Confirmation

The Experience of a Lifetime

Michelle Friend

Coordinating Catechist

The Sacrament of Confirmation is open to all young people who will be at least 13 or over during the current academic year.

Candidates are expected to attend Mass on Weekends. Mass times are Saturday 5.30pm; Sunday 9.00am and 10.30am. See our Mass Times page for more information.

Candidate Meetings are on designated Sundays from 3.00 – 5.00pm in the Church Hall. There will be 12 sessions in total. The full programme of dates can be found below.

The suggested donation towards the costs of the 2025-2026 programme is £40 per child. This will include a copy of the YouCat and YouCat Bible which cost around £36. Once registration into the programme has been accepted, a follow up communication will confirm details of how to pay the donation if able.

If you wish to enrol your son/daughter into the programme, please register online using the purple button below:

Please register no later than Wednesday 1st October 2025.

Information for 2025-2026

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred on young people from the parish and across the Pastoral Area in 2026 (date yet to be advised).

We will be starting an exciting new programme, called ‘SYCAMORE’, for preparation to receive the Sacrament.

First Session – Sunday 26th October from 3.00 – 5.00pm in the Parish Hall.

First Parents Meeting – Wednesday 15th October from 8.00 – 9.00pm.

Sessions will take place on every alternate Sunday from 3.00 – 5.00pm in the Parish Hall. Click on the purple button below for full details of dates:

The Sycamore Confirmation Programme is a dynamic and engaging 12-week course and full two-day retreats.

Each session includes a short film and guided discussion, helping candidates explore key aspects of the Catholic faith in a welcoming and thoughtful environment

Would you like to be a Catechist?

We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic people to train as catechists to help deliver our youth-based sacramental programmes. Young people who have already been confirmed and would like to be involved as assistant catechists in the programme should contact Michelle Friend, the coordinating catechist running the Confirmation programme or Fr Anthony Lobo.

The parish will organise a Catechists’ Formation Day on Saturday 4th October from 10.30am to 4.15pm.

Confirmation 2024

The Sacrament of Confirmation is celebrated in St John’s Cathedral by Bishop Philip and was last conferred on young people from OLSD and across the Pastoral Area on 8 June 2024. You can read all about it here.