This past week, podcaster Candace Owens received the sacrament of Confirmation in the Traditional Latin Rite in Rome.
Two years ago, Owens officially entered the Catholic Church with the sacrament of Baptism. Upon Owens’ entrance into the Church, Catholics for Catholics organized a Welcome Mass for her on May 30, 2024.
Sharing a photo from the ceremony, Owens quoted on X, ““The sacrament of Baptism makes us sons and daughters of the Father in Christ Jesus. [Confirmation] makes us witnesses and transmitters of this new life within us to witness to Christ and bring truth to our neighbour. This will involve a personal and public struggle between the mystery of salvation and the mystery of iniquity—a spiritual combat against the forces of evil. Like soldiers, we enter into the combat of Christ and with Christ, assisted by the grace of the sacrament of Confirmation…”
“The sacrament of Baptism makes us sons and daughters of the Father in Christ Jesus. Confimation makes us witnesses and transmitters of this new life within us to witness to Christ and bring truth to our neighbour. This will involve a personal and public struggle between the… pic.twitter.com/HG5iyeay4o
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) April 29, 2026
Owens selected St. Joan of Arc as her Confirmation saint, and this follows an enduring connection to the saint. Owens previously told John Yep, president of Catholics for Catholics, that the very first Catholic event she was invited to was related to St. Joan of Arc. Following that, someone wrote to her about the same saint, and she noticed that references to St. Joan kept occurring in her life.
When she decided to look further into the saint, she discovered that her own birthday shared significance with St. Joan. April 29, 1429, was the day that St. Joan of Arc marched into Orléans to relieve the English siege.
What Saint did Candace Owens choose for her Confirmation Name?
— Catholics for Catholics 🇺🇲 (@CforCatholics) April 29, 2026
When we welcomed @RealCandaceO home to the Catholic faith two years ago, she expressed the connection she had to St. Joan of Arc.
WHY DO CATHOLICS CHOOSE CONFIRMATION NAMES? The custom of adopting a saint’s name at… pic.twitter.com/NUGElvL4Kh
Owens’ husband, George Farmer, is a native of England and converted to Catholicism in his young adulthood. When the two of them met, Owens was a Protestant Christian, but over time and throughout their relationship, her husband convinced her to bring her questions about Catholicism to a priest.
She has since often described the Catholic Church as “home.”
At this year’s Catholic Prayer for America event, Owens told the audience of how Our Lady brought her into her fold and how she developed a closeness with the Blessed Mother in the wake of the death of her dear friend, Charlie Kirk. (Watch her address here.)
We invite you to pray for Owens as she continues to deepen her faith as well as for all recent converts to the Catholic Church and those considering conversion!
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