What was/will be your confirmation name?

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I never thought of it in the way of Abram/Abraham and Saul/Paul. That’s wonderful, Thanks!

I was confirmed this year and my name was Faustina. I picked her because I want to bring people to Christ through my writing like she did, also because her writings and life really brought me closer to Jesus. I’m discerning a vocation and she has helped me.
Well, I fell in love with the life of another saint, St. Therese of Lisieux. I was about to ask my teacher for a switch, then right then and there somebody told me I was confirming on Divine Mercy Sunday. 😃 St. Faustina planned that!

-Jeanne
 
I think that everyone ends up picking a saint that reflects who they are. Even though at first you might not see the similarities, they’ll become evident later. Also, if one chooses a saint just because of their great reputation, I bet the person will end up having the features of that great saint because of the whole role model effect. Like St. Josemaria always taught, we’re all called to holiness, whether lay or religious.
 
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I think that everyone ends up picking a saint that reflects who they are. Even though at first you might not see the similarities, they’ll become evident later. Also, if one chooses a saint just because of their great reputation, I bet the person will end up having the features of that great saint because of the whole role model effect. Like St. Josemaria always taught, we’re all called to holiness, whether lay or religious.
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Amen!
And it’s ok to have more than one patron. I do, and I find that I try to follow all of their examples.

-Jeanne
 
Mine Is MaryEllen.

It was my great-grandmother’s name, and I got two saints for the price of one!!😃
(Ellen is a middle English variation of Helen)
 
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I love St. Helena - she is one of my favourites! 🙂
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Never really knew too much about her, until I started attending our local St. Helen’s.
It is kinda of cool that she is the patron of archeologists, as my hubby is an amature
one and would be a professional archeologist if it would pay the bills!!
And he is the best treasure I have ever found! 😛

She went through a lot, and remained faithful throughout it all, and she had some “Chutzpah” from what I understand! 😃

I guess I was blessed, because with my given names, I have 4 wonderful patrons-
Mary, Helen, Ann & Elizabeth! 🙂
 
I did not have one when I was confirmed, but if I had been asked to choose one, it would have been St. Ignatius of Antioch. His story of martyrdom (by the lions in the Colosseum) was one of the first stories of the saints I ever read and it really moved me.
 
Don’t know…I go into RCIA in the fall…

I’m kind of thinking of St. Faustina? Because when I look on the year of my birth…I was born on what would have been Divine Mercy Sunday…if they had it back then…(the first Sunday after Easter). I was baptized a week later. In the Protestant church I went to they did a “spiritual gift” assessment and mine was Mercy. Although a lot of people say that HAS to be wrong! 😉
 
Congratz on being confirmed.

St. Thomas More because I was entering into law school, and also because he was a wonderful father and lost his status, considerable fortune, and life staying loyal to the Catholic Church.
 
Hey guys! I just received the gift of the Holy Spirit yesterday at Confirmation… I was the first one to do so from Bishop Stephen Blaire, which was quite an honor. I didn’t really think anything would happen when I would get anointed, but I really felt Him. My eyes got watery and everything, as if I needed to cry. I don’t really get too emotional at Mass, but yesterday was a special event.
 
Im getting confirmed next year,

My name as of right now is going to be Francis. I love Saint Francis (my two priests are also Franciscans), and his feast day is on my birthday. Oh, and we both love animals 😃
 
Joseph, it seemed only proper to go with my middle name… Gilmary (servant of Mary)
 
I came into the church several years ago. I chose Pio. Padre Pio has been very close to my heart and I feel he has been with me all the time.
 
Congratulations on your upcoming Confirmation…!!

My confirmation name was Theresa…she is one of my favs!!
 
Congrats on your upcoming confirmation! 🙂

Mine will be in November. I really wanted to have Pope John Paul II as my confirmation saint. He has been God’s main instrument in bringing me to faith and the Church and has shown me what a father is like. But I guess it’s safe to say that he won’t be beatified until November.

So I will take St. Faustina! Her diary is almost like a second bible to me and the Divine Mercy devotion is, next to the rosary, the center of my personal spiritualiy. I have just visited the Divine Mercy sanctuary where she lived, died, and is buried in Cracow about 6 weeks ago. It was amazing! And after I asked for her intercession I was finally able to contact my priest and now have a date to become Catholic at the end of the month. 🙂
 
My confirmation name is Christopher. The Bishop who confirmed me (Christopher Byrne, Galveston-Houston TX) was a family friend that I admired. I was confirmed in 1947 and decided to take the name of Christopher, not knowing that St Christopher would later be downgraded:(./I I still like the name.
 
I was confirmed a year ago. My middle name is Jeanne, so I chose Joan of Arc as my saint, since Joan in French is Jeanne. Also, I really admire Joan of Arc because of her strength and courage.
 
Congratulations on your Confirmation! 😃

In my Confirmation, I was named after St Anastasia 🙂
 
I chose St. Ignatius (of Antioch) when I was confirmed just a few months ago when I was confirmed at Easter Vigil and came into the Church. I chose him because of his fight for the orthodoxy of the church, his love of the Eucharist (the revelation of which was the main reason for coming into the Church), and for his love for Christ being such that, when he was on his way to Rome to be eaten by lions, he wanted nothing more than for it to happen because it meant he could go to be with his Lord. Read his epistle to the Romans. Blew my mind!
 
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