What's in a name, Catholic edition

elSicomoro · 09-21-2002, 08:54 PM

File this under "Catholic humor." This might turn into a Sycamore and Griff thread, but I'm sure many non-Catholics will be familiar with what I'm talking about, and will hopefully join in.

Many Catholic churches/parishes and schools are named after the saints of the church, the Virgin Mary, or "events" that are important to the religion. Some of these are standard fare, like St. Martha's Church in NE Philadelphia. (No clue who St. Martha was, but she was obviously important enough to be canonized.) Others are more unusual, or even funny. So, the whole concept of this thread is...post the more unusual ones.

My own submissions (and the places where I've seen them):

--Resurrection of Our Lord (my grade school alma mater in St. Louis)
--Transfiguration (St. Louis)
--North American Martyrs (St. Louis)
--Our Lady of Ransom (Phila)
--Mary, Queen of the Universe (St. Louis)
--Queen of All Saints (St. Louis)
--Holy Rosary (St. Louis)
--St. James the Greater (as opposed to St. James the Lesser...St. Louis)
--Annunziata (St. Louis)
--St. Dismas (one of the thieves crucified with Jesus...St. Louis)
--Cure of Ars (St. Louis)
--Our Lady of the Snows Shrine (Belleville, IL)
--Our Lady of the River Shrine (Portage des Sioux, MO)

Hubris Boy · 09-22-2002, 08:28 AM

--Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility (Lake Wobegon, MN)

perth · 09-22-2002, 09:34 AM

i wish i lived in lake wobegon. it sounds nice there.

~james

Griff · 09-22-2002, 12:09 PM

I used to catch the drunks mass, Sunday evenings at Our Lady of the Perpetual Empty Pockets in Binghamton. Does that count?

Seriously though, the Irish parishes out here just are not that creative. Pat, Tom, and Frank are the three yoked parishes here. We do have a St. Boneventure down the road and another I'm trying to remember that has a common Spanish name but the locals pronounce it in a really amusing way.... nope its gone.

Isn't Lake Woebegon Lutheran?

Nic Name · 09-22-2002, 01:53 PM

Precious Blood -- Toronto, Canada

always sounded like a cult to me, when I was a kid.

St. Bernard -- North Kingstown, R.I. if you like dogs.

St. Augustine of Hippo -- Cornwall, UK -- I thougth they threw them to the lions.

Immaculate Conception -- for people who will believe anything.

I'm so going to hell for that.

elSicomoro · 09-22-2002, 02:25 PM

--Sacred Heart (Valley Park, MO)
--Our Lady of Consolation (Phila)
--Immaculate Heart of Mary (St. Louis)
--Incarnate Word Hospital (St. Louis...though the name of it changed about 4 years ago)

I think my mom was baptized at Immaculate Conception in St. Louis.

Semi-OT, but there is a suburb of St. Louis near the Airport called St. Ann. Now that's nothing major there, but a majority of the streets are named after saints. I used to know a girl that lived on St. Joachim Street.

Florissant, one of the larger suburbs of St. Louis, has saint street names in the older part of the city. What's more, the side streets are named French-style (Rue St. Denis, Rue St. Jean).

(And that's pronounced JEEN, not ZHAWN. Much like St. Francois County near St. Louis is pronounced FRAN-ses, not fran-SWA.)

Hubris Boy · 09-22-2002, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Griff

Isn't Lake Woebegon Lutheran?

Yes, mostly. But there are also sizeable minorities of Consecrated Brethren and Bavarian Catholics.

elSicomoro · 11-02-2002, 11:51 PM

More funny names:

--St. Rocco (Union City, NJ)
--Our Lady of Czestochowa (Jersey City, NJ...note, all their masses are in English)

SteveDallas · 11-04-2002, 09:17 AM

After my wife graduated from college, she taught music for a year at "Our Lady Queen of Peace." Somebody apparently forgot to tell the staff at this school that Catholic schools are supposed to be bastions of discipline.. on my wife's first day, the principal told her, "The 8th grade is horrible.. nobody can deal with them... if they give you too much trouble, just call me & I'll take over."

wolf · 11-21-2002, 10:22 PM

Epiphany of Our Lord (Blue Bell. PA)

This also started me thinking about nun names (They Don't Make Nun Names Like That No More) ... Real ones, not the made up joke kind ...

Principal of one of the elementaryt schools I attended (St. Thomas More, Allentown, PA) was Sister James Immaculate.

MaggieL · 11-22-2002, 11:39 AM

Every time we drive to Classic Pistol we go by "St. John Bosco" school. I assume he must be the patron saint of chocolate milk...and presumably Sr. Mary Ovaltine teaches there.

I was always fond of Carlin's "Our Lady of Perpetual Motion".

Undertoad · 11-22-2002, 11:51 AM

I'm waiting to see "Holy Mother of Christ". Still waiting.

Nic Name · 11-22-2002, 01:35 PM

Holy Mother of Christ

elSicomoro · 11-23-2002, 01:05 PM

--St. Mary of Victories (St. Louis...what did she win?)
--St. Elizabeth, Mother of John the Baptist (St. Louis...nice long name there)
--Holy Innocents (St. Louis)
--Our Lady Help of Christians (Weingarten, MO)
--Holy Martyrs of Japan (Japan, MO)
--Holy Redeemer (Webster Groves, MO)
--Christ, Prince of Peace (Manchester, MO)
--Seven Holy Founders (St. Louis)
--Our Lady of the Pillar (St. Louis)
--St. Andrew Kim (University City, MO...a Korean Catholic church...never heard of one before now)

09-21-2002, 08:54 PM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	What's in a name, Catholic edition File this under "Catholic humor." This might turn into a Sycamore and Griff thread, but I'm sure many non-Catholics will be familiar with what I'm talking about, and will hopefully join in. Many Catholic churches/parishes and schools are named after the saints of the church, the Virgin Mary, or "events" that are important to the religion. Some of these are standard fare, like St. Martha's Church in NE Philadelphia. (No clue who St. Martha was, but she was obviously important enough to be canonized.) Others are more unusual, or even funny. So, the whole concept of this thread is...post the more unusual ones. My own submissions (and the places where I've seen them): --Resurrection of Our Lord (my grade school alma mater in St. Louis) --Transfiguration (St. Louis) --North American Martyrs (St. Louis) --Our Lady of Ransom (Phila) --Mary, Queen of the Universe (St. Louis) --Queen of All Saints (St. Louis) --Holy Rosary (St. Louis) --St. James the Greater (as opposed to St. James the Lesser...St. Louis) --Annunziata (St. Louis) --St. Dismas (one of the thieves crucified with Jesus...St. Louis) --Cure of Ars (St. Louis) --Our Lady of the Snows Shrine (Belleville, IL) --Our Lady of the River Shrine (Portage des Sioux, MO)

09-22-2002, 12:09 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I used to catch the drunks mass, Sunday evenings at Our Lady of the Perpetual Empty Pockets in Binghamton. Does that count? Seriously though, the Irish parishes out here just are not that creative. Pat, Tom, and Frank are the three yoked parishes here. We do have a St. Boneventure down the road and another I'm trying to remember that has a common Spanish name but the locals pronounce it in a really amusing way.... nope its gone. Isn't Lake Woebegon Lutheran? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 09-22-2002 at 12:11 PM.

09-22-2002, 01:53 PM	#5
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Precious Blood -- Toronto, Canada always sounded like a cult to me, when I was a kid. St. Bernard -- North Kingstown, R.I. if you like dogs. St. Augustine of Hippo -- Cornwall, UK -- I thougth they threw them to the lions. Immaculate Conception -- for people who will believe anything. I'm so going to hell for that. Last edited by Nic Name; 09-22-2002 at 02:06 PM.

11-21-2002, 10:22 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Epiphany of Our Lord (Blue Bell. PA) This also started me thinking about nun names (They Don't Make Nun Names Like That No More) ... Real ones, not the made up joke kind ... Principal of one of the elementaryt schools I attended (St. Thomas More, Allentown, PA) was Sister James Immaculate. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-22-2002, 11:39 AM	#11
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Every time we drive to Classic Pistol we go by "St. John Bosco" school. I assume he must be the patron saint of chocolate milk...and presumably Sr. Mary Ovaltine teaches there. I was always fond of Carlin's "Our Lady of Perpetual Motion". __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

09-22-2002, 08:28 AM	#2
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	--Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility (Lake Wobegon, MN)

09-22-2002, 09:34 AM	#3
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	i wish i lived in lake wobegon. it sounds nice there. ~james

09-22-2002, 02:25 PM	#6
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	--Sacred Heart (Valley Park, MO) --Our Lady of Consolation (Phila) --Immaculate Heart of Mary (St. Louis) --Incarnate Word Hospital (St. Louis...though the name of it changed about 4 years ago) I think my mom was baptized at Immaculate Conception in St. Louis. Semi-OT, but there is a suburb of St. Louis near the Airport called St. Ann. Now that's nothing major there, but a majority of the streets are named after saints. I used to know a girl that lived on St. Joachim Street. Florissant, one of the larger suburbs of St. Louis, has saint street names in the older part of the city. What's more, the side streets are named French-style (Rue St. Denis, Rue St. Jean). (And that's pronounced JEEN, not ZHAWN. Much like St. Francois County near St. Louis is pronounced FRAN-ses, not fran-SWA.)

11-02-2002, 11:51 PM	#8
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	More funny names: --St. Rocco (Union City, NJ) --Our Lady of Czestochowa (Jersey City, NJ...note, all their masses are in English)

11-04-2002, 09:17 AM	#9
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	After my wife graduated from college, she taught music for a year at "Our Lady Queen of Peace." Somebody apparently forgot to tell the staff at this school that Catholic schools are supposed to be bastions of discipline.. on my wife's first day, the principal told her, "The 8th grade is horrible.. nobody can deal with them... if they give you too much trouble, just call me & I'll take over."

11-22-2002, 11:51 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm waiting to see "Holy Mother of Christ". Still waiting.

11-22-2002, 01:35 PM	#13
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Holy Mother of Christ

11-23-2002, 01:05 PM	#14
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	--St. Mary of Victories (St. Louis...what did she win?) --St. Elizabeth, Mother of John the Baptist (St. Louis...nice long name there) --Holy Innocents (St. Louis) --Our Lady Help of Christians (Weingarten, MO) --Holy Martyrs of Japan (Japan, MO) --Holy Redeemer (Webster Groves, MO) --Christ, Prince of Peace (Manchester, MO) --Seven Holy Founders (St. Louis) --Our Lady of the Pillar (St. Louis) --St. Andrew Kim (University City, MO...a Korean Catholic church...never heard of one before now)

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