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re: Confirmation in the Catholic Church lowered from 11th grade to 7th grade
Posted on 5/8/25 at 11:51 am to LSUGrrrl
Posted on 5/8/25 at 11:51 am to LSUGrrrl
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I actually wasn’t confirmed until I was 28 bc I didn’t feel my Faith was strong enough as a teen to take that step.
My oldest son just got confirmed at 24.
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Posted on 5/8/25 at 11:56 am to Giantkiller
7th Grade?! Can they even pick a gender by then?
Posted on 5/8/25 at 11:58 am to Giantkiller
It’s not a right of passage or anything like that. It’s fortifying the gifts of the Holy Spirit given to us by the sacrament of baptism. The idea of moving it to a younger person is to share those graces with them as soon as possible.
To the guy who mentioned Lake Charles; our bishop doesn’t want to make this big of a change until the new bishop is named. He reached the age of retirement last year.
To the guy who mentioned Lake Charles; our bishop doesn’t want to make this big of a change until the new bishop is named. He reached the age of retirement last year.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 11:58 am to Giantkiller
Mine did the opposite. It was increased from 8th to the 11th grade
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:00 pm to Giantkiller
My 10th grader just wrapped up classes. How can he get confirmed without having to do classes again next year?
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:02 pm to Giantkiller
My best friend in VA was confirmed at that age. This was in 2008.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:03 pm to jlovel7
Confirmation was like 4th grade when I did it
Reconciliation 3rd
Communion 2nd
Reconciliation 3rd
Communion 2nd
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:05 pm to Giantkiller
My twin granddaughters in Pennsylvania were confirmed a couple months ago, 7th grade.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:05 pm to GumboPot
Honestly, I had much more respect for the sacrament going into it as an informed choice instead of just because it was time to do it according to a schedule.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:06 pm to Stexas
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It’s not a right of passage or anything like that. It’s fortifying the gifts of the Holy Spirit given to us by the sacrament of baptism. The idea of moving it to a younger person is to share those graces with them as soon as possible.
Then why do we wait at all? Why not just do confirmation right at first communion?
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:07 pm to In The Know
quote:Makes absolutely no difference. One thing that does make a difference in a child's faith is how active the father. Even how much he sings.
Glad for it. Grab em early.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:08 pm to SUB
Some dioceses do exactly that.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:21 pm to Giantkiller
I’m not ok with this. I feel like 7th is too young to truly understand what confirmation and being a Catholic truly means.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:24 pm to Giantkiller
I confirmed in the 10th grade. I think 7th is kinda young.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:25 pm to Giantkiller
I was confirmed in the 4th grade. There really is not a good reason to wait until 11th grade.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:27 pm to GetCocky11
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I was confirmed in the 8th grade
This
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:34 pm to Stexas
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Some dioceses do exactly that.
I know. But why do some (or most?) wait til 8th or 11th grade? I don't believe those Churches just picked a random age and said "yeah, let's do confirmation then."
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:35 pm to Giantkiller
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To my fellow Catholic Baton Rougeans with kids. Recently Bishop Duca has decided to move confirmation from 11th grade to 7th.
11th grade is too late. It was the 8th grade for us.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:41 pm to Giantkiller
Being protestant I didn’t partake but my catholic friends confirmed sometime when we were in jr. high school.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 12:45 pm to Giantkiller
From a Biblical perspective, what is the purpose of confirmation and where is it explained in the Bible?
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