Confirmation.

[Cold tea]

My oldest is making the confirmation next year, note came home to say it is on a weekday at 5pm, is this unique or are weekday evening confirmations now the norm?

[AQMP]

My oldest is making the confirmation next year, note came home to say it is on a weekday at 5pm, is this unique or are weekday evening confirmations now the norm?

I made mine on a weekday evening - 16 years ago.

Can you get confirmed at 40??

[glens abu]

My oldest is making the confirmation next year, note came home to say it is on a weekday at 5pm, is this unique or are weekday evening confirmations now the norm?

I made mine on a Thursday evening 50 odd years ago,I thought they were always held on Thursdays.

[CD]

It's been creeping in over the past few years. There are a few spots in Belfast where First Communion is made on a school day during the early afternoon. Thankfully, in my parish, it is still 11am on a spring Sunday and two hours long!
The schools have very little input - the Diocesan Office just sends them a date and time and they organise the Bishop's schedule but I do know of one school Principal who stood his ground and insisted on a Sunday. 
I've also heard of a few parishes where the Bishop no longer attends - senior Parish Priest deputises.

[Farrandeelin]

Confirmations in our diocese depend on the bishop. I was confirmed on a Saturday in June 14 years ago. I don't recall any June confirmations since!

[glens abu]

It's been creeping in over the past few years. There are a few spots in Belfast where First Communion is made on a school day during the early afternoon. Thankfully, in my parish, it is still 11am on a spring Sunday and two hours long!
The schools have very little input - the Diocesan Office just sends them a date and time and they organise the Bishop's schedule but I do know of one school Principal who stood his ground and insisted on a Sunday. 
I've also heard of a few parishes where the Bishop no longer attends - senior Parish Priest deputises.

he was asking about Confirmation,Holy Communions were always on a Sat in Belfast.

[deiseach]

Can you get confirmed at 40??

John Henry Newman was 44 when he was confirmed.
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[AQMP]

My oldest is making the confirmation next year, note came home to say it is on a weekday at 5pm, is this unique or are weekday evening confirmations now the norm?

I made mine on a Thursday evening 50 odd years ago,I thought they were always held on Thursdays.

Yes, I was confirmed about 1970 or 1971 (like Gerry Adams says it was a turbulent and fluctuating time in North Belfast so my recollection of events is a tad hazy), but I'm sure it was a Thursday evening and it was December too.