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    Confirmation 2021
    Candidate Resources

    ​CHOOSING YOUR CONFIRMATION SPONSOR

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    ​Candidates:
     
    • Watch the Choosing Your Confirmation Sponsor Video by Ms. Rosie
    • Use the Sponsor Reflection Worksheet to help you pray to the Holy Spirit and decide whom  you want to ask to be your Sponsor.
    • Once you decide, ask him or her! Then submit the paper work described below by March 26.
    ​​Sponsor Eligibility Forms
    Due March 26 to Ms. Rosie in the parish office


    Sponsors who are registered parishioners at Good Shepherd:  
    • Complete this Good Shepherd Sponsor Information Form. 
    Sponsors who are registered at another parish:
    • Request a Sponsor Letter or Certificate from their parish. Please read the Sponsor Eligibility Instructions.

    CHOOSING YOUR CONFIRMATION NAME
    Due Week of April 11 to your Small Group Leaders during your Small Group Gathering
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    ​​Our name is a powerful symbol of who we are. One of the traditional practices in the Catholic Church at the time of Confirmation is to choose a name to signify our new and deeper awareness of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. At Confirmation, the Bishop addresses us by our Confirmation name.
    • You may choose to keep the name you were given at Baptism, signifying that you are confirming the faith that was given to you at Baptism.
    • You may choose the name of a patron saint, or one of the great men or women of the Bible, who serves as a role model and guide. 

    Learn more about the lives of a wide variety of saints here: Lives of the Saints: How They Changed the World​

    7 GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    In Confirmation, the gifts of the Holy Spirit that you received at Baptism are strengthened in a special way, empowering you to go out into the world as a disciple of Jesus and witness to the faith.

    Learn more about the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit in the following videos - and reflect on which one(s) you feel you need to pray for the most right now.
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    Knowledge
    Fortitude (Courage)
    Wisdom
    Fear of the Lord (Wonder and Awe)
    Piety
    Understanding
    Counsel (Right Judgment)
    Good Shepherd Catholic Church
    8710 Mount Vernon Highway Alexandria, Virginia 22309
    Phone: (703) 780-4055    FAX:
    (703) 842-8232    Email: office@gs-cc.org
    Office Hours: M-F 9:30am - 5:00pm  Closed Saturday  Open 1st,  3rd and 5th Sundays 8am - 4pm 

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