May 20
So May 20 was the other day. I did it. I re-affirmed my baptismal vows. In a fairly large group of people being confirmed, I was the only re-affirmer, which kind of emphasized again the... unnecessaryness of re-affirming. As Jason asked me when I told him via text that I was planning to re-affirm, "Had you rescinded them at some point?"
Nope.
The week before, I got a call from the parish from a woman asking me my maiden name, because she was having trouble locating my "letter" at the parish where I was confirmed in 1995. The week after, I received a letter (probably a form) from the priest that they had received my letter of transfer, and now I was "officially" (quotations marks his) a member of the parish. It didn't have anything to do with the re-affirmation; it was simply an administrative task. A checkbox going next to my name in a computer. The sacraments are long finished; the choices are old and dusty.
When the parish newsletter came out last week with the list of those who joined the church on May 20, my name wasn't even on the list. But Lee's was! He was confirmed that day. Another way that events have played out in unexpected but welcome ways.
Nope.
The week before, I got a call from the parish from a woman asking me my maiden name, because she was having trouble locating my "letter" at the parish where I was confirmed in 1995. The week after, I received a letter (probably a form) from the priest that they had received my letter of transfer, and now I was "officially" (quotations marks his) a member of the parish. It didn't have anything to do with the re-affirmation; it was simply an administrative task. A checkbox going next to my name in a computer. The sacraments are long finished; the choices are old and dusty.
When the parish newsletter came out last week with the list of those who joined the church on May 20, my name wasn't even on the list. But Lee's was! He was confirmed that day. Another way that events have played out in unexpected but welcome ways.