Confirmation is a beautiful gift and we want your student to be prepared for it! In addition to attending Confirmation and Rehearsal in April, your student will need to attend a Diocesan Retreat day and monthly Prep Sessions at Mother of Sorrows. We ask that you kindly make Wednesday monthly sessions a priority, and use the Semester makeup session on a Sunday if you happen to miss one. 

Important Dates are in bold below: 

Confirmation: Tuesday April 21st at 6pm (arrival by 5pm)           Rehearsal: Monday April 20th at 6pm

Students will need to attend a Diocesan Preparation Retreat Day with our Youth Ministry Team and Bishop Kulick on one of the following dates this fall/winter:

Saturday, October 4, 2025

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Those who choose to attend the Wednesday date can use religious exemption days by submitting an Act 175 form (provided by the Diocese) to your public school. Retreat will take up most of the day and will need to be attended for the entirety of the event, so please plan for your student to be available for the entire day. Exact times coming soon. 

CONFIRMATION Prep Sessions: 

Fall

Catechetical Sunday: 4:00pm Dinner, Teaching the Mass, and Mass at 6pm September 21st (St. John’s)

Makeup Session: 6:30pm, Monday September 22 (St. John’s)

Confirmation Opening Session: Wednesday Oct. 1st, 6-8pm (MOS)

Session 2: Wednesday Nov. 5th, 6-8pm (MOS)

Session 3: Wednesday Dec. 3rd, 6-8pm (MOS)

Semester Makeup Session: Sunday Dec. 7th, 4-5:30pm (MOS) 

Spring

Session 4: Wednesday Jan. 21th, 6-8pm (MOS)

Lent Prep Session: Feb. 1st, 4-5:30pm 

Session 5: Wednesday, Feb 25th, 6-8pm (MOS)

Triduum Prep Session: Sunday Mar. 22nd, 4-5:30pm, Wednesday 25th 6:30-8pm

Semester Makeup Session: Sunday, April 19th, 4-5:30pm (MOS)

If you have conflicts, please send Jacob Gindhart an email to jgindhart@dioceseofgreensburg.org or call the parish office at 724-733-8870