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SPRING 2026 CONFIRMATION REGISTRATION
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- Request for dates 1/1/2026 - 8/31/2026 due April 18, 2025.
  
  Important update to this process: After the deadline of 4/18/25, submissions will first be sent to non-regional and senior bishops for scheduling ceremonies. All remaining unscheduled ceremonies will be sent to the regions, and they will follow up with parishes directly.
  Call the Office of Canonical Affairs at 617.746.5652 or email David Cronin with any questions.
  
  For Collaboratives with special circumstances, please fill out only one form using a semicolon between the parish names, dates, and times. Examples include separate ceremonies on the same day, or consecutive weekends.
  
  The comments field is also handy for further explanation of your Collaborative situation.
  
  Required fields are noted below with "Required" text.
  Please note: If you press 'Submit' and nothing happens, please review all "Required" fields to ensure all fields are complete.
- Parish Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
- Parish Number Please enter valid data.
- Contact Information
  
  Office Phone Number REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Address REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  City/Town REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Region REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
  
  Requestor Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Requestor Email REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter an email address.
  
  Make a selection No Confirmations for This Period - Please check here if there will not be any Confirmations in your parish between January 1, 2026 and August 31, 2026. IMPORTANT: If you select this option, please put zeroes in all of the 'Required' fields below. Alternate Confirmation Location - Please check here if you will be going to another parish for Confirmation. IMPORTANT: If you select this option, please put zeroes in all of the 'Required' fields below.
- Alternate Location
  
  Name of other parish Please enter valid data.
  
  City or Town of other parish Please enter valid data.
- No Confirmation Ceremonies may be held on:
  2/28/26-3/1/26 (This applies to scheduled vigil and Sunday Masses; non-scheduled Masses are fine.)
  3/7/26-3/8/26 (This applies to scheduled vigil and Sunday Masses; non-scheduled Masses are fine.)
  3/14/26-3/15/26 (This applies to scheduled vigil and Sunday Masses; non-scheduled Masses are fine.)
  3/16/26-4/4/26 (No ceremonies may be held)
  5/2/26 (No ceremonies may be held)
  5/16/26 (No ceremonies may be held)
  6/9/26-6/13/26 (No ceremonies may be held)
  
  Please choose 3 tentative dates and times for each DAY of Confirmation.
  
  For example, if you are celebrating 2 Confirmations on 2 different days, you must submit 6 tentative dates; use a semicolon between the days, dates, and times.
- Ceremonies
  
  How many ceremonies are needed? Please enter valid data.
- 1st Preference
  
  Day(s) - 1st Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Date(s) - 1st Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Time(s) - 1st Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- 2nd Preference
  
  Day(s) - 2nd Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Date(s) - 2nd Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Time(s) - 2nd Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- 3rd Preference
  
  Day(s) - 3rd Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Date(s) - 3rd Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Time(s) - 3rd Preference REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Confirmation Information
  
  Approximate Number to be Confirmed REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  School Grade(s) of Confirmandi REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Additional Comments
  
  Requesting a Celebrant
  Please put the name of who you would prefer to celebrate if it is not your Regional Bishop / Episcopal Vicar. Your form will be sent initially to your region, then forwarded. There is no guarantee that your request will be able to be honored.
  Please enter valid data.
- Please do not contact the Bishops/Episcopal Vicars directly, as this causes confusion in setting up the Confirmation schedule.
  
  Please request your Regional Bishop/Episcopal Vicar to be the minister of Confirmation in the Comments section, if he has not celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation in your parish within the previous two years.
  
  If your Bishop or Episcopal Vicar will be celebrating Mass, then please remember that there are days when ritual Masses cannot be celebrated, such as the Sundays of Lent, and Sundays of Advent. Please check the Liturgical Calendar to determine if any of the days you are choosing fall into this category. This only means that the Mass for Confirmation and the readings cannot be used. The Mass of the day must be used with possibly one reading of the day being changed.
  
  Please note: If you press 'Submit' and nothing happens, please review all "Required" fields to ensure all fields are complete.
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