Catholic Confirmation

Outside of an emergency, Confirmation is always celebrated in Church, and usually by the Bishop. Normally, confirmation is scheduled whenever the Bishop can make it to a parish to perform the confirmations. However, a priest may be delegated by the Bishop to perform confirmations, and a priest may always confirm in some circumstances: for instance if a priest is receiving an adult into the Church and is baptizing them at the Easter Vigil, they may also confirm them. Outside of the Latin Rite, confirmations are usually performed by priests immediately after baptizing infants.

This is a perfect question for me to answer because I am a Catholic 14 year old girl who is making her Confirmation in October.

There is a HUGE importance of it. The word itself is almost the definition. They call it a "Confirmation" because you are confirming what you want. You are confirming that you want to continue you're practice and ACTIVE role in the Catholic church. It is a ceremony in which you are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.

You must prepare mentally for this to happen, because if you do not have the requirments to fufill this sacrament, then they will not let you. You must know all the gifts and friuts of the Holy Spirit, and you must know a great deal about the church and how it works, the parts of the mass, sacramental and holy objects.... And when you know all of that, you must make an appoinment with the parish Father (priest) and he will interview you on all of this information along with asking you why you wish to fufill this sacrament. Don't worry. Know one will hear the interview except for you, the Father, and God. Also, you just have service hours completed. You must have a number of hours working in the church, the world, and in your family. THEN when the Father approoves you, you must go to confession, or reconciliation. This will be the second sacrament that a Catholic child will receive in their childhood. During this, you tell the Father the sins that you have comitted since your last confession. He will listen to them and then give you a penance. Doing this ensures that you are completley pure during the process. And the priest wil not tell anyone your sins either.

Then yay! The big day is here! A bishop will come to tehe church in which you are being confirmed at and begin the ceremony as a regular mass. When the time comes, you and your already confirmed sponser will go up along with all the other students who are being confirmed and the bishop will say "Do you wish to be sealed with the Holy Spirit and continue your journey in the Catholic church?" Or something along those lines.. and the Student will respond hopefully with, "I do." Then he makes the sign of the cross on your forehead with holy water, and BOOM! You have been confirmed. Congratulations!

By going through with this you must be an active church goer. It is not like all those rituals to prepare for this were like a preperation for gratuation from the church, it is a time when you become an adult in the church and you CARRY ON your role as a member of the parish.

So that is what Confirmation is. If you have any questions about any other sacraments I am here to help!

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There is seven sacraments in the Catholic Church. Here they are in order.

Baptism

Reconciliation

Eucharist/Communion

Confirmation

Marriage

Holy Orders

Anointing Of The Sick

You can't receive holy orders if you are married.

Hope I helped :)

(saint name)

"Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit"

(Anointed with oil in a cross on forehead while this is being said)

"The Lord be with you"

You respond, "And also with you"

Liturgy of the Word

Rite of Confirmation (conferral of Sacrament by Bishop)

Liturgy of the Eucharist

If you wanted to divide it into more parts, you would either have to name the specific actions in the confirmation part, or break out individual parts of the Liturgy of the Word, or the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

The Bishop will come say mass at your parish. During the mass the Bishop puts holy oil on the candidates four heads blessing them in the names of their chosen saints as their chosen sponsor holds their shoulder and serves as witness.

Confirmation age is normally around the child's Sophomore year of school. You need a Catholic sponsor, do a certain amount of community service, attend church, attend the confirmation classes, and a few other requirements. If you wish to have a saint name, you must right a letter to your bishop with the name, the reason why you would like to change your name, and why you picked the saint you did.

No, Baptism is a ceremony to bless the one being baptized, welcoming them to Christian faith, a little more like a Christening. Communian is more like Mass; you go up to the front, row by row (usually, sometimes things are brought to you) and are blessed, and given wine (Christ's blood) and bread (Christ's body).

So, they are very different. Ask some one at your local church for a full explanation.

Jess, 11 x x x

Knowing your faith would help.

As it is, the Bible - or Holy Book of your faith - could provide inspiration.

Your minister, priest, rabbi, iman or other might be able to offer guidance.

At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit, sent by Jesus Christ, as He had promised, descended upon the disciples of Jesus, giving them strength to preach the Good News. The Bible makes a distinction from Baptism and Confirmation.

Acts 8:14-18Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the holy Spirit. When Simon saw that the Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles' hands ...Acts 19:1-6While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and came (down) to Ephesus where he found some disciples. He said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" They answered him, "We have never even heard that there is a holy Spirit." He said, "How were you baptized?" They replied, "With the baptism of John." Paul then said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul laid (his) hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

" Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit". as he anoints you with oil, this is the sign of the sacrament. The candidate says "Amen" and the Bishop then says "Peace be with you". the candidate responds "and also with you"

Catholics perform confirmation. Also, Lutherans do. This is done by the bishop or pastor.

The priest or bishop lays their hands upon the person receiving Confirmation, the priest or bishop says, "Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit," the person says, "Amen," and then they are anointed with holy oil (just like King David).

Confirmation:

• Brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace:

• Roots us more deeply in the divine childhood which makes us cry, "Abba! Father!"

• Unites us more firmly to Christ;

• Increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us;

• Renders our bond with the Church more perfect

• 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

A fully initiated Catholic can be:

• A godparent

• A Confirmation sponsor

• A lector who reads scripture at Mass

• An extraordinary minister of the Eucharist

. • At Mass

. • To the sick

• A Sacristan

• A Cantor

• And many other ministries

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it depends on your school. I was confirmed when I was in 8th grade. Some people I know are getting confirmed in 9th. This is the usual age. But you also have to prove to your bishop or pastor that you're ready to be confirmed so it's subjective.

No, that isn't necessary! Preists don't receive individual gifts from members of the church, the church receives gifts... but get this, they share them with other churches in the diocese! The diocese shares it with other churches, this makes the church more unified, they run as a whole!

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (On different feast days there are often other little rituals inside the Mass e.g. putting ash on the forehead on Ash Wednesday, palm leaves on Palm Sunday, blessing peoples throats on St. Blase's day, turning off all the lights then lighting the candles from the pascal candle on the Easter Vigil etc.) Marriage Confession Excorcism Baptism Extreme Unction / Last Rites / Annointing the Sick Ordination Liturgy of the Hours Benediction Confirmation

Beginning with baptism, a Catholic makes a firm commitment to live the Christian life, to take up his cross daily and follow his Savior. He thus makes a commitment to penance, to witness to the Christian life to others. He renews these baptismal promises every Easter and at the beginning of some special Masses. He also renews them when he is confirmed.