Your Confirmation name should be the name of a saint.

How to choose a catholic confirmation name. Your Confirmation name should be the name of a saint. Concerning the choice of a Confirmation name. You choose a Confirmation name before Confirmation.

April 16 2010 - PRLog-- The season for the Sacrament of Confirmation is upon usGet your confirmand a Patron Saint Medal of their selected intercessor or other Catholic gifts as a Catholic Bible Rosary Crucifix or choose from a selection of Catholic Books for Teenagers and Young Adults. By choosing a saints name youre asking him or her to pray for you in a special way. Choosing a confirmation name.

Im editing the October 2009 issue of Religion Teachers Journal and Ive just run across the second author who casually refers to choosing a new name for confirmation as though thats the ordinary practice of the church. Many Confirmation candidates select a name from a parent or grandparent honoring them for their example of love and holiness. Confirmation is a Sacrament in the Catholic Church in which the one who is confirmed confirmandi receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit through the imposition of hand and anointing with oils by the bishop.

This follows since Confirmation is as taught the fullness of the Sacrament of Baptism. So while one may prefer another saints patronage to the one whose name was chosen in confirmation one may freely foster a devotion to that other saint. Its considered a sacrament of initiation which means that.

Do research on the history of your name and any other names you might be. As Catholics we remember and honor the saints because they show us how we can follow Jesus with all our hearts. You may choose your present baptismal name your regular first name if it is a saints name.

The name you select can be associated with someone in your life your parish or your community whom you respect and admire. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia in England the practice of adopting a new name at confirmation was remembered after the Reformation for Sir Edward Coke declares that a. Choosing a Confirmation name is an opportunity to choose a name that has special meaning to you a name that will help you in your journey of faith.