Confirmation: Who did you choose for your saint?

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I know of people my age who when they chose a saint for Confirmation they did so just because the name sounded cool or some other reason of that nature. This really saddened me, because all too often teens are not taking their Confirmation seriously and think that once they are confirmed they are done with their faith, when in reality their journey has just begunā€¦ šŸ˜¦

I was just curious and wanted to know other peopleā€™s responsesā€¦
When you were confirmed, what saintā€™s name did you choose and why? You could also provide some details about this saint, and how he or she has assisted you in your life. (or who knows, maybe the saint chose you!)

I chose St. Catharine of Alexendria because she not only was a martyr for her faith, but is the patron saint of theologians (and i hope to be one someday šŸ™‚ ) and refuted pagans who tried to steer her away from the one true faith. I found this inspiring especially since I am constantly questioned for my Catholic faith in public school and to an extent ridiculed at for it.
 
I choose Bl. Laura VicuƱa because we are both members of the Sodality of Children of Mary and she is a model for our youth for today.

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Blessed Laura VicuƱa, Pray for us!
 
You were wise to choose the name of a saint who inspires you. Or you could be right, the saint chose you! It means that you have an intercessor whom you feel is able to understand your needs, which can be reassuring when you are dealing with the particular challenges in your life.

Bless you, Trishie
 
I chose Blaise as my confirmation name. I had never heard of St. Blaise when I was thinking of patron saints for confirmation until I saw a picture of him in a Catholic calendar (February, of course). I kind of felt sorry for him because I had never heard of anyone choosing poor St. Blaise. Over the years Iā€™ve developed a rather special relationship with St. Blaise and I think he has walked with me through my life. Iā€™m very fond of him and, in some ways, as you suggested in your post, I think he chose me as much as I chose him. He has always helped me to focus on the Lord and I am grateful to him.
 
I chose St Jude, since in my experience, on a good day I feel like zero and on a bad day, I go from zero to minus.
Iā€™m being deadly serious.
My whole life story is a lost cause and I do feel like that at least 60% of the time.
There have been times where Ihave thought to myself ā€˜Which is better, being dead or not being born at all?ā€™ and I just pray to St. Jude for things to be better and it works.
Personally, if one were to have a dad who said to your face ā€œI wish your mother had an abortion, so Iā€™d have more money for myself!ā€, you wouldnā€™t feel too good about your life, either.

Cheers!
 
I was confirmed years agoā€¦ is it too late to choose a saint?
 
I chose Saint Augustine of Hippo, due to his early immoral life and subsequent career. May I follow in his footsteps.
 
I chose St Helen the Empress who I thought was cool (I was only 11 or 12!) for several reasons.

She was mother of the Emperor Constantine, had a difficult earlier life (her husband divorced her to marry someone who was wealthier and from a better family), became Christian only later in life and in (if I remember correctly) her 60s went off on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and found the Cross of Christ.

I hope that like her I may have a love of and devotion to the Holy Cross and accept with good grace the crosses God is pleased to send me.
 
I chose St. Lawrence (even though I am a girl),I found his actions to be very inspiring and truly just amazing, and ever since the first prayer I ever asked of him I felt like I always have a friend praying for me. He is also the patron of those who work in the restaurant industry, which is my chosen field.

On a side note my younger brother picked Padre Pio kind of on a whim and now has become very interested in him. I think its cool because my mom has always thought that he could be a priest. So its not always a bad thing when kids pick someone because it sounds cool.
 
They could have tried teaching us about saints in Catholic primary school, but that would be too old fashioned ay? Hence when I made my confirmation the only saints I knew were the ones from the scripture readings at Mass. I ended up choosing St. John the Baptist.
 
When I was confirmed about twelve years ago, I chose the name Matthew. Unfortunately, I chose this name primarily because I liked it rather than because I felt particularly close to St Matthew. I donā€™t imagine there are many confirmation candidates around age 11 or 12 who have such a strong and serious devotion to a particular saint since at that age most are not examining their faith seriously. I think it is more likely that adult candidates (perhaps who have converted in adulthood) will make a more serious and informed decision - although, of course, I donā€™t doubt that there are some particularly wise and pious children who will choose an appropriate saint!

As I remember, my class were not required to do any research into the life of our chosen saints- we simply told the teacher what name we had chosen and the names were passed on to the bishop. To this day I know very little about St Matthew, nor is he a saint that I feel particularly close to or one whom I would call upon in times of need. On the other hand, now that I have matured a bit in my faith, there are a number of saints that I pray to in certain situations, such as Sts Benedict, Anthony and Pio.
 
Dauphin said:
I was confirmed years agoā€¦ is it too late to choose a saint?
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So was I, (1966) but we chose saints.

I Chose Saint Tarsisius. I was an Altar Boy at that time and I was inspired by his death protecting the Eucharist.

Peace
James
 
Virginia, the name of my earthly mother and in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mother Mary. Ironically, as a convert in the early '70s, I had no real devotion to Mary ā€“ but that has definitely changed over the years. Due to her intercession, no doubt in my mind!
 
I chose ā€œXavierā€, as in St. Francis Xavier. It was a bit of an accident, to be honest. I thought St. Francis of Assisi and St. Francis Xavier were the same person (St. Francis Xavier of Assisiā€¦ you knowā€¦), and I preferred (in my teenage shallowness) the name ā€œXavierā€ to ā€œFrancisā€.

But my error wasnā€™t a total loss, since St. Francis of Xavier is a model for zeal for me.
 
St. Jamesā€™ feast day is my birthday. I was having trouble choosing a saint and the saint book I was looking at had a listing by feast day. It turns out James and I share many qualities and I am sure I would have been an awesome apostle. šŸ˜‰

I was confirmed back in the day - well before the internet. Today, there is so much info on the lives of the saints. I really enjoy bouncing around various pages set-up to honor the saint.
 
I chose St. Monica as my Patron Saint.

I was married to a non-believing abusive alcoholic, so was she.

My son is far far away from the faith and dabbling in other areas of faith or simply not in anyā€¦So was her son St. Augustine.

St. Monica shed many tears for her sonā€™s conversion, so do I.

Though many hundreds of years apart, the life of St. Monica relates in many ways to mine of today. Who else can better understand the pain I am feeling on such a personal level, other then our Lord and Blessed Mother of course.

Now that I am re-married to a faithfilled Catholic man, I also offer up many prayers to St. Joseph for his help in helping my family adjust to being Whole again and for my husband to take on the roll of father and spiritual head.
 
I chose St. Clare as my patron. I was really amazed at her devotion to the Eucharist and wanted to be closer to Christ. I felt she could help me in that area.

My mother had a more interesting Patron story so if you donā€™t mind Iā€™d rather relay hers.

I went to Italy before I was Catholic and visited the Vatican. It had a profound effect on me since I am now Catholic lol. Anyway my mother has always loved Catholicism and asked me to bring back medals and a rosary for her. She is a teacher so I wanted to get St. Catherine of Alexandria. I asked the nun for St. Catherine and she ended up giving me St. Catherine of Sienna. I didnā€™t realize the mistake until later. Interestingly enough we ended up visiting Sienna and I fell in love with it. When I got home I tried to convince mom how great St. Catherine of Sienna was but she later confessed to me that she hadnā€™t the slightest idea why I got her St. Catherine of Sienna and was a little upset by it. The next year she decided to start going to RCIA classes but was a little unsure. Our family is strict Anti-Catholic protestants. She began reading about St. Catherineā€™s life and was really inspired by it and felt drawn to the Catholic Church. She said the hook line and sinker was when she walked up to the church and above the classroom door was the name St. Catherine of Sienna. She said she knew she had been called home and St. Catherine helped her to get there.
 
I chose St. Therese of Liseiux after several months of reading up on saints and praying. She is known for her ā€œLittle Wayā€, the act of finding and serving God in small acts and ways. Thatā€™s exactly what Iā€™m horrible at, but something I admire so much. I felt that it couldnā€™t hurt to choose a patron saint whose strengths were my weaknesses.
 
I chose Marion (from Mary) after the Blessed Virgin. Also, my grandmotherā€™s name was Marion, but she died when my Dad was only 16, so I never knew her. Apparently I am very much like her šŸ™‚ so for me itā€™s a special name for multiple reasons.
 
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