Confirmation

Adult Confirmation Preparation

Are you an adult Catholic, 18 years or older, who lives in the Diocese of Joliet, and has not been confirmed? 

To begin this preparation, check with your local parish to see if an Adult Confirmation class is offered.  If you live in the Archdiocese of Chicago, please call (312) 534-8042 or go to www.catechesis-chicago.org. for information on classes in your area.

St. John the Apostle Parish offers an Adult Confirmation course annually.   

You will need to complete an Adult Sacrament Registration Form and provide copies of the certificates verifying that you have received your Baptism and First Communion.  You will need a sponsor who has received all his/her sacraments and is living according to the teachings of the Catholic Church.  Adults will be confirmed at the Cathedral of St. Raymond in Joliet. 

If you have questions or would like to register for the course, please call or text Deacon Ron Madsen at 630-279-7433 or send an email to deaconronmadsen@gmail.com.  

Course video links

Sacraments 101 Confirmation

Why Do I Need Church?

Sacraments 101 Baptism

Confirmation

Eucharist

Eucharistic Miracle

Sacraments 101 Penance

Mortal vs Venial Sin

Sacrament of Confirmation

It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the Sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost.

From this fact, Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace:

  • it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, "Abba! Father!" (Romans 8:15);
  • it unites us more firmly to Christ;
  • it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us;
  • it renders our bond with the Church more perfect;
  • it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross:

Recall then that you have received the spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of right judgment and courage, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear in God's presence. Guard what you have received. God the Father has marked you with his sign; Christ the Lord has confirmed you and has placed his pledge, the Spirit, in your hearts.

Sacramental Preparation for Confirmation for Youth - see Religious Education for Children

The Sacrament of Confirmation as described by Fr. Raphael Mary of the Catholic Newman Center at the University of Washington.