Chelsea is a reader from New Zealand (!) and also the editor of Restless Press, which has the amazing “vision to be a modern design, magazine inspired, Australasian based website, containing real life and popular culture from a Catholic Christian perspective, across the spectrum of charisms.” She also gave this great little snippet about it on her blog Grow the Roses, including this quote from Pope Francis, which she said summed up the Restless Press mission quite well:
“To give witness with joy and simplicity to who we are and what we believe in.”
Amazing mission, right? She asked me a few weeks ago if I would mind doing a little interview about Sancta Nomina, why and how I got started doing it, and I’m really humbled and overjoyed that she would think I fit in with her mission, how beautiful and wholesome.
The interview posted on Sunday — here it is for your reading pleasure! 🙂
Naming Catholic Babies: Kate from Sancta Nomina
So cool, right?! And get this — she called me “a baby name guru”!! Seriously guys, my life is made. Never in a million years have I ever thought others would think my obsession with love for names would get me anywhere. 😀 Nor did I think I’d get to connect with people from all over the world who love the names of our faith as I do! My heart swells, “my soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” God is so good. ❤
Woo hoo!! God is so good. I am so completely excited for you, Kate!!!! Congrats 🙂
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Aw thanks Joanna!!
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So exciting!!! I love that this blog is getting more of the attention it deserves!
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Ohh you’re so nice Grace!!
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Ohhh, what a wonderful interview! It is so fun to read over the genesis of your “calling.” Of course, I happen to know that the real beginning of this part of your life “began” so very long ago.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, please bless you and this blessed work.
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Thanks irishnannie 🙂
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So thrilling!!!
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Thanks Grace!! 🙂
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Also who knew when I was 10 and absconded with my parents copies of the “A Saint for Your Name” books and then bought my first “real” baby name book at age 11 (after which I invented an entire carefully catalogued HUGE imaginary extended family with names I carefully selected to “go” together—and why I LOVED Baby Name Wizard so much when it came out, because so many of the ways she categorized names were the same as I had been since I was 11), that I would grow up and find my naming twin?! My obsession with names made me a great friend, which is the best!
These are where it started for me!
A Saint for Your Name: Girls https://www.amazon.com/dp/0879733217/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_K9NLwb2ZYG45K
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/best-baby-name-book-in-the-whole-world-vicki-lansky/1101374833?ean=9780671544638&pcta=n&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Textbooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP237&k_clickid=3×237
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Ahhh I love this!! And those books look great!! “Naming twin”!!!!!! 😀
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They are old! But they were my first! Lol!
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This was mine! I loved it so much. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895550245/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0895550245&linkCode=as2&tag=sancnomi-20&linkId=YRKIESKFHXNTJ6WX
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Oh my word, I had that too! I remember distinctly learning of the name Rocco from it! Lol!
I see that “A Saint for Your Name” now has revised/expanded editions. I want to check them out! They 1-2 paragraph biographies of each saint… They were how I learned about a lot of saints!
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Hahahaha! I read “Krina” in that book as a form of Katherine and thought I was going to die over it, I had Krina on my baby name list for a long time.
“A Saint for Your Name” is totally going on my wishlist!
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Yes! That book had SO many versions of each name!
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Great article!!!!!
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Thanks HT!! 🙂
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I had the “I knew her when…” tingles!
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Hahaha Laura!!
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