IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

24 EAST MAIN STREET

STONY POINT, NEW YORK 10980

SPONSOR’S PAPERWORK

Please give this sheet to the person you have chosen as your sponsor. S/he is to present the certificate below to his/her pastor or parish priest to be completed and impressed with the parish seal. [Note: this needs to be done even if the sponsor is a parishioner here at Immaculate.]

The Role of a Sponsor: You have the Honor of being chosen as witness to the confirmation candidate’s initiation into full Christian life. Through this sacrament, the confirmation candidate is strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit, made a true witness of Christ in word and deed, and invited more deeply into the life of the Church. Your most significant role in relation to him/her is to be a role model of such witness and unifying love. You are asked to share in and encourage his/her maturing faith development by living a Christian life in partnership with the one whom you have sponsored for full Church membership.

During the Confirmation liturgy, a sponsor: 1) guarantees the Church of the good intentions of the person [s]he represents; 2) presents the candidate to the bishop; 3) witnesses the commitment to Christ which the candidate is making.

Qualifications of a Sponsor. The sponsor must be a practicing Catholic who has received Confirmation and must be at least 16 years of age. The sponsor need not be the same sex as the candidate.

Dress Code for Sponsors: We regret that it has become necessary to specify how we expect sponsors to be dressed for the Confirmation liturgy. Men are asked to wear dress shirts with ties, dress slacks and dress shoes. Sports coats and suits are always acceptable. Women are asked to wear properly fitting and modest dresses or pants suits. Dresses or blouses should cover the shoulders [please, no strapless or spaghetti strap bodices or plunging necklines/backs]. A general rule of thumb would be that dress standards that apply in business would apply in church.

RETURN THE FORM BELOW TO THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE BY JAN 5, 2016.

MAKE SURE IT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY A PRIEST AND IMPRESSED WITH THE CHURCH SEAL OF THE SPONSOR’S PARISH.-

SPONSOR CERTIFICATE

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT ______,

a member of this parish, is a practicing Catholic, at least 16 years of age and already confirmed and is qualified to act as a Sponsor for the Sacrament of Confirmation for ______.

Date: ______

Impress Church Seal hereRev.______

Church of ______

Address ______