Who Should I Take

[BG45]

for me to remember to reply

[BG45]

It's funny, in RCIA the other night we were sitting around before class we were amicably chatting about what we do after Easter and John that co-teaches with Father goes, "So one thing we'll discuss is the story of Saint Maximillian Kolbe since he's so relatively modern".

I could've died heh, given the Novena and everything...

[Winchester]

St. Maximilian
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Edited February 28, 2009 by Winchester

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='BG45' post='1793262' date='Feb 27 2009, 11:10 PM']It's funny, in RCIA the other night we were sitting around before class we were amicably chatting about what we do after Easter and John that co-teaches with Father goes, "So one thing we'll discuss is the story of Saint Maximillian Kolbe since he's so relatively modern".

I could've died heh, given the Novena and everything...[/quote]
He's hands down my favourite saint.
I think maybe you can tell, what with never having changed my avatar.

[MissyP89]

Oh, worth noting too:

Just because you take one saint doesn't mean you won't have just as close a bond with the other, or others. So don't sweat over the decision as if it were life-or-death. (I hate making this analogy, but it's like starting off with, say, Hekate and realizing you're more of a Brighid kind of person. That's okay. )

[Nihil Obstat]

I was a dumb kid when I got confirmed. I picked St Joseph because my name is already Joseph and I didn't want to work very hard.
Going back I'd pick Maximilian for sure.

[MissyP89]

Maximilian goes way too well with the rest of your names, hon. You'd be like the archetypal German warlord.

Edited February 28, 2009 by MissyP89

[rose wrought of iron]

Tarcissus is really cool, but so is St. Maximillian Kolbe...


But I still think Maria Goretti beats all. That's why I picked her for mine.

[Apotheoun]

St. Ignatios of Antioch or St. Polycarp.

Both are martyr bishops of the early Church.

[MissyP89]

[quote name='rose wrought of iron' post='1793792' date='Feb 28 2009, 05:32 PM']Tarcissus is really cool, but so is St. Maximillian Kolbe...


But I still think Maria Goretti beats all. That's why I picked her for mine. [/quote]

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She's the best ever, pretty much. They could call Phil Mario at his Confirmation!!

[rose wrought of iron]

[quote name='MissyP89' post='1793845' date='Feb 28 2009, 07:09 PM'])



She's the best ever, pretty much. They could call Phil Mario at his Confirmation!! [/quote]
That would be priceless...

Although it's kinda cool, and my sister pointed this out to me a while back; my name means "pure one" and I picked Maria Goretti as my Confirmation saint... coincidence or God-thing?

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='rose wrought of iron' post='1793792' date='Feb 28 2009, 04:32 PM']Tarcissus is really cool, but so is St. Maximillian Kolbe...


But I still think Maria Goretti beats all. That's why I picked her for mine. [/quote]
You should have picked Maximilian. I'm sure it fits great with your given name, right?

[rose wrought of iron]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' post='1794005' date='Feb 28 2009, 09:56 PM']You should have picked Maximilian. I'm sure it fits great with your given name, right?[/quote]
How would you know that fits well with my name?

But I think he would fit with anybody. But Maria Goretti fits for me, and I look at her for example all the time.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='rose wrought of iron' post='1794014' date='Feb 28 2009, 09:01 PM']How would you know that fits well with my name?

But I think he would fit with anybody. But Maria Goretti fits for me, and I look at her for example all the time. [/quote]
Maximilian works with any female name. I'm convinced.

[rose wrought of iron]

Well probably; he's a really cool saint.

[Pauly Walnuts]

Saint Brain fluffy air extraction was mine... ( seriously, I brain fluffy air extraction a lot! ) There is no saint brain fluffy air extraction though.

[missionseeker]

[quote name='BG45' post='1793262' date='Feb 28 2009, 12:10 AM']It's funny, in RCIA the other night we were sitting around before class we were amicably chatting about what we do after Easter and John that co-teaches with Father goes, "So one thing we'll discuss is the story of Saint Maximillian Kolbe since he's so relatively modern".

I could've died heh, given the Novena and everything...[/quote]


[quote name='rose wrought of iron' post='1793851' date='Feb 28 2009, 07:13 PM']That would be priceless...

Although it's kinda cool, and my sister pointed this out to me a while back; my name means "pure one" and I picked Maria Goretti as my Confirmation saint... coincidence or God-thing? [/quote]


you have the same name as I do!?!

[missionseeker]

[quote name='Pauly Walnuts' post='1794028' date='Feb 28 2009, 10:18 PM']Saint Brain fluffy air extraction was mine... ( seriously, I brain fluffy air extraction a lot! ) There is no saint brain fluffy air extraction though.[/quote]
OMG!!!! The fiddler!

[Innocent]

We don't officially have this practice here.

But I personally privately chose St. Josemaria Escriva as my Confirmation Saint. (Read his works online here: [url="http://www.escrivaworks.org/"]http://www.escrivaworks.org/[/url] )

But that's mainly because I'm often anxious about my studies.

[tinytherese]

I remember thinking about my confirmation name a little before I became an actual devout catholic but at the time was luke-warm. I thought Bernadette because I actually liked her strong faith and trust in Our Lady. Then at thirteen shortly after converting to being devout I was rethinking my name since I had been learning about so many other saints. I kept going back and forth with some names cross them on and off the list for years. When confirmation classes started during my sophomore year of high school I came back to Bernadette again but some time later I realized that I should choose Therese because I had gotten to be so fascinated with her life. I had read her autobiography the summer before, seen the t.v. series on EWTN about how she was a great saint for the third millenium which was hosted by Fr. Charles Connar, and I saw the Luke Fims movie about her life. So I ended up choosing her in the end.

I choose the name tinytherese because of the little way and how small I am in comparison to even this humble saint. Fortunately, I was born on All Saints Day so I've LOTS of patrons anyway. Coincidentally, my parish back at home is called All Saints.