This is where the sacrament of confirmation comes in. “For those who have been made Christians by Baptism, still have in some sort the tenderness and softness, as it were, of new-born infants ...

If we understand what happens to us in baptism, we might be tempted to say ... I have another gift for you – the sacrament of confirmation.” It may sound odd to say, but our God is a God ...

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...

Confirmation takes place at a later stage in life, often as a teenager. It is seen as a personal commitment to the faith that the baby was baptised into many years before. Infant baptism means ...

It concludes with the simultaneous reception of the three "initiation" sacraments – baptism, the Eucharist and confirmation. Adult baptisms are ordinarily celebrated at Easter because ...

It also strengthens and deepens the connection to the Church that is established at baptism. The sacrament of confirmation typically takes place in early teenage years, when a child starts to be ...