Bulletin Q&A article, published 2-12-23:
Why did Jesus change the names of the Apostles?
We sometimes refer to someone by another name to designate a special role, or to avoid confusion, or we might give them a nickname to make it easier to remember. You might be interested to know that Father Hurley has nicknames for all the altar servers. He claims that it is because he finds it difficult to remember their names. They have names that include Sleeping Beauty, Omaha, Putter, and Just, all springing from some particular incident or word association.
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