Holy Trinity Parish

Quincy, MA

Home to most blessed sacrament and our lady of good counsel churches

A Phase V Collaborative of the roman Catholic archdiocese of boston

Parish Office
227 Sea St Quincy, MA 02169
617-479-9200
holytrinityquincyma@gmail.com

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Confirmation

- Faith Formation

The goals of the program are to know God in Jesus Christ and his Holy Spirit, to understand the importance of the Eucharist in our lives, and to come closer to Christ through devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This program is designed to prepare our youth for a life of faithful witness to Christ, his Church, and the world in which we live. The curriculum for this academic year includes elements of FORMED by the Augustine Institute, practices of the faith, saints as role models for Christian living, guest speakers, full and small group discussions, activities that reinforce the fundamentals of the Catholic faith, the teachings of the Church, and through personal witness, an understanding of the different states/vocations of life.
*** Changes to the Confirmation Program Effective 2024-2025***
Earlier this year in a letter to parochial leadership, Cardinal O'Malley communicated his decision to lower the normal age of reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Archdiocese of Boston from around the age of 15-16 (10th or 11th grade) to around the age of 13-14 (or 8th grade). As a result, parishes are tasked with implementing changes to the Confirmation program so that the Sacrament is administered to 8th graders by 2027. At Holy Trinity Parish, we will adopt an incremental year-to-year approach to achieve this objective. For the 2024-2025 school year ...

Grade 9 and Grade 10 candidates will follow the Year II Confirmation prep program. These students will meet 2 Sundays a month at 11:30 AM in Our Lady of Good Counsel Hall. These 9th and 10th graders will be confirmed in Spring 2025.

Grade 7 and Grade 8 (middle school) candidates will follow a Year I Confirmation prep program. These students will meet 2 Sundays a month at 9:15 AM in Our Lady of Good Counsel Hall. Next year (2025-2026), these students will do Year II and be confirmed in Spring 2026 when they are in Grade 8 and Grade 9 respectively. Starting Spring 2027, Confirmation will be administered at the end of the 8th grade.

At Holy Trinity Parish, preparation to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation is a two-year program. To be confirmed in this parish, students must attend classes for both years. We do offer an opportunity to enter the program at a later grade and receive Confirmation when two years of classes have been completed.

During each of the two years, Grades 7 to 10 students are required to attend a five-hour Confirmation retreat which is held on one of the scheduled class days.