Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year

Read entire reflection online >>> October 16: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin—Optional Memorial 1647–1690 Patron Saint of devotees of the Sacred Heart and those who have lost a parent while young Invoked against polio and rheumatic fever Canonized by Pope Benedict XV on May 13, 1920 Liturgical Color: White Quote : The Sacred Heart of Christ is an inexhaustible fountain and its sole d...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 15: Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor—Memorial 1515–1582 Patron Saint of Spain, lacemakers, and those in need of grace, in religious orders, and ridiculed for their piety Invoked against bodily ills, headaches, and sickness Canonized by Pope Gregory XV on March 12, 1622 Declared a Doctor of the Church on September 27, 1970 Quote : Let us im...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 14: Saint Callistus I, Pope and Martyr—Optional Memorial Late Second Century–c. 223 Patron Saint of cemetery workers Pre-Congregation canonization Liturgical Color: Red Quote : Calistus, by nationality a Roman, son of Domitius, from the district Urbs Ravennantium, occupied the see 5 years,   | 6 years, 2 months and 10 days. He was bishop in the ti...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 11: Saint John XXIII, Pope—Optional Memorial 1881–1963 Patron Saint of papal delegates Canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014 Liturgical Color: White Quote : Since the Lord chose me, unworthy as I am, for this great service, I feel I have no longer any special ties in this life, no family, no earthly country or nation, nor any particular pref...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 9: Saint John Leonardi, Priest—Optional Memorial 1541–1609 Patron Saint of pharmacists Canonized by Pope Pius XI on April 17, 1938 Liturgical Color: White Quote : Those who want to work for moral reform in the world must seek the glory of God before all else. Because he is the source of all good they must wait for his help, and pray for it in this...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 9: Saint Denis, Bishop and Companions, Martyrs—Optional Memorial Third Century Patron Saint of France, Paris, and possessed people Invoked against frenzy, headaches, hydrophobia, rabies, and strife Pre-Congregation canonization Liturgical Color: Red Quote : After this, they were brought before the judge and subjected to further torture. Then, the...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 9: Saint John Henry Newman (England and Wales Memorial) 1801–1890 Patron Saint of Newman Centers Canonized by Pope Francis on October 13, 2019 Liturgical Color: White Quote : God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this lif...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary—Memorial Liturgical Color: White Quote : One day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, Our Lady will save the world. ~Saint. Dominic Never will anyone who says his Rosary every day be led astray. This is a statement that I would gladly sign with my blood. ~Saint Louis de Montfort Of all prayers the Rosary is the most beau...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 6: Saint Bruno, Priest—Optional Memorial 1030–1101 Patron Saint of possessed people Equivalent canonization by Pope Leo X in 1514 Liturgical Color: White Quote : To my brothers whom I love in Christ above all else, greetings from your brother, Bruno. Now that I have heard from our dear brother Landwin a detailed and moving account of how firm you...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 5: Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin—Optional Memorial 1905–1938 Patron Saint of The Divine Mercy devotion Canonized by Pope John Paul II on April 30, 2000 Liturgical Color: White Quote : I am to write down the encounters of my soul with You, O God, at the moments of Your special visitations. I am to write about You, O Incomprehensible in mercy towa...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 5: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest—USA Optional Memorial 1819–1867 Invoked against cancer Beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 9, 2000 Liturgical Color: White Quote : Every offering has value only insofar as one snatches it away from one’s own benefit and dedicates it to God through this self-conquest. One loves and gives precisely becaus...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 4: Saint Francis of Assisi—Memorial 1182–1226 Patron Saint of animals, ecologists, families, lacemakers, merchants, needleworkers, peace, and zoos Invoked against dying alone and fire Canonized by Pope Gregory IX on July 16, 1228 Liturgical Color: White Quote : Hear, my lords, my sons and my brothers, and with your ears receive my words. Incline t...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 2: Guardian Angels—Memorial Liturgical Color: White Quote : So the Supreme Majesty has given charge to the angels. Yes, He has given charge to His own angels. Think of it! To those sublime beings, who cling to Him so joyfully and intimately, to His very own He has given charge over you! Who are you? “What is man that thou art mindful of him? or th...

Read entire reflection online >>> October 1: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor—Memorial 1873–1897 Patron Saint of foreign missions and missionaries, AIDS patients, air crews, florists, flower growers, and sick people Invoked against illness, tuberculosis, and loss of parents Canonized by Pope Pius XI on May 17, 1925 Liturgical Color: White Quote : How sweet was the first...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 30: Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor—Memorial c. 340s–420 Patron Saint of archeologists, archivists, Bible scholars, librarians, libraries, schoolchildren, students, and translators Pre-Congregation canonization Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIV in 1724 Liturgical Color: White Quote : I interpret as I should, following the comm...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 29: Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels—Feast Patron Saints of soldiers, police, paramedics, and the sick and dying (Michael); messengers, postal workers, broadcasters, and expectant mothers (Gabriel); travelers, the blind, medical workers, and matchmakers (Raphael) Quote : The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sa...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 28: Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr—Optional Memorial c. 907–929 Patron Saint of brewers, Czech Republic, Bohemia, and Slovakia Pre-Congregation canonization Liturgical Color: Red Quote : Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even. Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 28: Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs—Optional Memorial c. 1600–1637 Patron Saint of the Philippines, Filipinos, immigrants, the poor, separated families, and altar servers Canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 18, 1987 Liturgical Color: Red Quote : I am a Catholic and wholeheartedly do accept death for God. Had I many thousands o...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 27: Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest—Memorial c. 1581–1660 Patron Saint of charitable societies and workers, horses, hospitals and hospital workers, lepers, lost articles, prisoners, spiritual help, and volunteers Canonized by Pope Clement XII on June 16, 1737 Liturgical Color: White Quote : Brothers, let’s strive to conceive a great—a very great—e...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 26: Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs—Optional Memorial c. Late Third Century–c. 287 or 303 Patron Saints of apothecaries, barbers, blind people, chemical industry, druggists, midwives, physicians, pharmacists, surgeons Invoked against blindness, kidney stones, hernias, and pestilence Pre-Congregation canonizations Liturgical Color: Red Quote :...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 23: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Priest—Memorial 1887–1968 Patron Saint of adolescents and civil defense volunteers Invoked by those in need of stress relief, spiritual healing, and for January blues Canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 16, 2002 Liturgical Color: White Quote : Prayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that o...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 21: Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist—Feast First Century Patron Saint of civil servants, accountants, bankers, bookkeepers, customs officers, financial officers, guards, moneychangers, money managers, stockbrokers, and tax collectors Pre-Congregation canonization Liturgical Color: Red Quote : As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named M...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 20: Sts. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs—Memorial Died 1839–1867 Patron Saints of Korea Canonized by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984 Liturgical Color: Red Quote : Listen to me attentively, as my time is limited here below. The very reason I reached out to the people of other civilizations was for the...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 19: Saint Januarius, Bishop and Martyr—Optional Memorial Died c. 304 Patron Saint of Naples, Italy and blood banks Invoked against volcanic eruptions Pre-Congregation canonization Liturgical Color: Red Quote : Yes, true hope is only born from the Blood of Christ and blood poured out for him. There is blood which is the sign of death, but there i...

Read entire reflection online >>> September 17: Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church—Optional Memorial 1098–1179 Patron Saint of philologists and Esperantists Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 (equipollent canonization) Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 Liturgical Color: White Quote : And behold, He Who was enthroned upon that mountain...