Candidate reviews the two name options (stay with Baptismal name or choose a saint's name). Discuss options with Sponsor and make a choice.
If you choose to stay with your Baptismal name, learn about it! Find out why you were given the name and stories about it.
If your name is also the name of a saint, find out about the saint. If you choose to take a saint's name, you may have a saint in mind. Your Sponsor may have suggestions. You may also wish to find a saint that is connected to one of your interests or a saint whose feast day is on your birthday. Read about the saint and discuss with your Sponsor. The most important factors in your choice should be that your have a personal connection with the saint and that there is something about the saint that you admire or want to emulate in your own life.
Part 2 - Complete the Confirmation Name report. Confirmation Name report due by November 30.