89 For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more ... anointing with gladness, clothing with light, a cloak of salvation, a spiritual gift, the sanctification of souls and bodies ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Many children completed the sacrament of Holy Communion at Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church in West Brighton Saturday morning. Girls donned traditional white dresses with lace ...

MUNDELEIN, Ill.(CNA) — Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, N.D., in a recent lecture, examined the sacrament of confirmation and explained his reasons for believing children should receive it before ...

urging them not to turn the sacrament of confirmation into their “last rites” as Catholics but to use it as “the beginning of an active participation in the Church.” Continuing his ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Confirmation is a sign that a person has reached maturity and is now able to take responsibility for their own faith.

“Simply put, our younger Catholics need the strengthening graces and gifts of the Sacrament of Confirmation at an earlier age during this time of increasing secularism,” Deshotel said in ...