| The remaining confirmands thought the hug was part of the ritual, and did the same. |
| The preacher then tells the confirmands, that as a token of their full consent to the confession just made, each of them should kiss the Scroll of the Law. |
| Even so, email prayer partnerships established between youth confirmands and older shut-ins bring generations closer together. |
| Eight months later, they would be introduced by their mentors and welcomed by the congregation as confirmands and graduates of the confirmation program. |
| When, in the next years, the churches decided to retain the practice of confirmation, this blessing with the laying on of hands was retained only for the confirmands. |
| Niedergeses told me that he got a list of all of the confirmands in the diocese and sent each one an individual letter. |
