Our Confirmation Program includes:
- Classes (Sunday mornings)
- Service Events
- Mass Attendance, and
- A Retreat
Archbishop Coyne is lowering the age of Confirmation in the Archdiocese of Hartford to 8th grade (from 10th grade).
This transition will occur over the course of the next few years as follows:
- 2025-2026 10th graders: Spring 2026
- 2025-2026 9th graders: Fall 2026
- 2025-2026 8th graders: Spring 2027
- 2025-2026 7thgraders: Fall 2027
Confirmation Classes
Confirmation classes meet Sunday mornings, 12/year on different Sundays than Gr. 1-7
*Homeschooling is not an option during Sacrament preparation years
- Grades 8 meets from: 7:45-8:45 am or 8:55-9:55 am
- Grades 9 & 10 meet from 8:55-9:55 am
2026-2027 Class Schedule will be posted here soon.
- The 2025-2026 schedule ran from Sept. 21, 2025 through March 29, 2026
Service Hours
Service Hours must be completed at/through Saint Paul Parish or select Saint Paul School events. Service done at school or other organizations does not count toward Confirmation Service hours. The purpose of the Service Events is to introduce the students to various ministries in our parish. Click here for our Confirmation Service Page.
Mass Attendance
Weekly Mass attendance is expected of Confirmation candidates, as it is for all of our Faith Formation students.
At St. Paul Parish, there are four Masses each weekend: Saturday 4:00 pm, and Sunday 8 :00 am, 10:00 am, and Noon.
“No sacrament is greater or more precious than that of the Eucharist; and when we receive Communion, we are incorporated into Christ.
Our life is transformed and taken up by the Lord.” ~ Saint John Paul II
Click here to watch Altaration — “A Father who wants to feed us” by Christ Stefanick
Retreat
Retreat dates and times will be posted here when confirmed.