Communion and confirmation season is upon us. It's that time in Irish family life when many prepare their homes and gardens for family parties as their children celebrate the sacraments of ...

Seven adult Catholics from Malta, Indonesia, Italy and Colombia, who for various reasons had not previously received the sacrament of Confirmation, recently received the sacrament during mass at ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem is how to ensure that the Sacrament of Confirmation is not reduced, in practice, to “last rites”, that is the Sacrament of “departure” from the Church, but ...

Pope Francis addressed thousands of international pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, urging them not to turn the sacrament of confirmation into their “last rites” as Catholics but ...

urging them not to turn the sacrament of confirmation into their “last rites” as Catholics but to use it as “the beginning of an active participation in the Church.” Continuing his ...

If I wasn’t paying attention to the confirmation process, how did the sacrament “work”? I suppose I was really asking: How was God working in my life back then? Today’s Gospel reading from ...

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On May 25, they received the Sacrament of Confirmation in a ceremony held at St Patrick’s Catholic Church, La Rochelle, presided over by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale. The ceremony, inspired by the ...

He was referring to celebrating the sacrament of confirmation at parishes, which usually takes place in the evening. At the time I was amused by his remark, but over the years I have come to ...