What is your Confirmation name and why did you choose it?

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Dymphna. I converted when I was 21. I had been hugely struggling with bipolar disorder at that time for 7 years. She is the patron saint of mental illnesses, and while I won’t call myself a miracle (I wouldn’t want to presume), I do know that everything is starting to come in balance, and I feel that a period of transformation is on the horizon for me, and my whole life is ahead of me for God to use for his purpose. I used to never look more than 24 hours in the future, and I never thought anything good would ever come again. Praise God for his many and wondrous works!

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Dymphna. I converted when I was 21. I had been hugely struggling with bipolar disorder at that time for 7 years. She is the patron saint of mental illnesses, and while I won’t call myself a miracle (I wouldn’t want to presume), I do know that everything is starting to come in balance, and I feel that a period of transformation is on the horizon for me, and my whole life is ahead of me for God to use for his purpose. I used to never look more than 24 hours in the future, and I never thought anything good would ever come again. Praise God for his many and wondrous works!

Ericka
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Wonderful:thumbsup: …Deo Gratius!🙂
 
Cecilia…patron saint of music :whistle: :harp:

Which still fits, only got 3 concerts and 2 lots of busking to do this weekend :doh2: :whacky:
 
Thank you all so much. I think I may go with Mary, although I’m sure tons of people will also pick that. I feel a special love for the BLessed Mother and I feel that she may have picked me…my daughter was born on Mary’s Nativity(Sept. 8), my son on the anniversary of the last Fatima apparition (Oct.13) my second son was due on Christmas but came early and I just found out my husband was born on the Purification (Feb.2)!!!
Mother Mary is all over my life. 🙂 I also love Mary Magdalen…she shows me that Jesus truly loves and forgive us all.

Thanks again for your wonderful stories!🙂
 
When I got confirmed in the 6th grade, I still didn’t know much. I recall looking through a book of saints and deciding Joan of Arc, the 17 yr. old peasant warrior that helped free France from the English. She was the most admirable one for me because she really did something. In reflection, after many years, this may have been somewhat profhetic for me. I have been fiarly independent and became an attorney and served in the very male Navy for quite a few years – in both circumstances needing an strong adversarial spirit to fight for others and deflect criticism. Joan of Arc is also an historical figure known outside the church, a useful touchstone to explaining Catholocism. I’m trying to prepare a home-course for my kids for the teen years that adds to catechism with apologetics, history, theology, etc.
 
Hi Michelle 👋 Congrats on your upcoming Confirmation! I’m so happy for you! 😃

I chose St. Veronica… because I admired her courage and her love and compassion for Our dear Lord, during His suffering. I’ve always wanted to be courageous for Jesus… like St. Veronica. Perhaps I’ll make it… one day. 😊

God bless you.
 
Mary. I was confimed in 1966, when I was in 6th grade. I saw “The Song of Bernadette” on TV that spring-I remember staying up past my usual bedtime to watch it (and I think I had a day off from school, too). I absolutely loved it! It was the ‘springboard’ of my devotion to Our Lady.

I REALLY wanted to have Joan, though-it was during that same time I learned about her in class. But my twin sister beat me to the punch! She took it! [and now, she doesn’t go to church at all 🤷 ]
 
I chose Theresa.

That’s because I was told the name I wanted (Jessie) was not a saint’s name. Some of my friends chose Theresa, so I did, too.

But just a few years ago, while researching my ancestors, I learned that both my grandmother and her mother had also chosen Theresa!
 
I chose Paul, mainly because it was the name of my Scout master in the Boy Scouts, a man I greatly admired and who was my Confirmation sponsor. But as I’ve grown older I’ve related it more to St. Paul and that works for me. I never persecuted Christians or the Church but I did turn away for a long time and came back when a certain event in my life occurred.

BTW, my wife and I call each other by our confirmation names quite often, usually when we’re feeling humorously holy. And there have been times when I’m asked my full name (not on a form but verbally) and I’ll include Paul after my middle name.

I think I’ll meditate on Confirmation today. Your question brought up some nice thoughts so seems like the Holy Spirit is pinging me to do just that!

Peace in Christ!

Trob
 
I’m still in RCIA.

Since I’m primarily of Scots ancestry, I’m thinking of Andrew in honor of St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. 🙂
 
I chose John, at the request of my mother.

She was going to name me John but there was another John in the extended family so she chose otherwise.
 
I chose St Christopher back in '58 when I was a teenager and when he was still considered a major saint.

At age 14, I was enthralled with the idea of having the opportunity to serve the Christ Child in such a useful way as the strong and simple Christopher did. I was also enthralled with the idea that St Christopher was the patron saint of travelers. Many people had his blessed image in their cars. I dreamed of travel.

St Christopher is an excellent saint for me. I have a total of 9 years overseas and I have visited 21 countries. Our oldest daughter was confirmed in Okinawa by a Japanese Bishop. I was asked to be the lector at 3rd Christmas Eve Midnight Mass in 1984 in the 2000 year old Maastrict Caves in Holland where the Dutch held a Christmas Eve Mass for the American GIs in 1944. 800 hundred GIs attended Mass that night in 1944; on Christmas Day they were sent into the Battle of Bastogne; 50 survived. The Dutch altar boys of '44 were the Mass servers in '84.

As Christmas approaches, let us be grateful to the teenage Blessed Mother Mary for saying “YES” to God’s Will (Confirmation is our yes), to the baby Jesus for His life on earth that made possible our eternal salvation, and to that long, long line of GIs who also suffered and died since 1775 to give us, and many others, the freedom we all enjoy. Love, freedom, and salvation are the greatest gifts.
 
I chose Marie. Mainly because I couldn’t come up with one, and in talking to my mother learned that her confirmation name was Marie, and my godmother’s (and conf. sponsor) middle name was Marie. So I felt it was a good name to take. 🙂
 
Josaphat, after St. Josaphat, a holy martyr who worked to convert the Orthodox of Ukraine and Belarus. I selected him in honour of my mixed Polish Latin/Ukrainian Byzantine heritage.
 
Congrats on your confirmation. Maria is my confirmation name. Whenever anyone asks me my full name I always include it and explain it is my confirmation name. You will use it throughout your life. It is a good way to let people know you are Catholic. Generally a conversation about Jesus preceeds the sharing of my confirmation name and thats always a plus for me. ❤️

Bless You.
 
I chose Bernadette. For no good reason. :rolleyes:

Then I found out that she chose me. As an adult, I spent 3 years battling a knee problem. I also have a chronic health condition that took many years, doctors and tests to come to a diagnosis. I went through many years trying to convince doctors that something was wrong. Until I was sure that it was all in my head. Only my prayers kept me going.
 
I chose St. Maximilian Kolbe. Or perhaps, St. Maximilian Kolbe chose me.

Here was a great Franciscan who gave up his life for a complete stranger. When I was a cadet in college, we had a lot of important saying and quotes to memorize. One of those was John 15:13. Whenever St. Maximilian Kolbe is written about, this verse is always included.

I can still hear my fish buddies and I yelling this out as we stand at attention on the wall.

"Sir, Greater love hath no man than this! That a man lay down his life for a friend, John 15:13, Sir!
 
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