Confirmation
Requirements
- Minimum age: should be at least 15 or a rising 10th grader
- Completion of confirmation course*
*The formation team will be offering a diocesan-wide Journey to Confirmation course March 31-April 28, 2025. Talk to your priest to see if this might be a good fit for you. Learn more and register on our Formation Offerings page.
Regional Confirmation Services
2025 Regional Confirmation Services:
High Plains – Saturday, May 17, 2025, at St. John’s Cathedral, Denver. Candidates arrive at 8:20am, Service begins at 10:00am. Registration link
Southwest – Sunday, August 10, 2025, at St. Patrick’s, Pagosa Springs. Candidates arrive at 9:00am, Service begins at 10:00am. Registration link
Front Range – Saturday, August 23, 2025, at Calvary Church, Golden. Bishop Christopher Epting is presiding. Candidates arrive at 9:00am, Service begins at 10:00am. Registration link
Sangre de Cristo – Saturday, September 27, 2025, at St. Michael’s, Colorado Springs. Candidates arrive at 9:00am, Service begins at 10:00am. Registration link
Northwest – There is not a Northwest Regional Confirmation in 2025. But there will be one in 2026! It will be on 8/1/2026 in Battlement Mesa.
Confirmands from outside these regions are also welcome to participate in these services, should they be unable to attend their regional service.
Confirmation Certificates
Following confirmation services, the Office of the Bishop will mail certificates of confirmation and reception to individual churches to distribute. (Please note that there is no certificate for reaffirmation.)