Confirmation

On Saturday 30 May at 16:00 the bishop conferred the sacrament of Confirmation on forty-four young people from our parish and from the parish in Nowa Dąbrowa.

The preparation lasted two years and was led by Fr. Paweł Krzemieniecki. It included group meetings, taking part in the Sunday Eucharist and in services, a day of recollection in Pelplin, and individual conversations just before the sacrament.

In his homily the bishop said that Confirmation is not the end of religious education or a ticket out of the church, as it is sometimes understood — it is equipment for a journey that is only just beginning. He asked the young people not to leave their faith in their school bags along with their RE textbooks.

Before Mass the bishop met the young people in the meeting room at the presbytery and talked with them without the catechists present. After the celebration he blessed the scaffolding and the chancel roof repair that had just begun.

We thank the Confirmation sponsors and the parents for being there and for two years of patiently reminding the young people about the meetings. We invite the young people to the Oasis, to the choir and to continue serving at the altar.