Call to Continuing Conversion

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Unless their Diocese has a rule in place that requires permission 🙂 Most parents do not want their child’s name and face to be posted in a public place.
 
We have permissions, but parishes are allowed to have as part of their registration process, a form that grants permission for all of this.

The Diocescan newspaper has it’s own forms.
 
Yes, put plain and simply: words matter. For online forums (of any kind), it equates to not being a jerk or hostile in responses since vocal intonation, facial expressions, and the like are neither seen nor readily apparent between the sender and the intended recipient. Thus, the words chosen, along with the sentence structure used, could quickly lead to (unintended) miscommunication (on either end). Therefore, let’s choose our words wisely, ensuring we remain open to proper dialogue. Otherwise, just keep our thoughts to ourselves. Along the same lines of the Bible quote, I saw this very recently and copied it down: “before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve upon the silence?”
 
Received a very nice and thorough reply from the DRE - completely in line with what many have commented (as well as the other information provided in attachments) to this thread. (Thank you very much!!!)

Here is the bulk of the reply - also provided was the script for the actual ceremony (tried to upload it but was not permitted - not sure why not as it is a .pdf file):

“The Rite of Continuing Conversion comes from the RCIA. It is a ritual designed for already baptized Christians coming into the Catholic Church. About 15 years ago, the Pastor and I adapted this ritual for our teens in Confirmation preparation for a few reasons: 1) Our teens need all the positive support they can get. This is yet another opportunity to bring the teens together with their parents and sponsors in celebration of the Mass. 2) Since our parish Confirmation is celebrated in another parish and the teens meet at night, the Parish Community (at large) doesn’t get to see them as a group. This ritual was adapted to put the teens in front of the Parish Community. 3) Our teens need blessings and prayers. They are facing so many things in their lives, we must give them as many blessings and prayers as possible. This ceremony was designed to ask the Parish Community to actively participate in their Confirmation, providing that crucial support of prayers and blessings.”
 
That sounds like a very reasonable explanation. Now you can be at ease about the situation.
 
Absolutely!!! 🙂 🙂 THANK YOU for all the valuable (name removed by moderator)ut!!!
 
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