Adult Confirmation Set for June 5, 2022

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I will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to adults in the Diocese of Baton Rouge who have not yet been confirmed and are properly prepared.  The celebration will be on the Solemnity of Pentecost, Sunday, June 5, 2022, 10:30AM Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge. Please mark your calendars and note the important procedures and deadlines below. The following information is given to assist you in the preparation of your candidates:

A Candidate Information Form can be filled out at this link:   CANDIDATE FORM 

All information must be submitted to my office by May 6, 2022, to ensure that the candidate will receive Confirmation on June 5,2022.  Additionally, programs will be printed early, so all names must be received by the deadline to appear in the program.
Name tags and certificates will be sent to the DRE/Confirmation Leader of each parish. These leaders must accompany the candidate to the Cathedral on June 5 as a witness to the sacrament.  (The name tags should be distributed as the candidates arrive at the Cathedral; the certificates must not be distributed before the reception of the Sacrament.  Certificates may be given out after Mass at the Cathedral or later in the newly confirmed person’s home parish.)

Candidates and their DRE/Confirmation Leader are to arrive by 10:00AM at the Cathedral. At this time candidates and sponsors will sit in a reserved section of pews. (Only candidates and their sponsors will sit in this reserved section; family members and other companions will be seated in a separate section.)  Make sure all Candidates are wearing their name tag! 

Parish priests are invited to vest in alb and red stole and concelebrate the Mass. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to call my office at 225.336.8715. Thank you for your cooperation.