Confirmation 2023

APPLICATION FORM: Sacrament of Confirmation, 2023

Please fill out the online APPLICATION form below

God’s blessings on you and your family as you prepare your child to receive the Sacramament of Confirmation in 2023.

Dates of Confirmation Ceremony: 26th April 2023 (to be checked how schools are grouped)

10.00am Gaelscoil de hÍde & Grange N.S.
1.00pm Bishop Murphy Memorial School & Presentation Primary School& Clondulane N.S.

The practical task of preparing your child for receiving the Sacrament is divided between the following groups:

  1. You the parents,
  2. The child’s school teachers,
  3. The parish, as led by the clergy.

The role of the school teacher (No. 2 above) is ongoing and we are grateful to our schools for the support that they give. However, in order that No. 1 (the role of the parent) and No. 3 (the role of the parish) are aided, Fermoy Parish is now running PREPARATORY SESSIONS that we would like you and your child to engage with. Such a course was delivered last year and was successful.

Details of Short Course:

  1. Sunday 22nd January. Preparatory Session #1, Fermoy Community Youth Centre, Theatre, Ashe Quay, 9.15am, followed by the entire group attending 10.30am Mass in St Patrick’s Church.
  2. Sunday 19th February. Preparatory Session #2, Fermoy Community Youth Centre, Theatre, Ashe Quay, 9.15am, followed by the entire group attending 10.30am Mass in St Patrick’s Church.
  3. Sunday 19th March. Preparatory Session #3, Fermoy Community Youth Centre, Theatre, Ashe Quay. 9.15am, followed by the entire group attending 10.30am Mass in St Patrick’s Church.
  4. Monday 17th April. Preparatory Session #4, St Patrick’s Church at 7.30pm.
ALL SESSIONS TO BE ATTENDED BY PARENT(S) and CHILD.

In these zoom sessions, we, the clergy of the parish, with other support personnel will provide parents and children with instruction and guidelines related to receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.

This SHORT COURSE also involves equipping you with a CONFIRMATION MANUAL, which contains some other notes relating to the Sacrament of Confirmation, which will help you, as parent(s), to engage in “home-activity” with your child in preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. We will deliver the manual to you. The overall cost of the programme is 5 Euro, covering all materials. We will instruct you on how payment can be made after you apply and recive the booklet.

We ask you to FILL OUT the form below by the deadline of Friday 11th February.

We ask you to support these preparatory sessions that your family may experience the joy and peace of being disciples of Christ, as best we can in these difficult times. Even if your house is not internet-equipped we ask you to fill out the form anyay.

Yours in Christ,

Fr Brian Boyle, Adm. Fermoy
Fr Eamon Roche, CC Fermoy Rev John McCarthy, Deacon
This is the application form. Don’t forget to click SUBMIT at the bottom when you are finished. You only need to fill this out once. Please don’t re-apply if you have already applied before. Ring 086 9972539 if there are any difficulties.