ASSERTING THEIR FAITH IN TIME OF FLUX CONFIRMATION SEEN AS BUILDING BLOCK From: The Boston Globe | Date: March 28, 2004| Author: Kathy McCabe Globe Staff | Copyright 2004 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

As he stood before Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley for confirmation at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Revere, Andrew Foglia promised to live the life of a faithful Catholic.

Mass on Sunday. Obey the Ten Commandments. Give of himself to others. They're articles of faith he explored during two years of preparation for confirmation, a sacrament marking a young person's coming of age in the Catholic faith.

"My faith is decently strong," said Foglia, 15, a third- generation parishioner at ...

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