Christabel
Mater

Welcome back friend

It sounds weird but there's nothing preventing a male from choosing the name of a female saint or vice-versa. Of the male names I like, in addition to Michael, I also like Gregory (for Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who wanted to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons), George and Edward (two English kings with this name are have been canonized: Edward the Martyr and Edward the Confessor).

Would it sound odd if I took Our Lady's name for my confirmation?

I'd like to follow the Latin Mass at some point but this basilica is far from where I live and only offers the Latin Mass on Sundays (when I'm usually working). I'll be going again this Sunday. The people at my regular parish are have been very nice but modern Mass doesn't appeal to me. Right now I'm going through my period of formal instruction. I'm starting to think of a confirmation name- Michael is my favorite choice so far because of St. Michael but I've got other choices too.

I went to my first Latin Mass today and I took some pictures of the basilica (it is mainly for Polish Catholics, so the literature was in English and Polish) where it was- I can share them sometime if you want. It was wonderful- but this baby kept me from completely hearing the priest. The baby kept talking- probably more than the priest.

No pasa nada, supongo que era producto de las prisas.

Replied (in English). :P I think that's a good topic to discuss to be honest; most U.S. citizens simply have no idea about how influential Spain was to the formation of the U.S.A. Obviously there's the explorations o fColumbus and the Spanish explorers but it's a certain fact that if Spain didn't support the colonists during the War of Independence there would be no U.S. today.

Read the thread - La contribución hispánica al desarrollo de los Estados Unidos- translate it with google, you are going to like it.

Lol, this message was for you but I put it on my profile instead.

"Ah, I see. It's okay! I will send you a PM and tell you a couple of things if you don't mind."