Princess of Asturias is not yet known when her confirmation will be held, although Vanitatis can assure you that she will receive the sacrament, as her father has already done.
As with his first communion, his parents want Leonor to celebrate his confirmation with the rest of his schoolmates, the Santa Maria de los Rosales. However, there is a problem. Sources close to the school tell Vanitatis that this sacrament is received by first-grade students.
https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencia...nor-princesa-confirmacion-sacramento_3069276/
I am not familiar with the Spanish school system, but would "primero de bachillerato" be equivalent to 10th grade (or sophomore year) in North America?
It depends on whether you have made the confirmation before First Communion, although it is a private matter and they will not tell us anything. Anyway, it would be an intimate act that you can perform at any time in the Zarzuela chapel. There are no big celebrations in Spain for a Confirmation.
All my younger relatives have received their confirmation before First Communion, but it seems that it depends on the dioceses of each Spanish city.
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For protestants it is different (see Christian of Denmark), their big festivity is the confirmation.
On May 28, the Princess of Asturias will celebrate her confirmation along with other classmates in the parish of Nuestra Señora de Aravaca.
https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencia...esa-leonor-polemica-priorizar-alumno_3084735/
That is weird. I received First Communion when I was 9, but I was confirmed only when I was 15. In both cases, I did it with my classmates so they were all more or less the same age . I actually never met anyone who was confirmed before First Communion, except a friend of mine from a Lebanese family whose church followed the Maronite rite.
Hopefully we'll get a few family photos from the ceremony.
I hope not, because as I have explained, Confirmation for the Catholic Church is an intimate act with no special celebrations, no guests, or anything like that.
At least that is how it should be.
The media only want to "compare" with the Confirmations of Ingrid or Christian, when they know perfectly well that no one celebrates a Confirmation, at least in a very "festive" way.
Perhaps a little reminder for the girl who is Confirmed, which can be a small cross or just NOTHING. No great parties. It depends on the family, but it will always be celebrated, or has always been the case, within the closest family environment.
In fact, my acquaintances who did their Confirmation when we were teenagers, it was without any celebration at all.
But if it so intimate then why announce it at all. Better to keep it secret or to have the Confirmation at the Chapel of La Zarzuela then it would be really intimate.
I think we never saw Felipe's Confirmation, did we? I remember seeing pictures of him and his sisters during their First Communion, but not during their Confirmations...
That's not the case, as far as I can recall, I was confirmed when I was round 11 or so, and it was quite a big thing. Lots of other children were confirmed at teh same time. Girls wore a special dress boys wore suits, and there were parties and presents.I hope not, because as I have explained, Confirmation for the Catholic Church is an intimate act with no special celebrations, no guests, or anything like that.
At least that is how it should be.
The media only want to "compare" with the Confirmations of Ingrid or Christian, when they know perfectly well that no one celebrates a Confirmation, at least in a very "festive" way.
Perhaps a little reminder for the girl who is Confirmed, which can be a small cross or just NOTHING. No great parties. It depends on the family, but it will always be celebrated, or has always been the case, within the closest family environment.
In fact, my acquaintances who did their Confirmation when we were teenagers, it was without any celebration at all.
Protestants receive first Comunion during confirmation, after declaring to remain faithful disciples of Christ by their own free will (during Christening it was their parents' decision)
There is no confirmation that this information is true. Vanitatis has copied the information from Jaime Peñafiel, and neither the Royal House nor any serious media or press agency has confirmed the information.
But if it so intimate then why announce it at all. Better to keep it secret or to have the Confirmation at the Chapel of La Zarzuela then it would be really intimate.
I think we never saw Felipe's Confirmation, did we? I remember seeing pictures of him and his sisters during their First Communion, but not during their Confirmations...
I think we never saw Felipe's Confirmation, did we? I remember seeing pictures of him and his sisters during their First Communion, but not during their Confirmations...
That's not the case, as far as I can recall, I was confirmed when I was round 11 or so, and it was quite a big thing. Lots of other children were confirmed at teh same time. Girls wore a special dress boys wore suits, and there were parties and presents.
The magazine ¡HOLA! also advances with the date of May 28 for the confirmation of Princess Leonor.
She will not wear the school uniform, she will wear a formal suit and will only be accompanied by the Kings and the Infanta Sofía.
https://www.hola.com/realeza/espana/20210519302987/princesa-leonor-confirmacion
OK - but it was certainly the case in Ireland, a very Catholic country when I was a child.
but we are talking about Confrimation celebrations. Certainly when i was a child, confirmation was a big thing and kids were dressed up for it and had some kind of celebration.
Yes its the same here and still is, though I will point out not on the same level as First Holy Communions.
Only my parents, siblings, grandparents and sponsor attended mine.
Its a rite of passage in a Christians life and should be celebrated .
So families in Spain do not celebrate the childs Confirmation, no photos/family meal and just to church and after the Ceremony home?