Theres nothing that says Catholic quite like the names of saints and angels biblical figures or Christian feasts and virtues during the Catholic Rite of Baptism.

Catholic saints names for baptism. CatholicSaintsInfo Blog Archive Baptismal and Confirmation Names. By choosing a saints name you acknowledge this fact and ask a. Most baby boomer Catholics have three saint names.

In Baptism the Lords name sanctifies man and the Christian receives his name in the Church. Long before the big day you will decide on your baptismal name or the name to give your child at baptism. You will hear in the creed when it is said at Mass that we believe in the Communion of Saints.

In addition some Female Names of Saints are adapted from various Male Names of Saints eg. Lets check out 13 of them no particular order. Holy water is poured on the forehead to represent the burial of sin and resurrection and rebirth through water.

There Adelaide Agnes Bartolomea Beatrice Bertha Barbara Clotilda Colette Daria Dorothy Edith Eugenia Gertrude Hilda Irene Josephine Mildred Olga Theodora and Theodosia Ursula. Notes about your extended family in heaven. This means we are spiritually united with those who have died and are now in heaven.

Visit the post for more. So in fact many of us have two saint names. TANs old booklet Is It a Saints Name 1948 has a wonderful explanation of why to use the name of a saint for a new Catholic in Baptism.

In reply you might hear. 11 Adalbert-----Adalbert of Prague-----Apr. In the Partial List of Roman Catholic Saints for use for Baptismal and Confirmation Names although this list is not complete nevertheless it does contain the names of those ordinary people - like you - who made it to Heaven.