Confirmation

Confirmation for Youth  

Confirmation classes and Youth Youth Ministry are available for students in grades 7 and up.  For those also seeking Baptism, formal reception into the Catholic Church, 1st Reconciliation, or 1st Communion, their participation in Confirmation classes may be supplemented by monthly weeknight RCIA-for-Youth sessions.  Overview of our 2-year Confirmation journey. Students in grades 7-12 should also look into our Youth Ministry at www.stdominics.org/formation/youth.

Confirmation classes are  held the 1st Sunday of the Month from 4pm-5:15pm, followed by 5:30pm Mass. Youth MInistry meetings for 7th-8th grade and 9-12th Grade students meet on all other Sundays of the month, also from 4-5:15pm.  Confirmation students must attend at least two Youth Ministry events each month (Catholic school students must attend only one YM event each month). For information contact Michael Smith at DRE@stdominics.org or (415) 674-0446.  Fill out and submit a Registration Form ( La Forma en Espanol). 

Confirmation for Adults
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is available for all those interested in becoming Catholic and for adult Catholics who have never been confirmed. Regular sessions are held every Tuesday (September through Easter), 7:00 p.m. in the parish hall until reception of sacraments at the Easter Vigil or Pentecost Masses. Sign-ups begin in the Fall. Rite of Initiation occurs during Advent, and a special retreat will take place shortly thereafter. Contact Scott Moyer: 674-0422 or scott@stdominics.org.

The Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church

"Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; for it had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit" (Acts 8:14-17).

Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose unity must be safeguarded. Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds.