Confirmation classes

Many years ago I discovered that the daughter of one of my parent's neighbours, committed the ultimate sin and married a catholic. (To many or our faith, this was on par with devil worship.) This meant that she was ostracised and to avoid conflict, they emigrated and had a very successful life in the US. Roll forward many years and they returned to her parent's house to attempt a reconciliation. No chance, they were not welcome and not allowed into the house. I don't condone it, but I understand it.

But isn't this getting away from the original question? It seems as though all this confirmation ritual is just to maintain a sort of exclusive club.
 

Does anyone else remember emergency Baptism? If an unbaptized infant was dying, a lay person could take the child, hold him under running water,and say: :"I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen." I'm sure that we learned this by second grade. I well remember the emphasis that the water had to be running and the proper words had to be said.
 
I am a Lutheran, and my church still has confirmation classes, both for children and adult converts. Our liturgy is very close to Catholic, and when I've attended funerals or weddings in Catholic services, the order of service is so close to ours that I know all the responses and when to do what. My neighbor, a devout lifelong Catholic, calls me a "light Catholic."
 

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