Tag Archives: confirmation

QUAERITUR: Can girls choose male saints’ names at Confirmation?

Posted on 6 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
My younger sister is going through Confirmation classes and, God-willing, will be confirmed next year. She seem to have her heart set on Maximilian Kolbe as her Confirmation Saint/name.
Interestingly enough, the Confirmation class teacher (of 25 years) says … Continue reading →

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Can a publicly pro-homosexual marriage teenager be admitted for Confirmation?

Posted on 16 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Dr. Peters has a new post on his fine canon law blog, In the Light of the Law.  He doesn’t have an open combox over there, and I can understand why.
Confirmation and advocacy of ‘gay marriage’
by Dr. Edward Peters
Those trying … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Big groups for Confirmation. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 27 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
56 girls were recently confirmed. Isn’t that too big a group? I would rather have smaller groups, and the Archdiocese of ___ has no shortage of auxiliary bishops and vicars.
There is no requirement in canon law that the … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: 2 male or 2 female sponsors for Confirmation

Posted on 27 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I attended a Confirmation yesterday, and I noticed two things that made me doubtful. Firstly, the fact that some of the girls being confirmed had two godfathers, or two godmothers, while I had been told in my own … Continue reading →

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Bishop confirms 19 people at SSPX chapel. Can you say “Win Win Scenario”?

Posted on 13 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate have publicized that a French bishop, Most. Rev. Jean Bonfils, Emeritus of Nice went to an SSPX chapel in Ajaccio, Corsica and administered the sacrament of Confirmation to 19 people.
It seems that the local SSPX priest … Continue reading →

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American Bishop receives kudos from the Pope for reordering sacraments

Posted on 8 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This should cause some discussion!
From CNA:
Bishop Aquila receives Pope’s praise for reordering sacraments
By David Kerr
Rome, Italy, Mar 8, 2012 / 03:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo said he is delighted to have first-hand papal approval for changing … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Are SSPX confirmation valid?

Posted on 18 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I was confirmed by His Excellency Bishop Tissier de Mallerais. He belongs to the SSPX, and I was reading that my confirmation was valid but illicit. Should I get confirmed again. (If I get a disposition from the … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Confirmed or ordained but not in the state of grace – Fr. Z rants

Posted on 18 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
My question is regarding confirmation. Do those who receive the sacrament have to be in a state of grace in order for it to take? (the answer, I assume, is yes). I ask this because I am not … Continue reading →

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Card. Lehmann of Mainz calls people who want the old form of confirmation foolish.

Posted on 26 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I saw on the site of Andrea Tornielli that Card. Lehmann of Mainz considers Pope Benedict’s provisions in Summorum Pontificum to be foolish.
That is the only conclusion you can come to, and it is my conclusion, if you consider his … Continue reading →

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Liverpool: reversing the order of the sacraments

Posted on 26 January 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The ancient Church, and in Eastern Churches today, the sacraments “of initiation” were given “continuously”, that is, all at once.  Even infants were confirmed after baptism and then given the Eucharist.   The separation of confirmation came about probably as a … Continue reading →

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