Congratulations on confirmation: design and texts

Design of congratulations on confirmation

If a confirmation is celebrated in your environment or you have even received an invitation, you should congratulate the confirmand on their confirmation. It is best to write a card with which you can congratulate in writing. You should make these congratulations on confirmation as personal as possible and make some effort with them, because many young people keep their confirmation cards as a souvenir for a long time. Congratulations are often remembered longer than gifts for confirmation.

Many stationery stores sell pre-made cards with printed congratulations on your confirmation. However, it is advisable to write on the card yourself or at least to write a personal sentence under the finished text so that the confirmand feels personally addressed and taken seriously. Of course you can also design the card yourself and have it printed, then it will be particularly individual.

The congratulations on confirmation should match this special celebration visually; so your best bet is to choose a simple, elegant and celebratory design. As a rule, classic, religious motifs are used for the card, for example a cross, an angel or a fish, in order to establish a connection to the church occasion. But you can also use other symbols or images if you are not religious, for example a rainbow, flowers, ornaments and the like.

Text for congratulations on confirmation

Because congratulations on confirmation should be as personal as possible, it is best to address the confirmand directly. Then you can congratulate him and mention the meaning of the day or the new phase of life. However, if you are not religious yourself, you do not necessarily have to refer to the religion. It is also sufficient if you simply wish the confirmand a nice celebration and all the best for the future.

The better you know the confirmand, the better you can adapt the congratulations to the young person and maybe also bring up a few personal things, such as your relationship or your feelings. In addition to the greeting message, you can also add a nice saying about confirmation or a stylish poem to make the congratulations on confirmation even more individual.

Sample texts for congratulations on confirmation

There are no set rules as to what goes in the congratulations on confirmation, because the most important thing is that the congratulations come from the heart. You can use this sample text as a guide when you formulate your congratulations on your confirmation.

• Text 1: “To the confirmand Julia! I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart on your confirmation. I am very proud of you for taking this step and professing your faith. I wish you all the best for the future! Stay the way you are and may God protect you always. Your granny”
• Text 2:  “Dear Felix, Happy Confirmation! I wish you a great day and celebrate well. All the best for now and for your future. Your uncle Werner”
• Text 3:  “My dear godchild, today you professed your faith. This ends my task as godfather, which I accepted at your baptism: to accompany your religious upbringing. From today you are an adult in the eyes of the Church. You can still come to me at any time if you have any worries or questions. I wish you all the best for your confirmation. God’s blessings be with you in all your ways. Your godfather Herbert’.