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Adam & Eve – Patroness of gardeners. Feast Day: Dec. 24

Agatha – Patroness of Malta, nurses, bell founders, bell ringers, jewelers, wet nurses, invoked against sterility, breast disease, fires and volcanic eruptions. Feast Day: Feb. 5

Agnes – Patroness of mothers, daughters, girl scouts and engaged couples. Feast Day: Jan. 21

Albert the Great – Patron of medical technologists, science students, natural sciences and scientists. Feast Day: Nov. 14

Andrew – Patron of fishermen, Greece, Russia, sailors, Scotland, invoked against gout, sore throats and neck problems. Feast Day: Nov. 30

Andronicus – Patron of silver smiths and craft persons. Feast Day: Oct. 9

Anne/Ann – Patroness of mothers, grandmothers, Canada, miners and cabinet makers. Feast Day: Jul. 26

Anthony – Patron of harvest, families, marriages, Portugal, amputees, recovering lost objects and against infertility. Feast Day: Jun. 13

Our Lady of Assumption Feast Day: Aug. 15

B 

Barbara – Patron of the home, builders, engineers, architects, artillery, fire fighters, firework makers, miners, sailors, mathematicians, ammunition workers, electricians, invoked against lightning, fires, explosions and sudden deaths. Feast Day: Dec. 4

Bernard of Clairaux – Patron of Gibraltar, bees, beekeepers, candle, makers and melters. Feast Day: Aug. 20

Bernadino of Siena – Patron of advertising, public relations, invoked against hoarseness and lung disease. Feast Day: May. 20

Brendon – Patron of sailors, invoked against ulcers. Feast Day: May 16

Briget – Patroness of Sweden and scholars. Feast Day: July 23

Brigid – Patroness of healers, Ireland, New Zealand, milkmaids, newborns, nuns and poultry raisers. Feast Day: Feb. 1 

C 

Catherine of Alexandria – Patroness of lawyers, librarians, millers, nurses, preachers, philosophers, rope makers, secretaries, school girls, students, wheel wrights, universities, and invoked against disease of the tongue. Feast Day: Nov. 25

Catherine of Siena – Patroness of Italy, nurses, philosophy, spinsters and invoked against fire. Feast Day: April 29

Cecilia – Patroness of music, composers, poets, chorus, musicians and singers. Feast Day: Nov. 22

Charles – Patron of seminarians, apple orchards, stomachs, and against ulcers. Feast Day: Nov. 4

Christopher – Patron of bus drivers, skiers, bachelors, ferry boat men, horsemen, police officers, travelers, truck drivers, invoked against nightmares, peril of water, plague, sudden death and tempests. Feast Day: July 25

Clare – Patroness of seamstress. 

D

Damasus – Patron of archaeologists. Feast Day: Dec. 11

Damian – Patron of physicians, pharmacies and druggist. Feast Day: Sept. 26

Dominic – Patron of astronomers and the Dominican Republic. Feast Day: Aug. 8

Dominic of Silos – Patron of shepherds, captives, invoked against insects and mad dogs’. Feast Day: Dec. 20

Dorothy – Patroness of brides, florists, gardeners, invoked against fire, lighting and thieves. Feast Day: Feb. 6

Dwyn – Patroness of lovers and sick animals. Feast Day: Jan. 25

Dympha – Patroness of asylums, mental health workers, psycho therapy, psychiatrists, against insanity, epilepsy and sleep walking. Feast Day: May 15

E

Elizabeth of Hungary – Patroness of pregnant and women. Feast Day: Nov. 17

Eustace – Patron of hunters, Madrid and invoked in case of family troubles. Feast Day: Sept. 20

Expeditus – Patron of emergencies, prosperity, abundance and invoked against procrastination. Feast Day: April 19

F

Francis of Assisi – Patron of animals, ecology, Santa Fe, San Francisco, merchants, Italy, tapestry, weavers and invoked against fire. Feast Day: Oct. 4

Francis of Sales – Patron of editors, journalists, writers, and invoked against deafness. Feast Day: Jan. 24

Fridolin – Patron of optometrists. Feast Day: March 6

G

Gabriel the Archangel – Patron of childbirth, diplomats, communication, postal workers, stamp collectors, telephone and television workers. Feast Day: March 24

George – Patron of England, Portugal, Germany, cavalry, horses, equestrians, farmers, boy scouts, knights, archers, armories, invoked against the plague, leprosy and syphilis. Feast Day: April 23 

Genesius – Patron of actors, lawyers, comedians, secretaries, invoked against freezing and epilepsy. Feast Day: Aug. 25

Gertrude the Great – Patroness of writers, mystics, visions and the West Indies. Feast Day: Nov. 16

Gertrude of Nivelles – Patroness of cats, gardeners, travelers and against mice. Feast Day: March 17

Giles – Patron of the woods, horses, physically disabled and black smiths. Feast Day: Sept. 1

Gregory the Great – Patron of music, singers, teachers, popes, school children and invoked against plague. Feast Day: Sept. 3

Guadalupe – Patroness of the Americas, against war, famine and earthquakes. Feast Day: Dec. 12

Guardian Angel – Patron of police officers and protector of us all. Feast Day: Oct. 2

Gwen – Patroness of infants, nursing, mothers, and invoked against cradle cap. Feast Day: June 1

H

Hildegard of Bingen – Patroness of visions, prophecies, revelations and favored with supernatural experiences (also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine). Feast Day: Sept. 17

Holy Family – Jesus Christ, Mother Mary and Joseph.

Hubert – Patron of hunters, mathematicians, machinists, metal workers, invoked against dog bites and rabies. Feast Day: Nov. 3

I

Ignatius of Loyola – Patron of military, religious, retreats, gossiping, witchcraft and against overly conscientious. Feast Day: July 31

Imelda – Patroness of first communications. Feast Day: May 13

Irene – Patroness of peace. Feast Day: April 3

Isidore Labrador – Patron of farmers, gardeners, against frost and insect plagues. Feast Day: May 15

J

Joan of Arc – Patroness of France the military and for those who fight for their country. Feast Day: May 30

John of God (Juan de Dios) – Patron of book sellers, hospitals, nurses, printers, poets, invoked against alcoholism and heart disease. Feast Day: March 8

Joseph – Patron of carpenters, fathers, travelers, social justice, laborers, selling your home, house hunting, Canada, Belgium, Austria, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam, invoked against communism and doubt. Feast Day: March 19

Jude – Patron of hopeless and desperate situations. Feast Day: Oct. 28

Judith – Patroness of Prussia also known as Gatha. Feast Day: May 5

Juliana (martyr) – Reflection: despite physical assault on her. St. Juliana’s Christian courage and faith move us to be more resolute in our faith. So that we may meet the challenge of Christian living today. Feast Day: Feb. 16

K

Kateri Tekwitha – Patroness of the Native American Indians.

L

Lawrence – Patron of cook’s, librarians, the poor, against fire and lumbago and Ceylon. Feast Day: Aug. 10

Leander – leandru Feast Day: Feb. 27

Liberta – Patroness against suffering, distress, relieving self of unwanted suitors and burdensome husbands. Feast Day: July 20

Louise de Maribla – Patroness of social workers, widows and social problems. Feast Day: March 15

Lucy – Patroness of lamp lighters, gondoliers, glaziers, people working in Sales, vision, invoked against dysentery, eye disease, hemorrhage and throat disease. Feast Day: Dec. 13

Luke – Patron of artists, surgeons, doctors, sculptors, notaries, painters, lace makers, butchers, glass industry workers, and gold smiths. Feast Day: Oct. 18

M

Madonna

Margaret – Patroness of childbirth, nurses and peasants.  Feast Day: July 20

Margaret Clitheron (Martyr) – Margaret was a servant of God with holiness, faith and humanity. Feast Day: March 26

Mark – Patron of cattle breeders, Venice, notaries, glaziers, invoked against fly bites and captives. Feast Day: April 25

Martha – Patroness of cooks, dieticians, house wives and waitresses. Feast Day: July 29

Martin de Porres – Patron of hair dressers, public health workers, persons of mix race and Peruvian television. Feast Day: Nov. 3

Martin de Tours – Patron of inn keepers, France, harvests, horses, the military, new wine and tailors. Feast Day: Nov. 11

Matthew – Patron of accountants, bookkeepers, bankers, tax collectors, custom officials, security guards and stockbrokers. Feast Day: Sept. 21

Mary

Mary Magdalene – Patroness of contemplatives, glovers, hairdressers, and perfumes. Feast Day: July 22

Matthias – Patron of alcoholics and invoked against alcoholism. Feast Day: May 14

Our Lady of Madjugorgie – Patroness of love, peace and mercy.

Michael the Archangel – patron of lawyers, bankers, radiologist, paratroopers, Germany, Papua, New Guinea, policemen, and invoked against peril at sea. Feast Day: Sept. 29

Monica – Patroness of mothers, married women and Santa Monica, California. Feast Day: Aug. 27

P

Pancarcio – Patron of shop owners. Feast Day:

Pancras – Patron of children, oaths, treaties, against cramps, headaches and perjury. Feast Day: May 12

Pasqual – Patron of cooks and kitchens. Feast Day: May 17

Patrick – Patron of Ireland, Nigeria and invoked against snakes. Feast Day: March 17

Peregrine – Patron invoked against cancer. Feast Day: May 1

Peter – Patron of boatwrights, clock makers, fishermen, net makers, invoked against fever, foot problems and wolves. Feast Day: June 29

Peter Claver – Patron of African Americans, Columbia and race relations. Feast Day: Sept. 9

Philip – Patron for rain, Rome, preachers and public speakers. Feast Day: May 26

Philomena – Patroness of expectant mothers and protectress of children. Feast Day: Aug. 11

R

Raphael the Archangel – Patron of druggist, happy meetings, good health, lover’s, travelers, health inspectors, fishermen, young people, leaving home, invoked against blindness and friendships. Feast Day: Oct. 24

Raymond – Patron of obstetricians, midwives, unborn child, and pregnant women. Feast Day: Aug. 31

Richard – Patron of coachmen and scholars’. Feast Day: April 3

Rita – Patroness of desperate cases, mothers, invoked against bleeding, infertility, loneliness, tumors, unhappiness and women looking for a husband. Feast Day: May 22

Robert – Patron of power over evil spirits, cures the possesses persons, sick, poor and travelers. Feast Day: June 7

Roch – Patron of dog lovers, doctor’s , cattle, prisoners, invoked against skin disease, contagious diseases and plague. Feast Day: Aug. 17

Rosa de Lima – Patroness of Central and South America, florists, gardeners, Peru and the Philippines. Feast Day: Aug. 23

Rosalia – Patroness of those who are alone, against loneliness and for engaged couples. Feast Day: Sept. 4

S

Sacred Heart of Jesus – Patron of massage therapist.

Santiago – Patron of soldiers, horsemen, Chimayo, Spain, arthritis, veterinarians. 

Santo Nino de Atocha – Patron of travelers, and Christian prisoners. Feast Day: Dec. 15

Sebastian – Patron of archers, athletes, doctors, police officers, soldiers, hardware, pin makers, invoked against plague and for the dying. Feast Day: Jan. 20

Stephanie –

Stephen – Patron of brick layers, builders, horses, against headaches and masons. Feast Day: Dec. 26

T

Theresa de Avila – Patroness against headaches, head trauma, head injuries, in need of grace, and for heart disease. Feast Day: Oct 15

Teresa Lisieux – Patroness of florist, France, foreign missions, pilots, photographers and against T.B. Feast Day: Oct 1

Thomas – Patron of theologians, architects, carpenters, surveyors, geometricians and builders. Feast Day: July 3

Thomas Aquinas – Patron of scholars, theologians, pencil makers, students, philosophers and book sellers. Feast Day: Jan. 28

U

Ursula – Patroness of teachers, orphans, school girls, tailors and Universities. Feast Day: Oct. 21

V

Valentine – Patron of lovers, greetings, engaged couples, beekeepers, travelers and the young. Feast Day: Feb. 14

Veronica – Patroness of miracles, laundresses, against hemorrhage and seamstress. Feast Day: July 12

Vincente de Paul – Patron of charitable societies, hospital workers, prisoners, for spiritual help, Madagascar, and to find lost articles. Feast Day: Sept. 27

Vitus – Patron of actors, comedians, dancers, invoked against chorea, epilepsy, snake bite, storms wild animas, and over sleeping. Feast Day: June 15

W

William of Fenoli –

Z

Zita – Patroness of house maids, servants, domestic workers and the search for lost keys. Feast Day: April 27

Old Testament

Daniel and the Lion

Ester

Joseph

Moses

Noah’s Ark

Rachel

Ruth

Sarah

Solemn

 


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