Will's Confirmation Day

Last week was Will's Confirmation.  In the Catholic church there are three sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Holy Communion or Holy Eucharist and Confirmation.  Confirmation is when you are fully initiated into the Church as an adult and receive the Holy Spirit.  It is a big deal.  It is also the end of the formal education of catechism.  We all know that our spiritual learning and our spiritual journeys never end.

So, I was very happy that Will has completed all of his years of catechism and that he is now an adult member of our Church.  He worked hard the last two years to complete the confirmation classes, service hours and retreats.  Most importantly, I see Will live his faith out loud and I am really happy about that.

We did not have a big celebration but went out to lunch with friends after the Mass.

This is a picutre of Will and two of his good friends and one of the theology teachers at their all boy Jesuit School...

(Will, David, Mr. Gatis, Nick)

They all have holy chrism (an anointing oil) on their foreheads.

Will's best friend, David asked my hubby, Dave to be his sponsor.  It was really nice.

David is very tall in case you were wondering.

Will asked our good friend, Mr. G to be his sponsor.  We do not have Catholic males in our family and Will wanted a good male role model.  Mr. G is definitely that.

The Mass was very long (hence Kate's grumpy face in the following photos) but it was a lovely service.





I am little concerned about how she'll do next year for her first Holy Communion mass:)

Harry was an awesome big brother as usual trying to keep her happy during Mass.



And a few I-phone snappies at lunch...

We've been friends with this family since they were infants...






Harry and David.



Harry is on a bench:)