Confirmation
What is confirmation?
Confirmation is an act of committment that is taken by people who have been baptised, as a infant, a child or an adult. The person is confirming their own committment to the vows that were made on their behalf by their parents and Godparents/Sponsors at the time of their baptism now as an adult, before God, a bishop and the congregation . Or, follows on straight after adult baptism.
Adult baptisms and/or Confirmations are carried out by a bishop of the Anglican Church.
Confirmation is for people over the age of 16 and 6 months.
The Parish Priest will guide the person through 6 weeks of discussions and learning just what it means to be an Anglican and a Christian as an adult and help them to grow in understanding their relationship with God and their spiritual life.
Young people between 16 and 6 months and 18 years of age will need to be accompanied by an adult at the lessons. This is for safety of the young person and the Parish Priest.
If there are several people wanting to be confirmed, it can be arranged for everyone to meet for the confirmation classes, and to be confirmed on the same day that a bishop is present.
