CONFIRMATION COMPARISONS

GRADUATION

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• Celebration: final step of our high school careers
• In confirmation we celebrate the last sacrament of initiation
• Communion: enter a new community- the school's alumni
• In confirmation we become a full member of the Church
• We join the other full members of the Church

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• Memorial: our high school years
• Transformation: we go from being a student to an adult
• In confirmation we transform into full members of the church
• We agree to take on responsibilities

OTHERS

• confirmation the bishop states our baptismal name and anoints us
• graduation: the principal calls our name/ gives us our diplomas
• The students are the candidates in confirmation
• College and careers build up on high school
• The rest of the sacraments build off of completing confirmation

DIFFERENT FROM CONFIRMATION

• Graduation: you aren't vowing anything
• Graduation: event to celebrate completing high school
• Confirmation: vow to be an active member in the Church
• Confirmation: restate baptismal vows

GETTING YOUR LICENSE

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• Celebration: gaining freedom/ finishing all the lessons and tests
• Confirmation: celebrate that we finished the Sacraments of Initiation
• We also celebrate our newfound unity with the Church
• Communion: join the community of other licensed drivers on the road
• Confirmation: we join those who have already received Confirmation

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• Memorial: reminds us of the rules we signed to get our license
• Confirmation: reminds us of our baptismal promises to be People of God
• Transformation: transforms us more into an adult
• Confirmation: transforms us into full members of the Church

OTHERS

• Receive your license
• In confirmation we receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Your license means you are able to drive
• The gifts mean that you are able to be one of God's People

OTHERS CONT.

• license: you go through a long period of training
• Confirmation: must take confirmation class
• Confirmation: must have received Communion and Reconciliation
• To get both you need to meet requirements

DIFFERENT FROM CONFIRMATION

• To get your license you have to pass a test
• The test is pass or fail
• Confirmation is not a test
• It is a willing commitment to the Church