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Confirmations are scheduled in the Chancery.  If you are calling to check your parish's confirmation date, please call: (602) 354-2477.

Confirmation Guidelines for Sponsors:

The code of Canon Law asks that the sponsor fulfill the following conditions:

• The sponsor should be present at the celebration of Confirmation to see that the candidate acts as a true witness to Christ and fulfills the obligations of the sacraments. (Canon 892)

To be a sponsor for Confirmation one must:

• Have the qualifications and intentions of performing the role;
• Have completed the sixteenth year.
• Have received Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation and live in harmony with the Catholic faith;
• Not be found by an canonical penalty legitimately imposed or declared.

AGE OF CONFIRMATION:  When Local and Universal Law Conflict: http://www.adoremus.org/CDW_Confirmation_age.html