Adult baptism and Confirmation

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A local parish which celebrates the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and has for decades, just posted pictures of the recent Baptism & First Holy Communion of two adults.

I have two questions. If these have been answered in the past here please direct me to that thread.

May adults be baptized at any time in the year in this Form of the Roman Rite?

The text with the pictures makes no mention of Confirmation. Is that done at a later time for adults?

Thank you in advance for help in leaning more about this.
 
Although it is preferred for adult Baptisms to be at the Easter Vigil, they can be at any time. As for Confirmation, it may be that the custom is to wait for the Bishop to confer Confirmation at a later date.
 
I believe that any Catholic can baptize anyone at anytime right? You don’t technically need a priest or deacon to officiate.
 
praestat_fides said:
I believe that any Catholic can baptize anyone at anytime right? You don’t technically need a priest or deacon to officiate.
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The ordinary minister of Baptism is a priest or deacon. Anyone can Baptize in danger of death or other grave necessity.
 
To add… I believe (except in life/death situations…) The church does not baptize during the Lenten season.

My son was baptized the sunday before lent began …the priest said we need to do it now, or at the easter vigil since we don’t baptize during lent.
 
MichaelHowling said:
To add… I believe (except in life/death situations…) The church does not baptize during the Lenten season.

My son was baptized the sunday before lent began …the priest said we need to do it now, or at the easter vigil since we don’t baptize during lent.
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There is no Church law prohibiting baptisms during Lent. Some dioceses may have this as a policy, but there is no such Church law.
 
MichaelHowling said:
To add… I believe (except in life/death situations…) The church does not baptize during the Lenten season.

My son was baptized the sunday before lent began …the priest said we need to do it now, or at the easter vigil since we don’t baptize during lent.
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The Catechism actually says that infant Baptism should be done within the first few weeks after birth. It makes sense however, that adult Baptisms aren’t generally done (except in extreme circumstances) in Lent.
 
5Loaves said:
A local parish which celebrates the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and has for decades, just posted pictures of the recent Baptism & First Holy Communion of two adults.

I have two questions. If these have been answered in the past here please direct me to that thread.

May adults be baptized at any time in the year** in this Form of the Roman Rite**?

The text with the pictures makes no mention of Confirmation. Is that done at a later time for adults?

Thank you in advance for help in leaning more about this.
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Just to reiterate, my two questions are specifically, and only, about adult baptism in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. 🙂
 
5Loaves said:
A local parish which celebrates the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and has for decades, just posted pictures of the recent Baptism & First Holy Communion of two adults.

I have two questions. If these have been answered in the past here please direct me to that thread.

May adults be baptized at any time in the year in this Form of the Roman Rite?

The text with the pictures makes no mention of Confirmation. Is that done at a later time for adults?

Thank you in advance for help in leaning more about this.
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I was confirmed on 22nd December last year, having been baptised as a Methodist when I was 3 months old, but the other woman who I was confirmed with had to be baptised first, so she was baptised, then we were confirmed and we both made our first holy communion all on the same day, in the same Mass. Our Priest did it, not the Bishop, so clearly there are some ways to be able to do these things at different times of year. We had gone through RCIA, starting this time last year, and as an early Christmas present, our Priest said we could be confirmed (and in her case baptised also) and make our Holy Communion instead of waiting until Easter as we were both ready to make the commitment.
 
5Loaves said:
A local parish which celebrates the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and has for decades, just posted pictures of the recent Baptism & First Holy Communion of two adults.

I have two questions. If these have been answered in the past here please direct me to that thread.

May adults be baptized at any time in the year in this Form of the Roman Rite?

The text with the pictures makes no mention of Confirmation. Is that done at a later time for adults?

Thank you in advance for help in leaning more about this.
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I had already been baptized, but I was confirmed and received my first Sacraments in the Extraordinary Rite in a September (Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross). I have also been present at adult baptisms/confirmations in the EF during other times of the year outside of the Easter Vigil, so to answer your question, yes it may be done any time of the year. This has all been at an FSSP parish.
 
5Loaves said:
Just to reiterate, my two questions are specifically, and only, about adult baptism in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. 🙂
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Those two questions were answered early on in this thread and we expanded the discussion. Sorry.
 
Corki said:
Those two questions were answered early on in this thread and we expanded the discussion. Sorry.
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Actually, I haven’t seen an answer and I’ve been waiting along with the OP.

In the EF, when may baptisms of adults be done?

Not the OF, not already-baptized Christians, not babies, not RCIA. A link to a document or even the website of a parish that celebrates the EF would be especially helpful.
 
SuscipeMeDomine said:
Actually, I haven’t seen an answer and I’ve been waiting along with the OP.

In the EF, when may baptisms of adults be done?

Not the OF, not already-baptized Christians, not babies, not RCIA. A link to a document or even the website of a parish that celebrates the EF would be especially helpful.
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EF or OF doesn’t matter. Both are under the 1983 code of canon law which states that, while Sunday or Easter Vigil Baptisms are preferred for adults, they can be done at any time.

Here’s the link. It’s canon 856. All Latin rite celebrations of the Sacraments are subject to current canon law. Being in an EF parish only determines the content of the Baptism rite not the circumstances.

vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P2V.HTM
 
SuscipeMeDomine said:
Actually, I haven’t seen an answer and I’ve been waiting along with the OP.

In the EF, when may baptisms of adults be done?

Not the OF, not already-baptized Christians, not babies, not RCIA. A link to a document or even the website of a parish that celebrates the EF would be especially helpful.
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Yes. I’m quite familiar with Canon Law on this. I’m interested in the Ritual/Rubrics. When I have a chance I’m going to ask my past Canon Law teacher who routinely celebrates in the EF.
 
When I converted to Catholocism I was taken through private instruction by a very knowledgeable priest who was in his early seventies at the time I was conditionally baptized on Friday 19 December of 1993 by this same priest and also received confirmation from him.I received the Holy Eucharist for the first time that following Sunday.
 
Corki said:
Although it is preferred for adult Baptisms to be at the Easter Vigil, they can be at any time. As for Confirmation, it may be that the custom is to wait for the Bishop to confer Confirmation at a later date.
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Possibly, I don’t know for sure either. But on a side note, I know that in the early church, in the west it was customary for a bishop visiting an area to confirm all the babies who had been baptized but not yet confirmed. (Delaying confirmation until someone was of-age came in the Middle Ages, I believe.)
 
5Loaves said:
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The text with the pictures makes no mention of Confirmation. Is that done at a later time for adults?
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Hello,

Regarding this point, since *Summorum pontificum *specifically said “ordinaries” can use the older form for Confirmation (art. 9), it is understood (by some, anyway) that only a bishop would confirm using the extraordinary form (even though a presbyter can be an “ordinary”). In any case, the typical parish priest is not an ordinary and so would not confirm using the extraordinary form.

Dan
 
dans0622 said:
Hello,

Regarding this point, since *Summorum pontificum *specifically said “ordinaries” can use the older form for Confirmation (art. 9), it is understood (by some, anyway) that only a bishop would confirm using the extraordinary form (even though a presbyter can be an “ordinary”). In any case, the typical parish priest is not an ordinary and so would not confirm using the extraordinary form.

Dan
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Not exactly…Our FSSP parish priests (usually the pastor) have confirmed both children and adults numerous times, using the EF form, when they received delegation from the bishop to do so. The confirmation of adults by a priest occurs routinely when they are baptized and received into the Church, in accordance with canon 883 §2. Where the EF is the norm for a parish, such as in FSSP and ICRSS communities, then the priest granted the faculty to confirm naturally uses the EF rite of confirmation–again, this is with the bishop’s permission.
 
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