You guys! I am SO EXCITED to share with you a very special announcement:
I’m having a book published! A book of Marian names! Ahhhh!!
I’ve been researching and compiling Marian names for nearly ten years — with a good amount of help from all of you via our conversations on the blog! — and I’m so thrilled that Marian Press (publisher of Fr. Calloway’s and Fr. Gaitley’s books, among others) has agreed to publish it!
🎉🎉🎉🎉💃💃💃
It’s entitled Catholic Baby Names for Girls and Boys: Over 250 Ways to Honor Our Lady — yes indeed, names for boys too! It will be available for purchase in May (month of Our Lady!), and I’ll have more details for you in the coming weeks. It has turned out amazingly well under the guidance of the team at Marian Press, if I do say so myself. 😊
Writing a book is one of the dreams of my life, and you have to know that writing one that honors Our Lady, and has to do with names, is a greater gift than I could ever have imagined.
This is such a big week, with the announcement of our baby-on-the-way followed by the announcement of my book! God is so good. ❤️
Shut up and take my money!!!
😄
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Haha! I love this! I can’t wait til it’s available!
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So happy for you! Can’t wait to buy it, read it, and buy it for every baby shower henceforth!
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Thank you!! I think you’ll love it!
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I’ll take a skillion copies! Thank you, God!
Sacred Heart of Jesus, please bless you, mo chuisle!
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A skillion it is! 😀
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I just came across your blog and was thrilled To find out I’m not the only one obsessed with baby naming! I’m super pumped for your book. Congratulations on all the exciting things happening!
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Thank you!! And welcome!!
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Congratulations and well done on the hard work 🙂
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Thank you!!
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Great news!
Congrats all around for book and baby 🙂
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Thank you!!
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Congratulations! I can’t wait to read it.
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Thank you!!
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When I read “Big News” written in caps, I thought: “bigger than the baby news??” Aha!
Congrats, Kate! I can’t wait to order your book 🙂 I hope this is the first of many!
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Haha thank you Mary-Agnes!! (Also, check your email!)
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Soooo exciting! I need a PDF version now before baby comes in April! Ha! Congratulations, so glad it all came to fruition! Will certainly be added to my onomastic library.
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Thank you!! So excited for your baby!!
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Congratulations on both big pieces of news! An exciting year ahead for you!
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Thank you!! 2018 is sharing up to be pretty amazing!
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Oooooh, can’t wait!! Congrats! What an amazing subject.
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Thank you!!
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Congratulations, and good luck! I’m looking forward to reading it.
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Thank you!! Your post on Jèrriais names was actually one of my resources!
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Congratulations! I look forward to another quality name book on my shelf.
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Thank you!!
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Congratulations, dear Kate! I am so very happy to see this come to fruition! 😘
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Congratulations! What wonderful news.
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Another skillion, please…:)
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What a wonderful achievement. Double congratulations!
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Thank you!!
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