choosing a confirmation sponsor
What is a Sponsor?
A sponsor is a person who encourages and assists a candidate to embrace and actively practice the Catholic faith both before and after Confirmation. The sponsor also presents the candidate to the Bishop (or his delegate) at the celebration of Confirmation.
Who Can be a Sponsor?
Being a sponsor is not just an honor. The sponsor must be an active, practicing Catholic who can be a role model for the candidate. Ideally, you should choose one of your godparents from Baptism, provided he or she meets the above guidelines. If it is not possible to choose a godparent as your sponsor (e.g. they are deceased, live too far away, or are no longer a practicing Catholic), then you might ask someone else whom you see as an example of a committed, practicing Catholic. This could be a grandparent, aunt or uncle, other relative, family friend, parent of one of your friends, a teacher.
A sponsor is a person who encourages and assists a candidate to embrace and actively practice the Catholic faith both before and after Confirmation. The sponsor also presents the candidate to the Bishop (or his delegate) at the celebration of Confirmation.
Who Can be a Sponsor?
Being a sponsor is not just an honor. The sponsor must be an active, practicing Catholic who can be a role model for the candidate. Ideally, you should choose one of your godparents from Baptism, provided he or she meets the above guidelines. If it is not possible to choose a godparent as your sponsor (e.g. they are deceased, live too far away, or are no longer a practicing Catholic), then you might ask someone else whom you see as an example of a committed, practicing Catholic. This could be a grandparent, aunt or uncle, other relative, family friend, parent of one of your friends, a teacher.
Requirements To Be A Sponsor:
- Must be a fully initiated Roman Catholic (Baptized, Confirmed and received First Communion.).
- Regularly attends Sunday Mass and celebrates the Sacraments.
- Must be at least 16 years old.
- May NOT be the parent of the candidate.
- If married, their marriage must be recognized in the Catholic Church.
If you meet all the requirements to become a Confirmation Sponsor, please have the Confirmation Sponsor Form completed & returned to the Youth Ministry office ASAP.
The completed form can either be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to:
St. James Church
ATTN: Confirmation
124 N. Pacific Coast Highway
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
A Prayer to Help You Choose Your Sponsor
Holy Spirit, helper and guide, give me wisdom as I choose my Confirmation sponsor.
Help me to choose a person of prayer who will teach me also to be a person of prayer
who will support me in difficult times, who will guide me to make good choices,
and who will challenge me when I do not. Help me to choose someone who will love me
and teach me to love Jesus. Thank you for giving me a community of people around me to support and
guide me as I take this important step in becoming more fully a member of your Church.
Amen.
Help me to choose a person of prayer who will teach me also to be a person of prayer
who will support me in difficult times, who will guide me to make good choices,
and who will challenge me when I do not. Help me to choose someone who will love me
and teach me to love Jesus. Thank you for giving me a community of people around me to support and
guide me as I take this important step in becoming more fully a member of your Church.
Amen.