Yes we do...
Okay, I already have been - when I was three.
We are having a great year for banner events in the household this year. Cuddle bug receives her first Holy Communion in May, Benjy is confirmed in April along with my God daughter, Jordan. Call Portillo's now for the catering!!
Okay, this part is more for me than anyone else, and this is the best way I can think of, since I normally look here more frequently then I do my email... Bug, check out the website http://www.pnac.org/ to find out more about the Lenten Stational Churches...
Okay, that is going to be it for tonight; I'm tired, and my computer sounds like it is ready for takeoff, so it needs a rest. More tomorrow, I'll be at work, you know. :)
Thank you for your praise of (no-longer-Pseudo) Tomboy! I had forgotten that I'd pointed out the post on Jess doing likewise; I'll bet seeing that had a lot to do with Katy finally taking the plunge.
ReplyDeleteI have a Confirmation story for you! In the Atlanta Archdiocese, Confirmation is conferred in 10th grade. Here in the Archdiocese of Mobile, it's 8th grade. Here in our corner of the Archdiocese of Mobile, it's every other year -- so, 7th or 8th grade, depending on your age.
What this meant for my family was that Trooper-Racer and Beastie fell through the inter-diocesan crack. They were confirmed as 10th and 9th graders, respectively, last year.
(I'm going to skip the conundrum we faced when the HS Girls Varsity soccer team went to the State Final Four that same weekend, 4 hours away, and just talk about the actual Confirmation at 5:00 Sunday Mass.)
The Archbishop likes to give homilies, long ones, but he doesn't like to write them. (This is my own personal inference, based on observation of that Mass.) So he had all the candidates -- 46 of 'em -- write him letters about why they wanted to be confirmed, what they had done to prepare, etc. Lots of bishops do this. What lots of bishops do not do (thankfully!) is READ ALL OF THE LETTERS as a homily. At a regular parish Mass, no less.
The funny story: Beastie's letter focused on the compulsory Confirmation class retreat: "I went with a horrible attitude; as a 9th grader, the absolute last way I wanted to spend my weekend was stuck at a campsite with a bunch of immature middle school kids."
Never mind that she went on to say how the retreat effected a complete change of heart. All the rest of the Confirmandi (except Trooper-Racer, whose smothered laughter was spurting out his ears) had turned to stare at her with mouths open in shock.
Archbishop Lipscomb, naturally, was oblivious.
I told her that it was probably God's updated version of the traditional ritual slap.
Oh! I almost forgot! Then, to top it all off, the Diocesan newspaper ran the letters, so her snide remark was preserved in print for anyone who had either forgotten it or missed hearing it live.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that the Archbishop is one of her favorite people to this day!
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, guess she learned a little lesson there, be careful what you write. :)