Confirmation Saints

[BarrettPazderka]

I need help picking out a saint for confirmation. It can’t be from the old testement, and it can’t be an angel. I would like to use St. Ignatius of Loyola, would that work?

 

[benedictgal]

I need help picking out a saint for confirmation. It can’t be from the old testement, and it can’t be an angel. I would like to use St. Ignatius of Loyola, would that work?

You can actually pick the names of the archangels Michael, Gabriel or Raphael. St. Ignatius of Loyola is fine, too. It’s also a good idea (if you haven’t already done so) to perhaps read a bio on the saint you choose and adopt him as your lifelong patron. In my class, after hearing a litany of Marys, Guadalupes and Teresas, the bishop smiled when I told him what my confirmation name was “Agnes”. I really loved St. Agnes because she was about the same age I was when I received the Sacrament of Confirmation.

I hope this helps.

 

[NPC]

When I was being Confirmed, I chose the name Matthew - unfortunately, back then (I was 12), I didn’t choose that name for spiritual reasons, but simply because I thought it was a nice name!

So, my advice is to choose wisely - or at least to have a reason other than ‘I like the name’. It is a good idea to pick the name of a saint whose life and works you admire and it is worth doing some research into this. One way you could choose is by obtaining a list of Saints Days (from www.catholic.org/saints , for example), and examine the saints whose feast falls on your birthday or your confirmation day. So, if your birthday was today, you could take St John of the Cross (and there are multiple possibilities for today).

I don’t know what country you’re in, but you could consider taking the name of a saint who was from your area - which is easy here in Ireland as there are so many! Or if you have ancestors from a foreign country, you could acknowledge this in your Confirmation name by choosing a saint from that country.

The main thing is to choose carefully - you will always have this name, and the saint should be a model for you to follow. Take your time on this. Ignatius Loyola is a certainly great and well known saint, who would be a good model for Christian living…he is one of at least 6 St Ignatius’s!!

Best of Luck with this!

 

[rpp]

My birthday is the feast day of an apostle. This rather unusual name also happened to be the name of father of the woman who died in my arms that ultimately lead me to the Catholic Church. I chose that apostle as my Confirmation name and patron saint.

 

[James0235]

I need help picking out a saint for confirmation. It can’t be from the old testement, and it can’t be an angel. I would like to use St. Ignatius of Loyola, would that work?

I’m just curious why it can’t be from the OT.

**“The patriarchs, prophets and certain other Old Testament figures have been and always will be honored as saints in all the Church’s liturgical traditions.” CCC 61

**James

 

[Jenny_Z]

Saint Pio was mine. His story is amazing. You should look him up

 

[BarrettPazderka]

When I was being Confirmed, I chose the name Matthew - unfortunately, back then (I was 12), I didn’t choose that name for spiritual reasons, but simply because I thought it was a nice name!

So, my advice is to choose wisely - or at least to have a reason other than ‘I like the name’. It is a good idea to pick the name of a saint whose life and works you admire and it is worth doing some research into this. One way you could choose is by obtaining a list of Saints Days (from www.catholic.org/saints , for example), and examine the saints whose feast falls on your birthday or your confirmation day. So, if your birthday was today, you could take St John of the Cross (and there are multiple possibilities for today).

I don’t know what country you’re in, but you could consider taking the name of a saint who was from your area - which is easy here in Ireland as there are so many! Or if you have ancestors from a foreign country, you could acknowledge this in your Confirmation name by choosing a saint from that country.

The main thing is to choose carefully - you will always have this name, and the saint should be a model for you to follow. Take your time on this. Ignatius Loyola is a certainly great and well known saint, who would be a good model for Christian living…he is one of at least 6 St Ignatius’s!!

Best of Luck with this!

“Thanx for the help” I live in the United States and will be attending high school next year at Saint Louis University High School, and the saint of this school is St. Ignatius. That isn’t the only reason why i picked him though.
‘thank you’

 

[BarrettPazderka]

Saint Pio was mine. His story is amazing. You should look him up

‘Thanx i will check it’

 

[BarrettPazderka]

I’m just curious why it can’t be from the OT.

**“The patriarchs, prophets and certain other Old Testament figures have been and always will be honored as saints in all the Church’s liturgical traditions.” CCC 61

**James

according to the bishop in my area, “NO ANGELS! NO OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS!” Idk why he’s made so many rules this year?

 

[Jennifer_G]

You can actually pick the names of the archangels Michael, Gabriel or Raphael. St. Ignatius of Loyola is fine, too. It’s also a good idea (if you haven’t already done so) to perhaps read a bio on the saint you choose and adopt him as your lifelong patron. In my class, after hearing a litany of Marys, Guadalupes and Teresas, the bishop smiled when I told him what my confirmation name was “Agnes”. I really loved St. Agnes because she was about the same age I was when I received the Sacrament of Confirmation.

I hope this helps.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I’m also thinking about St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - she was the same age as I am now when she converted, and her family wasn’t too happy. We watched a movie about her at the shrine in Emmitsburg, Md, too. Her parents words were nearly the same as mine - “Remember your heritage!!!”. That might be a change of pace from the Mary’s, Teresa’s and even Francis’s.