Rev. Phillip Dufour

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.

Fr. Phillip Dufour entered the Seminary of Our Lady of Providence in 2010 and graduated from Providence College in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. Tha same year he was assigned to theological studies at the Ponitifical North American College in Rome and finished his studies with a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Ponitifical University if St. Thomas Aquinas, specializing in Spiritual Theology. Father has been the Assistant Pastor at Saint Philip Parish in Greenville since July 2019.