CONFIRMATION SAINT PROJECT
Year 2: Saint Interview
Due Date: Sunday, February 15, One Eight Confirmation Session
What:
 You are interviewing your Confirmation saint.
 Come up with questions that will help you and the readers get to know
your saint better.
Requirements:
1. Typed
2. At least 10 questions/answers in mock interview format.
3. All important biographical facts about the saint come out in the interview
4. Include the question, “What advice would you give me in order to imitate
you?”
5. Quality effort evident (i.e. your saint gives good complete answers to your
questions)
6. Sources cited on the last page on separate paper.
Website example: “St. Rose of Lima.”
<catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=446> Web 30 Dec 2012 <—(the
date you found it on the website)
Tips:

Attempt to “get inside the
head” of the saint and
reveal his/her heart.
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Project should demonstrate
you are now an expert on this
saint.
Depending on the question,
answers should range from 1
sentence to half a page
(average: a solid paragraph 2-4
sentences)
Average interview length: 3
Pages
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Book example: Hahn, Scott. Catholic Bible Dictionary. Pages 45-46.
7. Sources also cited after your saint answers a question in the short version (Ex. <catholic.org>, Catholic Bible
Dictionary)
8. You cannot use Wikipedia.
EXAMPLES:
St. Rose of Lima
Q: When is your feast day? Is it the same day that you died?
A: My feast day is August 23rd. It is not the same day that I died but it is only a day before. <catholic.org>
Q: I hear that you were very beautiful and that many men were attracted to you. Did you resist the temptation to marry them? If so, what inspired
you to do so?
A: I tried hard as I could to resist the temptation to marry them. Many of them only wanted to marry me for my beauty. Others wanted to do sexual
things to me. I disliked the idea of them sinning because of me so I rubbed pepper on my face until it was very blistered and red. That way, men
would not only look at me for my beauty. Also I did not want to get tempted so I wore a crown of thorns to remind me that Jesus was my groom. I
was very inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary. I have always left a big place for her in my heart. <catholic.org>
St. Michael the Arch Angel
Q: When were you born?
A: I wasn’t born; I was created by my Father in heaven which is outside of time. I don’t have a physical body because I’m just a pure spirit. I’m an
angel, remember?
Q: Oh, yes of course. Sorry about that. So what is your role as an archangel?
A: My job is to be a patron and protector of the nation of Israel and of the Church. I am the leader and chief commander of the angelic army and will
lead them in battle against Satan and his army at the apocalypse.—(The Catholic Bible Dictionary) I have four tasks assigned to me by Christian
tradition: fight the Devil, rescue faithful souls from the enemy, especially at the hour of death, be the patron and champion of God’s people and the
Church, and to call away from earth to bring men’s souls to judgment. I’m pretty busy. — (Catholic Encyclopedia)