Catholic sacrements

[kieranm]

Hi, I'm new here and not sure if I'm posting in the right area. Hope so.

I'm planning to move to Australia over the next few months and I wondered if anyone can tell me the sequence children in Australia/Sydney make their First Communion and Confirmation. In Ireland, First Communion happens when a child is 8 years old, Confirmation when the child is about 11 or 12. Is this the same in Sydney? Some friends mentioned it was the other way around.

Thanks for your help,

 

[mamaneenie]

Hi, welcome, I am not Catholic, so cannot really answer your question. There are some other people on here who are Catholic.

I cannot see any reason why the way the Catholic church does things in Australia (like communion and stuff) would be that different to Ireland.

It's a big move, why are you coming to Australia?

 

[kieranm]

Thanks Mamaneenie, I would have thought it was the same as well, hopefully it is.

Reason's for moving, basically got an job offer with my current company and when we discussed it we thought, why not? Good chance for the children to experience life in a different country, bit of a lifestyle change, a chance to vist areas we normally wouldn't consider. Hopefully enjoy ourselves, make new friends and decide if we like it or not. Looking forward to it.

 

[mamaneenie]

How many kids have you got? How old are they? I have a son named Daniel who is 2 on Friday!

 

[elm1976]

Hi Kieranm,

Welcome, and good luck with your move. It will be very interesting for you coming to a new country.

Pretty sure that they do follow the same trend, first communion then Confirmation. I do know that a lot of the Catholic Schools have first communion and confirmation services each year. I think that they do it in roughly yr 3 or 4(for first communion) and yr 6(for confirmation).

 

[kieranm]

Thanks for the info and best wishes, appreciate it.

For the children, currently we have 2, girl aged 7 and a boy aged 5. One more due to arrive any day now, due date was actually today ! Playing the waiting gane at the moment !!

 

[mamaneenie]

Oh, yes, the waiting game. My son was 2 weeks overdue. The obstetrician was begging to induce me - no way was all I could say, let this babe come in his own time.