Adult Confirmation Preparation Resources

Resources

Adult Confirmation class are held throughout the year.

**Click Here to obtain a FREE FORMED account.

For Class #1: Intro; God’s Plan of Salvation; His Loving Goodness

• Article: Choosing a Saint Name for Confirmation
• Confirmation Registration Form
• Register for our parish
• St. Jude Sponsor Form 
• Article: God and His Creation
• Formed
  • FORMED: SYMBOLON – The Story of Salvation: Creation, Fall, & Redemption
  • FORMED: SYMBOLON – Journey of Faith: Trinity, Faith, and the God Who Is Love
  • FORMED: SYMBOLON – The Holy Spirit & the Life of Grace: God’s Divine Life Within Us
  • FORMED: CONVINCED!

For Class #2: The Trinity; Incarnation, Life and Passion of Jesus

• Video: Understanding the Trinity – Explaining the Faith | Fr. Chris Alar
• Video: The Love of the Trinity | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: The Sign of the Cross | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Article: The Holy Spirit
• Video: What Happened to Jesus’ Body? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Bishop Barron: Who is Jesus and What Makes Him Unique?
• FORMED: SYMBOLON – Who is Jesus? Just a Good Man or Lord of Our Lives?
• FORMED: SYMBOLON – The Paschal Mystery: The Mystery of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

For Class #3: The Church – history, leadership, community, places in the church

• FORMED: SYMBOLON Session 8 – Why Do I Need the Church? The Mystery of the Catholic Church
• Video: Did Jesus Found the Catholic Church? | Breaking the Habit
• Video: Why Church Seasons | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Ordinary Time? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Article: The Church: The Living Spirit of Christ

For Class #4 : Mary and the Saints; Sacraments

• Video: Why We Love Mary | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Did Mary Remain a Virgin? | Fr. Casey
• Article: The God-Man and His Mother
• Article: Choosing a Saint Name for Confirmation
• Video: Where is Mary in the Bible | Dr. Scott Hahn
• How to pray the Rosary – USCCB
• Video: St. Faustina Kowalska
• FORMED: SYMBOLON – Mary and The Saints
• FORMED: SYMBOLON – The Last Things: What Happens After We Die?
• Articles in My Catholic Life! – Morality (below)

For Class #5: Mass and The Sacraments

• Articles in My Catholic Life! – Sacraments (below)
• Video: Fr. Higginbotham – Why Mass on Sundays?
• The Didache
• Video: The Bible at Mass | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Interpretation of the Bible in the Church
• Understanding the Bible (USCCB)

• Videos: Understanding the Mass | Breaking the Habit, Fr. Casey

• Video: Why Church? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Stand, Sit, Kneel? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Incense? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Do We Do That? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Do We Genuflect? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why The Altar: | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why The Crucifix? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Holy Water? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Church Bells? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Candles? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Statues? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Stained Glass? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Video: Why Church Doors? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham
• Archbishop Fulton Sheen: The Meaning of the Mass
• Video: The Veil Removed
• FORMED: SYMBOLON – The Bible: God’s Love Letter to Humanity
• FORMED: SYMBOLON – Divine Revelation: God Seeking Us & the Compass for Our Lives

For Class #6 : A Life in Christ: The Ten Commandments, Beatitudes, Examination of Conscience, Confession

For Confession:

• Video: How to Make a Good Confession, Part 1
• Video: How to Make a Good Confession, Part 2
• Video: How to Have a Great Confession | Fr. Gregory Pine O.P.
• Examination of Conscience
• How to Make a Good Confession

For Confirmation:

• Confirmation Date – November 16, 2025
• Profession of Faith: The Nicene Creed

New American Bible, Revised Edition

Catechism of the Catholic Church

US Catholic Catechism For Adults

Recommended Titles on FORMED:

• Convinced: Why Would Anyone Become Catholic?
• Symbolon:
  • The Journey of Faith
  • Divine Revelation
  • Mary and The Saints
  • The Last Things
  • The Holy Spirit
  • Why Do I Need the Church
  • Who Is Jesus?
  • The Paschal Mystery
  • The Bible
  • The Story of Salvation
• The Elements of the Catholic Mass

Catholic Beliefs

• Introduction

• Coming to Faith
• God and His Creation
• The God-Man and His Mother
• God Suffers Death
• Death Has No Victory
• The Holy Spirit
• The Church: The Living Spirit of Christ
• The Glorious and Final Things

Prayer and Sacraments

• Introduction
• The Greatest Act on Earth
• The Sacraments: A Personal Encounter
• The Sacrament of Baptism
• The Sacrament of Confirmation
• The Most Holy Eucharist
• The Sacrament of Penance
• The Anointing of the Sick
• The Sacrament of Holy Orders
• The Sacrament of Matrimony
• An Introduction to Prayer
• The Lord’s Prayer

Catholic Morality

• Introduction
• Who Am I?
• The Law, Society, Grace and Salvation
• Loving God
• Loving Your Family
• Murder, Anger, and Human Dignity
• Chastity, Purity, Affection and Marital Love
• Stealing and Coveting
• The Truth Will Set You Free!

Understanding the Bible (USCCB)

Interpretation of the Bible in the Church

Video: Why Catholic? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham

Video: Why Do We Do That? | Fr. Brice Higginbotham

Video: The Bible at Mass | Fr. Brice Higginbotham

Video: The Love of the Trinity | Fr. Brice Higginbotham

Video: Bishop Barron: Who is Jesus and What Makes Him Unique?