It is an honor and a privilege to be asked to be someone’s godparent or confirmation sponsor. Sponsors are asked to not only participate in a ceremony that connects and strengthens a person’s bond with the Holy Spirit but also help guide the child down the correct path of life that will lead them to God’s ever-loving embrace.

Choosing a good sponsor is not easy. The church requires sponsors to meet criteria to be either godparents or confirmation sponsors because being a sponsor comes with duties and responsibilities.

Godparents chosen to take part in a Baptism make a pledge on behalf of the child to renounce Satan, to believe in God and the church, and to guide the child into a life of faith and devotion. The sponsors participating in the Sacrament of Confirmation are pledging to offer support and guidance for the Confirmation candidate. They will help guide them into adulthood, give them the skills needed to face the challenges in life, and help strengthen their faith in God and the church. In both cases, a sponsor commits to help guide and influence another soul. They must be willing to be responsible for the faithful guidance of this child and act as strong role models of faith for them.

If you want to apply to be a baptism or confirmation sponsor, please use the link below to access our form. Also, please review the requirements here which are unique to our parish: 

• The pastor reviews all applications. Please be honest with your answers. 
• Fourteen years of age, as allowed by the Archdiocese of New York even though Canon (Church) Law requires sixteen. 
• If you are living with someone who is not your spouse by the Church’s blessing you must speak to Rev. Palatucci, the pastor, before he will allow you to be a sponsor. This includes all types of civil law unions as well. There is no exception to this. Please call the parish for more information.
• Finally, all sponsors have up until two weeks before the actual event to apply for a sponsorship form. Please do not contact us after that. You will not receive a certificate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Canon Law on being a sponsor: 

Can. 874 §1. To be permitted to take on the function of sponsor a person must:

1/ be designated by the one to be baptized, by the parents or the person who takes their place, or in their absence by the pastor or minister and have the aptitude and intention of fulfilling this function;

2/ have completed the sixteenth year of age, unless the diocesan bishop has established another age, or the pastor or minister has granted an exception for a just cause;

3/ be a Catholic who has been confirmed and has already received the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist and who leads a life of faith in keeping with the function to be taken on;

4/ not be bound by any canonical penalty legitimately imposed or declared;

5/ not be the father or mother of the one to be baptized.

§2. A baptized person who belongs to a non-Catholic ecclesial community is not to participate except together with a Catholic sponsor and then only as a witness of the baptism.

Sponsorship form                  Formulario de patrocinador Católico