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.

Some helpful tips for selecting a Sponsor:

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

• If this is not possible then we suggest that you choose a member of the family or someone important to your child. A parent cannot be a sponsor to their own child.

• This person is to be a practicing Catholic who has received all the sacraments and is 16 years or over.

• 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.