<P> In the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, Confirmation, known also as Chrismation, is one of the seven sacraments instituted by Christ for the conferral of sanctifying grace and the strengthening of the union between individual souls and God . </P> <P> The Catechism of the Catholic Church in its paragraphs 1302--1303 states: </P> <P> It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost . </P> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, "Abba! Father!" (Romans 8: 15); </Li> <Li> it unites us more firmly to Christ; </Li> <Li> it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us; </Li> <Li> it renders our bond with the Church more perfect; </Li> <Li> it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross: </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl>

Where does the sacrament of confirmation take place