What are the requirements of the Church for being a Confirmation sponsor?
A sponsor must be someone other than the parent of the one to be confirmed.
A sponsor must have received the Sacraments of Baptism, Holy Eucharist, and Confirmation.
A sponsor must be at least 16 years of age and may be male or female regardless of the sex of the candidate.
A sponsor must be a practicing Catholic, registered in a parish, who regularly attends Mass on Sundays and Holy Days and receives the Holy Eucharist.
A sponsor must be leading a life in harmony with the faith and the role to be undertaken; therefore, if married, must be married in the Church and if single, must be striving to live a chaste life and therefore cannot be living with a person outside of marriage.
Service Requirements
15 Services Hours (seperate from Class Hours): 7th & 8th graders preparing for Confirmation are required to complete 15 hours of service when they are in 7th grade and 15 hours of service when they are in 8th grade.