Diocesan-Wide Confirmation Liturgies

Diocese of Green Bay Adult Confirmation Liturgy
Sunday, June 8, 2025, 12:00pm 

Registration 

Registration is required. If you are a candidate wanting to attend this liturgy, please contact your parish Confirmation or RCIA Leader to complete this registration. 
Each liturgy is limited to approximately 60 candidates.

Registration will open April 1st, 2025

Location

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
140 S Monroe Ave
Green Bay WI 54301
Interactive Map

Letters to Bishop by May 8th

Each candidate is required to prepare a letter to Bishop Ricken requesting to receive the sacrament of Confirmation and explaining why they would like to receive.  Please have the candidate include their name and the parish they belong to on the letter. Letters need not be submitted in individual envelopes and can be sent as a group in one envelop. Confirmation leaders, please send the letters to the Office of Divine Worship, Attn Arvilla Rusnak, PO Box 23825, Green Bay, WI 54305-3825 by May 8th. If more convenient, feel free to scan the letters and email them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Upon receipt of the letters, a verification email to will be sent to the sender. If a letter gets sent directly to Bishop Ricken, just let the worship office know by emailing  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The letter does not have to be sent again to the Worship Office.  

Sponsors

Each candidate should prepare with one sponsor who is in good standing with the Church. It is important the candidate's sponsor is present for the Mass. Sponsors will need to check in on the day of the Mass. 

Arrival

Everyone should prepare to be seated 60 minutes before Mass and are reminded to dress appropriately for the occasion. Please enter the Cathedral from the parking lot entrance rather than the Monroe St. entrance. Candidates should check-in at the welcome table inside the Cathedral entrance to receive their name tags.  Confirmation leaders, please make your candidates aware they will be placing a name tag with a sticky back on the left side of their clothing so they can be prepared in choosing their apparel.
Candidates must be accompanied by their sponsors. Sponsors will not receive name tags.

Dress Code

Please see the document below regarding dress code requirements for Candidates and Sponsors:

Dress Code and Modesty Guidelines for Confirmation

Guests

Candidates are invited to bring family and friends to participate in this joyous celebration.  Seating for guests (other than sponsors) will be available on a first-come, first served basis. 

Parking

Free parking is available in the Cathedral parking lot along Walnut and Monroe Streets.

Seating

Candidates and sponsors will be seated together. Candidates will be seated in the same row as their sponsor. Ushers will be present to assist. 

Rehearsal

 Fr. Mark Mleziva and Bishop will conduct a short rehearsal prior to Mass.  Bishop will require candidates to know the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit and will ask the group questions.

Mass

Mass is generally about 1 1/2 to 2 hours long.

Photos

Bishop will be available for a single group photo immediately following Mass.  All confirmandi, priests and pastoral leaders will be called forward to stand with Bishop on the sanctuary steps.  Those wishing to take photos will form two lines down the main aisle. People will come forward to take their pictures and then exit so the next in line can move forward. Everyone will be given ample time to take photos.

Certificates

Confirmation certificates will be provided by the Office of Divine Worship and will be available for each candidate after Mass.

Priests

Pastors are invited to concelebrate. If you plan to concelebrate, please contact Arvilla Rusnak (info at bottom) so we can be sure to have a chasuble and stole prepared for you.  We ask you bring an alb for concelebration.

Deacons

If you are a Deacon from a parish with candidates receiving Confirmation at this liturgy and would like to assist at the Mass, please contact Arvilla Rusnak (info at bottom of page) to volunteer. We will provide dalmatic and stole. Please bring your own alb.

Cathedral Museum

The Cathedral museum will be open 1 1/2 hours before each Mass. The museum is located on the basement level of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. Please ask an usher for assistance. 

Recording the Confirmation Sacrament

Questions?

Arvilla Rusnak
(920) 272-8310 | 1-877-500-3580, ext. 8310
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"Confirmation, like every Sacrament, is not the work of men but of God, who cares for our lives in such a manner as to mold us in the image of his Son, to make us capable of loving like him. He does it by infusing in us his Holy Spirit, whose action pervades the whole person and his entire life …"

 - Pope Francis -