cathmom Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 http://jenniferfulwiler.com/saints/ It's a Franciscan tradition to draw a saint to be your special patron for the year. I was very happy to see this on the Conversion Diary blog because I was just thinking about this and wanted to do it. Mine is St. Elizabeth of Portugal. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Another Jen Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Mine is St Michael the Archangel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Well, mine is St. Eugene de Mazenod. His feast day is May 21th, the day before my birthday, and he is the patron saint of dysfunctional families. What could be more perfect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Oh, gosh. I think I might be a hopeless case. I can't seem to get it to choose a saint for me. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I used the link and let it pick for me. First, it picked St. Andrew of Avellino and I read his biography and decided to choose again. Call me a wimp, but right now I couldn't deal with a saint for the year that is the patron saint of strokes and sudden death. So, I tried again and got St. John of the Cross. I'll keep him. I have a soft spot for those Carmelites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Wow, however did God manage before the Internet? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Wow, however did God manage before the Internet? :D :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Tekakwitha, huh , never heard of her, but she jives w/my save the planet philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Oh, gosh. I think I might be a hopeless case. I can't seem to get it to choose a saint for me. :001_huh: You have to click it again and then it stops on a saint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Maybe it can tell I'm not Catholic and just clicking it for fun. I tried it out 3 times. The first was a patron of dead children, bad marriages, and widows. The next was against drowning. The third patronizes prostitutes and penitent women. And I thought I had such a good life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Lovely. :) I got St. Ambrose of Milan Patronage: Bee Keepers; Candle Makers; Domestic Animals; Learning; Students Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2a&z Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Mine is St. Zita, whose Feast Day is April 27th. She is the patron saint for homemakers, domestic servants, and I guess the saint to pray to if you loose your keys. She sounds like the perfect saint for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 St. Thomas Aquinas. Someone knew I needed help from the master, as it were. I can't say no. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I got St. Aloysius Gonzaga. He's the patron saint of (among other things like sore eyes and Aids patients): Catholic youth, teenage children, teenagers, Jesuit students, and young people. I like that! Feast Day is June 21st. And he's Italian!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I'm not Catholic either. Sorry, but I don't want my patron saint to be the patron saint of people with cancer. I'm a cancer survivor, that hits a little too close to home, which may be the point. So I chose another. I have received St. Edwin of Northumbria, Oct 12, saint of Converts; Homeless People; Kings; Large Families. Very fitting for today for some personal reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I received St. Genesius, the patron of actors. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 On my second try, I got St. Walburga, against famine, which seems appropriate enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I got Blessed Miguel Pro, who I'm pretty sure is the patron saint of us Graham Greene fans.:) Must remember to stay out of Juarez this year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Not Catholic, but a strong sympathizer (and may yet convert one of these days). I got Our Lady of Guadalupe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Not Catholic, but a strong sympathizer (and may yet convert one of these days). I got Our Lady of Guadalupe. Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K&Rs Mom Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Wow, thanks for posting the link! St Andrew Corsini picked me. :) Patron against civil disorder, and I'm one to consider civil disobedience as a political statement.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Wow! OK - I have to ask - why Wow? Is this significant in ways I don't understand? (Obviously - but what are they?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1227 Our Lady of Guadalupe is none other than The Blessed Mother, Mary of Nazareth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) My first pick was a bit depressing so I picked again. Got St. Lucy and I know quite a bit about her and ask her intercession often. Since the point is to find a "new" saint I picked again and got someone a PP already picked. In my need to be a bit unique I picked one more time and got St. Mary of Egypt. Since I had no idea who she was and since she was already "given back" by a PP I decided to keep her. Her Feast day is April 3 and she is the patron saint of penitent women; reformed prostitutes; sexu@l temptation. As a penitent woman I found it appropriate. She lead an interesting life. Edited December 29, 2010 by Parrothead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBG580 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 St. Katherine Drexel for me, love, love, love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I got St. Matthew the Apostle, the patron saint of bankers and bookkeepers, which didn't impress me until I read the explanation page. There was a cartoon on it that said that Matthew said the Lord said, "Do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will take care of itself." This has been my MANTRA lately! I learned a quote in high school that goes "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." I don't know if that's another version of Matthew's quote, but it sure sounds the same.....anyway, that quote has been stuck in my mind for weeks. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I got St. Matthew the Apostle, the patron saint of bankers and bookkeepers, which didn't impress me until I read the explanation page. There was a cartoon on it that said that Matthew said the Lord said, "Do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will take care of itself." This has been my MANTRA lately! I learned a quote in high school that goes "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." I don't know if that's another version of Matthew's quote, but it sure sounds the same.....anyway, that quote has been stuck in my mind for weeks. Weird. Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jld Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Maybe it can tell I'm not Catholic and just clicking it for fun. I tried it out 3 times. The first was a patron of dead children, bad marriages, and widows. The next was against drowning. The third patronizes prostitutes and penitent women. And I thought I had such a good life. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I have never heard of this tradition. I always thought of patron saints were life long (like mine would be St. Anne). Anyway I received St. George. I guess he'll help me with any dragons I encounter in 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne in MN Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My dd loves St. Keri Tekakwitha! She was a Native American who became a Christian and her family members were very unhappy. She left, moved to a fort and was a faithful follower of Christ. Tekakwitha, huh , never heard of her, but she jives w/my save the planet philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachaheart Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 St. Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus), teacher of Thomas Aquinas and patron of medical personnel, schoolchildren, natural scientists and philosophers, among others. It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for “God is Charity†(1 John 4:8) Saint Albert the Great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Interesting. At first I prayed for something about helping me with writing and got St. Albert of Sicily. Patron saint of Trapani. Doesn't help me much. I tried two or three other times and got some strange ones. Gave up, then came back. Okay - for real,yes admit interested in a saint that will help me with greater devotion. St John of God, patron saint of booksellers. That's works for me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastforward Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Originally Posted by newbie Tekakwitha, huh , never heard of her, but she jives w/my save the planet philosophy. My daughter is named after Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha! She is the saint that really resonated with me when I first converted to Catholicism. :001_smile: I was given St. Scholastica, the patron saint against rain and storms, helps convulsive children and nuns. She is often depicted with a dove because her twin brother St. Benedict saw her soul leave her body and ascend to heaven in the form of a dove. Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Tekakwitha, huh , never heard of her, but she jives w/my save the planet philosophy. Oh oh oh, you got Kateri?! LUCKY! She was one of my favorites growing up... I got Aloysius Gonzaga...figures...I've made fun of his basketball team in the past. (The college). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I got St. Francis De Sales, patron saint of educators. Maybe he can help me get through the rest of this school year. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Matthew 6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. That is one of my all time favourite Bible verses and I am not Christian. I try to remember it every single day. Lovely. :) I got St. Ambrose of Milan Patronage: Bee Keepers; Candle Makers; Domestic Animals; Learning; Students :iagree: (or me too:001_smile:) which considering that I am really really struggling with my thesis right now was comforting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 OK - I have to ask - why Wow? Is this significant in ways I don't understand? (Obviously - but what are they?) http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1227Our Lady of Guadalupe is none other than The Blessed Mother, Mary of Nazareth I said "Wow!" because, as elizabeth said, Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Blessed Mother, and what an honor to have her as your patron for the year, but also because Our Lady of Guadalupe is responsible for millions of conversions, and you said that eventually you might convert! :001_smile: I have never heard of this tradition. I always thought of patron saints were life long (like mine would be St. Anne). Anyway I received St. George. I guess he'll help me with any dragons I encounter in 2011. It's a Franciscan tradition. They would usually draw names. Of course you can still have your name saint or whatever lifelong patron you've always had. And St. George is cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Not Catholic, but a strong sympathizer (and may yet convert one of these days). I got Our Lady of Guadalupe. Wow oh wow! I said "Wow!" because, as elizabeth said, Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Blessed Mother, and what an honor to have her as your patron for the year, but also because Our Lady of Guadalupe is responsible for millions of conversions, and you said that eventually you might convert! :001_smile: I see it as a sign too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I said "Wow!" because, as elizabeth said, Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Blessed Mother, and what an honor to have her as your patron for the year, but also because Our Lady of Guadalupe is responsible for millions of conversions, and you said that eventually you might convert! :001_smile: Wow oh wow! I see it as a sign too. OK - WOW OH WOW OH WOW! And I didn't even understand when She picked me! I've got the shivers and the goosebumps now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Okay, I'm going to broaden my horizons. I got Bl. Angela of Foligno. Her feast day is the day before my birthday, and she seems a bit ecclectic like myself ;). I actually do plan on looking into this more...it's' been fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Since I had St. George picked for me, I have encountered 3 references to St. George just out of the blue. Each time I thought wow is that just chance or a sign. (No dragons have shown up yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Since I had St. George picked for me, I have encountered 3 references to St. George just out of the blue. Each time I thought wow is that just chance or a sign. (No dragons have shown up yet). Cool! I love St. George! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Mine is St. Ambrose of Milan. Feast: December 7 Patronage: Bee Keepers; Candle Makers; Domestic Animals; Learning; Students How appropriate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicCole Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I've been thinking of converting and have been researching alot. So I gave it a try. I got St. Vincent de Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awtl Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I'm not Catholic, but I did it. I got: St. Agnes of Rome Feast: January 21 Patronage: Chastity; Engaged Couples; Gardeners; Girls; Rape Victims; Virgins I guess that fits since I'm still single. Can I ask-what does it mean to have a patron saint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 I'm not Catholic, but I did it. I got:St. Agnes of Rome Feast: January 21 Patronage: Chastity; Engaged Couples; Gardeners; Girls; Rape Victims; Virgins I guess that fits since I'm still single. Can I ask-what does it mean to have a patron saint? It's a saint that you have a special relationship with, in this case for the year. You can learn more about the saint, ask for the saint's intercession (especially in the areas listed under patronage, which are that saint's specialties), and just generally draw closer to God and Jesus through your saint. It's like having a special friend for the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 since I'm a fairly recent convert BACK to the church, I looked up one for pregnant women so I could ask for help and prayer for dd's pg and birth. This year, St. Gerard will be my Saint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleWonders Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 The first two that came up for me didn't resonate, so I did it again and got St. Valentine. :) By the way, is there a patron saint for special needs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awtl Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Thank you cathmom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 By the way, is there a patron saint for special needs? That's really something worth looking into! :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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