Confirmation Candidates who have completed their Sacramental Preparation
Students who have completed their Sacramental Preparation last year, and who have completed the registration process are now ready to proceed to our next step in the Registration process:
Candidate’s Registration Checklist
Ensure that you have completed & submitted the following:
- Confirmation Sacramental Preparation completed at St John Elementary or St John High School, or by consent of Father Charles Enyinnia.
- Baptismal Certificate Notarized Copy
- Parish Registration Form (Click Here)
- Confirmation Registration & Consent Form (Click Here)
- Once confirmed above is complete by Parish Office, register for desired Confirmation Mass (refer to section below)
Confirmation Mass Registration
Once the first 5 steps of the Registration Checklist (above) have been confirmed completed by the Parish Office, Candidates will confer their sacrament of Confirmation during one of the available Confirmation Masses. Each Confirmation Mass is being limited to 10 candidates.
CONFIRMATION & COVID ATTENDANCE LIMITS
Due to the constraints of our current COVID Status: GREEN Protocol, we must adhere to our required COVID policies. Namely, we must maintain 30% (125) capacity, wear masks, keep socially distanced, answer 3 standard COVID questions, and partake in our COVID Tracing/Counting Tally Sheet (i.e. we have to count each person that enters/exists premises).
Each candidate can bring up to 10 people:
– Candidate (themselves) & Confirmation Sponsor
– +8 additional guests.
The number of family members attending should be limited to parents, guardians, and household members in order that they may be seated in the same pew with the Candidate. If grandparents and siblings are members of the Parish community, they may attend as well, but they are seated with the members of the assembly.
Confirmation attire is to be appropriate for church environment as best as possible. There will be no white gowns available this year.
REGISTERING FOR A CONFIRMATION MASS
To register please complete the desired Confirmation Mass use the Click Here link or contact the parish office 613-267-1043. Spots are reserved on a first come first reserve basis. More dates will be added based on need.
We are looking to fill earliest dates first and to capacity as much as possible, and may need to change dates if there are not enough people or too great a demand, etc. To obtain a spot at a Confirmation Mass, the Parish Office will notify to confirm that all registration paperwork has been completed and Candidate is permitted to attend the desired Confirmation Mass.
NEXT SET OF AVAILABLE CONFIRMATION MASS DATES – GRADE 7 & 8 ONLY
- SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2021 – 12:00pm CLICK HERE to REGISTER – NOT FULL – GRADE 7 & 8 – ONLY
DAY OF YOUR CONFIRMATION MASS
- Arrive 15 minutes before the Mass start time. Enter through the Church Front Doors and sign in when called, while maintaining required social distance.
- Father would like to hold confessions before Mass starting at 12:00 pm.
- Before the Mass begins, those being conferred will be seated in the same row or pew with their family and sponsor, with proper spacing from the other candidates and families.
- Everyone is to wear their masks, except when receiving the Eucharist.
- When it is time for individual Confirmation, your child and sponsor will come forward to one of the priests and then return to your pew.
- Picture taking after the celebration with Pastor in the church will be limited and done with caution and diligence. Picture taking with the family is to be taken at another venue.
- A reception will not be hosted by the Parish.
Please contact the Parish Office or Father Charles Enyinnia should you have any questions around this registration process.
The overall process of preparation involves the home, school and parish. Since you as parents have the primary responsibility for your child’s education and spiritual formation, those of us providing pastoral ministry in St. John’s Parish – along with the teachers at St. John Catholic Elementary and or HighSchool – will be pleased to work with you and your children as you continue to fulfill this God-given role.
May the good Lord bless you & your family in every way during this year of special graces.
Fr. Charles Enyinnia
for the Sacramental Preparation Team