Confirmation – PLACE

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REGISTRATION FOR 2026-2027 coming soon.

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Confirmation at St. Margaret Parish is held each year for high school students who have completed a two-year Confirmation program. Typically, candidates enter the first year of Confirmation preparation in the Ninth Grade and are confirmed near the end of Tenth Grade.

September 7, 2025 – ORIENTATION at the Church. All students and at least one parent are to attend:

  • 6:00 pm – 2nd-year families
  • 7:30 pm – 1st-year families

UPCOMING EVENTS

July 27, 2025 – Archbishop Christopher Coyne will celebrate the 10:30 am Mass at St. Margaret Church followed by a reception in the Church Hall. Meet the bishop who will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to you this year.

September 7, 2025 – St. Margaret Parish Picnic. Join us at the Surf Club for the 10:30 am Mass followed by hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, desserts, music, and fun!

CONGRATULATIONS CONFIRMANDS

YOUTH MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

Join St. John Bosco’s Youth Ministry Groups in Branford to engage with other high-school students and learn more about your faith through age-appropriate Bible Studies. Groups meet weekly starting in October. View calendar here. To register, click here.


Sisters of Strength for high school girls

  • Get practical answers to your deepest questions of identity and truth
  • Grow in your ability to make good friends and recognize who you are in Christ
  • Discover God’s purpose for your life


Warriors of the Word for high school boys

  • For those seeking a brotherhood of like-minded Catholics
  • Understand healthy and proper manhood through a Catholic lens of sacred scripture and tradition

God in Nature Workshop

Where do you find God’s beauty and wonder in creation? How can you capture this with a photo? Students used their phones to take photos of God in nature. Together as a group and under the guidance of Mrs. Sullivan, their workshop leader, they downloaded their photos, created a slideshow, and wrote a collaborative prayer about their observations. View their amazing videos below.

Program Overview

PLACE is a two-year Confirmation Program designed to help our students find their PLACE (Passionately Living As Catholics Everyday) with Christ and within the Church Community. 

Through various learning opportunities, our young Parishioners will engage in activities that exemplify the life of active Catholics–living out the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, participation in the Mass, partaking of the Sacraments, as well as growing in their faith formation. Our mission is to meet Confirmation candidates where they are in their faith formation journey and provide them with experiences that will allow them to move along in their faith journey, meet Jesus in their daily lives, and find their PLACE.

Our program this year consists of three components:

  • Faith Experiences – required activities—including the Shroud of Turin Exhibit, Stations of the Cross, and other experiences—that each student will participate in with or without their parents. Faith Formation is a family affair and the events are opportunities for students, parents, and sponsors to learn more about the faith that they share.
  • Workshops – students will customize their faith formation journey by selecting at least 4 interactive workshops (of more than a dozen) that will be presented throughout the year.
  • Service projects – all students will spend a Saturday morning helping at Loaves and Fishes in New Haven and participate in at least one other service project during the year.

As in past years, communication with our students and families will be via email and this website (under the News heading). When registering, please include student and parent emails that are checked often. 

Confirmation Photos
Confirmation Photos Previous Year

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