Whether confirmation is practised as the moment to receive first Communion, or not, what must remain important for individuals is a climate which promotes growth in faith and discipleship. Communion can hardly be denied to someone who has already been regularly receiving. Learning as Context for Affirmation Confirmation ministry and learning ministry are not simply for youth. Consider, too, that catechetics needs to be separated from confirmation as we approach confirmation practice in our immediate future. Confirmation may include, but must not be restricted to, catechetics.
Confirmation embraces many other aspects of Christian faith, experience and education.
This distinction suggests that catechetics might be included in many areas of the church's ministry, beyond confirmation. Catechetics should be available to persons of all ages, respecting, of course, the cognitive abilities of all concerned. Pastors, and those involved in learning ministries, need to seek out curricula in which the Catechism may serve as a basis for, or supplement to, teaching. Thus, for example, as Sunday School participants learn more of their faith from a biblical perspective, they might also learn more of their faith from a catechetical . perspective. This, too, is an affirmation of faith and an affirmation of baptism.