Altoona – Johnstown Tres Dias

Website Sponsor Form

 

Except for name and address, all information provided will be kept in strict confidence. This form must be completed and submitted before a candidate can be accepted for Tres Dias. Submit this form with the candidate’s application and deposit.

 

Please PRINT clearly and answer ALL questions

 

Today’s Date: _____________ Requested Tres Dias Weekend Date: __________________

 

Candidate’s Name: __________________________________________________________

 

Candidate’s Address: ________________________________________________________

 

Candidate’s City, State, ZIP: __________________________________________________

 

Why do you think that this candidate should make a Tres Dias weekend? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

How well do you know this candidate? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Have you asked the spouse to attend?  Yes ___ No ___  Explain: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

How would you describe this candidate? (Leader, Follower, Quiet, Outgoing, etc.) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

To your knowledge, does this candidate have any physical, spiritual or emotional problems? If yes, please specify. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Are you active in Fourth Day Activities?  (Yes / No)  Reunion Groups _______ Secuela ____

 

Local Secretariat _________ Other __________________________________________

 

Are you aware of your sponsorship responsibilities as outlined on this form under Weekend Support and Fourth Day Activities?   Yes _____ No _____

 

What support will you provide the candidate on the Tres Dias weekend? (Transportation, Palanca, Attendance at closing, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Other information: (This might be helpful to better support your candidate on the weekend) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

SPONSORSHIP

 

Sponsorship must be viewed as a total commitment not just a partial act of selection. Sponsorship means to help someone become more of a leader for Christ through the Tres Dias experience. As a sponsor consider the following:

 

1.  Recognize that Tres Dias is not for everyone. Offering Tres Dias to someone comes only after I am willing to make a significant commitment to that person. If I am not willing to make that commitment, I should not sponsor.

2.  Have I honestly looked at my reasons for sponsoring?

3.  Do I know the person or do I know about the person?

4.  Have I prayed for guidance and sought counsel with other experienced Pescadores? Is this the right time for the candidate?

5.  How do I feel regarding sponsorship of this person’s spouse? If possible the applications for married couples should be submitted together.

6.  Am I willing to make a significant commitment to my candidate?

 

Weekend Support

Sponsors should support candidates on the weekend by providing transportation, praying for the weekend, providing a general palanca, personal palanca letter to their candidate; offering to help candidate’s family, providing baby-sitter for children if needed, attending the closing and any other needs that would be helpful.

 

Fourth Day Support

Sponsors should recognize that a commitment is being made to the candidate by sending the candidate to Tres Dias. The sponsor should help the new Pescadores to live the Fourth Day as it is presented on the weekend, by encouraging the new Pescadores to join, or form a reunion group and to attend Secuelas and Secretariat meetings. In general, the sponsor should be responsive to the needs of the new Pescadores until the new Pescadores are established in the Fourth Day.

 

I have read the preceding.

 

Sponsor’s Signature: ________________________________________________________________

 

Sponsor’s Name: (PRINT) ___________________________________________________________

 

Sponsor’s Address: _________________________________________________________________

 

Sponsor’s City, State, ZIP: ___________________________________________________________

 

Telephone (area code) _________________________ Congregation: _________________________

 

Where and when did you make your weekend? ___________________________________________

 

If Dibert Funds are requested $75 must be submitted with the application.

 

Revised April 2010 - yellow