Sponsor Information

Sponsor Expectations:

- Attend Mini-Retreat Day and Rite of Enrollment on October 23^rd from 2:00 PM through the 5:30 PM LIFE TEEN Mass. 

- Have dinner with your candidate that afternoon – the retreat will end at 4:15 PM and you just need to be back for Mass at 5:30 PM. 

- Attend the 2 other Mini-Retreat Days (Feb 5^th, March 11^th), 2-4pm

 - Meet with your candidate at least  monthly: after each Super Sunday -  dinner and Mass

 - Be a mentor to your candidate

- Write a letter to your candidate for the Confirmation retreat on Feb. 17-19^th

 - Attend the last session and rehearsal with your candidate

 - Attend Confirmation Mass and present your candidate to the Bishop

This information comes directly from the Seattle Archdiocese Website:

The sponsor must be a fully initiated Catholic, having been baptized, confirmed, and received their first Eucharist, who leads a life in keeping with the role to be taken on (see CIC, c. 874 §1, 1º-5º). The full initiation of the sponsor is to be verified.

CF 19. The sponsor is to be at least 16 years of age and sufficiently mature for the role.

CF 20. The sponsor must be free to celebrate the sacraments and not bound by any canonical penalty.

CF 21. A parent or legal guardian may not serve as sponsor for his/her child.

It is generally not advisable for a spouse, fiancée, boyfriend, or girlfriend, to serve as sponsor.

CF 22. If the sponsor is unable to participate in the celebration of confirmation, a proxy may be designated.

The proxy must fulfill the same requirements as the sponsor. The absence of the sponsor during the celebration of confirmation does not invalidate the sacrament (see CIC, c. 892).