Saturday, October 12, 2013

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION: Sponsors

From the Archdiocese of Santa Fe:

Please, ensure there is only one (1) sponsor per confirmandi.

The only exception to have two sponsors is if they are the original baptismal sponsors.

Parents cannot serve as sponsors for their own children.

The qualifications to serve as sponsors are:

  • must be 16 years old
  • already confirmed in our Catholic faith
  • practicing our faith
  • if the sponsor chosen is married, the marriage must be blessed in our Catholic Church
  • people who are cohabitating cannot be sponsors

Perhaps offering a night of Reconciliation for the Confirmandi and Sponsors together could be offered. It has been noted that some sponsors are simply receiving a blessing during Communion.



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