Bishop Silva - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 29 Apr 2015 22:31:54 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Bishop Silva - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Confirmation seen as graduation out of the Church https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/05/01/confirmation-seen-as-graduation-out-of-the-church/ Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:07:55 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=70803 Honolulu diocese is planning to return to the traditional order of the sacraments of initiation because Confirmation of teens isn't working well. In a pastoral letter, Bishop Larry Silva said Confirmation is "often experienced more as a graduation from the Church than as a free gift of God's grace". He cited Pope Francis's 2013 description Read more

Confirmation seen as graduation out of the Church... Read more]]> Honolulu diocese is planning to return to the traditional order of the sacraments of initiation because Confirmation of teens isn't working well.

In a pastoral letter, Bishop Larry Silva said Confirmation is "often experienced more as a graduation from the Church than as a free gift of God's grace".

He cited Pope Francis's 2013 description of Confirmation as a "sacrament of farewell" for many.

So Honolulu diocese plans to return the sacraments of initiation to what Bishop Silva called their proper order, that is: Baptism, Confirmation, and then First Holy Communion.

He invited parents, priests, deacons, youth ministers, faith formation staff and school staff to be part of education during this transition.

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