Confirmation name

[acadiANNA]

I guess I am not up-to-date on this subject. Will add to my to do list. God bless.

 

[zz912]

What about someone who is Orthodox joining the Catholic Church? It seems as if this step was already taken and wouldn’t need to be repeated, or could it be done again?

Confirmation is like Baptism, it can only be administered once. It leaves a permanent impression on the soul. As virtually all Orthodox are administered Confirmation/Chrismation right after Baptism when they are babies, I don’t see how this situation would come up much. The Holy Orders for the Orthodox Churches are valid, and their sacraments are valid.

 

[cthomp1961]

I was confirmed a Roman Catholic many years ago and I choose the name Peter., as I grew older I was amazed at the traits that were similar especially at peter denying Christ, I have done this so many times and I used to work as a building super for 2 large churches and was given the keys to the churches it always made me feel happy to serve HIM in that way

 

[ivan94]

I read about confirmation saints/names and I keep on wondering why I don’t have one (I’ve had confirmation 5 years ago).
Is having a confirmation saint necessary? Because I’ve never heard before of having one until I came to these forums. Apparently, in my country we do not have this custom, so I’m wondering is it just something American Catholics do, or something just Croatian Catholics don’t do.

 

[BookGirlNJ]

Can I use the name Grace, do you think? I’ve been praying about this–not that it’s The Biggest Decision I’ve ever had to make but surprisingly more difficult than I expected! And the name Grace came to me fairly out of the blue and after ‘trying it on’ I felt a sense of comfort. :heaven:

Cindi

 

[Phemie]

I read about confirmation saints/names and I keep on wondering why I don’t have one (I’ve had confirmation 5 years ago).
Is having a confirmation saint necessary? Because I’ve never heard before of having one until I came to these forums. Apparently, in my country we do not have this custom, so I’m wondering is it just something American Catholics do, or something just Croatian Catholics don’t do.

Ivan, it’s not only Croatians. It seems that there are regional differences with taking a Confirmation name.

I was confirmed in a French parish in Canada back in 1961. I never took a Confirmation name, nor did my brothers who were confirmed in the same parish in subsequent years. The early (1858-1920) sacramental registers for that parish reveal a single female sponsor for all the girls and a single male sponsor for all the boys. No confirmation name.

My goddaughter didn’t choose one when she was confirmed in the 1980s, same diocese, different parish.

My kids didn’t chose one in 1996 when they were confirmed in another province, another diocese.

In fact, I’d never heard of this practice until I was doing sacramental preparation in my present parish back in 1999 or 2000 (in my late 40s at that point) and a mother got very upset that kids weren’t going to do that. She’d saved a name for her daughter just for this purpose (forget about the fact that if it’s done it should be the confirmand’s choice, not his/her parents’). I had to ask the catechetical coordinator what this woman was talking about and the practice was explained to me.

 

[Casilda]

I am of Spanish heritage, I received a saint’s name when I was baptized. My parents also named me with a saint’s name, so I have two. But then again, I was never confirmed.