# I'm being confirmed, and you're all invited... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401 "2000-04-14T15:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/1 "2000-04-14T15:58:00Z")
Well, I underwent the scrutiny Monday night, and I passed with flying colors. I’m being confirmed at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night. Our Lady of Wisdom Byzantine Catholic Church. I figure, if all of you come, it’ll be great. We haven’t got our actual church building built yet, so we’re temporarily in a modular building that’s about the size of a shoebox. It’ll be like the VW Beetle stuffing contests back in the seventies, only with incense. I’m thirty-two years old, it’s about time… * * * “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.” — Han Solo ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/2 "2000-04-14T16:05:00Z")
You mean you’ve been running around unconfirmed all these years? Like a rumor? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/3 "2000-04-14T16:26:00Z")
Congratulations, agisophia! What name are you taking? I don’t remember my confirmation all that well, I was in 7th grade - the Catholic Church’s version of “vote early, vote often”. But my college roommate went through RCIA (Rite of Catholic Initiation for Adults) my senior year, and I was his sponsor. He got the whole package - baptism, confirmation, eucharist. It really was a wonderful experience, one we had put a lot of effort in. I wish that I had been older for my Confirmation, it would have meant a lot more. * * * Sala, can’t you count?!? I said NO camels! That’s FIVE camels! ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/4 "2000-04-14T16:55:00Z")
More like an Urban Legend, Eve… * * * Yer pal, Satan [http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif](http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif) _I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Five days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 8 seconds. 224 cigarettes not smoked, saving $28.11. Life saved: 18 hours, 40 minutes._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/5 "2000-04-14T16:55:00Z")
I’m taking the name Michaela. After the Archangel Michael. There’s a long story there that I don’t have time to type at just this moment. I’m supposed to be getting ready for work right now… * * * “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.” — Han Solo ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/6 "2000-04-15T05:08:00Z")
Can’t make it in person, but congrats from here… ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/7 "2000-04-15T05:17:00Z")
My warmest congratulations, agisofia. I rejoined the Church in my early 20s – having been baptized, but not raised, Roman Catholic – and I was confirmed a few years back. (Come to think of it, I was also 32.) I took St. Dismas as my patron. “Michaela” is a beautiful confirmation name, and you can’t do better than an archangel for a patron! I’m very happy for you, dear. Have a beautiful and blessed Easter. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/8 "2000-04-15T05:20:00Z")
Rats. I thought we were going to have a Supreme Court Justice on the SDMB now. Okay, I’ll be there in spirit. In the rear left corner of the shoebox. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/9 "2000-04-15T05:24:00Z")
I think an Easter trip to Las Vegas is out, unfortunately, but I’ll be there in spirit, agisofia. btw, you’re not the oldest confirmee (if that’s a word) that I know of - my little sister got confirmed in the Episcopal Church when she was 38. * * * “Living in this complex world of the future is not unlike having bees live inside your head.” - F. Scott Firesign ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/10 "2000-04-15T05:30:00Z")
Ooooh **two** spirits are gonna be there- it’s going to bea haunted confirmation! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/11 "2000-04-14T20:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by RTFirefly: > **btw, you’re not the oldest confirmee (if that’s a word) that I know of - my little sister got confirmed in the Episcopal Church when she was 38.** _Confirmandum_, I believe, with the plural _confirmandi_. That’s wonderful news, agisofia. Congratulations, and wlecome to the fullness of the Church. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/12 "2000-04-14T21:07:00Z")
Bricker, close. It could be, but I found a catechism site that takes off the “um”, leaving _confirmand_. If you want a look-see, I’ve got it [here](http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/confirm.html#CONFIRMATION). * * * Sala, can’t you count?!? I said NO camels! That’s FIVE camels! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/13 "2000-04-14T21:16:00Z")
**congratulations, Agasofia!!!** **Bricker** - As I recall fom my confirmation days, it’s _confirmand_. StG ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/14 "2000-04-14T21:18:00Z")
**Agisofia** - My apologies for misspelling your name. **Connor** - had to beat me to the punch, didn’t you? 😉 StG ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/15 "2000-04-14T21:40:00Z")
## AGISOFIA – Blessings to you on the occasion of your confirmation. I was confirmed into the Protestant faith (Congregationalist) as a fourteen-year-old and, frankly, I think it might have been more meaningful to be confirmed as an adult, though certainly I took the process seriously even at that age. I’ll be there in spirit as well, and will look for an appropriately kitchy yet appropos confirmation gift – perhaps a plastic Blessed Virgin Mary night light? 🙂 Congratulations. Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/16 "2000-04-14T21:46:00Z")
> [@](#): > > an appropriately kitchy yet appropos confirmation gift – perhaps a plastic Blessed Virgin Mary night light? > \*\* jodih - funny you should mention that. A friend of mine from Ireland (very devote) has a glow-in-the-dark statue of Mary. She says she knows its way cheesy, but likes it because it’s the last thing she sees at night. Personally, I think she should try to set up a snakeoil business selling visions in her closet… * * * Sala, can’t you count?!? I said NO camels! That’s FIVE camels! ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/17 "2000-04-15T01:13:00Z")
Congratulations! I agree with others who have said that it is more meaningful to be confirmed as an adult. I’m sure I speak for many of us who experienced it as children and didn’t really have a clue as to the significance of the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/18 "2000-04-15T03:33:00Z")
Congrats! I’m not Catholic, so I have no clue as to all the meaning behind it, but it is obviously something you’ve worked for and are proud of. > [@](#): > > I underwent the scrutiny Monday night, and I passed with flying colors As I said, I don’t know what this is, but I wouldn’t pass anybodys scrutiny! :eek: I’m very happy for you. * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/19 "2000-04-15T05:11:00Z")
weirddave- Right now, it’s late and I’m too tired to come up with an explanation that wouldn’t include a lot of Catholic “in group” terminology that would only leave you confused. But I think you deserve one. Tune in to this channel over the weekend… And thanks for all the warm thoughts, everyone. * * * “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.” — Han Solo ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401/20 "2000-04-24T13:59:00Z")
Congratulations, agisophia! Welcome to the fold. Did they teach you all the secret handshakes and code words yet? Connor * * * Sala, can’t you count?!? I said NO camels! That’s FIVE camels! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-confirmed-and-youre-all-invited/16401.md?page=2)