Please be aware our Confirmation requirements have changed for 2022-2023.
St. Mark Catholic Church is pleased to use a two-year preparation process for Confirmation which engages young men and women through youth ministry and engagement in parish life. A two-year process has the advantage of allowing catechists, sponsors, and parents to draw our youth closer to Christ as they prepare for full initiation into the Church through Confirmation. The process begins after a child's completion of their sixth-grade year of Faith Formation, and consists in a period of remote preparation (catechetical instruction) and proximate preparation (spiritual and liturgical preparation for the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation). This process takes place within our Middle School Youth Ministry or within our Fidelis and Fraternus programs (for those enrolled in approved homeschool programs). For those attending St Mark Catholic School be aware that the requirements have changes from previous years. Please follow click here to view the current requirements.
While the catechesis and intellectual formation of Catholic school students and those enrolled in Homeschool faith formation is essential, it is not a substitute for involvement in parish life and engagement in a community of peers through youth ministry. The parish life is the central place for proximate preparation before the conferral of the sacrament.
If you have further questions, please contact Mariana Vazquez at mariana.vazquez@stmarknc.org.
Depending on one's background in the Confirmation process, Confirmandi will be placed in either Confirmation I or Confirmation II. Placement in the Confirmation process is not based on academic progress but rather on readiness to receive the sacrament.
Confirmation I fulfills the aforementioned period of remote preparation. Candidates are provided opportunities to review Church doctrine and teaching, turn to God in prayer and bear witness to the faith, and worship.
Confirmation II fulfills the proximate or immediate period of preparation. Candidates are provided the same opportunities as above, yet their focus will be centered on spiritual and liturgical preparation of the sacrament.