Have you got any memories of your First Holy Communion or of your Confirmation Day?

[Rumpel]

Have you got any memories of your First Holy Communion or of your Confirmation Day?

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[Rumpel]

Are you going to tell me now that those days do not exist in the US?
Or that you have forgotten EVERYTHING?

 

[Slartibartfast]

It exists for catholics and perhaps certain denominations.

For me it was baptism and communion, but I was in one of the charistmatic type churches at the time

 

[ASHES]

If I ever have one, I'll let you know.

 

[Rumpel]

Maybe nobody remembers their first school day either?

 

[Logician Man]

Have you got any memories of your First Holy Communion or of your Confirmation Day?

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I was booted from my Lutheran Confirmation for being honest with my answers. Cut a deal with dad to keep the family peace, did a redo, and made the cut, so to speak. First Communion was Mogen-David wine and a wafer of some sort.

 

[Mashmont]

Have you got any memories of your First Holy Communion or of your Confirmation Day?

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Yes. My grandmother was at my First Holy Communion two weeks before she died. I was so petrified of making a mistake, and sure enough I started out of the pew before I was supposed to. But it was a great event. I felt like a grown-up Catholic. Being Catholic has been the greatest most guiding principle of my life. There has never been a period in my life where I lapsed, as in I never missed mass intentionally.

 

[Noodlegawd]

Have you got any memories of your First Holy Communion or of your Confirmation Day?

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Just about the only thing I remember about my first communion was waiting in line with my father for some kind of rehearsal event, and him telling me that if I didn't think I was ready, I didn't have to go through with it. Little did I realize at the time, my father was pretty anti-Catholic. I can't say for sure, but I bet he was trying to give me an out so he could tell his very devout mother that he tried, but I wasn't ready.

 

[Rumpel]

I was booted from my Lutheran Confirmation for being honest with my answers.

Sounds like fundamental Lutherans then, who do not tolerate any objections?

 

[Rumpel]

First Communion was Mogen-David wine and a wafer of some sort.

That sounds interesting now! Did you become a Catholic after being a Lutheran?
And was there a touch of Jewishness as well - because of the Mogen-Davin wine?

 

[Rumpel]

But it was a great event. I felt like a grown-up Catholic.

That's how I felt then and there as well.

 

[tosca1]

Have you got any memories of your First Holy Communion or of your Confirmation Day?

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I still have photos. Special dress mom made, all in white. Also while taking the host.
Also the reception for all the kids who'd had first Communion.

I was in a Catholic school until fortunately, I was moved out of it at an early age, to be with my cousins in a non-Catholic (but also Christian school).
Been in touched on facebook with some old schoolmates from the Catholic school, too.

I have no recollection of Confirmation.

 

[Logician Man]

That sounds interesting now! Did you become a Catholic after being a Lutheran?
And was there a touch of Jewishness as well - because of the Mogen-Davin wine?

No. Some where around the age of 16, I stopped going to church altogether. The only reason I knew it was Mogen-David wine was I helped myself to a bottle of it as a 'parting gift.' That wasn't a very smart move on my part.

 

[Logician Man]

Sounds like fundamental Lutherans then, who do not tolerate any objections?

Probably. It was in small town Okla. in the mid 60's. When the Pastor asked the biggie; "Do you accept Jesus Christ as your only Lord and Savior?", I simply told the truth, and responded " Nope. I don't believe in "any" Lords or Saviors." That's when the timeout was taken, and dad and I went to the bathroom, standing urinal to urinal, and cut a deal for me to go back in and regurgitate the 'proper' answers, so he wouldn't have to listen to my mom raise hell about the whole thing for who knows how long.

 

[devildavid]

Neither day was all that memorable. I hate ceremonies.

 

[Helix]

I have good memories of both.

 

[Lisa]

Have you got any memories of your First Holy Communion or of your Confirmation Day?

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They were both religious nonsense that I was forced to take part in or I would have been punished. I got some presents and cake, but I was happy to have them over with because my mother would finally leave me alone for a few years. I didn't believe a word of what we were told or what I had to repeat.

 

[ChezC3]

Since I was 34 when they happened I sure do...

 

[Rumpel]

It has often been said that the day of the First Holy Communion was and is unforgettable.
I would agree.
And I will tell later, why that was and is so.

 

[Rumpel]

I have good memories of both.

So have I.
But would do you mean by "both"?
Have you been Catholic and Protestant at nearly the same time?

 

[Rumpel]

With "Confirmation" I mean the Protestant celebration onely.

 

[Helix]

So have I.
But would do you mean by "both"?
Have you been Catholic and Protestant at nearly the same time?

My first communion was when I was around eight or nine; confirmation was around eighteen. Both were Catholic ceremonies. However, yes, we also occasionally attended a Protestant church. I wasn't confirmed in a Protestant faith, though.

 

[Rumpel]

The fact, that in English the word "Confirmation" refers both to a Catholic and a Protestant celebration, may lead to mis-understandings.

In German the Catholic ritual is called "Firmung", the Protestant ritual is called "Konfirmation".

How could I say in English to avoid mis-understandings?

 

[devildavid]

It has often been said that the day of the First Holy Communion was and is unforgettable.
I would agree.
And I will tell later, why that was and is so.

Obviously, it was and is not so, and I never heard that it was.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Have you got any memories of your First Holy Communion or of your Confirmation Day?

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Yeah, of the pastor quietly telling me that despite my impending confirmation, (1965) the marriage of my Jewish father to my Roman Catholic mother was viewed by some as problematic to my salvation.
I never returned to church after my confirmation and I kept the news of this from my mother until twelve years ago.