Sponsor/Candidate Session
Sponsors & Candidates: These sessions are required by the Diocese of Youngstown as part of Confirmation Preparation.
Opening Prayer & Sharing
Candidates: The Rite of Passage, celebrated this month during the in-person session, is a time to look back on the your progress and to look ahead at your faith journey, joining with your sponsors, families, and entire St. Michael Parish community to pray for strength, for perseverance, for enlightenment and for support through your final stages of preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation and beyond.
Candidates and Sponsors, before beginning the session, reflect and share using the questions below, reflecting on the past, taking in the present, and looking to the future:
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Conclude this time by praying together the Prayer to the Holy Spirit, invoking Him to come into your lives:
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.
Welcome Sponsors!
Thank you for saying yes, and journeying with your candidate throughout their preparation and beyond.
Please click the link to the right and print the attached schedule for Confirmation Sponsors. This schedule is vitally important and was provided to all Sponsors at the meeting. |
*In addition, a Sponsor Booklet will be provided to the Candidate in their St. Michael's School or Families Growing in Faith classroom. Please make sure Sponsor's receive this Booklet to aid the preparation process. A digital version can also be found HERE.
Role of a Sponsor |
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Discuss Together
Sponsor: How did you feel when you were asked to be a sponsor?
Candidate: Why did you choose this person to be your sponsor? What are two qualities your sponsor exhibits that you want to emulate?
Both: How do you want to go forth and be a witness to the world?
Candidate: Why did you choose this person to be your sponsor? What are two qualities your sponsor exhibits that you want to emulate?
Both: How do you want to go forth and be a witness to the world?
An important part of this month's session is the Rite of Passage
that took place at the 11:00 AM Mass on Sunday, November 5th.
Candidates, Sponsors, and Families attended Mass together to celebrate an important step in the Candidate's spiritual growth, as well as an important moment for Candidates and Sponsors to join with the larger community to receive support and encouragement during their preparation.
A special note for Candidates: although you may not have been able to join us in-person, know that all of us – Sponsors, Parents, Confirmation Team and the parish community – support you as you continue your preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
A special note for Candidates: although you may not have been able to join us in-person, know that all of us – Sponsors, Parents, Confirmation Team and the parish community – support you as you continue your preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
For those who were not able to join us in-person*, you can pray with us using the prayer guide linked here
>>> *A special pin from the day will be provided to the Candidate
in their St. Michael's School or Families Growing in Faith classroom. |
Closing Prayer |
Lord, thank you for the many blessings that You shower over each one of us day by day.
Help us to demonstrate Your great love and grace to all those that we meet. May we be ready and willing to be faithful witnesses of You, as we pray together: Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work too may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guide me then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy. Amen. |
Thank you for completing the Make-Up assignment
for the Sponsor/Candidate Meeting!
Continue the conversation next month, by taking time to learn more about your Sponsor
at the Candidate/Sponsor Dinner.
Document in your Confirmation Journal.
at the Candidate/Sponsor Dinner.
Document in your Confirmation Journal.
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Being a Witness
Candidates
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