Diocese of Winona-Rochester Confirmation

View/Download the Diocesan Preparation Guidelines for the Sacrament of Confirmation HERE.

• For liturgy details, see Section IV starting on page 15
• For the Liturgy Planning Form, see Appendix L on page 46
• For the Diocesan Confirmation Photo Policy, see Appendix O on page 50
• For record keeping details, see instructions on the Chancellor's webpage HERE.

   

2026 Confirmation Schedule
 

Friday, April 10, 2026 7:00 pm

St. Francis Xavier, Windom

with: Sacred Heart, Brewster; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Currie; St. Gabriel, Fulda; Sacred Heart, Heron Lake; St. Ann, Slayton; St. Anthony, Westbrook

Saturday, April 11, 2026 10:30 am

St. Leo, Pipestone

with: St. Catherine, Luverne

Saturday, April 11, 2026 2:00 pm

St. Adrian, Adrian

with: St. Anthony, Lismore; Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wilmont; Good Shepherd, Jackson; St. Joseph, Lakefield

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 7:00 pm

Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Rochester

with: St. Rose of Lima, Lewiston; Resurrection, Rochester

Saturday, April 18, 2026 10:30 am

Queen of Angels, Austin

with: St. Charles Borromeo, St. Charles; Holy Redeemer, Eyota

Saturday, April 18, 2026 2:00 pm

St. Mary, Chatfield

with: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Canton; St. Columban, Preston; St. Olaf, Mabel

Sunday, April 19, 2026 2:00 pm

Sts. Peter and Paul, Mankato

with: All Saints, Madison Lake; St. Ann, Janesville; Immaculate Conception, St. Clair

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 7:00 pm

St. Joseph, Owatonna

with: Sacred Heart, Owatonna; Christ the King, Medford; St. Columbanus, Blooming Prairie; Holy Trinity, Litomysl

Friday, April 24, 2026 7:00 pm

St. Augustine, Austin

with: St. Edward, Austin; St. Theodore, Albert Lea; St. Ignatius, Spring Valley; St. Finbarr, Grand Meadow; St. Patrick, LeRoy

Sunday, May 3, 2026 2:00 pm

Sacred Heart, Adams

with: St. John the Baptist, Johnsburg; Queen of Peace, Lyle; St. Peter, Rose Creek

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 7:00 pm

Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Winona

with: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona; St. Mary, Lake City; St. Francis of Assisi, Rochester; St. Joseph, Rushford; St. Felix, Wabasha; St. Agnes, Kellogg

Friday, May 8, 2026 7:00 pm

St. Peter, Hokah

with: Crucifixion, La Crescent

Saturday, May 9, 2026 10:30 am

St. Mary, Winona

with: Holy Trinity, Rollingstone

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 7:00 pm

St. Pius X, Rochester

with: Christ the King, Byron; St. John Baptist de la Salle, Dodge Center; Holy Family, Kasson; St. Mary, Caledonia; St. Joachim, Plainview; Immaculate Conception, Kellogg

Friday, May 15, 2026 7:00 pm

Pax Christi, Rochester

with: Sts. Peter and Paul, Mazeppa; Holy Spirit, Rochester; St. Bernard, Stewartville; St. Bridget, Simpson; St. Patrick, West Albany

Saturday, May 16, 2026 10:30 am

St. John Vianney, Fairmont

with: Sts. Peter and Paul, Blue Earth; Sacred Heart, Waseca; All Saints, New Richland; St. Casimir, Wells; Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Easton; St. John the Baptist, Minnesota Lake

Saturday, May 16, 2026 2:00 pm

St. Joseph the Worker, Mankato

with: Holy Family, Lake Crystal; St. Teresa, Mapleton; St. Joseph, Good Thunder; St. Matthew, Vernon Center; St. Joseph, Waldorf

Sunday, May 31, 2026 2:00 pm

St. Mary, Worthington

with: St. James, St. James; St. Mary, Madelia