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What an incredible gift we have in the communion of saints. They are like us, our ancestors, our teachers, our friends, our siblings, real, truly human, sinners, repentant children of God.
The saints lived on this earth and experienced suffering, joy, pain, broken promises, peace, frustration, war, injury, heartbreak. They know our hearts. They know what it takes to be united with God here on this messy earth, & what it takes to live well for Him.
Why a saint for Confirmation?
We choose a Confirmation saint (like a Confirmation sponsor) not out of due diligence to the “rule,” but because we realize how unfortunate it would be to travel alone. We recognize how important it is to know your saint not only by name, but also by story. They have much to teach us about this journey.
Here is a starting point in your journey to decide whom your “Confirmation saint” will be. Pick someone who speaks to you somehow. Know their story. Get to know the power of their prayer. Ask for their intercession like you would ask for the prayers of your friends. Saying “yes” to a Confirmation saint is like saying “yes, you may always pray for my poor and weary soul.”
How fantastic is that!? I pray that in this process you do not just find a Confirmation saint, but an incredible friend. Happy picking!
Saints who may actually be superheroes. Their “superpowers” were that they were simply receptive to the power of God. Their stories are incredibly heroic.

• St. Mary, the Mother of God
• St. Peter
• Bl. Miguel Pro
• St. Maximilian Kolbe
• St. Joseph Cupertino
• St. George Martyr
• St. Joan of Arc
• St. Padre Pio
• St. Louis IX
• St. George
• St. Simeon Stylites
• St. Quiteria
• St. Denis
• St. Margaret of Antioch
• St. Patrick

• St. John Paul II
• St. Gianna
• Bl. Chiara Badano
• St. Josemaria Escriva
• St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
• St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
• St. Katharine Drexel
• St. Maria Faustina Kowalska
• St. John XXIII
• St. Pauline of the Suffering Heart of Jesus
• St. Luigi Orione
• St. Andre Bessette
• St. Jaime Hilario Barbal
• St. Riccardo Pampuri
• St. Maria Bernard Butler
• St. Pius X
• St. Mary MacKillop

• St. Ambrose
• St. Jerome
• St. Gregory the Great
• St. Athanasius
• St. John Chrysostom
• St. Basil the Great
• St. Gregory of Nazianzus
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• St. Bonaventure
• St. Anselm of Canterbury
• St. Isidore of Seville
• St. Peter Chrysologus
• St. Leo I, the Great

• St. Peter Damian
• St. Bernard of Clairvaux
• St. Hilary of Poitiers
• St. Alphonsus Liguori
• St. Cyril of Jerusalem
• St. John of Damascus
• St. Cyril of Alexandria
• St. Bede the Venerable
• St. Ephrem the Syrian
• St. Peter Canisius
• St. John of the Cross
• St. Robert Bellarmine
• St. Albert the Great
• St. Anthony of Padua
• St. Francis de Sales
• St. Lawrence of Brindisi
• St. Catherine of Siena
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux

• St. Ignatius of Loyola
• St. Francis of Assisi
• St. Mary Magdalene
• St. Paul
• St. Augustine of Hippo (also a doctor of the Church)
• St. Genesius
• St. Vladimir of Kiev
• St. Moses the Black
• St. Longinus
• Bl. Imelda Lambertini

• St. Kateri Tekakwitha
• St. John Chrysostom
• St. Alphonsa Muttathupadathu
• St. Benedicta Hyon Kyongnyon
• St. Ceolwulf of Northumbria
• St. Quadragesimus
• Bl. Volodymyr Pryjma
• St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski

• Bl.José Sánchez del Rio
• St. Agnes
• St. Dominic Savio
• St. Tarcisius
• St. Maria Goretti
• Bl. Chiara Luce Badano
• St. Aquilina
• St. Gemma Galgani
• St. Lucy
• Bl. Pier Georgio Frassati
• St. Charles Lwanga
• St. Perpetua
• Bl. Francisco Marto
• Bl. Jacinta Marto
• St. Philomena
• St. Aloysius Gonzaga

• For the universal Church and fathers – St. Joseph
• For those suffering nervous and mental afflictions – St. Dymphna
• For abuse victims – St. Monica
• For earaches – St. Polycarp
• For headaches – St. Teresa of Ávila (also a doctor of the Church)
• For toothaches – St. Apollonia
• For sore eyes – St. Clare of Assisi
• For those too sick to care for themselves – St. Roch
• For the poor – St. Lawrence
• For protection from fire – St. Agatha of Sicily
• For those who struggle with doubt – St. Thomas the Doubter
• For “hopeless causes” – St. Jude Thaddeus
• For athletes – St. Sebastian
• For musicians – St. Cecilia
• For artists – St. Catherine of Bologna
• For students – St. John Bosco and St. Benedict
• For speakers and philosophers – St. Justin Martyr
• For travelers – St. Christopher
• For friendships – St. John the Evangelist
• For Christian mothers – St. Anne
• For adopted children – St. Thomas More
• For farmers and rural communities – St. Isidore the Farmer
• For bakers – St. Nicholas
• For fisherman – St. Andrew
• For hunters – St. Hubert
• For physicians – St. Luke
• For altar servers – St. John Berchmans

By no means is this a complete list of the saints.
Look further to get to know your family of saints.

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