Saints of the Week 

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Albert the Great (Nov. 15)
Also known as Albertus Magnus. Patron of scientists.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church - EWTN - Stanford Ency. of Philosophy

Alphonsus Rodriguez (Oct. 28)
Doorkeeper and mystic.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Fire - Catholic Online - St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (poem) - Wikipedia

All Saints [Feast Day] (Nov. 1)
Holy day of obligation in celebration of all saints known and unknown.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online, Suite 101 - Wikipedia

All Souls [Feast Day] (Nov. 2)
see: American Catholic - Catholic Education - Church Year - Day of the Dead in Mexico - MexOnline - Wikipedia: All Souls - Wikipedia: Day of the Dead

Ambrose (Dec. 7)
Doctor of the Church, Bishop of Milan. "Patron of the Veneration of Mary". Patron of bees, bee keepers; candlemakers; chandlers; domestic animals; learning; schoolchildren; students.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church, Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

Andrew (Nov. 30)
Apostle. Patron of fishermen; gout; Greece; maidens; Russia; Scotland; singers; sore throats; spinsters; women who wish to become mothers.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - CIN - EWTN - Saints.SQPN - St. Andrew's Day

Ansgar (February 3)
Also known as St. Anskar, St. Oscar. Patron of Scandanivia, Sweden, Denmark.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Medieval Sourcebook - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia -

The Annunciation (March 25)
see: American Catholic - Annunciation Novena - Catholic Encyclopedia - Entering the Annunciation - Orthodox Research Institute - Redemptoris Mater - Wikipedia

Anselm of Canterbury (April 21)
Monk, Archbishop, Theologian, Philosopher, Doctor of the Church.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Anselm of Canterbury - Doctors of the Church - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Saint Anselm - Saints.SQPN

Anthony of Egypt (Jan. 17)
aka Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert. Founder of Christian monasticism. Patron of amputees, animals, basket makers, butchers, epileptics, gravediggers, hermits, monks, skin diseases, swine
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online - Medieval Sourcebook, St. Anthony - Ahbot, Saints SQPM

Anthony of Padua (June 13)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of fishermen, sailors, seekers of lost things, poor people, expectant mothers, Native Americans, against starvation, against shipwrecks.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church

Apollinaris (Jan. 8)
The Apologist - a.k.a. Apollinaris Claudius.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Lives of the Saints -

Athanasius (May 2)
aka Athanasius of Alexandria. Bishop, Writer, Doctor of the Church.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Doctors of the Church - EWTN - Saints.SQPN

Augustine of Canterbury (May 27)
First Archbishop of Canterbury; Patron of England.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Patron Saints Index - Wikipedia Augustine of Canterbury

Augustine of Hippo (Aug. 28)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of brewers, printers, sore eyes, theologians
see: American Catholic - Augustine of Hippo - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church - Saints.SQPN - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Wikipedia

Barnabas (June 11)
Martyr. Patron of Antioch, Cyprus, against hailstorms, as peacemaker
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Saints.SQPN - St. Barnabus Church - Wikipedia

Bede, the Venerable (May 25)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of lectors.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church, Wikipedia.

Benedict (July 11); aka Benedict of Nursia
Patron of Europe; against poison; against gall stones, kidney disease, fevers; of cavers; civil engineers; farmers; monks; schoolchildren; those in religious orders
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Ency: Rule of St. Benedict - Catholic Online - EWTN - Order of St. Benedict - Wikipedia

Benedict the Moor (April 4)
Patron of African missions; African American; black missions; black people; Palermo, Sicily; San Fratello, Sicily
see: American Catholic - Catholic Online - EWTN - Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church - Saints SQPN

Bernadette Soubirous (April 16)
aka Bernadette of Lourdes. Patroness of illness, Lourdes France, poverty, shepherds, sick people.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - Lourdes and Bernadette Soubirous - Saints SQPN - St. Bernadette

Bernardine of Siena (May 20)
Monk, missionary, reformer. Patron of compulsive gamblers, lung problems, public relations advertisers, communications personnel. Called the "Apostle of Italy".
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online

St. Bonaventure (July 15)
Bishop, Doctor of the Church; patron against intestinal problems
see: American Catholic - Catholic.org - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Doctors of the Church - Saints.SQPN - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Wikipedia

Boniface (June 5)
also known as Winfrid; Wynfrith; Apostle of Germany. Patron of brewers, tailors, Germany.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online -

Brigid of Ireland (Feb. 1)
Patroness of Ireland; also of babies, blacksmiths, dairy workers, mariners, midwives, nuns, poets, poultry farmers, sailors, scholars, travellers. Aka St. Brigid of Kildare, St. Bride.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online, County Kildare Historical Society - St. Brigid - St. Brigid of Kildare Saints.SQPM

Casimir (March 4)
Patron of Lithuania, Poland; against plague, of bachelors, kings, princes
see: American Catholic - Catholic Culture - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Lives of the Saints - Saints SQPN - St. Casimir's Day

Catherine Laboure (Nov. 25)
Also known as Catherine Laboure Of The Miraculous Medal.
see: Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Magnificat Lives of the Saints - Saint Catherine Laboure (online book) - Association of the Miraculous Medal

Catherine of Sienna (April 29)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of firefighters, nurses, sick people.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church - EWTN - St. Catherine of Sienna

Catherine of Sweden (March 24)
Abbess, daughter of St. Brigit and founder of Bridgettine Order; invoked against miscarriages.
see: Catholic Forum - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - St. Catherine of Vadstena.

Cecilia (Nov. 22)
Martyr. Patron of music, musicians.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Saint Cecilia - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

Charles Borromeo (Nov. 4)
Patron of apple orchards; bishops; catechists and catechumens, seminarians; spiritual leaders; against ulcers and other stomach disorders.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online, Saints.SQPN - Spiritus Temporis - Wikipedia

Christmas Day (Dec. 25)
Celebration of the birth of Jesus
see: American Catholic, Catholic Culture, Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Christmas on the Net - Crossroads Initiative - History.com - Dickens' Christmas Carol - Wikipedia

Clement I. (Nov. 23)
Pope. Patron of marble workers; sailors; sick children; stonecutters.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - NNDB: St. Clement I - Online Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

Colette (March 6)
Founder of the Poor Clares Colettine; Patron against the death of parents - of Corbie - France.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - The Poor Clares Colettine, Saints SQPN

Cyril and Methodius (Feb. 14)
Patrons of Europe, ecumenism, unity of the Eastern and Western Churches. Cyril: creator of Cyrillic alphabet. Methodius: translator of Bible into Slavic languages.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online, Cyril and Methodius - Missionaries to the Slavs - Saints SQPN (1) - Saints SQPN (2)

Blessed Damien of Molokai (May 10)
"The Leper Priest"; Missionary to leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Irondequoit Catholic Communities - Saints.SQPN

David of Wales (March 1)
Patron of Wales, vegetarians, doves.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Early British Kingdoms - OrthodoxWiki - Saint David and St. David's Day - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

Dominic Savio (March 9)
Patron of boys, choir boys, choirs, the falsely accused, juvenile delinquents.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - EWTN - Life of Dominic Savio - Wikipedia

Easter (Spring)
see: About.com - American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - History.com - How Stuff Works - Wikipedia

 Edward the Confessor (Oct. 13) Patron of difficult marriages, kings, separated spouses.
see: BBC History - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - English Monarchs - Saints SQPN

Eligius (Dec. 1)
Patron of metalworkers; also blacksmiths, cab drivers, jewelers, veterinarians, watch makers.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online, Medieval Sourcebook - Saints Alive

Elizabeth Ann Seton (Jan. 4)
Founder of the Sisters of Charity, Patron Saint of SCCHS.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - Saints SQPN - St. Elizabeth Seton - Sisters of Charity

Elizabeth of Hungary (Nov. 17)
Patron of bakers; beggars; brides; charities; exiles; the homeless; hospitals; nursing services; tertiaries; widows.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online

Frances Xavier Cabrini (Nov. 13)
"Mother Cabrini". Patron of immigrants; hospital administrators, orphans.
see: Catholic Online - EWTN - Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Saints.SQPN - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini - Wikipedia

Francis de Sales (Jan. 24)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of authors, Catholic press, confessors, deaf people, educators, journalists, writers
see: American Catholic - Apostolic Letter (Pope Paul VI) - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Doctors of the Church

Francis of Assisi (Oct. 4)
Founder of the Franciscan Order. Patron of animals, families, lacemakers, merchants, ecology, environment, zoos.
see: American Catholic - Amer. Catholic Special Feature, Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Prayer of St. Francis,

Francis of Paola (April 2)
Patron of boatmen; Calabria, Italy; mariners; naval officers; against plague epidemics; sterility; travellers.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online.

Francis Xavier (Dec. 3)
"Apostle to the Far East". Patron of African missions; Australia; black missions; East Indies; foreign missions; India; missionaries; New Zealand; plague epidemics.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Lives of the Saints

Faustina of Lodz (Oct. 5)
Aka Maria Faustina Kowalska; Patron of World Youth Day.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Online - EWTN - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

George (April 23)
Patron of archers; armourers; Boy Scouts; butchers; Canada; cavalry; chivalry; crusaders; England; equestrians; horses; knights; lepers; plague; sheep; shepherds; soldiers.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Britannia: St. George - Order of the Garter - Saints.SQPN - St. George's Day

Gregory the Great (Sept. 3)
Benedictine monk, pope, Doctor of the Church. Patron of choir boys; educators; England; masons; musicians; papacy; plague; Popes; schoolchildren; singers; students; teachers; West Indies.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church - Medieval Sourcebook (the Venerable Bede) - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia.

Hilary (Jan. 13)
Bishop of Poitiers, Hymnist, Doctor of the Church, Patron against snakebites.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Saints SQPN

The Holy Family (Dec. 26)
see: Advent to Epiphany - Catholic Forum.com - Holy Family Radiates Example of True Love

Holy Week (varies)
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - The Days of Holy Week - Holy Week - Wikipedia

Ignatius of Loyola (July 31)
Founder of the Jesuits. Patron of Basques; retreats; soldiers; World Youth Day 2011
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Medieval Sourcebook: Ignatius Loyola: Spiritual Exercises - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia - World Youth Day

Isidore of Seville (April 4)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of computers, computer users, the Internet, schoolchildren, and students.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Catholic Church - EWTN - Saints.SQPN - A Prayer Before Logging Onto the Internet

Jerome (Sept. 30) Doctor of the Church. Patron of archeologists, archivists, librarians, translators.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church - EWTN

Jerome Emiliani (Feb. 8)
Patron of orphans and abandoned children.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Somascan Fathers and Brothers - Wikipedia

Joan of Arc (May 30)
"Maid of Orleans". Visionary, martyr. Patron of France, prisoners, soldiers.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Joan of Arc - Joan of Arc Archive - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

John I (May 18)
Pope and martyr.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Lives of the Saints - Saints.SQPN

John the Apostle (Dec. 27)
Apostle and Evangelist
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online, St. John the Apostle - John the Divine

John Baptist de la Salle (April 7)
Founder of the Christian Brothers (De La Salle Brothers). Patron of: educators, school principals, teachers
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - De La Salle Christian Brothers - EWTN

John Bosco (Jan. 31)
Patron of apprentices, boys, editors, Mexican youths, laborers, schoolchildren.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Saints SQPN - St. John Bosco Novena

John Chrysostom (Sept. 13)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of Constantinople (Istanbul); epileptics; lecturers; orators; preachers; speakers.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church - Saints.SQPN

John Climacus (March 30)
Also known as John Scholasticus and John of the Ladder. Abbot, hermit, and author.
see: Catholic Forum - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - EWTN: Lives of the Saints.

John of Capistrano (Oct. 23)
Patron of judges, jurists, military chaplains.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online, EWTN. Wikipedia

John Fisher (June 22)
Martyr.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

John Neumann (Jan 5)
Patron of Catholic Education.
see: American Catholic - CIN - Catholic Online - Saints.SQPN - St. John Neumann - Wikipedia

John of God (March 8)
Founder of the Order of Charity and the Order of Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Patron of alcoholics, booksellers, dying people, firefighters, heart patients, hospitals, publishers.
see: American Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - The Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God - Saints.SQPN

John of the Cross (Dec. 14)
Doctor of the Church.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church - The Metaphysics of Mysticism

John Ogilvie (March 10)
see: American Catholic - Catholic.org - Saints SQPN - St. John Ogilvie SJ - Novena in Honor of St. John Ogilvie - Wikipedia

Joseph (March 19)
Husband of Mary, foster-father of Jesus.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Novena to St. Joseph - Saints SQPN

Joseph the Worker (May 1)
Patron of carpenters, pregnant women, social justice, against doubt.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online, Lives of the Saints Sisters of St. Joseph

Joseph of Cupertino (Sept. 18)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of of aviators, air travelers, astronauts, paratroopers, students, test takers.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - EWTN

Josephine Bakhita (Feb. 8)
aka "Mother Josephine Bakhita". Patron of Sudan.
see: AFROL Background - American Catholic - Catholic Forum - Catholic Forum (2) - Vatican - Wikipedia

Juan Diego (Dec. 9)
Visionary who saw the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
American Catholic, Catholic Online, EWTN, Sancta.org, Saints.SQPN, Wikipedia

Jude (Oct. 28)
Patron of desperate situations; forgotten causes; hospital workers; hospitals; impossible causes; lost causes.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - Saint Jude Novena Site

Katharine Drexel (March 3)
Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - St. Katharine Drexel, Vatican News Service.

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (July 14)
Patron of the environment and ecology; exiles; loss of parents; those ridiculed for their piety.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Conservation.Catholic.org - Kaia'tanó:ron - Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine - Saints.SQPN

Lawrence (Aug 10) aka St. Lawrence of Rome
Patron of Rome; Canada; Sri Lanka; chefs; comedians; librarians; students; miners; tanners
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - The Golden Legend - Leo I: Sermon on St. Lawrence - Saints SQPN - Wikipedia

Leo the Great (Nov. 10)
Pope and Doctor of the Church.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church

Louise de Marillac (March 15)
Founder of the Sisters of Charity; co-founder of Daughters of Charity. Patron of loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, sick people, social workers, Vincentian Service Corps, widows.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Daughters of Charity - Saints.SQPN - Sisters of Providence

Lucy of Syracuse (Dec. 13)
Virgin and martyr. Patron of the blind, those with eye problems, glaziers, authors, peasants.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Lives of the Saints - St. Lucy's Day

Luke the Apostle (Oct. 18)
Patron of physicians and surgeons; also of artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, glassmakers, goldsmiths, lacemakers.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online, International Order of St. Luke - St. Luke the Evangelist

Madeleine Sophie Barat (May 25)
Nun, teacher, founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - Madeleine Sophie Barat: My Own Vintage - Society of the Sacred Heart

Margaret of Scotland (Nov. 16)
Patron of against the death of children; of learning; parents of large families; queens; Scotland; widows.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online, University of Pittsburgh - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

Marianne Cope, Blessed (Jan. 23)
Sister of St. Francis, founder of hospitals, missionary to lepers.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Forum.com - StarBulletin (Honolulu) article - Vatican News Service - Wikipedia

April 25: Mark
Apostle. Also known as Mark the Evangelist. Patron of Venice, glaziers, notaries.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Catholic Saints.net - EWTN - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

Martin I (April 13)
Martyr.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Saints.SQPN

Martin de Porres (Nov. 3)
Patron of black people, hairdressers, innkeepers, the poor, public education, public health, race relations, social justice, television.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Online - Saints.SQPN - St. Martin de Porres - Wikipedia

Martin of Tours (Nov. 11)
Also known as Martin the Merciful. Patron of beggers, horses, reformed alcoholics, soldiers, tailors, vintners.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online, The Life of St. Martin, Lives of the Saints

Mary - Blessed Virgin (Dec. 8)
December 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception means that Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.com - The Mary Page - Women for Faith & Family

Mary Magdalene (July 22) - "Apostle to the Apostles"; "The Penitent"
Patron against sexual temptation, apothecaries and pharmacists, contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, penitent women, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumers, reformed prostitutes, tanners, women.
see: American Catholic - Butler's Lives of the Saints - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Catholic Saints - Saints SQPN - Wikipedia

Matthew the Apostle (Sept. 21)
Apostle. Patron of bankers, accountants, bookkeepers, security guards, stock brokers, tax collectors.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online

Matthias the Apostle (May 14)
Apostle. Patron of alcoholics, carpenters, smallpox, tailors.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online.

Maximilian Mary Kolbe (Aug 14) - "Apostle of Consecration to Mary" - Martyr
Patron of drug addicts, families, journalists, prisoners, political prisoners, pro-life movement.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Online - Catholic Pages - Catholicism.org - Saints SQPN - Wikipedia

Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro (Nov 23)
Martyr.
see: American Catholic - Catholic.org - Catholicism.org - Wikipedia

Nicholas (Dec. 6)
Also knows as Nicholas of Bari, Nicholas of Myra. Patron of bakers, children, the poor, judges, sailors.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - St. Nicholas Center - Wikipedia

Nicholas Owen (March 22)
Martyr.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - The Life of St. Nicholas Owen - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

Norbert (June 6) (Norbert of Xanten)
Patron of Bohemia; Magdeburg, Germany; peace.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Online, Catholic Encyclopedia - Patron Saints Index - Wikipedia

Our Lady of Fatima (May 13)
Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
see: American Catholic - EWTN - Fatima in Sr. Lucia's Own Words - Fatima Network - Fatima Shrine - Wikipedia

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Dec. 12)
Apparition of the Virgin Mary.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Marian Library - Sancta.org - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

Our Lady of Sorrows (Sept. 15)
September is the Month of the Our Lady of Sorrows
see: About.com - American Catholic - Catholic.org - CatholicCulture.org - Catholic Education - EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows - Wikipedia

Our Lady of the Rosary (Oct. 7)
see: American Catholic - Catholic Culture - Catholic Online: Mary - Catholic Encyclopedia: Rosary - The Holy Rosary - Rosary Prayer Guide

Palm Sunday (Spring)
see: About.com - Catholic Culture - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Catholic.org (2) - Wikipedia

Paschal Baylon (May 17)
Patron of cooks; Eucharistic congresses and organizations.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia

Patrick (March 17)
Patron of Ireland, of engineers, against snakes, and of many dioceses around the world.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Saints.SQPN - St Patrick. St. Patrick's Day

Peregrine Laziosi (May 1)
Sometimes called "The Cancer Saint". Patron for cancer, AIDS sufferers, breast cancer, cancer patients, open sores, sick people, skin diseases.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Forum - Catholic Online - Saint Peregrine - Saints.SQPN

Peter Canisius (Dec. 21)
Doctor of the Church. Author of catechisms. Patron of Catholic press, Germany.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Forum - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church - EWTN

Peter Damian (Feb. 21)
Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church - Stanford Ency. of Philosophy, Saints.SQPN

Polycarp of Smyrna (Feb. 23)
Martyr. Patron against earache and dysentery.
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Martyrdom of St. Polycarp - Saints.SQPN - Coptic Church.net

Rita of Cascia (May 22).
Patron of impossible causes, abuse victims, difficult marriages, parenthood, widows.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - National Shrine of St. Rita - Saints Alive - Saints.SQPM -

Robert Bellarmine (Sept. 17)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of canon lawyers; catechists; catechumens
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Doctors of the Church - Wikipedia

Rose Venerini - Blessed (May 7)
Teacher; founder of the Venerini Sisters.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Online - Holy Spirit Interactive - Saints.SQPN - The Vatican - Wikipedia

Scholastica (Feb. 10)
Patron against rain, of convulsive children, nuns, storms.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Forum, Catholic Online, Saint Scholastica - St. Scholastica

Sebastian (Jan. 20)
Martyr. Patronage includes archers, gardeners, lacemakers, soldiers, stonecutters.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Saints SQPM

Stanislaus of Kracow (April 11)
Patron of Poland; archdiocese of Krakow, Poland; soldiers in battle.
see: Catholic Forum - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - For All the Saints - Saints Alive

Stephen (Dec 26), aka "The Protomartyr"
Martyr. Patron of deacons, bricklayers, stonemasons.
American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic.org - Life of St. Stephen - Lives of the Saints - Wikipedia

Teresa of Avila (Oct. 15)
Doctor of the Church. Also known as Teresa of Jesus. Patron of headaches. lacemakers, people in religious orders, sick people. "We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us."
see: American Catholic - Biography Online - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church - Saints.SQPN

Therese of Lisieux (Oct. 1)
"The Little Flower". Doctor of the Church. Patron of Australia; aviators; florists; France; illness; missionaries; Russia; sick people.
see: American Catholic - Cathlolic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church - Saints.SQPN - Society of the Little Flower

Thomas Aquinas (Jan. 28)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of schools, students, chastity, lightning, theologians.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Doctors of the Church - Internet Ency. of Philosophy, Saints.SQPM

Thomas Becket (Dec. 29)
Patron of clergy.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Medieval Sourcebook - Saints SQPN - Sources of British History

Thomas More (June 22)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of lawyers; adopted children, civil servants, court clerks, difficult marriages, large families, lawyers, politicians, statesmen, step-parents, widowers.
see: Thomas More, Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online, On St. Thomas More, Patron Saints Index, Wikipedia - Works

Valentine (Feb. 14)
Patron of betrothed couples, epileptics, love, travellers, young people.
see: American Catholic Catholic Forum - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online -

Vincent de Paul (Sept. 27)
Founder and co-founder of charitable orders. Patron of charities, charitable workers, hospitals, hospital workers, lepers, volunteers.
see: American Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Information Network - Catholic Online - Saints SQPN - Vincentian Encyclopedia

Wilfrid of York (Oct. 12)
see: Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online - Lives of the Saints - Saints.SQPN - Wikipedia