Dennis Sousa

Confirmation: Forming a Generation of Lifelong Disciples

Rev. Phillip Dufour, Dennis Sousa, Melissa Roberts
How do we prepare today's confirmandi to receive and live out the Sacrament of Confirmation? Pew research has shown that 80% of young people leave the Catholic Church within ten years of receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. This session will offer practical and proven tools to form young people to embrace the fullness of our Catholic Faith and fulfill the mission of the Gospel by presenting a unified parish vision for the preparation of the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Dennis Sousa has been the  Director of Religious Education and Faith Formation for the past ten years at Saint Philip Church. He has a master's degree in Theology from Providence College and is currently working on an additional master's degree in Catechesis and Evangelization at Fransiscan University of Steubeniville. Dennis has been married for nineteen years to his wife Jennifer and they have one daighter, Grace who is seventeen years old.