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January 4: Elizabeth Ann Seton
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
January 8: Apollinaris
The Apologist, a.k.a. Apollinaris Claudius.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
Lives of the Saints,
Early Christian Writings
January 13: Hilary
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
January 17: Anthony
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
January 20: Sebastian
Martyr. Patronage includes archers, gardeners, lacemakers, soldiers, stonecutters.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Online
January 23: Blessed Marianne Cope
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
January 24: Francis de Sales
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
January 28: Thomas Aquinas
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
January 31: John Bosco
Patron of apprentices, boys, editors, Mexican youths, laborers, schoolchildren.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Online,
St. John Bosco Novena
February 1: St. Brigid of Ireland
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
February 8: Josephine Bakhita
aka "Mother Josephine Bakhita". Patron of Sudan.
See:
AFROL Background,
American Catholic,
Canossian School,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Forum (2),
Vatican,
Wikipedia
Feb 10: Scholastica
Patron against rain, of convulsive children, nuns, storms.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
Saint Scholastica,
St. Scholastica
Feb 14: Cyril and Methodius
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
Feb 14: Valentine
Patron of betrothed couples, epileptics, love, travellers, young people.
See:
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
Origins of St. Valentine's Day
Feb 21: Peter Damian
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
Feb 23: Polycarp of Smyrna
Martyr. Patron against earache and dysentery.
See:
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
Martyrdom of St. Polycarp
March 1: David of Wales
Patron of doves, Wales.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
David of Wales,
Dewi Sant,
EBK: St. Dewi,
OrthodoxWiki,
Wikipedia
March 3: Katharine Drexel
Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
St. Katharine Drexel,
Vatican News Service.
March 8: John of God
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.
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
March 15: Louise de Marillac
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.
March 17: Patrick
Patron of Ireland, of engineers, against snakes, and of many dioceses around the world.
See:
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
St. Patrick of Ireland,
St Patrick.
St. Patrick's Day
March 19: Joseph
Husband of Mary.
More at:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum.com,
Catholic Online,
Novena to St. Joseph,
The Feast of San Giuseppe,
Joseph, Husband of Mary
March 24: Catherine of Sweden
Abbess, daughter of St. Brigit and founder of Bridgettine Order; invoked against miscarriages.
See:
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
St. Catherine of Vadstena.
March 25: The Annunciation
American Catholic,
Annunciation Novena,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Entering the Annunciation,
Orthodox Research Institute,
Redemptoris Mater,
Wikimedia Commons (images),
Wikipedia
March 30: John Climacus
Also known as John Scholasticus and John of the Ladder. Abbot, hermit, and author.
See:
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
EWTN.
April 2: Francis of Paola
Patron of boatmen; Calabria, Italy; mariners; naval officers; plague epidemics; sterility; travellers.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online.
April 4: Isidore of Seville
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.
April 7: John Baptist de la Salle
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
April 11: Stanislaus of Cracow
Patron of Poland; archdiocese of Krakow, Poland; soldiers in battle.
See:
Catholic Exchange,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
For All the Saints,
Saints Alive
April 13: Martin I
Patron of boatmen; Calabria, Italy; mariners; naval officers; plague epidemics; sterility; travellers.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online.
April 16: Bernadette Soubirous
aka Bernadette of Lourdes. Patroness of illness, Lourdes France, poverty, shepherds, sick people.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
Lourdes and Bernadette Soubirous,
Novena to St. Bernadette,
St. Bernadette
April 21: Anselm of Canterbury
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,
Saint Anselm
April 23: St. George
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
April 29: Catherine of Sienna
Doctor of the Church. Patron of firefighters, nurses, sick people.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
Doctors of the Church,
EWTN,
Patron Saints,
St. Catherine of Sienna
May 1: Joseph the Worker
Husband of Mary, Foster-father of Jesus. 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
May 1: Peregrine Laziosi
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,
Saint Peregrine Novena
May 10: Blessed Damien of Molokai
"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,
Saints Alive
May 14: Matthias
Apostle. Patron of alcoholics, carpenters, smallpox, tailors.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online.
May 17: St. Paschal Baylon
Patron of cooks; Eucharistic congresses and organizations.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online.
May 20: Bernardine of Siena
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
May 22: Rita of Cascia
Patron of impossible causes, abuse victims, difficult marriages, parenthood, sick people, widows.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
National Shrine of St. Rita,
Saints Alive
May 25: Madeleine Sophie Barat
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
May 25: The Venerable Bede
Doctor of the Church. Patron of lectors.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Online,
Doctors of the Church,
Wikipedia.
May 27: Augustine of Canterbury
First Archbishop of Canterbury; Patron of England.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Online,
Patron Saints Index,
Wikipedia
Augustine of Canterbury
May 30: Joan of Arc
"Maid of Orleans". Visionary, martyr. Patron of France, prisoners, soldiers.
See:
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
Joan of Arc Archive,
Wikipedia
June 5: Boniface
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,
Medieval Sourcebook
June 6: Norbert (Norbert of Xanten)
Patron of Bohemia; Magdeburg, Germany peace.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Online,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Patron Saints Index,
Wikipedia
June 13: Anthony of Padua
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
June 22: St. Thomas More
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
July 14: Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
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
September 3: Gregory the Great
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.
September 13: John Chrysostom
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
September 18: Joseph of Cupertino
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
September 21: Matthew
Apostle. Patron of bankers, accountants, bookkeepers, security guards, stock brokers, tax collectors.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Online
September 27: Vincent de Paul
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
September 30: Jerome. Doctor of the Church. Patron of archeologists, archivists, librarians, translators.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
Doctors of the Church,
EWTN
October 1: Therese of Lisieux. "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
October 4: Francis of Assisi
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,
October 13: Edward the Confessor
Patron of difficult marriages, kings, separated spouses.
See:
BBC History,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Online,
English Monarchs
October 15: Teresa of Avila
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
October 18: Luke the Apostle
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
October 23: John of Capistrano
Patron of judges, jurists, military chaplains.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
EWTN.
Wikipedia
October 28: Jude
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
November 1: All Saints Day
Holy day of obligation in celebration of all saints known and unknown.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
Suite 101,
Wikipedia
November 3: Martin de Porres
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
November 10: Leo the Great
Pope and Doctor of the Church.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
Doctors of the Church
November 11: Martin of Tours
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
November 13: Frances Xavier Cabrini
Called "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
November 15: Albert the Great
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
November 17: Elizabeth of Hungary
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
November 23: Clement I
Pope. Patron of marble workers; sailors; sick children; stonecutters.
See:
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
NNDB: St. Clement I,
Online Encyclopedia,
Wikipedia
November 25: Catherine Laboure
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
November 30: Andrew
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
December 1: Eligius
Patron of metalworkers; also blacksmiths, cab drivers, jewelers, veterinarians, watch makers.
See:
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
Medieval Sourcebook,
Saints Alive
December 3: Francis Xavier
"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
December 6: Nicholas
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
December 7: Ambrose
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
Dec. 8, 2004: Blessed Virgin Mary
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
December 13: Lucy of Syracuse
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,
Santa Lucia: The Queen of Lights,
St. Lucy's Day
December 14: John of the Cross
Doctor of the Church. Patron of contemplative life, contemplatives, mystical theology, mystics, Spanish poets.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Online,
Doctors of the Church,
The Metaphysics of Mysticism
December 21: Peter Canisius
Doctor of the Church. Patron of Catholic press; Germany; writers of catechisms.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Online,
Doctors of the Church,
EWTN
Dec. 26, 2004: The Holy Family
See:
Catholic Culture.org,
Advent to Epiphany,
Catholic Forum.com
December 27: John
Apostle and Evangelist
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Online,
St. John the Apostle,
John the Divine
December 29: Thomas Becket
Patron of clergy.
See:
American Catholic,
Catholic Encyclopedia,
Catholic Forum,
Columbia Encyclopedia,
Catholic Information Network,
Catholic Online,
Medieval Sourcebook,
Sources of British History