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Our older son is at the age where he could get confirmed and he's done 8 years of CCD/Sunday school... but the rules for confirmation at our parish are insanely strict. He would need an adult sponsor who is a Catholic and is not "living in sin" or married to a non-Catholic, can produce a letter of good faith from his/her own parish, etc. ALso we needed to sign up a year in advance, do service projects and a retreat, etc etc. It's so onerous that I almost think they don't want to have confirmed Catholics anymore.[/quote]

This was the final straw for me leaving Catholicism. Insane headache trying to figure out who could be DC's sponsor. Do we think Christ came up with all these crazy rules? So glad I said Buh-bye Vatican! (Protestant now)[/quote]

Obviously you already made the decision, but can I offer an alternative way of viewing those restrictions? Confirmation is the sacrament in which that person chooses for themselves to live as a Catholic, I think of it as the follow-up to the infant baptism where the parents said that they will raise the child Catholic.  The multiple steps and requirements are part of a process of ensuring this young person is truly making this decision, not just showing up at church in fancy clothes one day to participate in a ceremony because they have to.  There's a lot to it because it's a big deal and they want that young person to have done the studying and thinking and reflecting so that it's a conscious choice.

Just a thought.[/quote]

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