Infants recieving Eucharest?

[hangel]

I heard that in the Roman rite a baby CAN recieve all their sacraments as an infant if the parents choose to do so.
However, if they are only baptised as an infant then they have to wait untill they are older to recieve comunion. Is there a certain age or is it just the parent’s & pastor’s decision?
Can anyone lead me in a good direction to check this out?

 

[Dorothy]

I have never heard of that being permitted in the Latin Rite.

I have heard of infants receiving Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation in the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches (under the pope), and in the Orthodox Churches.

They do things a bit differently and are permitted to do so.

 

[Spencerian]

I heard that in the Roman rite a baby CAN recieve all their sacraments as an infant if the parents choose to do so.
However, if they are only baptised as an infant then they have to wait untill they are older to recieve comunion. Is there a certain age or is it just the parent’s & pastor’s decision?
Can anyone lead me in a good direction to check this out?

Hi, there.

Canon law 889 notes that this sacrament’s use: “Apart from the danger of death, to receive confirmation lawfully a person who has the use of reason must be suitably instructed, properly disposed and able to renew the baptismal promises.”

The only sacrament that an infant generally receives in the Latin rite is the Sacrament of Baptism.

In the Western/Latin rite, the age of reason, by the seventh year of age, is common, and is where the child is readied for the Sacrament of Confirmation. What specific age can be determined at the diocesan level. It is preferred by the Church that Confirmation be done before or very shortly after First Communion.

While I cannot find that there is a requirement for Confirmation before receiving the Eucharist, the receiving of the Eucharist is strictly done only by those who are at the age of reason and never given to infants, who are not disposed to know what they are receiving. Confirmation is strongly encouraged before receiving Sacraments of vocation (Holy Orders, Marriage, or solemn vows for lay religious such as monks or nuns).

In danger of death, any and all of the Sacraments of Initiation can be done.

Canon Law 882-886 notes that the bishop is the ordinary minister of this Sacrament, but he can confer this ability to his charges, the priests.

 

[Phemie]

I heard that in the Roman rite a baby CAN recieve all their sacraments as an infant if the parents choose to do so.
However, if they are only baptised as an infant then they have to wait untill they are older to recieve comunion. Is there a certain age or is it just the parent’s & pastor’s decision?
Can anyone lead me in a good direction to check this out?

No, not ALL.

In the Latin Rite an infant may be confirmed (and should be if in danger of death) but may not receive Communion. Communion may only be given to a child who understands Whom he is receiving and is able to do so reverently. A child’s First Communion should also be preceded by Reconciliation.