As Bishop Lopes has recently urged our Ordinariate parishes, the religious education program at SMV has returned to the "restored order" of the sacraments, conferring Confirmation immediately before each child receives their First Eucharist, generally in the third grade. All parish children above the age of reason, therefore, are eligible to receive Confirmation this coming Spring!
As the sacrament of Confirmation completes the graces received at Baptism and fully prepares our hearts to receive the source and summit of our faith, Our Lord in the Eucharist, this "ancient" change will provide our next generation with the graces they need to face our increasingly uncertain world.