The sacrament of Confirmation is best described by it's affects:

— it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, “Abba! Father!”;

— it unites us more firmly to Christ;

— it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us;

— it renders our bond with the Church more perfect;

— 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:

Catholic Church. (2000). Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd Ed., p. 330). Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference.

The Ordinariate is one of approximately 16 dioceses in the USA that has returned to the historic and traditional ordering of the sacraments of initiation - Baptism, followed by Confirmation, and then Holy Communion.