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anodos
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Are there traditional ways to celebrate Confirmation or an adult’s First Communion?
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jmcrae
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Usually the RCIA team will put something on for adults being Confirmed and receiving other Sacraments of Initiation. Typically there is wine and cheese, and of course gifts for the guests of honour.
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formerlysure
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I would suggest an afternoon party to include family and close friends. You can invite the other adults from RCIA if it’s a group and their spouses and children if you like, also.
In my family we celebrate these things right after the mass at home and invite people to the mass as well as the party. We keep the party simple…sandwiches or something like that, pop, beer, wine and coffee and a sheet cake. I would not invite work associates or other acquaintances and would specify “no gifts” on the invitation unless the guest of honor is a child.
In my family we celebrate these things right after the mass at home and invite people to the mass as well as the party. We keep the party simple…sandwiches or something like that, pop, beer, wine and coffee and a sheet cake. I would not invite work associates or other acquaintances and would specify “no gifts” on the invitation unless the guest of honor is a child.
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Safia
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^ Yes!
My family went out to early dinner following Mass with a group of close friends.
God bless, and welcome home.
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martininthefiel
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All I got was the Body and Precious Blood of the Sacrament. It was more than enough.Usually the RCIA team will put something on for adults being Confirmed and receiving other Sacraments of Initiation. Typically there is wine and cheese, and of course gifts for the guests of honour.
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SecretGarden
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Due to many factors, I was lucky enough to have my confirmation outside Easter Vigil which meant that after mass, I had a small gathering with some of my closest friends and family. I was confirmed at the 5pm mass which meant a suppertime gathering. The priest also joined in as well. I ordered in St Hubert BBQ chicken, someone else brought in a cake. It was intimate and really beautiful. I had a wonderful time. I would have had more people attend as well if there hadn’t been a snow storm that day.
I would recommend it to everyone since it is a time of celebration. I know other parishes will have some type of celebration after the Easter Vigil as well. It really depends on the person.
I would recommend it to everyone since it is a time of celebration. I know other parishes will have some type of celebration after the Easter Vigil as well. It really depends on the person.
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anodos
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Yes, it certainly is! But I am greedy, and if there’s any icing for “more than enough”, I want the icing too.
I’m afraid that I’ll look back after a while and think, “That was one of the biggest events in my life, and I didn’t do anything special?”
I am a little sad because I know a few people (mainly through RCIA) but don’t have any close friends in this parish. My sweet family wants to take me to dinner afterward, but Catholicism is alien to them and they’re a little confused about why I would do something wierd like this. When I was baptized in a Reformed church, I still didn’t have many friends, but my family was familiar to that congregation, and li’l sister’s youth leader marked the occasion by presenting me with a silver cross necklace; it was such a lovely and unexpected gift, somehow it profoundly underlined and highlighted the beauty of baptism and the church.
So I feel unknown and lonely, but I’ll suck it up.
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TheMc
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For mine, I had a few friends (and their families) over who were confirmed with me.
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Deo_Gratias42
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My First Communion was a big brunch after Mass with my relatives who could make it. My Confirmation was a huge supper feast with the same relatives who could make it. I got a lot of religious gifts and picture frames.
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