Confirmation Materials

The Spirit Sets Us Free Home Preparation

The Spirit Sets us Free - Scripture Study

Family Worksheets: Sessions 1 - 6

Annointed for Mission - My Confirmation Journal

My Catholic Identity Student Booklet

Music/Video Web Links

Josh Groban "You Are Loved"

VERVE DVD of Nick Vujicic (Life without Limbs)

Welcome to the St. Justin, Martyr Parish Confirmation Program!

Below, you will find some informative videos and useful information on our program. We hope that you make good use of this space!

• Click here for the Prayer to the Holy Spirit for Holiness.
• Click here for the Ministry Sign-up Form for Confirmandi.
• Click here for the talk entitled "God Really Loves You".

Session 6: Fr. Joe Singh's Address to the 2010 Confirmation Candidates

 

Session 2: Bishop Peter Hunt on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit - PART 1 of 3

 

Session 2: Bishop Peter Hunt on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit - PART 2 of 3

 

Session 2: Bishop Peter Hunt on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit - PART 3 of 3

 

 Session 1: Fr. Peter Tammearu on True Freedom in Christ

"... by the Sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1285).

All baptized persons who have not been confirmed and only they are capable of being confirmed. It is required, if the person has the use of reason, that he/she be suitably instructed, properly disposed and able to renew his/her baptismal promises (canon 889).

In the Archdiocese of Toronto, the Cardinal Archbishop has delegated authority to pastors to confirm their parishioners due to the large size of

the diocese and to enable young people to be Confirmed on or close to the Feast of Pentecost.

Sponsors for this sacrament are ideally, the same persons who served as one’s baptismal sponsors. They are intended to be models of faith and so must be Confirmed themselves, be practising their faith, and be mature enough (usually sixteen years or older) to carry out the role of sponsor. A sponsor can be either male or female. Parents cannot be sponsors for their own children (canons 874 and 893).

Young people in the Archdiocese of Toronto are ordinarily Confirmed in their grade eight year. This applies as well to children of catechetical age (7 to 14 years) who were not baptized as infants but as young children.