Religious Education and Social Justice

Sacrament of Confirmation

This Sunday, 2nd May, sixteen of our Year 6 students will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.  Baptism is the first sacrament of Christian initiation and through the Sacrament of Confirmation, we continue on our path of Christian initiation in the Church. 

Together with four students from Annunciation School, the Confirmation candidates will receive the Holy Spirit, conforming them more perfectly to Christ and strengthening them so that they may bear witness to Christ for the building up of his body in faith and love.

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit received at Confirmation are:

Wisdom - the ability to exercise good judgment. It distinguishes between right and wrong, seeks and upholds truth and justice, and balances personal good with the common good. 

Understanding - the gift of intelligence and enlightenment. It is the ability to think clearly; to perceive, comprehend and interpret information; and to have insight and discern meaning.

Counsel - good advice. It is the ability to teach, inform, guide, direct, warn, admonish, recommend and encourage. It is not limited to the giving of advice but extends to the ability to graciously receive it. 

Fortitude - an unwavering commitment to God or a proper course of action, and it shows itself as moral strength, courage, determination, patient endurance, long-suffering, a resolute spirit, stamina and resiliency.

Knowledge - the ability to study and learn; to acquire, retain and master facts and information; and to put what is learned to good use for constructive purposes.

Fear of the Lord - awe, reverence and respect for God. It acknowledges that everything comes as a gift from God, downplays personal achievement and self-sufficiency, and gladly offers praise, worship and adoration to God.

Piety - personal holiness, and it includes devotion to God, prayer, virtue, goodness, decency, self-mastery, innocence, the avoidance of sin and obedience to God’s will.

Please keep the Confirmation candidates in your prayers as they take this next step in their faith journey.

Confirmation Candidates 2021

Ruby-Lou Banjac Gall

Roman Cavallaro

Mia Crawford

Julia Cuni

Clio Dinnen

Ayrton Galliano

Charlotte Gunesekera

Auberon Gwynne

Chiza Karla

Gabriel Ling

Ryan Lopez

Bonnie Ma

Levi Perera

Kimberley Tang

Thomas Taylor

Kyuss Trevethan

Jane Wilkinson

Religious Education Leader