About, Yes, about – 10 years ago a new Catholic Social Media website was launched in South Africa. The creators and dreamers were in my Parish and I got involved – before long I was part of the leading Team and thus began this little project of mine.
When, after a long slog of around 8 years and many curved balls – mostly financial ones (being in South Africa makes the financial aspects very difficult) – I left and began my own little project here.
I have been known as Anastpaul online, for much longer than the 10 years though – my name is Ana, St Paul is one of my two Confirmation Saints and I have always been very involved with catechesis and evangelisation in some form or another, trusting always in the passion and zeal of St Paul.
I am a ‘cradle’ Catholic, a Dominican Tertiary, brought up in a wholly Catholic home by Spanish and Italian parents (with a bit of Lithuanian Jewish blood too). Rosary daily as a family, daily prayer, weekly Confession, Mass every day during Lent, etc etc. We went to a Dominican Convent Private School and Christian Brothers schools, belonged to all available Catholic apostolates and just “Breathed Catholic.” And so it has been – married a Catholic and our children too “Breathe Catholic”, for our blood is Catholic and is graced by the Holy Trinity and our forefathers are the Apostles. Mary is our Holy Mother and our friends are the Saints and Angels.
I live a totally Catholic life, involved in our Parish, running various apostolates there, am an ‘old-fashioned Catholic’ of the Spanish school and am 100% true to One Holy Catholic Faith. I do not like “labels” but if one should be applied I would be regarded as a “Traditional” Catholic. No “Liberalism” and “Modernism.”
I know this much is true – if you ‘Breathe Catholic” so too will your children grow up truly Catholic! Amen.
Beautiful testimony & so blessed! Thank you for sharing Ana! ❤
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Thank YOU Patty! I have been asked by my followers to do this and I think it is necessary. Indeed I have been greatly blessed and praise our God for that! God bless you Patty. 💗
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Glad to meet you! 🤝🤣
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Smiles all round my face dear Stacy – we are such ‘old’ friends already 😄
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Hi Ana, you do such beautiful, inspiring work. We are in the process of decorating our church hall for our children preparing for confirmation. Are we able to print some items off your blog to display for the children? God bless.
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Hi Ana, we talked to some nuns and found some small posters to use, so as beautiful as your posts are we don’t need to print anything now. Thanks.
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Hi Zella-Marie – thank you and wish you great beauty and joy for on the day of your celebrations for the Confirmation candidates. BUT – if in the future you need anything for any purpose – feel free – these are made for us all – that we may evangelise the world. So they are yours too. God bless you!
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Thank you Ana. I would love to share your posts in the future. (Our girls love them too!) God bless you! Zella-Marie
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How lovely! With all my love to those girls too Zella-Marie. God bless you all.
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