Selecting Sponsor and Confirmation Name

The Curriculum

Roles and Responsibilities

Selecting Sponsor and Confirmation Name

Home School Policy

Ceremony Dress Code

Selecting a Sponsor

A Sponsor is required for the person being confirmed.  Any Catholic 16 years of age or older who has received the sacrament of confirmation and the Eucharist and is practicing the faith is eligible.  The baptismal sponsor can also be the sponsor for confirmation.  Parents cannot be sponsors of their children. A Sponsor should be prepared to assist the person being confirmed in their preparation, during the ceremony, and afterward in the life long journey toward Christ.

Selecting a Confirmation Name

We are encouraging students to select a confirmation name.  While confirmation names are not required, they are consistent with the Church's tradition of assigning new names to the faithful when they accept a new ministry (i.e. religious, St. Peter, St. Paul) and afford students the opportunity to reflect on the life of a saint they wish to emulate.   There are many good books on the lives of the saints.   For online information on saints, you can browse http://saints.catholic.org/index.shtml.

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