Confirmation 

We are thrilled that you are engaged in preparing the faithful for the sacrament of Confirmation or helping prepare for the celebration of it. In either case, please reach out if you have any questions about what you find on this page. For inquiries or help with preparation, please contact Lindsay Finn. For questions about the celebration, first reach out to Fr. Greg Ihm, the Director of the Office of Worship and Masters of Cermony for Bishop Hying.

With the rapidly approaching summer months, we know that Confirmation scheduling is on the minds of many folks in the parishes. To that end, we have a few notes and updates to share before we get to scheduling for the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 season.

• At this time, we are only going to schedule the Fall 2023 Confirmations. Date options and more information for Spring 2024 will be released once the Pastorate transition has taken place this summer.
• All parishes within a pastorate should work together where possible in requesting dates for the coming two Confirmation seasons (Fall 2023 and Spring 2024).
• Requests for the Fall 2023 season should take into account the incoming priest administrator or pastor’s availability and schedule, working with the current or outgoing pastors and staff to make the requests.
• Bishop Hying’s intent is to move this coming year towards a schedule where he celebrates one Confirmation in each pastorate each year.
• By Fall 2024, pastorates should plan to be united in their Confirmation preparation seasons and thus united in their Confirmation celebrations. 

For this coming year, we are anticipating the following (if a group is prepared and ready for a Confirmation to be scheduled), based on the trends of the recent years.

• Pastorate 1: Fall and Spring
• Pastorate 2: Fall and Spring
  • We would recommend Pastorates 1 and 2 work together in the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 seasons for their Confirmation celebrations.
• Pastorate 3: Fall and Spring
• Pastorate 4: Spring
• Pastorate 5: Fall and Spring
  • We would recommend Pastorates 3 – 5 work together in the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 seasons for their Confirmation celebrations.
• Pastorate 6: Spring
• Pastorate 7: Fall
• Pastorate 8: Spring
• Pastorate 9: Fall
• Pastorate 10: Spring
• Pastorate 11: Spring
• Pastorate 12: Spring
• Pastorate 13: Fall
• Pastorate 14: Spring
  • If Fort Atkinson needs a Fall Confirmation this coming year, we would recommend them joining Pastorate 13’s Confirmation.)
• Pastorate 15: Spring
• Pastorate 16: Spring
• Pastorate 17: Fall
  • If Columbus needs a Spring Confirmation this coming year, we would recommend them joining Pastorate 16 or 25’s Confirmation.)
• Pastorate 18: Fall
• Pastorate 19: Fall
• Pastorate 20: Spring
• Pastorate 21: Fall and Spring
  • We would anticipate both a Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 request from this pastorate.
• Pastorate 22:  Fall and Spring
  • We would anticipate both a Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 request from this pastorate.
• Pastorate 23: Spring
• Pastorate 24: Spring
• Pastorate 25: Spring
• Pastorate 26: Spring
• Pastorate 27: Spring
• Pastorate 28 – 30: Request with Bishop’s office when needed.

Requests for Confirmation celebrations should be made in the Data Hub.

• Unless your Pastorate has a note in the list above, please work exclusively within your Pastorate to create your request.
• All requests must rank 4 unique date options.
• Only ONE request should be submitted for each requested Celebration.
• Please ensure the person submitting the request will be staying in their role between the time of the request and the latest requested Confirmation date.
• The password needed for the request is unique to that request alone and used exclusively for the need to make edits in the future. It does not need to be the same password as the login for the person making the request.
• No preference is given to requests that come in earlier than others.
• All Fall 2023 requests should be made by Friday, June 2, 2023.
• Bishop’s office will communicate assigned Fall 2023 dates by the end of June.

Bishop Hying will be travelling without an MC this year for Confirmation Celebrations. Host parishes and pastors should refer to the Emcee Notes for Pastors document below for information on how to prepare in advance of Bishop's arrival.

Confirmation Liturgy Planners should be e-mailed directly to Fr. Greg or directly sent to the Bishop's office.

Register Candidates for Adult Confirmation with Bishop Hying