Confirmation memories

[Canadian75]

With Lent coming up and a good deal of baptisms and confirmations coming up. I was just wondering what you remember about your confirmation. My boys won't be confirmed until May, but their doing prep classes right now. I attached a poll to just get a sense of who confirmed you and when. (I'm a poll junkie...I like collecting stats) . I was confirmed last October by our parish priest. I was the only one getting confirmed so I was nervous standing up there, but it was really nice in the end. A sure way to get the parishoners to know who you are.

 

[Glynnw]

I will be confirmed May 15 and I am so looking forward to it.

 

[Gwendolyn]

I was confirmed by a Bishop when I was 13 years old. We did a lot of preparation for it, but at the same time, I wish I had understood more fully what it was that was happening. Now, I appreciate it even more because my faith has grown infinitely within the past few years, but personally, I was too young to understand the full weight of that decision. Obviously the decision wouldn't be different if I had made a more conscious choice, but I wish I had just had the capacity to more fully understand what was going on.

 

[Canadian75]

The confirm at the age of 7 in our diocese. My youngest son is 7 and my oldest is 9. My oldest son is in a class of kids from 8-14 who haven't been confirmed yet. Often, they've moved here from areas that don't confirm at such a young age. We got a new bishop recently and he is likely to raise the age for confirmation either next year or the year after.

 

[Dream]

I was confirmed when I was 16. Is that a child or an adult?

 

[Canadian75]

I'd consider 18 or 19 as adult, like the government does (at least the Canadian gov't, I don't know when you are legally an adult in the US).

 

[anawim]

I was confirmed (by Cardinal Spellman) at age 9.

 

[Maggie893]

I was confirmed at 12 by Bishop O'Leary who died just weeks after I returned to the Church two years ago.

 

[Carrye]

I was 17, I think. It was the fall of my senior year in high school. There were about 30 of us, and (after the crucifix) I got to lead the procession.

 

[Alexis OCA]

Bishop John Ahern (auxilliary bishop in NY)
4th Grade - circa 1968
I just loved the red confirmation gown

 

[InnerPhyre]

I was 12. Confirmed by the bishop.

 

[karla]

I was Confirmed while I was in college, but a terrific priest who I am still close friends with. All I can remember was the feeling that I am finally home

 

[ByzantineDixie]

I was confirmed when I was in the 4th grade. I honestly don't remember...I presume it was the bishop...it was not our priest. My confirmation name was Margaret and my sponsor was my most favorite cousin, Cathleen. I think she was about 17 or 18 at the time.

Peace

Rose

 

[Paul S]

I was confirmed in 8th grade by the archbishop, and my sponsor was my godfather.

 

[Alexis OCA]

I was confirmed (by Cardinal Spellman) at age 9.

We have a connection! I went to Cardinal Spellman HS.. LOL

 

[epiclesis]

i was confirmed may 17, 2001 by a priest.

 

[Victrixa]

I was confirmed by the bishop when I was 11 (in 1978). It was a wonderful evening.

 

[romaneagle13]

I was confirmed at age 12 at Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima parish. My parents served as my sponsors. I remember that I had a red stole that had tongues of flame decorating one side of it and my confirmation name, Elizabeth (after Mother Seton) on the other side. All the students had these stoles. I thought that they were a nice idea.

 

[Annabel Lee]

We have a connection! I went to Cardinal Spellman HS.. LOL

I almost went to Cardinal Spellman H.S., which in my area was one of the few coed Catholic high schools. Ended up going to an all girls Catholic HS.
(what was I thinking?!)

Confirmed by a Bishop (can't remember his name) at 10 years old in the Bronx.

 

[tjboie2001]

The first time I was confirmed when I was a child but I was confirmed in a methodist church. Then when I meet my husband we both went through RCIA classes toghther then that is when I was confirmed in the catholic church.