Actor Shia LaBeouf fully enters the Catholic Church New Year’s Eve

[Michie]

(OSV News) — An actor who recently portrayed a beloved saint on screen has now fully come into the Catholic Church in real life.

Shia LaBeouf, a Hollywood veteran and star of director Abel Ferrara’s film “Padre Pio,” received the Sacrament of Confirmation, completing his initiation into the Catholic faith, during the New Year holiday weekend, according to announcements posted Jan. 2 to Facebook and Instagram by the Capuchin Franciscans’ Western American Province.

The friars posted several pictures of a smiling LaBeouf with the friars and Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, who had previously interviewed the actor through his Word on Fire apostolate.

Capuchin Father Joseph Seraphin Dederick, the provincial, told OSV News that Bishop Barron administered the sacrament to LaBeouf at the Old Mission Santa Inés in Solvang, California, on Dec. 31.

OSV News has reached out to the Capuchins’ Western American Province and Bishop Barron for comment.

“We are thrilled to share that our dear friend Shia LaBeouf has fully entered the Church this past weekend through the Sacrament of Confirmation!” the friars said in their posts, adding that they “are overjoyed to welcome him into the fold and witness his deep commitment to his faith journey.”

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Actor Shia LaBeouf fully enters the Catholic Church New Year's Eve

An actor who recently portrayed a beloved saint on screen has now fully come into the Catholic Church in real life. Shia LaBeouf, a Hollywood veteran and star of director Abel Ferrara's film "Padre Pio," received the sacrament of confirmation, completing his initiation into the Catholic faith...

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[Gnarwhal]

Thanks be to God!

And he was confirmed at Santa Ines! That mission has a special place in my heart, it was the mission I chose in fourth grade to report on and then 20 years later the year I converted I went to Mass there. It brought the feeling of "coming home" to a new level. And now Shia was confirmed there, how cool!

 

[Michie]

This is exciting. He is considering being a deacon.

Shia LaBeouf Enters Catholic Church, Considers Vocation to the Diaconate

LaBeouf, 37, made headlines in August 2023 after he revealed in an 80-minute-long interview with Bishop Barron that his on-screen portrayal of Padre Pio led him to a love of the Catholic faith.

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[Sword of the Lord]

It's so cool seeing Shia come this far. This is so much better than all the riches and pleasures of the world, and it seems he's discovered that at last.

 

[RileyG]

Glory to God!

 

[Michie]

Shia LaBeouf confirmed in Catholic Church, wants 'to become a deacon'

The Los Angeles native, who follows the path of a number of celebrities who have had religious awakenings in recent years.

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