Confirmation

Confirmation Candidate
Forms 2025-2026

Current Confirmation candidates, families, and sponsors can find all the resources and forms for the year below.

Confirmation Schedule 2025-26

Confirmation Handbook 2025-26

Forms to be Submitted

Hands from Home

Family Resource Guide 

We encourage you to read the Family Resource Packet before and during your times of service so you can understand some background of Social Justice work in the Church! Decide why it’s important to serve others. 

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Theological Reflection 

At the end of each service day work on something from the Theological Reflection page with your family. There are discussion questions and reflection activities that you should complete as a family which will help the Confirmation candidate as they log their Hands from Home works of mercy. 

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Instructions: 

  1. Each Confirmation candidate and their family should complete THREE corporal works of mercy and THREE spiritual works of mercy by April 1, 2026. We suggest you do one a month to stay on track. Follow the steps below for each work of mercy: 
  2. With your family (and sponsor if you can include them), select which work of mercy you are going to focus on that day and the specific action you are going to take to complete it. 
  3. Using the Family Resource Guide, go through the steps of the “Family Group Preparation” and any additional information that may be helpful.  
  4. Begin by watching the video for that work of mercy, which includes an opening prayer and a reflection on the life of a saint who lived it out.  
  5. Complete the service opportunity itself. 
  6. Use the Theological Reflection Guide to process and discuss as a family after you finish your service. 
  7. Candidates, complete the Hands from Home log. Each candidate should submit this for every different work of mercy they complete as a family, so by the end candidates will have submitted the form six times. You are always welcome to do more service and submit the form even more times! 

Note: Please remember that the service projects listed below are suggestions! Feel free to be creative with the ways you choose to perform your works of mercy. All service projects should be done in a way that is safe for all parties involved.  

Corporal Works of Mercy  

The Corporal Works of Mercy are found in the teachings of Jesus and give us a model for how we should treat all others, as if they were Christ in disguise. They “are charitable actions by which we help our neighbors in their bodily needs” (USCCA). They respond to the basic needs of humanity as we journey together through this life. These are physical (corporal) ways that we can help others.  

There are many people in this world who go without food. When so much of our food goes to waste, consider how good stewardship practices of your own food habits can benefit others who do not have those same resources. 

Learn About Blessed Solanus Casey

Service Project Ideas 

Donate Canned Foods to your parish or a local food pantry 

Give food to a homeless person  

Make “Blessing Bags” to keep in your car and handout to those in need (suggestions below)  

Pay for the person behind you in the drive-through 

Bring meals to someone who is sick, just had a baby, or a neighbor who cannot get out of their house 

Set the table, do the dishes, or help cook dinner for your family 

Go shopping & deliver food to someone 

Decorate reusable grocery bags and stuff them with nonperishable food items to donate to a food pantry 

Send a surprise pizza or food to a family or fire station 

Blessing Bag Suggestions 

Socks 

Toothpaste 

Individual Toothbrushes  

Deodorant  

Bandaids 

Pocket size Tissues 

Baby Wipes or Wet Wipes 

Unscented Lotion 

Snacks (beef jerky, trail mix) 

Bottle of Water or Gatorade 

Feminine Care Products 

*Do not put soap in the bag as any food items will take on its taste 

*Put in snacks that are easy on people without strong teeth. Do not put in things like candy or granola bars, sticky items or anything that will melt. 

Bible Verse to Reflect On 

Isaiah 58:10 

Many of our brothers and sisters in Christ do not have access to clean water and suffer from the lack of this basic necessity. We should support the efforts of those working towards greater accessibility of this essential resource. 

Learn About Servant Of God Julia Greely

Service Project Ideas 

Donate water to shelters, a local police/fire station, or an organization collecting for an emergency situation 

Offer to get drinks for your friends or family members 

Run a lemonade stand and donate the profits, or just give the drinks away for free 

Leave drinks or a snack out on your porch in a basket for the people who make deliveries to your home. You can add a Bible verse or a letter of encouragement to the snacks! 

Pay for the person in the drive-thru behind you 

Tip extra at any restaurant. 

Hand out water bottles with encouraging messages at your local walking trail (as a family, during the daytime, in a contactless way) 

Bible Verse to Reflect On 

Isaiah 55:1 

There are many circumstances that could lead to someone becoming a person without a home. Christ encourages us to go out and meet those without homes, affirming their worth and helping them seek a resolution to the challenges they face. 

Learn About St. Benedict Joseph Labre

Service Project Ideas 

Volunteer or fundraise for organizations that build homes for people  

Donate old furniture, pillows, blankets, etc. to those that need it 

Know where safe places are and tell people about them (look up numbers for shelters and domestic abuse centers) 

Lend a neighbor your tools 

Pay a hotel room for someone who needs it, or help pay someone’s rent 

Turn plastic bags into “yarn” to be used to crochet plastic mats for the homeless (see details below) 

Put donation box in your church to collect plastic bags and create a group that makes yarn and can crochet the plastic mats 

Follow on social media or donate to organizations that help end homelessness. 

Plastic Mat Information 

Often homeless people do not have dry ground to lie on. They also struggle carrying around their possessions. Plastic bag mats are lightweight, create a dry space to lay down, dry easily and reduce plastic waste! Find videos on YouTube or Google PDF of instructions. 

Bible Verse to Reflect On: Deuteronomy 15: 10-11

Those who are sick are often forgotten or avoided. In spite of their illness, these individuals still have much to offer to those who take the time to visit and comfort them. 

Learn About Blessed Chiara Luce Badano

Service Project Ideas 

Ask a priest to visit a sick person and perform the Anointing of the Sick 

Find someone to bring the sick Communion 

Make a card, call on the phone or zoom someone who is sick, especially if they are stuck at home or in the hospital  

Gift items that will help a sick person like pillows, games, books, etc. (If they are in a hospital check with the hospital first) 

Bring someone who is sick a home-cooked meal (use proper safety precautions) 

Help the sick with their medicine or even help pay their medical bills 

Be extra nice to your own family members when they are sick 

Bible Verse to Reflect On 

James 2: 1-26 

People in prison are still people, made in the image and likeness of God. No matter what someone has done, they deserve the opportunity to hear the Word of God and find the Truth of the message of Christ. 

Learn about St. Maximilian Kolbe

Service Project Ideas 

Encourage your priest or deacon to visit someone in prison, pending Diocesan and Prison rules. 

Send cards to or call people who are homebound, hospitalized or in residential care 

Cook for someone who is homebound 

Do a drive-by hello with signs and noise-makers for someone who is homebound 

Bible Verse to Reflect On: Hebrews 13:1-3 

Funerals give us the opportunity to grieve and show others support during difficult times. Through our prayers and actions during these times we show our respect for life, which is always a gift from God, and comfort to those who mourn.

Learn about Blessed Stanley Rother 

Service Project Ideas 

Attend funerals & visitations 

Pick-up trash at a local cemetery 

Send cards and flowers to grieving family 

Make food for a family who has suffered a loss 

Visit a gravesite to pray, put out flowers, flags, etc. 

Donate to a cause that is special a family who has lost a loved one 

Help pay bills related to funeral expenses. (Cantor stipends, church donations, reception, etc.) 

Bible Verse to Reflect On 

Tobit 1: 16-22; 2: 1-8 

Donate new needed clothing or money to organizations that have the ability to provide support and services for those in need. “Clothing” means more than just the “shirt on your back.” Do research and find organizations that put people in need first, rather than profit. 

Learn about St. Marianne Cope

Service Project Ideas 

Buy & donate coats for people who need them 

Clean out your closet and donate to an organization or a family that you know 

Donate suitcases and duffle bags to CPS for foster children 

Collect baby items for moms in need and donate to a local pregnancy resource center 

Have a garage sale and donate the money (check your city’s guidelines on garage sales) 

Make Fleece Blankets for hospitals 

Make button headbands for nurses/doctors (see details below) 

Crochet or knit hats for cancer patients 

Bible Verse to Reflect On 

Ezekiel 18: 16-18