D you remember the day of your First Communion?

was never confirmed

R1 First communion is received before confirmation

Yes, it was my first blowjob from Father Flannigan.

Yes it was fun. I never got confirmed but I did get married.

You didn't get dressed up for First Communion? I wore a dress like that.

No, we were (nominally) Baptists.

In my country we wear first communion dress like this.

[quote]Each child had to drink from the chalice

This isn't done here in Europe, even with adults.

I clearly remember drinking from the chalice and I’m not 100 years old.

[quote]Each child had to drink from the chalice

"Chalice" is what Father O'Brien called his thingy.

R8 most catholic churches don't do it for the regular mass but on special occasions some members of the congregation get to taste the wine. After all mass is a celebration of the body ( bread) and blood(wine) of Christ. Not just body.

I don't remember the day clearly, but I still have my little missal and scapular in storage somewhere. And, yes, I was confirmed when I was older.

When I was younger there used to be drinking from the chalice and they changed it to dipping the Eucharist in the wine later. I don’t go to Mass anymore so I have no idea what they do no for the “blood of Christ”.

We had a cute catechist with a big cock. He was so shy.

My grandma spent a fortune to get me a golden rosary. It was the first time a got a tailored suit. We has a huge party. Ah...memories!!

[quote]My grandma spent a fortune to get me a golden rosary.

That says everything about religion.

Not being a catlicker, I couldn't say.

R16 it's just like a wedding day. People go all out.

I received all sacraments through one holy penis

Wine is served at all masses.

I am old, so there was no wine. I can't even imagine it.

I was wearing this horrid white suit with white bucks. Probably a white tie. I was crying. And when I wasn't crying, I was pouting. I was determined not to let them get a picture of me smiling. I hated the Catholic church from the moment I got to Catholic school, prior to which I'd not been taken to church. I just detested it.

The kids are given grape juice, not wine.

My father yelled at me for getting something on my white suit. That's why I was crying. WTF do you put a 7-year-old boy in a white suit?

The priest who heard my first confession (what do 7 year olds have to confess?) and gave me my first communion was later found out to be molesting girls at the church he was sent to after my church. He probably diddled girls at my church too, they just didn't report it. As far as I know the bishop who presided over my confirmation was only guilty of covering up the abuse by him and another priest who later abused a girl at my school. Yeah, the two known kiddie diddlers at my parish both targeted girls.

Are you a girl or a boy, r24?

Boy R25

Eldergay here. Born in 1952, at the height of the baby boom. My midwestern Catholic school 1st grade class was divided into 3 tracks, with about 35-40 kids in each track (How many Catholic schools today have that many students in the entire school)? We were sliced, diced, processed and spit out of our First Confession/First Communion/Confirmation within the space of two weeks.

I was able to open my first savings account with all the loot I got.

[Quote] What do seven year olds have to confess Believe it or not r24, at seven I confessed to the priest that I had feelings for another boy. I was asked to recite 20 hail Marys. Thirty years later, here I am now having the gay sex with reckless abandon

[quote]The priest who heard my first confession (what do 7-year-olds have to confess?)

Him.

I was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in grade 9. First communion was the Sunday after the confirmation, Lutherans give everyone both bread and wine as commanded in the bible. Then it was done in a silver chalice. Today they give you an option of a tiny plastic cup with a small amount of wine or the common cup.

And no it is not illegal. Separation of church and state. No legitimate church has tried to test this by serving more than a sip.

R27 you are BEYOND Eldergay, you are ANCIENT!!!

Lol r32 be nice

Yes, we all had to wear white suits, but there was this one kid who showed up wearing a navy blue suit. I still have pictures from my communion and you can see him in the background with his blue blazer. I remember hearing a woman say she felt sorry for him because he was the only one not wearing white. The kid, who went to the same school as me, later grew up to develop mental problems. I suspect his mother (who made him wear the blue suit) probably had mental problems as well. Hence why she made him wear that color instead of white.

Sure I remember it. I was 13 (Episcopalian). I was also an acolyte. I remember the taste of the communion wine because I thought it vile. I had been smelling it for 3 years as I poured it and the Holy water into the chalice during service. It smelled much better than it tasted.

I was 13. The priest asked us to wear no underwear, as the Lord disliked cotton.

I remember parts of my first communion. I grew up in a predominantly Italian parish in South Philadelphia, so it was a big deal. I remember all the boys had all white suits. My Italian grandma bought mine it was made by Pierre Cardin and I thought I was hot stuff. And the giant party afterward in our tint South Philly row home.

Jewish, but I’ve always fantasized about that first confession. “Let us pray” and asking the priest if we need to break this into multiple sessions or if we’re on the clock. If so, is it like parking where we can pay to extend up to the maximum?

It’d be a very, very long confession. I’m picturing a relay where the priests tag each other to relieve.

No, because I’m not religious.

I'm a female and I fucking hated wearing a veil on my head and wearing little white gloves that itched. I also had to do one of the readings for the Mass.

I grew up Baptist, we only had the Lord's Supper on the fifth Sunday of the month, so around three or four times a year. There was nothing special about when you first took part, it was left up to you and your parents, and anyone who considered themselves a Christian could take part. Ours were served in the pews by the deacons, and we had grape juice or grape kool-aid, instead of wine.

With my Confirmation, I was expected to choose my sponsor's name. I didn't like it, so I asked if I could choose my Dad's name instead. I'm so grateful for that. I'm now Mark James Roger ,,,,,,,,,,, rather than what would have been, and I love my Dad more than life itself.

R41, I'm interested in your story. I always found the Baptists in my neighborhood to be rather closed, and I really wanted to know how to interact without offending.

Catholic brainwashing for younguns'. It was rather forgettable to be honest, but I hated Catechism. I am so glad that I refused my Confirmation.😈

I grew up as an Italian in Brooklyn. My communion was in 1967. We didn't drink wine or wear white suits. They were blue. It all went off without a hitch.

R43 Because Baptists historically are congregationalist in structure, every church is different. Southern Baptist, National Baptist, etc... are conventions made up of independent congregations not a denomination like the Methodists, Episcopalians, etc... Therefore you have some like the ones I have attended that are welcoming and practice open communion, but others are closed communion, where you have to be a member of that church to take communion.

Also, some Baptists are Calvinist but historically most are Arminians. Arminians focus more on who-so-ever may come, and believe that the Gospel is for everyone, whereas Calvinists believe that God has already determined who will be saved and who will not be. Sadly, the "Conservative Resurgence" of the 1980s and now the rise of Calvinism in the SBC have distorted the views of Baptists. I still consider myself a Baptist, of the Jimmy Carter variety. I believe in the four historical Baptist Distinctives,

1)Bible Freedom: every believer is free to interpret the Bible themselves, without interference from a priest or creed.

2)Soul Freedom: a person's faith is individual and voluntary.

3)Church Freedom: churches are free and independent to organize themselves as God directs them, without interference from others.

4)Religious Freedom: The government can not interfere with the church, or the church with the government, this however does not prevent individual Christians from serving in government.

Why do Roman Catholics insist on acting as though there's no one else in the world but themselves?

R47, not sure if you’re saying the same thing that I’m thinking, but OP’s question makes it sound as if everyone on DL had a communion. I assume that was not OP’s intent. At least I hope it wasn’t. I mean, imagine the reaction if OP’s thread title were: Tell Us About Your Bar Mitzvah!

I would rather have had a Bar Mitzvah. First Communion felt like the first step in becoming a cult member (it was actually the second), and no Jewish kid would have had to wear that stupid white suit and shoes.

R48 Every thread doesn't warrant a response from everyone. Only those that relate to the subject matter.

I think it's funny that Baptists refer to Roman Catholics as "Mary Worshipers."

It may be the only thing Baptists get right.

CATHOLIC: "We don't worship. We venerate."

Tomato To-MA-to.

R47 because we are the best.

r52 can't possibly be gay.

[quote]because we are the best at being the worst.

Fixed.

R49 Judaism as a whole sounds like a cult. "We are gods chosen people!!!". That sounds like it's straight out of a cult playbook.

You choose your cult, r55, I'll choose mine. And mine ain't Catholicism, though I had the bad fortune of being born into it.

No, but I remember the horrors of Catholicism, the stupidity of “believers,” the casual bigotry of “good christians,” and the feeling that I’d never live the life I was meant to if I continued subscribing to the bullshit we were indoctrinated with at church.

WTF is wrong with you, OP? Are you even gay?

I remember my First Communion. All the girls had their veils and all the boys their white shirts and clip-on ties. We did not serve wine at my parish - most likely due to the size. It would have taken forever. But my cousins attended a small parish and they had wine.

Bump

Yes, I remember it well. I wore a white suit with white shoes and I was dancing around all morning. We could not eat before, so I was starving. The whole family piled in the car and I got a leather bible and a nice rosary from my grandmother. The mass lasted forever - we did not ever drink from the chalice although I know other churches did. I was just so excited. Afterward, we all went out for a big breakfast, then later on back to the house and all of my aunts and uncles came over. I got to wear my new suit all day. Of course, after that, it was all downhill. I never confirmed and good thing as I was to find out a few years later I wasn't welcomed there.

Oh yeah, after 30 years, finally baptized Catholic. Had to confess before hand-Father I slept with a woman...(Was she a relative?) no...not too bad. Father I slept with a man, that made him pause...Still not to bad, 100 Hail Marys, 100 Padre Nuestro, I think, it was so long ago.

R60 our stories are eerily similar. I loved my first tailored suit.

Ancient lesbian (vintage 1952) here; I remember the long lacy veil, the tiny white missal, white rosary, fancy white dress and the picture of our entire 2nd grade class taken around the altar. I knew it was bs when Sr. Crescencia Joseph told us only Catholics went to heaven. Bumped pussies with another 7 year old girl in a bathroom stall that year.

I call it the First Cannibalism -- it represents the first time a child can chomp down on Jesus' body and blood.

Nom nom, bitches.

[quote]Sr. Crescencia Joseph told us only Catholics went to heaven.

That's what all the nuns told us. I maintained my cynicism until 4th grade, when I resigned mentally from Catholicism.

Why do girls wear veils a la wedding day

R66, it's just a fashion statement. The Vatican -- concentrated near the fashion mecca of Italy -- has a flair for dramatic fashion statements.

(Real answer: it's supposed to represent humility before God or some other blah blah nonsense).

[Quote] it's supposed to represent humility

And yet r63 still went to the bathroom stall and bumped pussies

R68, good for her then. I was doing much worse by the time I was of Confirmation age.

We were taught that all good folk go to heaven and Luther was a flatal AntiSemite and Henry the Eighth was a murderer.

First Communion white tailored suit and tie w/ white bucks. Beautiful ceremony in a huge Gothic Church, generous family and my first 'shirley temple' at a beautiful restaurant in the city. Fun and meaningful.

[quote]Luther was a flatal AntiSemite

He was fartinaceous?

I refused to do the all white thing. My parents were irate. After many tears, we compromised. I'd wear all white but my jacket could have a discreet pattern. I chose a glaring red and white 1970s check. My parents were mortified but relented after much drama. Gurl, I stormed St. Joseph's runway feeling fierce as I sashayed up to that altar and got me some of that body of Christ cookie. Amen. Hallelujah.

I wore pyjamas to confirmation