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Young people take steps to be future of Church through Sacrament of Confirmation

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Young people take steps to be future of Church through Sacrament of Confirmation

July 29, 2019January 21, 2026

By Christina Leslie | CorrespondentThose times of administering the Sacrament of Confirmation to youth “are joyful occasions, and parents are rightfully proud of their daughters and sons as they take this important step into Catholic Christian adulthood," wrote Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., in his 2014 catechesis on the Sacrament of Confirmation.“Of course, they are…...