Confirmation is a two year program for 7th & 8th grade students preparing to receive this sacrament in the Spring of their 8th grade year. The Confirmation Handbook provides details about the requirements necessary to receive this Sacrament. (Handbooks will be posted HERE when available).

For more information and for registration, please contact the Religious Education Office at 703-817-1773.

Sponsors
Parishioners of St. Andrew the Apostle who asked to serve as Confirmation sponsors are required to attend a Sponsor Class in addition to meeting the other requirements to serve as a Confirmation sponsor. Classes are held on the third Friday evening of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Padre Pio Room of the parish. You may register for the class by emailing parish.office@st-andrew.org.

Adult Confirmation
Baptized Catholics who are high school age or older, wishing to be confirmed may contact the Parish Office to discuss the Adult Confirmation Program. A series of classes held in the Spring, are mandatory for this program which culminates in the Sacrament of Confirmation conferred by the Bishop of Arlington at St. Thomas More Cathedral in Arlington, Virginia.