On February 22, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Thomas G. Doran, Bishop of Rockford, administered the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the traditional rite to over ninety young adults at St. Mary's Oratory, of which Canon Brian Bovee serves as Rector.

Well over five hundred faithful attended this beautiful ceremony and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament which followed. The Institute is profoundly grateful to His Excellency, Bishop Doran, for his paternal guidance and continual support of its apostolate at Saint Mary's over the past thirteen years.