How did you choose your confirmation name?

[Irishmom2]

My father chose mine. It was not mentioned back then to read up on a saint and see which one inspires you, as is suggested now. He chose St. Anne. I am okay with that.

 

[JulianN]

My mom chose mine. Interestingly, it was her own first name.

 

[Shorter_name]

How did you choose your confirmation name?

I really have a strong “opinion” on this. I chose my confirmation name because it was both my grandmothers middle names. Louise. St. Louise De Marillac. Admittedly, when I chose her, I knew NOTHING about her. It wasn’t until years later that I truly researched her and although I am not a current practicing Catholic, I still feel a definite connection to her. I hope one day to visit the convent(even if to stand outside the door) where she is buried in France.

In my opinion, choose a saint that has meaning to you. Too often, some people chose “the usual’s” St. Therese, St. Maris Gotti, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Michael, St. Gabriel, etc. because they are the “easy ones to remember.” There are websites with extensive lists of saints. I always encouraged former youth to really look into why they were choosing their saint, not just because it’s one they can remember. Now, this is not to say these saints will have zero meaning to everyone, but I wish I had done more research and loved Louise for who she was as a Saint and not because she had the same name as my Grandmothers.

 

[Irishmom2]

I remember the day we had to tell Sr. our choice. She gave us all index cards with our names, and we were to write down our chosen confirmation name. We sat in the pews in church and she went down the line silently reading the names to herself. I will never forget her reading the name on one girl’s card and announcing for all to hear, “There is no St. Chrissy!

 

[Sean]

I chose Pius X because of his encyclicals against modernism and he was the successor of Pope Leo XIII who I greatly admire too. He also was like Francis in many ways he spoke out against the mistreatment of workers in the Amazon and welcomed refugees to the apostolic palace. He was known for his humble lifestyle as well he famously said I was born poor I have lived poor and I wish to die poor

 

[Horton]

I chose St Louise de Marillac as my confirmation name. She is the patron saint of social workers and that was my line of work at the time.

 

[Brian_K]

Mary of Egypt. Hearing her story on catholic radio on her feast day, April 1st, made me pause and realize I had to give the Catholic Church serious consideration. As I went through RCIA I realized the coming Easter 2018 fell on April 1st, and she was a major reason I was here. And, well, how often do you get to receive First Communion on April Fools Day, your saint’s feast day, and Easter, all in one go

 

[Shasta-Rose]

Went through a long list of saints, which I found online on a Catholic site, and looked for one that I liked and could pronounce that not everybody was using. I chose Elizabeth Rose, a Benedictine abbess who, when she retired, spent the rest of her life as an anchorite living in a large hollow tree.

 

[HeDa]

Well until then it is a great bedtime story to tell about two saints, who happened to be twins. There might be other ones who are twins and there are several sister and brother saints.

Mine is Elisabeth as the meeting between Mary and Elisabeth when they were carrying their babies became very important to me during the time it took to convert.

 

[PeaceBeWithYou]

St. Gabriel. The messages he delivered to Mary being the reason why.

 

[Cruciferi]

Since I was too young to pick my Confirmation name, my parents picked it for me. They picked Patrick as I was Baptized on St. Patrick’s Day

 

[pulchraesamicamea]

Singing was an important part in my life and I always loved praising God through songs. So I chose Cecilia.

 

[BT3241]

I didn’t my Dad picked it - I come from a time when you listened to your parents or else.

 

[Stilldreamn]

I chose St. Monica - there are many parallels in our lives. If anyone can have empathy with my struggles, it would be her. Someday, I hope I can cry happy tears with her.