Confirmation name

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I’m curious to know what other people chose for their Confirmation Name.
 
dusk said:
I’m curious to know what other people chose for their Confirmation Name.
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I would like to know the story: you choose another name for confirmation? Never heard of it !
 
My name is Dominique (I’m a boy), it’s the French version of Dominic and it’s not only a girls name…It’s just French. I have no idea why my mom did that to me, everyone thinks it’s a girls name. For my confirmation name I chose Dominic. Haha, it sounds boring but there’s no other name I wanted to take because I admire Saint Dominic so much. (:
 
When I was preparing for Confirmation, we weren’t given any real guidance or explanation about picking a name. They had a big book of saints in my classroom and we were told to pick the one we liked the most. There were illustrations for most of the saints, and for us 13-year-old boys, the coolest picture in the book was the one of St. Sebastian–tied to the column, bound with ropes, body full of arrows and blood gushing out of his body. Unfortunately, the picture for St. Sebastian had been swapped and mislabeled with the picture for St. Stephen. As a result, half the guys in class (myself included) chose the name Stephen. We all did reports on him, and each report had a drawing or photocopy of that picture of St. Sebastian, and we all claimed that St. Stephen was shot to death with arrows instead of being stoned. I didn’t realize the mix-up until a couple years ago when my oldest daughter was doing a saint report and I saw a painting of St. Sebastian and told her it was St. Stephen. 🤷

With my kids, I’m encouraging them to learn about various saints and make sure they choose a name that corresponds with a saint who holds personal meaning for them. And who has the right picture next to their name in their book of saints.
 
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When I was preparing for Confirmation, we weren’t given any real guidance or explanation about picking a name. They had a big book of saints in my classroom and we were told to pick the one we liked the most. There were illustrations for most of the saints, and for us 13-year-old boys, the coolest picture in the book was the one of St. Sebastian–tied to the column, bound with ropes, body full of arrows and blood gushing out of his body. Unfortunately, the picture for St. Sebastian had been swapped and mislabeled with the picture for St. Stephen. As a result, half the guys in class (myself included) chose the name Stephen. We all did reports on him, and each report had a drawing or photocopy of that picture of St. Sebastian, and we all claimed that St. Stephen was shot to death with arrows instead of being stoned. I didn’t realize the mix-up until a couple years ago when my oldest daughter was doing a saint report and I saw a painting of St. Sebastian and told her it was St. Stephen. 🤷

With my kids, I’m encouraging them to learn about various saints and make sure they choose a name that corresponds with a saint who holds personal meaning for them. And who has the right picture next to their name in their book of saints.
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That’s so awkward. 😃
I can’t wait to have kids to encourage, lol.
 
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