Information for Sponsors and Sponsor Letter Form
Dear Sponsors,
Thank you for accepting the responsibility of being a Confirmation Sponsor!
You have a very important and rewarding role to fulfill. By now, your Confirmation student should have given you a “Sponsor’s Guide” booklet for you to read. If they haven’t done so, please ask them about it.
This letter should provide you with the information you will need to fulfill your responsibilities as a sponsor.
1. Please write a Letter of Recommendation for Confirmation for your student. Begin the letter “Dear Bishop Quinn and Father Cronin, I am proud to recommend (first and last name) for Confirmation because….. Therefore I am happy to support (first and last name) request for Confirmation.”
In the letter, refer to the following:
-How you have saw the candidate grow in faith in the last year or two?
-In what way do you feel he/she has prepared well for Confirmation?
-What special qualities or talents do you appreciate and commend in them?
-Include your discussion about Faith (see item #2).
This is Due: March 6, 2019
Sharing Faith is an important part of being a Christian to others; we come to a deeper realization of who Jesus is. For this reason, we ask each sponsor to visit with his or her candidate about the meaning and importance of Faith.
Therefore:
1. Read your “Sponsor’s Guide” booklet. Use this guide to help you in discussion topics with the student. Return the booklet before or on Confirmation.
2. Both you and the candidate are expected to meet sometime before March 9th. To discuss some of the following questions:
-What does Faith mean to you/me?
-How are you/I challenged in our Faith?
-What do you hope to gain from Confirmation?
-Reflect on stories about your Faith.
-What has the candidate learned this year?
-How did you (sponsor) feel when you were Confirmed?
-How has Faith changed your life?
3. You and the Candidate are to perform a type of Community Service together. Please include what service you did together in your letter. Here are a few ideas:
-Visit the Nursing Home or Shut Ins.
-Help at the Food Shelf.
-Spend an hour in the Adoration Chapel.
-Bring gifts up together at Mass and be greeters (please make arrangements at the Parish Office with Vicki 507-234-6244)
- Participate in the Church Choir
-Lector at Mass (please make arrangements)
These are just a few examples; you can certainly come up with your own ideas too.
We hope by doing these things you will get to know your Candidate better and support his/her desire to be Confirmed. Please continue to help guide your Candidate by practicing your Catholic faith to its fullest by attending Mass, receiving the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist, giving service to others, and spreading the Word of God.
If you have any questions please call:
Fr. Cronin at 234-6244 or Katie Cahill stannparishff@gmail.com.
Thank you and God Bless!
Katie Cahill
St. Ann Faith Formation Coordinator
Thank you for accepting the responsibility of being a Confirmation Sponsor!
You have a very important and rewarding role to fulfill. By now, your Confirmation student should have given you a “Sponsor’s Guide” booklet for you to read. If they haven’t done so, please ask them about it.
This letter should provide you with the information you will need to fulfill your responsibilities as a sponsor.
1. Please write a Letter of Recommendation for Confirmation for your student. Begin the letter “Dear Bishop Quinn and Father Cronin, I am proud to recommend (first and last name) for Confirmation because….. Therefore I am happy to support (first and last name) request for Confirmation.”
In the letter, refer to the following:
-How you have saw the candidate grow in faith in the last year or two?
-In what way do you feel he/she has prepared well for Confirmation?
-What special qualities or talents do you appreciate and commend in them?
-Include your discussion about Faith (see item #2).
This is Due: March 6, 2019
Sharing Faith is an important part of being a Christian to others; we come to a deeper realization of who Jesus is. For this reason, we ask each sponsor to visit with his or her candidate about the meaning and importance of Faith.
Therefore:
1. Read your “Sponsor’s Guide” booklet. Use this guide to help you in discussion topics with the student. Return the booklet before or on Confirmation.
2. Both you and the candidate are expected to meet sometime before March 9th. To discuss some of the following questions:
-What does Faith mean to you/me?
-How are you/I challenged in our Faith?
-What do you hope to gain from Confirmation?
-Reflect on stories about your Faith.
-What has the candidate learned this year?
-How did you (sponsor) feel when you were Confirmed?
-How has Faith changed your life?
3. You and the Candidate are to perform a type of Community Service together. Please include what service you did together in your letter. Here are a few ideas:
-Visit the Nursing Home or Shut Ins.
-Help at the Food Shelf.
-Spend an hour in the Adoration Chapel.
-Bring gifts up together at Mass and be greeters (please make arrangements at the Parish Office with Vicki 507-234-6244)
- Participate in the Church Choir
-Lector at Mass (please make arrangements)
These are just a few examples; you can certainly come up with your own ideas too.
We hope by doing these things you will get to know your Candidate better and support his/her desire to be Confirmed. Please continue to help guide your Candidate by practicing your Catholic faith to its fullest by attending Mass, receiving the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist, giving service to others, and spreading the Word of God.
If you have any questions please call:
Fr. Cronin at 234-6244 or Katie Cahill stannparishff@gmail.com.
Thank you and God Bless!
Katie Cahill
St. Ann Faith Formation Coordinator