Confirmation saint for daughter

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I have been trying to help my daughter with her confirmation saint. She is a strong, defender of the weak and bullied, and pushes for equality among races and genders. I cannot find a patron of these things, but was thinking of St Joan of Arc or St Katherine Drexel. We asked the Holy Spirit to guide us and are hearing people tell us she should choose the Blessed Mother, but I have only been a Catholic for a year and don’t know if this is permissable.
 
I have never heard of someone using Mary as a Confirmation Saint, but I can’t say whether or not it’s allowed. #askapriest
 
When I was a child, Mary and Joseph were often chosen for the Saint’s name.
 
While your daughter could choose Mary as a confirmation saint, it’s fine if she wants to choose someone else.
St. Joan of Arc and St. Katherine Drexel are both fine saints.

You might also consider St. Edith Stein, also called St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (her religious name after she entered the convent later in life) who was a respected female PhD and professor at a time when that was not common for women.
 
Please, encourage your daughter to research saints. Give her links to read about the saints and such, but do not try to persuade her to choose a particular saint. Ultimately, the choice should be someone that she chooses. Finding a saint is often included as part of the process moving toward confirmation.
 
Mine is St. Catherine of Siena. She was a consecrated virgin who had a group of followers to whom she was a spiritual director. At the time she lived, the Pope was living in Avignon France instead of Rome. She wrote letter after letter urging him to return. He did.
 
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St Therese of Child Jesus, St Gemma Galgani, St Catherine of Sienna
 
I’m partial to Katharine Drexel. She definitely is a model of serving others and is especially known for her work with Indians and African Americans. My Catholic high school just started a House system (think Harry Potter!) and we named our houses after North American saints. I happen to be dean of Drexel House so I might be a bit biased 🙂
 
There are a lot of good saints that have already been mentioned here, but what about St. Teresa of Calcutta (aka, Mother Theresa)?
 
St Josephine Bakhita ? she was a slave who later became a Catholic and forgave her kidnappers as without them she would not have met Christ and became Catholic. She is the patron saint of movement against human trafficking.

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St. Josephine Bakhita - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know ...
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There are plenty of feisty lady saints out there, from every era of Church history and from Bible times! You literally can’t go wrong.
 
Yes, if you just want a feisty lady saint, then St. Bridget of Sweden, St. Brigid of Ireland, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila would all fit the bill.
 
Pretty much every saint fought unjustices of the time even if at some point the unjustice was the cruel pagan law of worshipping idols or Christianity being forbidden. Whoever your daughter chooses will fit “the part”. I think it should be a saint she feels close to or loves praying to. Someone who gives a “that’s it” vibe after reading through the sites presented here.
I recently found an interesting saint, Roman Catholic, 17th century. Just her name popped in my head when I read your thread - St. Marina of Omura (Japan). Dunno just popped an idea here in the brainstorming.
 
That is what I am doing. Does it sound like I am forcing anything on her? I am not. Just trying to get my fellow Catholics to give some more ideas in her research.
 
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