{"id":2819,"date":"2026-08-18T06:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/?page_id=2212"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:52:45","slug":"confirmation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/sacraments\/confirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-threshold bf-img-1\" id=\"section_2144455894\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1844124956\">\n\t<div id=\"col-57118146\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3598179443\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<!-- BLOOM_IMAGE_NEEDED: a thumb marked with chrism above an open palm, shallow focus, warm ivory light -->\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">CONFIRMATION<\/span>\n<h1 class=\"bf-h1\">Sealed once.<span class=\"bf-turn\">Sealed for good.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"bf-rule\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\">Confirmation completes what baptism began, and like baptism it happens once. If you were never confirmed, the Chancery prepares adult confirmation at your own pace. If you were confirmed and a church later behaved as though it never happened, it happened.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bf-actions\" style=\"margin-top:40px\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/ask\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-primary\">Ask about confirmation <span class=\"bf-arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/sacraments\/baptism\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-ghost\">Baptism<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2144455894 {\n  padding-top: 90px;\n  padding-bottom: 90px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_2144455894 {\n    padding-top: 150px;\n    padding-bottom: 150px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-declsec bf-light\" id=\"section_1399146222\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1715593894\">\n\t<div id=\"col-246889556\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-803078452\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">On confirmations treated as void<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">A confirmation validly conferred cannot be revoked, annulled, or undone by a later pastor, parish, diocese, or family. <em>What a church can damage is your record and your standing in a room \u2014 never the sacrament, which is not theirs to take back.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1399146222 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1399146222 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-stepssec\" id=\"section_584503389\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1203877497\">\n\t<div id=\"col-766154330\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2934404649\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-steps\">\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>You ask<\/h3><p>Say whether you were confirmed, were told you were not, or genuinely cannot remember. All three are common.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>The record is examined<\/h3><p>The Chancery looks at what documents exist and tells you plainly what is a records problem and what is a sacramental one.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Preparation, paced to you<\/h3><p>Adults are prepared individually. Some are ready in weeks, some take a year, and nobody is moved along a timetable set for someone else.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>The rite<\/h3><p>Conferred with chrism and the laying on of hands in the Roman Rite of 1962. A sponsor is welcome and is not required.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>The entry<\/h3><p>Written into the bound register in ink, in the name you use, and cross-referenced to your baptismal entry.<\/p><span class=\"bf-step-gate\">Required \u2014 not waivable<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_584503389 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_584503389 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-splitsec bf-light\" id=\"section_391479042\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-136753913\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1388696830\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-115548427\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-split bf-split-wide\">\n  <div class=\"bf-split-media bf-img-2\"><span class=\"bf-ph\">Chrism<br>and linen<\/span><\/div>\n  <div><span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">WHAT USUALLY NEEDS REPAIR<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"bf-h2\">The record, <em>not the sacrament.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"bf-p\">Most people who write about adult confirmation are carrying an administrative wound rather than a theological one. A parish stopped answering. A certificate is in a dead name. A youth minister said the confirmation &#8220;didn&#8217;t count&#8221; after a coming out, which is not a thing a youth minister can do.<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-p\">The Registry can issue its own attestation in your name and can note what it has verified and what it could not. It cannot rewrite another body&#8217;s books, and it will never pretend otherwise. That honesty is what makes the document worth carrying.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_391479042 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_391479042 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-faqsec\" id=\"section_721637561\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1228954056\">\n\t<div id=\"col-446285954\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3954364429\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion bf-faq\">\n\t<div id=\"accordion-616300926\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-616300926-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-i-was-confirmed-as-a-teenager-and-left-the-church.-do-i-need-to-be-confirmed-again?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-616300926-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>I was confirmed as a teenager and left the church. Do I need to be confirmed again?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-616300926-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-616300926-label\">\n\t\t\tNo. Confirmation is not repeated, and time away does not weaken it. If you want to mark a return, the Chancery can arrange a rite of welcome or a renewal that is honest about what it is: not a second confirmation.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1444079998\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1444079998-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-i-was-confirmed-in-a-church-that-has-since-disavowed-me.-does-it-still-stand?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1444079998-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>I was confirmed in a church that has since disavowed me. Does it still stand?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1444079998-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1444079998-label\">\n\t\t\tIt stands. A disavowal is a social and administrative act; it does not reach the sacrament. Write to the Chancery if you want that stated in writing over the seal of the Registry.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3889800868\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3889800868-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-how-long-does-preparation-take?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3889800868-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>How long does preparation take?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3889800868-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3889800868-label\">\n\t\t\tIt is paced to you rather than to a class calendar. Some adults are ready after a handful of conversations; others want a year of reading and worship first. The Chancery does not shorten preparation to fill a date.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1689183950\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1689183950-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-do-i-need-a-sponsor?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1689183950-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Do I need a sponsor?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1689183950-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1689183950-label\">\n\t\t\tYou are welcome to bring one and you are not required to have one. Where a family cannot safely be involved, the Chancery does not treat their absence as a defect in you.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-765328324\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-765328324-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-is-this-recognised-by-rome?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-765328324-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Is this recognised by Rome?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-765328324-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-765328324-label\">\n\t\t\tNo. The Church of Bloom is Independent Catholic, is not in communion with Rome, and claims no Roman faculties, jurisdiction, or recognition of its orders. The rite is the Roman Rite of 1962, kept unaltered, and the record is permanent.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_721637561 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_721637561 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-quote\" id=\"section_1399974148\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1090690437\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1880956190\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1767103161\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p class=\"bf-quote-t\">&#8220;The gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-quote-c\">Romans 11:29<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1399974148 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1399974148 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-formsec bf-light\" id=\"section_1554265554\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1422671668\">\n\t<div id=\"col-499685445\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2319568396\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-form\"><h3>Ask about confirmation<\/h3><p>Tell the Chancery what you were told and by whom, if you want to. It helps sort a records problem from a sacramental one.<\/p><div class='fluentform ff-default fluentform_wrapper_5 ffs_default_wrap'><form data-form_id=\"5\" id=\"fluentform_5\" class=\"frm-fluent-form fluent_form_5 ff-el-form-top ff_form_instance_5_1 ff-form-loading ffs_default\" data-form_instance=\"ff_form_instance_5_1\" method=\"POST\" ><fieldset  style=\"border: none!important;margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;background-color: transparent!important;box-shadow: none!important;outline: none!important; min-inline-size: 100%;\">\n                    <legend class=\"ff_screen_reader_title\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;height: 0!important;text-indent: -999999px;width: 0!important;overflow:hidden;\">FF_SACRAMENT<\/legend>        <div\n                style=\"display: none!important; position: absolute!important; transform: translateX(1000%)!important;\"\n                class=\"ff-el-group ff-hpsf-container\"\n        >\n            <div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\">\n                <label for=\"ff_5_item_sf\" aria-label=\"Updates\">\n                    Updates                <\/label>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ff-el-input--content\">\n                <input type=\"text\"\n                       name=\"item_5__fluent_sf\"\n                       class=\"ff-el-form-control\"\n                       id=\"ff_5_item_sf\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type='hidden' name='__fluent_form_embded_post_id' value='2819' \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_fluentform_5_fluentformnonce\" name=\"_fluentform_5_fluentformnonce\" value=\"db4db51554\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2819\" \/><div class='ff-el-group'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label ff-el-is-required asterisk-right\"><label for='ff_5_dropdown' id='label_ff_5_dropdown' aria-label=\"Which sacrament\">Which sacrament<\/label><div class=\"ff-el-tooltip\" data-content=\"If you are not sure, choose Not sure. 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