Confirmation Sponsor

This form needs to be filled out by the person receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation in regards to the person they have chosen to be their sponsor.

Your Name

First NameLast Name

Sponsor Name

First NameLast Name

Sponsor Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Sponsor Email

example@example.com

Sponsor Phone Number

Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.

Sponsor Relation to Student

According to Canon 874, a sponsor must meet the following criteria:

My sponsor is 16 years of age or older

My sponsor has received the sacraments of Baptism, Holy Eucharist & Confirmation

My sponsor is not my parent (sponsor can not be parent to the one being Confirmed)

This canon (874, §1, 1) also states that the sponsor must lead “a life of faith in keeping with the function to be taken on.”

Therefore, the following persons are not eligible to act as a sponsor:

- Persons married outside the Catholic Church

- Persons who miss Sunday Mass and Holy days of Obligation and/or consider Sunday Mass and Holy days of Obligation optional

- Persons cohabiting without the benefit and grace of Catholic marriage

- Persons who neglect the religious education of their children

- Individuals who neglect to fulfill their “Easter Duty” that is, Communion at least once a year during the Easter season and Confession once a year if in the state of mortal sin

- Those who give public scandal in any way

The person I am choosing as my sponosor will

Provide the candidate prayerful support and guidance in his or her Christian walk and to “take care that the confirmed person behaves as a true witness of Christ and faithfully fulfills the obligations inherent in this sacrament” (canon 892).

Lead and guide the candidate to a personal relationship with the Lord and to a deeper familiarity “with the Holy Spirit—his actions, his gifts, and his biddings—in order to be more capable of assuming the apostolic responsibilities of Christian life” (CCC 1309).

I have read and understand the above information as to who can and cannot be my confirmation sponosor.

Signature

Please write a short essay on why you chose the individual listed above to be your sponsor. How do you know your sponsor? How have they modeled the faith to you? As your Confirmation sponsor, they will continue to walk with you on your faith journey. How would you like to see your sponsor stay involved in your life? How could your sponsor help hold you accountable to the commitments you make at Confirmation?