Still at ten years of age? Depending on whether or not they’ve already been Baptized, and received First Communion and Reconciliation, they would most likely have to attend special instruction to catch up to the rest of their peers, then go to regular Catechism classes after that point.
Formerwarrior, Go to confession and then you would not be a “FormerWarrior” no more but a Warrior for Jesus Christ in the only Church He established over 2000 years ago.
I received first communion in the Catholic Church. Confirmation in the Episcopal Church.Still at ten years of age? Depending on whether or not they’ve already been Baptized, and received First Communion and Reconciliation, they would most likely have to attend special instruction to catch up to the rest of their peers, then go to regular Catechism classes after that point.
Most likely they would still have to go through the RCIA program, though probably with a special instructor for children, if any of those sacraments were lacking. Confirmation is usually not administered until early teens, so that would not be an issue if they were only ten. Of course, their parent/parents would also have to be involved in the process at some point.
One parent was Catholic, the other was Episcopalian. They separated, and then divorced. I was given a choice as to which church to attend. It seemed too much of a hassle to go to the Catholic Church alone at that age, and to be dropped off and picked up. The offer was there, but it didn’t make much sense to me as a kid. There was no coercion. There was not a lot of effort put into exploring how it could be done either.
As others have already said, you would still have to go through RCIA to be Confirmed in the Catholic Church, since that Sacrament is not the same as in other faiths. It might be called by the same name, but it’s not recognized as valid by the RCC for obvious reasons. I’m not sure about you being able to receive Communion in the Catholic Church. I would assume that you could possibly receive Communion after making a full confession, doing penance and being absolved by the Priest. But, you should definitely tell the Priest that you have been away from the Church since you were ten, and that you were confirmed in another faith. I’m not sure if that action would nullify your previous Sacraments, since the action of ‘confirmation’ would be an act of professing full faith in the church in which you are confirmed, and rejecting any other faith (i.e. the Catholic faith).
I think it might depend on what the Episcopalians consider confirmation ‘to be or not to be’. What we call confirmation is specific to our church; they may have a totally different notion of it that does not mean ‘professing full faith’–and even then, what does full faith mean to them in the event it was professed? If we believe in one true, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, by definition all others who contradict this idea are merely and insignificantly ignorant. You cannot in truth contradict our faith.
He is correct.
You would go to Reconciliation and follow the priest’s advice. Especially if you are married and might need convalidation of your marriage.
Confirmation in the Episcopal church is not a sacrament from the Catholic point of view. The EC does not have valid holy orders.
Nothing a person does “nullifies” the sacraments.
I really don’t think he would have to go through RCIA. I dropped out of catechism the year I was to be confirmed. (Lots of chaos at home with the death of my sister, family attended Mass irregularly -as a teen saw it as hypocrisy.) At the age of 25 I met with the sister at my parish (at the time) a couple of times (so NOT useful by the way) and then was confirmed at the cathedral downtown with many, many adult Catholics.
He might be allowed to study with someone on a one on one basis, but each priest/pastor that makes such decision makes it on the basis of pastoral care. I was already confirmed when I went through RCIA with my wife as her sponsor. The trick was on me. I needed it just as much as she did. I learned things I never knew. It’s important to know the faith. Your confirmation was not Catholic, it is not valid in the eyes of the Church because priests in the Anglican/Episcopalian faith are not considered by the Church to posses valid holy orders. I know you do not understand this, but it is what it is and you’ll have to make that leap of faith if you wish to return to the Catholic Church. I’ve heard some priest will require a person wishing to return home to the Catholic Church to attend RCIA before allowing them to receive. I don’t know anyone that went through this situation, but my guess is it probably happens.
I was referring to his question about Eucharist. If he has received it validly for the first time as a Catholic, he should be able to pick up where he left off no matter what his professions elsewhere. There are Catholics who practice–though they may consider it mere philosophical speculation–totally non christian religions and who see no need to reconcile that with the Church because they have been confirmed and can discern the truth and properly reject the suggestion of all anti christian dogma they encounter.
Interesting. “All things work for good for those who love the Lord” This pops into my head when I read the part I highlighted with bold in you message.
My experience was that I got baptized at the age of 7-8 years old, immediately received first communion (no confession). During the course of the next 38 years I had no catechism classes and attended Mass a handful of times. I got married in the Lutheran Church at 18 (CC wouldn’t marry me and my husband because I was not regularly attending Mass, and because marriage prep classes interfered with my intended wedding date)…skip to being married 20 years later, my husband wanted to become catholic, so we attended RCIA classes together. I needed confirmation, he needed baptism. During our classes I was told all I had to do to receive communion was to have a confession, but since our marriage was not valid in the Church we would have to abstain from relations since we were in sin, so on our original wedding date we got married in the Church (before we finished RCIA classes) and I still prolonged doing confession because it terrified me!..Easter 2000 my husband was baptized and I made confirmation and confession, and finally got to receiver our Lord in a worthy manner…(we completed our journey together)
No. I do not.
