youth to qualify for Confirmation.
• Must attend either Saturday or Sunday Mass throughout the year. If students are noticed to be missing Mas, they are considered to be unready to receive Confirmation and will be asked to attend the program at a later time.
• Candidates are also expected to be part of a ministry with Mass at St. Andrew's. Each student will select how they would like to engage in Masses and regularly participate as an altar server, usher/greeter, lector, or musician.
• Candidates are expected to take Confirmation classes seriously; if a student misses more than three classes over the course of a year they will need the pastor's approval to go through with Confirmation. Make-up class sessions will be offered on a limited basis.
• Each candidate requires a Sponsor. This person should be selected as soon as possible. Eligible Sponsors are at least 16 years old, faithful Catholics, and have themselves received the Sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation. If married, Sponsors must be married in the Catholic church.
• Candidates also need to complete 20 hours of community service through St. Andrew's. Service opportunities will be provided throughout the year.
• If the candidate was not baptized at St. Andrew's, a copy of his or her Baptismal Certificate is required.

• Classes are ordinarily held in the social hall on Wednesday evenings beginning at 7 PM.
• Some classes (marked on calendar) REQUIRE parents and Sponsors to attend alongside the youth.

The Holy Eucharist is the source and summit of the Catholic faith. Just as without nourishing our bodies daily we would die, so too, without nourishing ourselves with the graces provided by this Sacrament, our souls would perish. The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament in which Jesus Christ, our Lord and God, becomes present in our midst. It is this sacrament which distinguishes Catholics from every other religion on earth, and it is through the Eucharist that every grace is given to the world. In short, without the Eucharist, there would be no Church.