Do you ever use your confirmation name?

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mariafransisca1 said:
Yes, Maria is my confirmation name. And it has been a HUGE blessing.

How lucky you too, have St. Faustina’s name.

Have you read her diary?
saintsworks.net/books/St.%20Faustina%20Kowalska%20-%20Diary.pdf

She loves you and pray for you, if you pray to her.

She helps me in everything when I pray to her, especially in obtaining mercy for myself and other souls.

How close this soul is to God, and she is very dear.

She is your sister:thumbsup:

May the Merciful Jesus bless you
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I hope to read her diary someday. 🙂 I don’t feel like I deserve to yet. 😦

I’m trying to psyche myself up to adding Faustina to my facebook name. :eek:
 
Yes of course…william of perth as his traits are mine except the saintly part… congrats on your conf. and BLESSINGS to our faith…
 
No, I do not use mine because it’s not a legal name and I think it would be bizarre and confusing. Our parish has since abolished the custom of taking saint names, anyway. I did, however, name one of my children my confirmation name - Agnes.
 
I use mine on all the websites I go on. Bernadette was my favorite saint when I was young.

My confirmation name is not on my certificate, however, all my children’s confirmation names are listed on theirs.

Yours in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Bernadette
 
Sorry for the bump; I came across this thread in another search and thought I’d add my bit.

My original Confirmation name was pretty much “forced” upon me by my parents, especially my mother. It’s the name of my deceased sister, who I never knew because she died before I was born. See, Mom never got over the loss (and I can imagine that one never “gets over” the loss of a child) and I was alsways held up to the potential of this little girl who was just a baby when she died. Her name was Maureen. Thus, I was strongly pressured to take her name as my Confirmation name even though I never felt an attraction to it in that sense. Oh, Maureen is a lovely name and if I had a baby girl instead of a son, I would have named her Maureen Elizabeth.

However, I wouldn’t have freely chosen that name for myself especially under the circumstances. BUT, being only 13 at the time, I wasn’t in a position to object very strongly.

Fast forward to adulthood. I’ve since taken as my primary the name that I really wanted to start with: Cecilia. Being a musician myself, I can much more readily identify with Cecilia. It’s also a gorgeous name! I’ve even considered legally changing my name to Cecilia, and if that happens, I’ll keep my original middle name and Confirmation name. Thus, I’m now “Cecilia Maureen”.

In Christ,
~Spoken4
 
I’ve added Faustina to my Facebook name as like a nickname, but no one has commented on it so far. 🙂

I’d like to add Faustina legally as a middle name.
 
My DH is from the UK and his confirmation name is his middle name and he uses it as part of his signature. Me and my kids all converted together so my oldest was confirmed at the age of seven and Faustina is her confirmation name too:thumbsup:
 
Francis (after St. Francis of Assisi) is my confirmational name, and I intend it to add it to my legal name. Thus, I will have three given names and could even use it in my “semiformal” signature (e.g. W. Francis Smith). Also, I would not exactly mind being called “Frank.” While “Frank” is certainly not a pretty name, to me, it sounds so masculine (along the lines of “Jack” or “Tom”)!
 
I sign all my full-signatures as “Given-Name Thomas+ Surname”, with a little cross just above the end of “Thomas”, because I was called that at Baptism and Confirmation (same day and hour). It would be nice if my friends called me by my baptismal name, but they’re too used to the given name… and it reminds them of Aquinas, who they’re all sick of hearing about due to a certain neophyte! 😃
 
I did not receive a confirmation name - we were never told about such things (my RCIA team was pretty much against all old traditions).

However, I will say that my current Facebook name is NOT my full legal name ANYWAY. In fact I use my middle name as my first name on Facebook and yes it means a lot of people ask me questions BUT it also means no one but those I want to find me on Facebook find me. 😃

It’s kind of great.

Anyway, Facebook now has a nickname feature doesn’t it? Why not make Faustina your username and just post a short status explaining why? It’d be a great opportunity to witness to your non-Catholic friends!!
 
nickybr38 said:
I did not receive a confirmation name - we were never told about such things (my RCIA team was pretty much against all old traditions).

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there was no need, it is not required, but they should have taught you about saints in general, and specifically how to find out about the patron saint you already have, that of your baptismal name or given legal name. I was able to find a saint for every one of 28 adult confirmation candidates, 60 youth candidates, and 18 catechumens. Since I found the Spanish santoral website my job is easier. catholic.org is the best source but I do have to resort to books for some names.
 
puzzleannie said:
there was no need, it is not required, but they should have taught you about saints in general, and specifically how to find out about the patron saint you already have, that of your baptismal name or given legal name. I was able to find a saint for every one of 28 adult confirmation candidates, 60 youth candidates, and 18 catechumens. Since I found the Spanish santoral website my job is easier. catholic.org is the best source but I do have to resort to books for some names.
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The only thing they taught us about saints is that ALL Christians become saints. And that’s it. 🤷
 
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