The Sacrament of Confirmation

• Resources on Confirmation, Confession and Prayer
• Name that Song - Activity for Confirmation preparation classes
• Catechism of the Catholic Church - The sacrament of Confirmation
• Character - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Chrism - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Christian Names/Confirmation Names - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Confirmation
• "Confirmation: A Deepening of Our Christian Identity" - by Carol Luebering
• Confirmation - Catholic Answers
• Confirmation-Holy Chrism - Quotations from the Fathers of the Church
• "Confirmation: Sacrament of the Spirit" - by Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M.
• "Confirmation: Seven Symbols in One Sacrament" - by Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M.
• Confirmation - The Crossroads Initiative - "This online resource section contains a collection for catechists, candidates, and anyone who desires a deeper understanding of this Sacrament of the Spirit." A number of articles by Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio and others.
• Confirmation: What's a Parent to Do? - By Kathy Coffey
• Excerpts from Church fathers on Confirmation
• Godparents and Sponsors: What Is Expected of Them Today? - by William F. Wegher
• Holy Oils - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Imposition of Hands - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Medieval Sourcebook A Confirmation Scene
• Nazareth Master Catechis - Confirmation or Chrismation
• Sacrament of Confirmation, Sacrament of Champions by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.

• Spirit - Catholic Encyclopedia
• "Sacraments of Initiation: Sacraments of Invitation" - by Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M.
• The Sacrament of Confirmation - Catholic Encyclopedia

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

"The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude,
knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord." (CCC 1831)

"The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity." (CCC 1832)

• Thomas Aquinas - Summa Theologica - On Confirmation
• What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit received at Confirmation? - Anthony Messenger Press
• Why No Speaking in Tongues? - Ask a Franciscan - By Father Pat McCloskey, O.F.M.