An important part of preparing to be Confirmed (or receiving other sacraments like Communion, Marriage or Holy Orders) is making sure that you have no past sins standing between you and God at the moment of Confirmation. This means going to confession, which is receiving God’s forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
In an ordinary year, we would have a short retreat to prepare you for going to Reconciliation and then have a couple of priests help out to hear everyone’s confession in one evening. Unfortunately, we cannot do that this year. So each student preparing for Confirmation is asked to, at a time convenient to them before their Confirmation date, go to confession at an available time, either in this parish or in another parish which may be closer to home.
- Make sure you have worked through the lesson materials for the “Purify My Heart” lesson on FlipGrid the week of February 8.
- Check out the table of Reconciliation options below. Consult with your parents of when and where might be a good opportunity for you. Sign up using that church’s website or phone number.
- Plan how you will get there, if you need to figure out where to park and what door to enter through (because you have never been there before, or because things may be different during the pandemic).
- Be sure to keep your appointment with God! You can bring your Reconciliation prayer service booklet with you so that you have the form to use (on the back cover) and the Act of Contrition to pray it with the priest during your confession.
Opportunities for Confession (this table may still be added to)
| Parish Name | Name & Location of Church | Times Confession is Available | How/When to Sign Up |
| Queen of Angels & St. Matthias |
Queen of Angels Church 2330 W Sunnyside Ave, Chicago (near Western & Montrose) |
Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. February 13, 20 & 27 and March 6, 13 & 20 |
Monday-Friday of the preceding week via website or 773-539-7510 |
| Padre Pio (Transfiguration & St Hilary) |
St. Hilary Church 5601 N California Ave, Chicago (at California & Bryn Mawr) |
Saturdays, 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. or Lenten Reconciliation, 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, March 5 |
call 773-561-3474 for Saturday confessions info or make a reservation on SignUpGenius for Friday, March 5 |
| St. Benedict | St. Benedict Church 2215 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago (near Lincoln, Damen & Irving) |
unclear from information on website | call 773-588-6484 for info |
| St. Andrew | St. Andrew Church 3546 N Paulina St, Chicago (near Lincoln & Addison) |
By appointment only during February and March 2021 |
Contact 773-525-3016 or info@standrew.org to make an appointment |
| Our Lady of Lourdes | Our Lady of Lourdes Church 4640 N Ashland Ave, Chicago (near Lawrence & Ashland) |
By appointment only during COVID-19 |
call for an appointment, 773-561-2141 |
| Our Lady of Mercy | Our Lady of Mercy Church 4432 N Troy St, Chicago (near Montrose & Kedzie) |
Saturdays, 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. | call 773-588-2620 for info |
| St. Edward | St. Edward Church 4350 W Sunnyside Ave, Chicago (near Montrose & Elston) |
Saturdays, 12 noon to 1 p.m. | call 773-545-6496 for info |
| St. Jerome | St. Jerome Church 1709 W Lunt Ave, Chicago (near Clark & Pratt) |
Saturdays, 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. | call 773-262-3170 for info |
| Holy Child Jesus (Saints Timothy, Henry, and Margaret Mary) |
St. Margaret Mary Church 2324 W Chase Ave, Chicago (near Touhy & Western) |
Saturdays, 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | must reserve by the preceding Thursday, call 773-764-0615 |
| Mary, Mother of God (Saints Ita, Thomas, and Gregory) |
St. Ita Church, enter through elevator doors from parking lot 5500 N Broadway St, Chicago (near Broadway & Bryn Mawr) |
Saturdays, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (in 20-minute blocks of appointments) |
reservations required, online sign-up begins the preceding Wednesday at 9 a.m. via SignUpGenius or call 312-291-1502 |
| St. Mary of the Angels | St. Mary of the Angels Church 1850 N Hermitage Ave, Chicago (near Armitage & Kennedy Expwy) |
Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m. to 5:20 p.m, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon Thursdays, 4 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
reservations not required, call 773‑278‑2644 for info |
| Queen of All Saints |
Queen of All Saints Basilica 6280 N Sauganash Ave, Chicago (near Devon & Cicero) |
Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. (after 8 a.m. Mass) or Lenten Reconciliation, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, March 22 |
reservations not required but you will be asked for name and phone number; call 773-736-6060 for info |