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

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 Forum, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church, Lives of the Saints

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 Forum, Catholic Online, CIN, EWTN, St. Andrew's Day

The Annunciation (March 25)
American Catholic, Annunciation Novena, Catholic Encyclopedia, Entering the Annunciation, Orthodox Research Institute, Redemptoris Mater, Wikimedia Commons (images), Wikipedia

Anselm of Canterbury (April 21)
Monk, Archbishop, Theologian, Philosopher, Doctor of the Church.
See: Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Forum, Catholic Online, Anselm of Canterbury, Doctors of the Church, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Anthony (Jan. 17)
aka Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, 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 Forum.com, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, Medieval Sourcebook, St. Anthony, Ahbot, Patriarch Of Monks

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, For All the Saints

Apollinaris (Jan. 8)
The Apologist, a.k.a. Apollinaris Claudius.
See: American Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Online, Lives of the Saints, Early Christian Writings

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

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.

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, 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

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 Forum, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, County Kildare Historical Society, St. Brigid, St. Brigid of Kildare

Catherine Laboure (Nov. 25)
Also known as Catherine Laboure Of The Miraculous Medal.
See: Catholic Forum, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, 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.

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

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 Forum (1), Catholic Forum (2), Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs

Blessed Damien of Molokai (May 10)
"The Leper Priest"; Missionary to leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii.
See: American Catholic, Blessed Damien of Molokai, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Forum, Catholic Online, Father Damien of Kalaupapa, ICC

David of Wales (March 1)
Patron of doves, Wales.
See: American Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, David of Wales, Dewi Sant, EBK: St. Dewi, OrthodoxWiki, Wikipedia

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

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

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 Forum.com, Catholic Online, National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 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 Forum, Catholic Online EWTN, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 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,

St. Francis of Paola (April 2)
Patron of boatmen; Calabria, Italy; mariners; naval officers; 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

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 Forum, Catholic Online, Britannia: St. George, Order of the Garter, 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 Forum, Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church, Medieval Sourcebook (the Venerable Bede), Wikipedia.

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

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

Isidore of Seville (April 4)
Doctor of the Church. Patron of computers, computer users, the Internet, schoolchildren, and students.
See: Catholic Forum, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Online, Doctors of the Catholic Church, EWTN, The Virtual Order of St Isidore of Seville.

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

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

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.
More at: American Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Forum, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, 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 Forum, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church

John Climacus (March 30)
Also known as John Scholasticus and John of the Ladder. Abbot, hermit, and author.
More at: 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 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 Forum, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Online, The Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God.

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

Joseph (March 19)
Husband of Mary, foster-father of Jesus.
More at: American Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Forum.com, Catholic Online, Novena to St. Joseph, The Feast of San Giuseppe, Joseph, Husband of Mary

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, Canossian School, Catholic Forum, Catholic Forum (2), Vatican, 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 Forum, Catholic Online, Blessed Kateri, Model Ecologist, Kaia'tanó:ron - Kateri Tekakwitha. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine

St. 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 Forum, Catholic Online, Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Providence, The Vincentian Center.

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, Sofie.org: St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, Society of the Sacred Heart

Marianne Cope, Blessed (Jan. 23)
Sister of St. Francis, founder of hospitals, missionary to lepers.
See: American Catholic, Catholic Forum.com, Mother Marianne Cope and the Sisters of St. Francis, Catholic Sun (Syracuse) article, StarBulletin (Honolulu) article, Vatican News Service, Wikipedia

Martin I (April 13)
Patron of boatmen; Calabria, Italy; mariners; naval officers; plague epidemics; sterility; travellers.
See: American Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Forum, Catholic Online.

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 Forum, Catholic Online, St. Martin de Porres, St. Martin de Porres

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

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.

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

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

Paschal Baylon (May 17)
Patron of cooks; Eucharistic congresses and organizations.
See: American Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Forum, Catholic Online.

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

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 Forum, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church, Stanford Ency. of Philosophy

Polycarp of Smyrna (Feb. 23)
Martyr. Patron against earache and dysentery.
See: Catholic Forum, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Online, Martyrdom of St. Polycarp

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

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 Forum, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online,

Stanislaus of Cracow (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

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, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Forum, Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church

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 Forum, Catholic Online, Doctors of the Church, St. Therese of Lisieux, Sanctuary of Lisieux, Society of the Little Flower

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

Thomas Becket (Dec. 29)
Patron of clergy.
See: American Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Forum, Columbia Encyclopedia, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, Medieval Sourcebook, 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: Catholic Forum, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Online, Origins of St. Valentine's Day

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 Forum, Catholic Information Network, Catholic Online, Vincentian Encyclopedia