Sponsors...Please click HERE to view and print out the Confirmation Sponsor Form.
Please drop off your form to the parish office or mail to: St. Francis Xavier Church, 3801 Scott Rd., Burbank, CA 91504 Attn: Rosie Roope
Please drop off your form to the parish office or mail to: St. Francis Xavier Church, 3801 Scott Rd., Burbank, CA 91504 Attn: Rosie Roope
CONFIRMATION SPONSOR INFORMATION
Choosing someone to walk the journey of Confirmation with the candidate is done before the beginning of the second year. You can always make an appointment with the Confirmation Leader to discuss any questions or concerns about choosing a sponsor.
What is a Sponsor?
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles specifies that a sponsor for a Confirmation candidate be sufficiently mature and over the age of 16, a fully initiated Catholic, and living a life of faith which benefits the role to be undertaken.
What is a Sponsor’s Role?
SPONSOR’S PRAYER
God of all ages, you send out your Spirit
To touch the hearts of people
So that they may believe in you
And in Jesus whom you sent.
Look kindly on all candidates as they listen to your voice.
Open their hearts to your spirit
And bring to fulfillment the good work you have begun in them.
As I reach out to the young members of the Church
Make me an instrument of your love.
Teach me to respect what is holy in others,
And be patient with what I do not understand.
Deepen my faith on the Gospel,
And help me to pass it on by good example.
With those who are hesitant or afraid, Let me be a source of encouragement,
And with those who are weak, let me be a pillar of strength.
I humbly accept the ministry of sponsor,
And I pray that you will continue to guide and sustain me,
As I move with my candidate towards Your call.
Amen
Choosing someone to walk the journey of Confirmation with the candidate is done before the beginning of the second year. You can always make an appointment with the Confirmation Leader to discuss any questions or concerns about choosing a sponsor.
What is a Sponsor?
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles specifies that a sponsor for a Confirmation candidate be sufficiently mature and over the age of 16, a fully initiated Catholic, and living a life of faith which benefits the role to be undertaken.
What is a Sponsor’s Role?
- MODEL of how a person of faith lives in today’s world as they seek to understand the Lord and the people of God.
- FRIEND who knows the candidate and can be a witness to his/her maturing faith before our community
- LEARNER who is interested in their own growth as they walk the faith journey with the candidate.
- MENTOR, by introducing the candidate to parish organizations in order to meet the community; as well as during the Sunday liturgy and at other special church ceremonies.
- COMPANION who will continue after Confirmation to walk the faith journey with the candidate and invite them into fuller participation in parish life and service.
- ATTEND liturgical rites and specific meetings with the candidate.
- PRAY liturgical rites and specific meetings with the candidate.
SPONSOR’S PRAYER
God of all ages, you send out your Spirit
To touch the hearts of people
So that they may believe in you
And in Jesus whom you sent.
Look kindly on all candidates as they listen to your voice.
Open their hearts to your spirit
And bring to fulfillment the good work you have begun in them.
As I reach out to the young members of the Church
Make me an instrument of your love.
Teach me to respect what is holy in others,
And be patient with what I do not understand.
Deepen my faith on the Gospel,
And help me to pass it on by good example.
With those who are hesitant or afraid, Let me be a source of encouragement,
And with those who are weak, let me be a pillar of strength.
I humbly accept the ministry of sponsor,
And I pray that you will continue to guide and sustain me,
As I move with my candidate towards Your call.
Amen