Some helpful tips for selecting a Sponsor:

• This person is to be a practicing Catholic who has celebrated the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation, and receives the Holy Communion.

• The person must be 16 years or over.

• You can choose a member of the family or someone important to your child but a parent cannot be a sponsor to their own child.

• It is recommended that your child’s godparent also be invited to be the sponsor thus linking the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation.

Five Ways to be a Great Sponsor

• Pray for the child and parents.

• Spend some time & keep in touch.

• Plan to be around on those special days.

• Share your faith.

• Enjoy being a sponsor.

Together with the parents, the sponsor is asked to guide the child and be a source of support as s/he continues the journey in faith.