What is Confirmation? Confirmation is one of the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church, which confers the gifts of the Holy Spirit ( Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Counsel, Fortitude, Piety and Fear of the Lord) upon the recipient making the recipient a full member of the Catholic Church.



During this period we are made to choose a new name which is our confirmation name. It’s this name that the bishop will call us while anointing our head with the chrism oil.



Confirmation is usually the first time most of us Catholics get to choose our own name by ourselves.



Name has always been a significant part of Christian life. Even in the Bible, God gave some people he called to do work for him a new name e.g Abram was changed to Abraham, Simon was changed to Peter, Jacob was changed to Israel, Saul to Paul etc. Religious people also change their name when called to a new religious life e.g Pope, Monks Nuns etc. A new name always signifies a new call in life.



As a candidate of the sacrament of confirmation you have two options concerning the choice of a confirmation name.

Is to stay with your present Baptismal name. This is applicable if your baptism name is that of a Catholic Saint and you already have a strong connection with the saint and choose to continue to grow in faith with your saint.

Choosing a new name of Saint for your confirmation. This is when you decided to choose a new name of a saint that you admire or chosen to follow his or her footstep as your confirmation name.



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