The Christian Service Program is part of the formation of the Confirmation Candidate. It is not something that one does in order to earn the Sacrament of Confirmation. It is something one does because service is part of Christian life.
All confirmation candidates are required to do one service project and write about their experience of serving others.
Christian Service Program
Being a follower of Jesus means a lifetime of service to others. This will take different forms at different times of your life. But true service is always about being Christ for others. He came to serve, not to be served.
Beginning to take an active part in Christian service is a way of learning what your gifts are and how you can offer them to others. The service that you choose should be an opportunity for you to be an instrument of Christ for others.
You can take your baptismal name as your confirmation name or you can choose another Christian name to express the fact that there is a significant change in your life with the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation, hence a new name. If you choose another name it must be a Saint’s name; someone you want to model yourself after.
Confirmation Name
A sponsor represents all the people of the Church, who want you to know that they support you and want to share the fullness of the Christian Faith with you A sponsor can assist you in learning how to live a Christian lifestyle.
It is good to choose a sponsor who can take an active part in helping you to grow in your Catholic Faith. Your sponsor must be a practicing Catholic, 16 years of age and have received the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. Your sponsor can be male or female.
Sponsor.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
