Can you be forced into confirmation?

You can’t be forced into the sacrament of confirmation.

Do I have to have confirmation?

Confirmation is required by Lutherans, Anglicans and other traditional Protestant denominations for full membership in the respective church. Thus, the sacrament or rite of confirmation is administered to those being received from those aforementioned groups, in addition to those converts from non-Christian religions.

Can a Catholic priest confirm someone?

Latin Church The sacrament is customarily conferred only on people old enough to understand it, and the ordinary minister of Confirmation is a bishop. Priests typically administer the sacrament during the Easter Vigil Mass to adults becoming members of the Catholic Church.

Can you marry in a Catholic church without being confirmed?

According to Canon Law all Catholics requesting the sacrament of marriage should be fully initiated (Baptized; 1st Communion; Confirmation) prior to the wedding. So if there is time, the unconfirmed person can join and RCIA program, get confirmed and then get married after Easter.

Can a priest deny Confirmation?

The general rule of canon law is that “sacred ministers cannot deny the sacraments to those who seek them at appropriate times, are properly disposed, and are not prohibited by law from receiving them”; and “any baptized person not prohibited by law can and must be admitted to holy communion”.

Do you have to be confirmed to be a priest?

To become a Catholic priest, you must be a devout Roman Catholic male willing to lead an unmarried, celibate lifestyle. If accepted, you’ll be required to undergo rigorous theological study and a process of discernment to confirm your calling to the priesthood leading to ordination.

Can I take Holy communion without being confirmed?

The Eucharist isn’t a sacrament unique to the Catholic Church. However, this is not the case in the Catholic Church. You must be baptized into the Catholic Church in order to receive communion. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to have received the sacrament of Confirmation before taking first communion.

Who can and should be confirmed in the Catholic Church?

In the Catholic Church, anyone that has been baptized properly can and should be confirmed. What is Catholic Confirmation? Confirmation is a Sacrament in the Catholic Church in which the one who is confirmed (confirmandi) receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit through the imposition of hand and anointing with oils by the bishop.

What happens at a Catholic confirmation ceremony?

Catholic Confirmation is performed with the ordinary minister extending his hand over the one to be confirmed and anointing his/her head with the oil of chrism saying, “be sealed with the Holy Spirit.” The actual Confirmation ceremony is much longer than this, but this is the “meat” of the action.

Does the Bishop visit the school to confirm?

In the west, most churches have the Bishop come and visit the local parish to confirm an entire class (age group) of students who spent the year preparing for confirmation. However, the Bishop can also ‘delegate’ his apostolic authority to perform the sacrament of confirmation to the local priest who is then able…

Do any of the priests still go to church?

Incidentally, most of these buddies are no longer priests today. Some are dead; others quit the priesthood. Even Bernie Law sort of quit the priesthood too–to become an Ecclesiastic! [audience laughter] But most of them who survive are still religious and still go to church.