Sponsors must be involved in the preparation process. Parents and guardians are encouraged to actively participate in their child's preparation, but parents cannot be sponsors for their child. A Baptismal godparent may be a sponsor. Your sponsor can be an aunt, uncle, godparent, sibling, friend, or friend's parent -- you choose a Confirmed adult who inspires you to live a better faith life!

To be a sponsor for a St. Cecilia Confirmation candidate, a person must:

1. Be chosen by the candidate
2. Be 16 years old or older
3. Have already received Confirmation
4. Not be the parent or the one being confirmed
5. Be active within the life of the Catholic Church, not bound by any canonical penalty, and in a state of grace (How do I know if I am in a state of grace?) 

 
Once a sponsor is selected, they must:

1. Complete and submit our Sponsor Forms by October 11 (found as a PDF file on this page. Paper copies are available at the Parish Office)
2. Attend BOTH our Confirmation rehearsal on May 3 and our Mass on May 5/6 (date subject to change).

What does a sponsor do?

The role of the sponsor is to "take care that the confirmed behaves as a true witness of Christ and faithfully fulfills the obligations inherent in this sacrament."

"The sponsor for any candidate may be male or female and is to be sufficiently mature, a practicing Catholic, who has him/herself been confirmed and has not been prohibited by (canon) law from exercising the role of sponsor. One of the Baptismal sponsors is not only allowed, but is in fact desired as the Confirmation sponsor, so as to emphasize the relationship between Baptism and Confirmation." (Canon 893)

To read more about what a sponsor does, click here.