SAINT EMYGDIUS

 PATRON SAINT AGAINST EARTHQUAKES & TSUNAMIS

Please pray against VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, EARTHQUAKES & TSUNAMIS that hurt people !

 

Saint Emygdius
Patron Saint against
Earthquakes & Tsunamis

“His legend states that he was a pagan of Trier who became a Christian. He also converted many to Christianity. He was made a bishop by Pope Marcellus I (or Pope Marcellinus), and sent to Ascoli Piceno. On his way to Ascoli, Emygdius made more conversions, and performed a miracle where he made water gush out of a mountain after striking a cliff.”   WORLD MISSION ROSARY  WIKIPEDIA  ALETEIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT JOSEPHINE BAKHITA

 PATRON SAINT AGAINST MODERN SLAVERY & HUMAN TRAFFICKING & FOR SUDAN

Please pray against MODERN SLAVERY 

& HUMAN TRAFFICKING,

& for SUDAN !

Saint Josephine Bakhita
Patron Saint against
Human Trafficking
& Modern Slavery 
& for Sudan

"A young student once asked Bakhita: "What would you do, if you were to meet your captors?" Without hesitation, she replied: "If I were to meet those who kidnapped me, and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands. For, if these things had not happened, I would not have been a Christian and a religious today."  WIKIPEDIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT PATRICK

PATRON SAINT OF NIGERIA

St. Patrick, please pray for NIGERIA, (YEMEN & 

SOUTH AFRICA too.) and, of course, IRELAND ! 

Saint Patrick
Patron Saint of Nigeria

"Irish bishops in Nigeria named St. Patrick, who is said to have died on March 17 in the year 461, as the country's patron in 1961, the same year Ireland opened its embassy in Lagos."    GOATS AND SODA  

Love, Jeanne

SAINT ELIGIUS

 PATRON SAINT OF MAINTENANCE WORKERS

Please pray for MAINTENANCE WORKERS !    

Saint Eligius (Eloy)
Patron Saint of 
Maintenance Workers

WIKIPEDIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT RITA OF CASCIA

 PATRON SAINT OF THE LONELY

Please pray for the LONELY  and UNCONFIRMED !

Saint Rita of Cascia
Patron Saint of the Lonely

"Rita has acquired the reputation, together with St. Jude, as a saint of impossible causes. She is also the patron saint of sterility, abuse victims, loneliness, marriage difficulties, parenthood, widows, the sick, bodily ills, and wounds.

Rita's body, which has remained incorrupt over the centuries, is venerated today in the shrine at Cascia, which bears her name."  WIKIPEDIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT CAMILLUS DE LELLIS

 PATRON SAINT OF NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS, 

DOCTORS, NURSES, STAFF, & THE PATIENTS

 Please pray for NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, HOSPITALS,, HOSPICE,  DOCTORS, NURSES, STAFF, & THE PATIENTS !

Saint Camillus de Lellis
Patron Saint of
Nursing Homes & Hospitals

"Members of [his] Order also devoted themselves to victims of Bubonic plague. It was due to the efforts of the brothers and supernatural healings by de Lellis that the people of Rome credited de Lellis with ridding the city of a great plague and the subsequent famine. For a time, he became known as the 'Saint of Rome'...

"Throughout his life De Lellis' ailments caused him suffering, but he allowed no one to wait on him and would crawl to visit the sick when unable to stand and walk. It is said that Camillus possessed the gifts of healing and prophecy."  WIKIPEDIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT GIANNA BERETTA MOLLA

PATRON SAINT OF UNBORN CHILDREN

Please pray for the UNBORN & THEIR PARENTS, and pray for families who have INNOCENT MISCARRIAGES !. 

Saint Gianna 
Patron Saint of the Unborn

"Although aware of the potential consequences, Molla refused both an abortion and a hysterectomy during her dangerous pregnancy with her fourth child, which caused her death."   WIKIPEDIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT THOMAS, THE APOSTLE

PATRON SAINT OF AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ

Please pray for AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ !

Saint Thomas the Apostle
Patron Saint of Afghanistan

"...because of St. Thomas the Apostle’s possible presence in that region of the world, he is known as the 'patron saint of Afghanistan.'"  ALETEIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT ROCH

PATRON SAINT AGAINST PLAGUE

Please pray against the PLAGUE !

Saint Roch
Patron Saint against Plague

  

"... during his pilgrimage to Rome, Saint Roch helped people suffering from the plague and was, subsequently, himself infected. He was then forced to retire in solitary confinement to avoid the plague’s spread and followed scrupulously the necessary restrictive measures. Saint Roch’s story provides useful lessons about the importance of social responsibility by respecting the restrictive rules during difficult times such as the COVID-19 epidemic."  SPRINGER LINK

Love, Jeanne

SAINT WINNOC

PATRON SAINT AGAINST DROUGHT

Please pray against DROUGHT and FAMINE !

Saint Winnoc
Patron Saint
against Drought

"When enfeebled by old age, St. Winnoc is said to have received supernatural assistance in the task of grinding grain for his brethren and the poor. The mill ground the grain automatically due to the intercession of the saint's prayers. A monk who, out of curiosity, came to see how the old man did so much work, was struck blind, but healed by the saint's intercession. Many other miracles followed his death which occurred 6 November 716 or 717... It is said that people who stood along the route taken by the monks were reported to have been healed of many illnesses, especially coughs and fevers. His relics were invoked against drought..."  WIKIPEDIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT THOMAS MORE

 PATRON SAINT OF POLITICIANS & LEADERS & LAWYERS

SAINT THOMAS MORE

Please pray for the 

Supreme Court of the United States 

and politicians, especially the ones who claim to be Catholic 

but uphold abortion !

"On his execution, he was reported to have said: 'I die the King's good servant, and God's first'... Pope Pius XI canonized More in 1935 as a martyr. Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the patron saint of statesmen and politicians."  WIKIPEDIA

Love, Jeanne

SAINT GABRIEL, THE ARCHANGEL

PATRON SAINT OF MAIL

 HELP US, HELP OUR MAIL & DELIVERY SERVICES !

 THANK YOU, GABRIEL!

Archangel Gabriel 
"God is my Strength"
Patron Saint of Mail!

"St. Gabriel appears once in the Old Testament and twice in the New Testament. His name means “God is my warrior” or “God is strong.” First, he is sent to the prophet Daniel in the time of the great exile to interpret visions concerning the coming of the Messiah. Second, he appears to Zechariah to foretell the birth of John the Baptist. St. Gabriel is best known, however, for appearing to Mary and announcing the birth of the Messiah, Jesus."   AD INFINITUM BLOG

Love, Jeanne