Confirmation

Confirmation for Youth

Confirmation and faith formation classes are  available for youth grades 7 and up.  For youth also seeking Baptism, formal reception into the Catholic Church, 1st Reconciliation, or 1st Communion, their participation in Youth Group and Confirmation classes are supplemented by the RCIA process adapted for older children/teens.  Overview of our 2-year Confirmation journey. Teens in grades 9-12 should also look into our Teen Youth Group at www.stdominics.org/formation/youth

Confirmation and faith formation classes are held once a month on Sunday mornings from 10:30-11:30AM from September until May in Megan Furth Academy School building. 7th-8th grade Junior High  and 9-12th Grade Teen Youth Groups meet on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month from 4:00-5:30pm in the Aquinas and Siena Room.  For information contact Michael Smith at DRE@stdominics.org or (415) 674-0446.  Registration forms for the 2010-11 school year are available at the parish office, at the entrances to the church, or for download below.

2010-2011 FCFF Registration Form in English or Spanish.

2010-2011 Confirmation and Youth Group Schedule.

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.