PREP Gr 7 Students FAQ 

Who can be a sponsor?

The first criterion is that the person who is asked to be a sponsor must be willing and able to help you live

your life as a Christian. Do they love Jesus like you want to love Jesus? Do they love others like you want to

love others? Ideally, this person would be the same person who acted as you godparent at baptism. If you

had two godparents, you can even ask them both.

Specifically, the church requires that sponsors: (Canon 874)

- must be sixteen years old

- may not be the natural or adoptive parents of the confirmand

- must be fully initiated into the Catholic Faith (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist)

- must be leading a life in harmony with the Catholic Faith

- must be free of any canonical impediment

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What happens if you can’t make the date for 1st Confession?

Father would schedule another day/time for that particular student.

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What if you can’t make the date for confirmation.

For confirmation, if the student missed the date at our parish, he would have to do his confirmation ceremony at another parish.

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What if you can’t make the retreat date for confirmation.

The student would have to do his retreat at another parish.

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What if the sponsor is unable to attend the confirmation ceremony.

If sponsor is unable to attend date of ceremony: a parent or other person could stand in as proxy for the original sponsor.

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