What was/will be your confirmation name?

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Even though I’m a gal, ca I take the name of a male saint? I promised St. Joseph I would. I guess I have no chioce
 
Thank you all for talking about your confirmation names; I find it fascinating.
Leslie
 
Catherine of Siena. As I neared entering the Church, she kept “coming up” in various areas of my life. While I don’t relate to much of her mystical experiences, I do relate to many of the struggles she had, particularly with her mother over her vocation.
 
I was not told about Confirmation names when I was preparing for Confirmation over 25 years ago, but I was very much interested in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at that time (I still have a devotion to her, although I am now a Lay Carmelite). I probably would have chosen Elizabeth as a Confirmation name, given the chance.
 
Diamantina said:
I was not told about Confirmation names when I was preparing for Confirmation over 25 years ago, but I was very much interested in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at that time (I still have a devotion to her, although I am now a Lay Carmelite). I probably would have chosen Elizabeth as a Confirmation name, given the chance.
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Are you saying there is no chance to take the name now? Or do you have a confirmation name already?
 
My Confirmation was 'way back in 1966, when I was 11 years old.

I was going to choose the name Joan, because I learned about St. Joan of Arc in sixth-grade history class, and I became crazy about her! 😃 But my twin sister beat me to it and took that name for herself! [now she doesn’t go to church at all]

So I took the name Mary instead. Just before my confirmation I saw the movie ‘The Song of Bernadette’ on TV, and that made a deep impression on me. I began to have devotion to Our Lady from that time onward.

That didn’t mean that I loved St. Joan less-no siree! I read everything I could lay my hands on about her! And many years later I was able to go to France and visit the three main places of her life!
 
Martha - she is the patron of housewives and I always felt for her doing all that cooking when Our Lord and His disciples came over - that would be the kind of thing I’d do! 🙂
 
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I didn’t know that there is still a chance to take the name after Confirmation. Is that what you are saying? :tiphat:
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If you have been confirmed and did not take a name you might check with your priest and tell him you now want to take a name. It may be possible. Seems reasonable to me.
 
jimpres said:
Are you saying there is no chance to take the name now? Or do you have a confirmation name already?
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Once the certificate is entered into the Church records, it’s too late to take a Confirmation name. The record is how the Bishop knows what name to call you by, at your Confirmation.
 
I chose Saint Jose Maria Robles Hurtado. He was a great priest!
 
I was not confirmed by the Bishop, but by the priests of my church. I also never received a certificate of confirmation.
I am sorry I can’t choose a confirmation name after the fact, but that topic never came up in my RCIA group. I’m sure none of us had confirmation names.
 
lesliejean said:
I was not confirmed by the Bishop, but by the priests of my church. I also never received a certificate of confirmation.
I am sorry I can’t choose a confirmation name after the fact, but that topic never came up in my RCIA group. I’m sure none of us had confirmation names.
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There are a lot of programs like that out there, where they just rush through everything as fast as possible, and skip over anything that might seem “difficult” to the participants - like doing a library project on the Saints, and choosing a Patron Saint.
 
Thanks for your response, and it did seem that we were rather rushed through the program. The pastor only dropped in once or twice, otherwise we were ‘taught’ by laypeople.
 
Mine is
Suzanne…from Susannah…one of the women who ministered to Jesus.
broadsword:curtsey:
 
Wow, thank you guys for the interesting stories. This is my longest thread ever haha.
 
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