Posted on 04/18/2002 8:14:08 PM PDT by history_matters
What was your Confirmation name?
Why did you choose it?
Not quite yet...this October I will be ordained. It's coming up quick.
You're a policeman. God bless you! If you approach your career in the tradition of your alias, you must be a good one. Aquinas and most Thomists are dear to my heart.
One of the other confirmations I attended had a boy who was taking the name "John". The bishop was a bit deaf and didn't hear what the name was to be, so the boy was confirmed "James".
I'll check for you, but we moved around a lot while raising our children. I always had to turn in the name of the parish where the kids were baptized when they received other Sacraments, so that information could be sent back to the Baptizing Parish and the information could be added to the Baptismal Certificate.
When I retrieved a fresh copy of their certificates when the kids got married (a requirement for a Catholic marriage), the information was all there. I am told that this is done so that the Church has a record at the time of the individual's marriage or Holy Orders.
So, the answer may be that the "confirming" parish does not keep the record; it is sent to the "baptizing" parish, but I'll check with my Parish office and ask the question.
Since my mother is Catholic and my father was Lutheran, there was NO discussion of God at home, for fear that one would insult the other.
So, when it came time for me to pick my name, I had no idea of the names of any saints. I asked my mother what her confirmation name was, and she said "Catherine." It sounded as good as any to me, so I chose Katherine -- for Katherine Hepburn ! LOL !
When I came back to the Church after being away for 25 years, I realized what a travesty my confirmation name was, and decided it would be Catherine -- for St. Catherine Laboure. Catherine of Siena seemed too far away, I really didn't know anything about any other Catherine, and I had just finished reading a biography of St. Catherine Laboure from TAN Books which had greatly impressed me. It also helped that I was interested in the Militae Immaculatae which uses the Miraculous Medal which Our Lady gave St. Catherine Laboure as their symbol.
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Her son's influence caused her to embrace Christianity. It was said by a contemporary historian of the Church that she was such a devout servant of God, that one might believe her to have been a disciple of the Redeemer from her very childhood. Helena, from the time of her conversion, led an earnestly Christian life and influenced the wider spread of Christianity. Tradition links her name with the building of Christian churches in the cities of the West, where the imperial court resided, notably at Rome and Trier.
One of the first deacons and the first Christian martyr; feast on 26 December. In the Acts of the Apostles the name of St. Stephen occurs for the first time on the occasion of the appointment of the first deacons (Acts, vi, 5).
Stephen was arrested and dragged before the Sanhedrin, where he was accused of saying that "Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place [the temple], and shall change the traditions which Moses delivered unto us" (vi, 12 14).
Stephen's answer (Acts, vii) was a long recital of the mercies of God towards Israel during its long history and of the ungratefulness by which, throughout, Israel repaid these mercies. This discourse contained many things unpleasant to Jewish ears; but the concluding indictment for having betrayed and murdered the Just One whose coming the Prophets had foretold, provoked the rage of an audience made up not of judges, but of foes.
When Stephen "looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God", and said: "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God" (vii, 55), they ran violently upon him (vii, 56) and cast him out of the city to stone him to death.
Slyfox: it seems that Stephen is an appropriate name for all the young people in your latest confirmation class in your situation. It should be seen as an honor to the original St. Stephen, and to his namesake, that they chose it.
I'm an illustrator. Cap'n_Crunch is the cop. I wrote a confusing post ;o)
Actually, do you happen to know the patron saint of artists?
It is better that
scandals arise than the
truth be suppressed.
-- Pope St. Gregory the Great
My faith has become stronger with every child I have had. I had a major conversion experience while I was pregnant with my son. During Lent of 2001 (I was about 6 months pregnant) I made the decision I would never miss Mass again if I was physically capable. I had become so complacent about attending. And except for one Sunday, I haven't missed Mass in now 14 months. I also went to Confession for the first time in more than 20 years during Advent, and I now understand what they mean by continually converting and growing in the Lord.
I thank God and my children for that.
St. Luke is the Patron Saint of Artists, Brewers, Butchers, Doctors, Glass-workers, Notaries, Painter, Physicians, Sculptors and Surgeons.
It's stories like this that make me glad I was literally a child of the '60s.
BTW, what year did this occur? Just curious.
'Twas in the year 1993. I'm a young 'un.
LOL
What was your Confirmation name?
Rachel
Why did you choose it?
Genesis 29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
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