Program for 1st-Year Students
We try our best to establish the calendar at the start of the year and not make any changes. Given the number of presenters involved with the program, there may be occasions when we have to make changes. If that becomes necessary, we will communicate via email and announce the changes on this website and on the Google calendar.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Your Confirmation ceremony is scheduled for April 24, 2027 at 10:00 am at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford. More information will be sent about a week before. Expect the ceremony to last 1.25 to 1.5 hours.
A celebration with your parish at St. Margaret Church will be at the 10:30 am Family Mass on April 25, 2027 followed by a reception in the Church Hall.
Please remember to bring your journal and pen (distributed at Orientation) to each event and workshop.
All students and at least one parent (or sponsor) are to attend these events. They are part of the Confirmation program and not optional.
- Orientation – September 13 – 6:00 pm at St. Margaret Church.
- Candle Ceremony Mass – Select one date and time to attend in September.
- Retreat with Your Sponsor – Select one date and time to attend in January or February.
- Speaker: Veronica Sommer – Sacred Stewardship: Restoring Moral Clarity in the Digital Age – November 8 – 6:00 pm at St. Margaret Church.
- Speaker: Chris Stefanick – REBOOT! – January 13 at 7:00 pm at St. Margaret Church.
- Ash Wednesday Prayer Service – February 10 at 7:30 pm at St. Margaret Church.
- Teen Stations of the Cross – February 19 at 7:00 pm at St. Margaret Church.
- Sacrament of Confirmation – April 24 at 10:00 am at The Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford
All students are to attend these events. They are not optional.
- Why Be Confirmed in the Church Hall. Select one date to attend in September.
- At least five workshops to be completed by the end of February 2027.
- Heart-to-Heart with Jesus (Adoration/Holy Hour). Select one date out of seven.
- Loaves and Fishes and one Secondary Service Project.
Confirmation Weekend.
- Sacrament of Confirmation – Saturday, April 24 at 10:00 am.
- Ceremony takes place at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, 140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford.
- Details on arrival time, parking, etc. will be sent as the date gets closer.
- Celebration with Your Parish – Sunday, April 25 at 10:30 am Mass.
- St. Margaret Church
- Refreshments following Mass
Assignments due this year:
- My Sponsor Is… by December 1, 2027
- Sponsor Affirmation Form by December 1, 2027
- Confirmation/Saint Name by December 1, 2027
- Loaves and Fishes Reflection – one week after serving at Loaves and Fishes