Confirmation Ceremony Check-list 1. Sacristy 1.1 Vestments (red) prepared for the Archbishop and concelebrants. 1.2 Archbishopplaces incense in thurible before leaving the sacristy (if there’s no issues with smoke alarms in the room) 2. Order of Procession 2.1 Thurifer and boatbearer; Cross-bearer, candle-bearers, book-bearer 3. Entrance Procession 3.1 Concelebrants bow before and kiss the altar in [...]
Ord an Aifrinn
A chairde, The new translation of the full Ord an Aifrinn is currently awaiting ‘recognitio’. Some texts have been already approved and published in an interim format as Ord an Aifrinn (Veritas 2011). But these do not include many of the texts required for Aifrinn don Chóineartú. The texts given below are therefore a mix [...]
Suggested Scripture Passages for use in Confirmation Ceremonies Dublin 2012
Suggested Scripture Passages for use in Confirmation Ceremonies in the Archdiocese of Dublin in 2012 Please choose from the following passages below –it could be good for the candidates to read and reflect on each of them, to choose which of these speaks to them most and to include their selection in their ceremony and [...]
Suggested Music For Confirmation Ceremonies Dublin 2012
Suggested Music for Confirmation Ceremonies in the Archdiocese of Dublin 2012 It’s always in the interest of good liturgy to pick key acclamations, hymns, and responses that the whole congregation can sing. The first thing to do is to choose a setting for the parts of the Mass that many people can sing. There are [...]
A Sample text for Mass for the conferral of the Sacrament of Confirmation Dublin 2012
A Sample text for Mass with the conferral of the sacrament of Confirmation for 2012 Preamble: Thank you for all the effort and preparation you put into making your parish celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation something beautiful each and every year. It is hoped that this ‘template’ of some of the texts available [...]