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Cause Saint
Wales St. David of Wales
Weavers St. Anthony Claret
West Indies St. Gertrude
Widows St. Frances of Rome
St. Paula
Wine Trade St. Amand
St. Vincent of Saragossa
Women in Labor Sts. Ann & Joachim
St. Elmo
Workers S. Joseph
Writers St. Francis de Sales
St. Aloysus Gonzaga
Feast Day: June 21
St. Maria Goretti
Feast Day: February 18th
St. John Bosco
Feast Day: January 31
Patron Saints of Youth
Saint John the Evangelist Parish
115 Middlesex Street † North Chelmsford, MA 01863
978.251.8571 † church@ saintjohnchelmsford.org
www.saintjohnchelmsford.org
A Guide to Patron Saints
And their Influence on our Lives...
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Just What is a Saint?
Saints, broadly speaking, are those who follow Jesus Christ and live their lives according to his teaching. Catholics, however, also use the term narrowly to refer to especially holy men and women who, through extraordinary lives of virtue, have already entered Heaven. Sainthood in the New Testament The word saint literally means "holy," and, in the New Testament, saint referred to all who believed in Jesus Christ and followed his teachings. Saint Paul often addressed his epistles to "the saints" of a particular city and the Acts of the Apostles talks about Saint Peter going to visit the saints in Lydda. The assumption was that those who followed Christ had been so transformed that they were now different from other men and women and, thus, should be considered holy. Practitioners of Heroic Virtue Very early on, however, the meaning of the word began to change. As Christianity began to spread, it became clear that some Christians lived lives of extraordinary, or heroic, virtue. While other Christians struggled to live out the gospel of Christ, these people were eminent examples of the moral virtues, and they easily practiced the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. The word saint thus became more narrowly applied to such people, who were venerated after their deaths as saints, usually by the members of their local church or the Christians in the region where they had lived, because they were familiar with their good deeds. Eventually, the Catholic Church created a process, called "canonization," through which such venerable people could be recognized as saints by all Christians everywhere. Canonized and Acclaimed Saints Most of the saints whom we refer to by that title (for instance, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) have gone through this process of canonization. Others, such as Saint Peter and Saint Paul, received the title through acclamation, or the universal recognition of their holiness. Catholics believe that both types of saints (canonized and acclaimed) are already in Heaven, which is why one of the requirements for the canonization process is proof of miracles performed by the possible saint after his death. Canonized saints can be venerated anywhere and prayed to publicly, and their lives are held up to Christians still struggling here on earth as examples to be imitated.
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Cause Saint
Undertakers Sts. Joseph of Arimathea
& Nicodemus
United States Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Universal Church St. Joseph
Universities Blessed Contardo Ferrini
Uruguay Sts. Philip & James
Veneral Disease St. Fiacre
Venezuela Our Lady of Coromoto
Veterinarians St. Eligius
Vietnam St. Joseph
Vintners St. Amand
Vocations St. Alphonsus Liguori
Waiters, Waitresses St. Marth
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Feast Day: June 21
St. Maria Goretti
Feast Day: July 6
Patron Saints of Teenagers
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Cause Saint
Tailors St. Homobonus
Tax Collectors St. Matthew
Taxi Drivers St. Fiarce
Telecommunications Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)
Television St. Clare
Theatrical Performers St. Genesius
Theologians St. Alphonsus Liguori
St. Augustine of Hippo
Throat Ailments St. Blasé
Toothache St. Apollonia
Travellers St. Anthony of Padua
St. Nicholas
Raphael (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)
Turkey St. John the Apostle
St. Gregory the Great
Feast Day: March 2
St. John Baptist de la Salle
Feast Day: May 15
Patron Saints of Teachers
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]Why take a Saint’s Name for Confirmation?
Receiving a name at Confirmation has a number of different sources in the history of the Church. In Scripture, receiving a new name is often associated with a change of life. When Jesus told Simon that his new name was now Peter(Matthew 16:18), it was because his role was changing and he was going to be asked to take on a role of leadership. When Saul had his great conversion, the risen Lord gave him the name Paul (Acts 13:9). Furthermore, when God established his first covenant with Abraham, God changed Abraham’s name from Abram and Sarah’s name from Sarai. Their new names showed their change in life as God’s chosen people (Genesis 17). There are a number of other characters from Scripture that we see this happen to as well. To take on a new name at Confirmation similarly carries with it the idea that you are asking for the Lord to change you. You’re asking Him to affirm you like He’s never done before and to give you strength to live your faith more fully and with more life than you ever could have imagined.
Again, the Saint you pick should have significance to you. You may take St. Francis because you like his poverty or his love for animals. Or if you’re aspiring to be a doctor consider St. Luke or St. Pantaleon. Thinking about joining military? Then look at St. Joan of Arc, St. George, or St. Sebastian. The list goes on and on. The idea is to pick somebody who says something about you. When you stand before the Bishop the day of your Confirmation and you tell him your name, say it with a pride and with conviction that the Holy Spirit is going to change you forever.
2014 Canonized Saints
Asked on the plane to describe the two late popes, Pope Francis said Blessed John was "a bit of the 'country priest,' a priest who loves each of the faithful and knows how to care for them; he did this as a bishop and as a nuncio. He was holy, patient, had a good sense of humor and, especially by calling the Second Vatican Council, was a man of courage, Pope Francis said. "He was a man who let himself be guided by the Lord."
As for Blessed John Paul, Pope Francis said "I think of him as 'the great missionary of the church," because he was "a man who proclaimed the Gospel everywhere.
Pope John Paul II
Blessed John XXIII
Cause Saint
Accountants St. Matthew
Actors St. Genesius
Addicts St. Maximillian Mary Kolbe
Advertising St. Bernardine of Siena
African Americans St. Benedict the African
St. Martin de Porres
AIDS Patients St. Peregrine Laziosi
Air Travelers St. Joseph of Cupertino
Alcoholics Venerable Matt Talbot
St. Monica
Americas Our Lady of Quadalupe
St. Rose of Lima
Anesthetists St. Rene Goupil
Animals St. Francis of Assisi
Archaeologists St. Helen
Architects St. Thomas the Apostle
Argentina Out Lady of Lujan
Art St. Catharine of Bologna
Astronauts St. Joseph of Cupertino
St. John Berchmans
Patron Saint of Altar Servers
Feast Day: August 13th
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Cause Saint
Social Justice St. Joseph
St. Martin de Porres
Social Workers St. Louis de Marillac
Soldiers St. George
St. Martin of Tours
South Africa Our Lady of the Assumption
South America St. Rose of Lima
Spain St. James the Greater
Speakers St. John Chrysostom
Stomach Disorders Sts. Timothy & Titus
Surgeons Sts. Cosmas & Damian
St. Luke
Sweden St. Brigid of Sweden
Switzerland St. Nicholas von Flue
St. Catherine of Alexandria
Feast Day: November 25
St. Thomas Aquinas
Feast Day: February 18
Patron Saints of Students
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Cause Saint
Savings St. Anthony Claret
Scholars St. Brigid of Kildare
St. Bede the venerable
Schoolchildren St. Benedict
School St. Thomas Aquinas
Scientists St. Albert the Great
Scotland St. Margaret
St. Andrew
Sculptors St. Claude
Secretaries St. Genesius
Seminarians St. Charles Borromeo
Serbia St. Sava
Servants St. Sava
St. Zita of Lucca
Shepherds St. Marie Bernadette Soubirous
St. Paschal Baylon
Skin Diseases St. Anthony the Abbott
Slavic Peoples Ss. Cyril & Methodius
Sobriety Venerable Matt Talbot
St. John of God
Patron Saint of the Sick
Feast Day: March 8
Cause Saint
Astronauts St. Joseph of Cupertino
Athletes St. Sebastian
Attorneys St. Thomas Moore.
St. Raymond of Penyafort
Australia Our Lady, help of Christians
Authors St. Francis de Sales
Babies Feast of the Holy Innocents
Bakers St. Elizabeth of Hungary
St. Nicholas
Bankers St. Matthew
Baptism St. John the Baptist
Barbers Sts. Cosmas & Damien
St. Louis of France
St. Martin de Porres
St Catherine of Bologna
Feast Day: March 9th
Blessed Fra Angelo
Feast Day: February 18th
St. Luke
Feast Day: October 18th
Patron Saints of Artists
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Cause Saint
Bee Keepers St. Ambrose
Beggars St. Alexis
St. Giles
Belgium St. Joseph
Blacksmiths St. Dunstan
Blind Raphael (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)
St. Lucy
Bodily Ills Our Lady of Lourdes
Bohemia St. Wenceslaus
Bookkeepers St. Matthew
Booksellars St. John of God
Boys St. John Bosco
Brazil Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Breast Disease, against St. Agatha
Brewers St. Luke
St. Augustine of Hippo
St. Nicholas
Bricklayers St. Stephen
Brides St. Nicholas
St. George
Patron Saint of Boy Scouts
Feast Day: April 23
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Cause Saint
Prisoners St. Dismas
St. Joseph Cafasso
Prussia St. Joseph Cafasso
Public Relations St. Bernardine of Siena
Race Relations St. Martin de Porres
Radio Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)
Radiologists Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
Retreats St. Ignatius of Loyola
Rheumatism St. James the Greater
Robbers, danger from St. Leonard of Noblac
Rome St. Peter (Peter & Paul)
Russia St. Andrew
St. Basil the Great
St. Casimir
St. Nicholas
St. Joseph
Sailors St. Elmo
St. Brendan
St. Francis of Paola
St. Vincent Ferrer
Patron Saint of Reconciliation
Feast Day: April 5
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Cause Saint
Physicians St. Luke
Sts. Cosmas & Damian
Pilots St. Joseph of Cupertino
St. Therese of Lisieux
Poets St. Columbia
St. David of Wales
Poisoning St. Benedict
Poland St. Casimir
St. Florian
St. Stanislaus
Police Officers Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
Politicians,
& Public Servants St. Thomas More
Poor St. Anthony of Padua
St. Lawrence
Popes St. Peter (Peter & Paul)
Portugal St. George
Postal Workers Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)
Preachers St. John Chrysostom
Sts. Ann & Joachim
Pregnant Women St. Gerard Majella
St. Margaret
St. Raymond Nonnatus
Priests St. John Vianney
Printers St. Augustine
St. John of God
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Cause Saint
Broadcasters Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel & Raphael)
Builders St. Barbara
St. Vincent Ferrer
Businessmen St. Homobonus
Businesswomen St. Margaret Clitherow
Butchers St. Anthony the Abbot
St. Luke
Cab Drivers St. Fiacre
Canada Sts. Ann & Joachim
St. Joseph
Cancer Patients St. Peregrine Laziosi
Carpenters St. Joseph
Catechists St. Charles Borromeo
St. Robert Bellamine
St. Viator
Catechumens St. Charles Borromeo
St. Robert Bellamine
Catholic Schools St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Youth St. Aloysius
St. Maria Goretti
Charities St. Vincent de Paul
Childbirth St. Gerard Majella
St. Raymond Nonnatus
Children St. Nicholas
Chile Our Lady of Mount Carmel
St. James the Greater
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Cause Saint
China St. Joseph
Choirboys St. Dominic Savio
Church St. Joseph
Civil Servants St. Thomas More
Clergy St. Gabriel
Our Lady of Sorrows
Colleges St. Thomas Aquinas
Columbia St. Louis Bertrand
St. Peter Claver
Comedians St. Vitus
Communication
Workers Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)
Computers St. Isidore of Seville
Construction Workers St. Thomas the Apostle
Cooks St. Thomas the Apostle
St. Lawrence
Court Clerks St. Thomas More
Dairy Workers St. Brigid of Kildare
Dancers St. Vitus
Deacons St. Stephen
Deafness St. Francis de Sales
Death St. Joseph
Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
Denmark St. Angsar
St. Canute
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Cause Saint
Nuns St. Scholastica
St. Brigid of Kildare
Nurses St. John of God
St. Agatha
Obstetricians St. Raymond Nonnatus
Oceania St. Peter Channel
Orators St. John Chrysostom
Orphans,
Abandoned Children St. Jerome Emiliani
Painters St. Luke
Paraguay Our Lady of the Assumption
Paralysis St. Osmund
Parenthood St. Rita of Cascia
Parish Priests St. John Vianney
Pawnbrokers St. Nicholas
Penitents St. Mary Magdalen
Perfumers St. Mary Magdalen
Peru St. Joseph
St. Rose of Lima
Pharmacists Sts. Cosmas & Damian
Philippines St. Rose of Lima
Philosophers St. Catherine of Alexandra
St. Albert the Great
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Cause Saint
Miscarriage, prevention of St. Catherine of Sweden
Missionaries St. Francis Xavier
St. Therese of Lisieux
Monks St. John the Baptist
Motorists St. Frances of Rome
Mystics St. John of the Cross
Netherlands St. Willibrord
Neurological Diseases St. Dymphna
New Zealand Our Lady, help of Christians
Nicaragua St. James the Greater
Nigeria St. Patrick
North Africa St. Cyprian
North America Isaac Jogues
John de Brebeuf & Companians
Norway St. Olaf
Notaries St. Luke
St. Mark
St. Monica
Patron Saint of Mothers
Feast Day: May 30
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Cause Saint
Dentists St. Apollonia
Desperate Causes St. Jude (Simon & Jude)
Difficult Marriages St. Rita of Cascia
Disabled St. Giles
Disasters St. Genevieve
Doctors St. Luke
Dogs St. Roch
Dominican Republic St. Dominic
Drivers St. Fiacre
Drug Addiction St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe
Earaches St. Polycarp
Earthquakes St. Francis Borgia
Ecology St. Francis of Assisi
Ecuador Sacred Heart
Editors St. John Bosco
Engineers St. Patrick
St. Ferdinand III
St. Raymond Nonnatus
Patron Saint of Falsely Accused
Feast Day: August 31
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Cause Saint
England St. Augustine of Canterbury
St. George
St. Gregory the Great
Epilepsy St. Dymnphna
St. Vitus
St. Willibrord
Europe St. Benedict
St. Bridget
St. Catherine of Siena
Eye Disorders St. Clare
St. Lucy
Farmers St. Isidore the Farmer
Fathers St. Joseph
Firefighters St. Florian
St. John of God
St. Agnes
Feast Day: January 21
St. Maria Goretti
Feast Day: July 6
Patron Saints of Girls
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Cause Saint
Lawyers St. Thomas More
St. Raymond of Penyafort
Librarians St. Jermone
Lithuania St. Casimir
Longevity St. Peter (Peter & Paul)
Loss of Parents St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Lovers St. Valentine
Maids,
Domestic Workers St. Zita of Lucca
Married Women St. Monica
Medical Technicians St. Albert the Great
Mentally Ill St. Dymphna
Merchants St. Francis of Assisi
St. Nicholas
Messengers Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)
Metal Workers St. Eligius
Mexico Our Lady of Guadalupe
Midwives St. Raymond Nonnatus
St. Joan of Arc
Patron Saint of Military Members
Feast Day: May 30
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Cause Saint
Italy St. Francis of Assis
St Bernardine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
Japan St. Francis Xavier
St. Peter Baptist & Companions
Jewelers St. Eligius
Jordan St. John the Baptist
Journalists St. Francis de Sales
Judges St. John of Capistrano
Juvenille Delinquents St. Dominic Savio
Kidney Disease St. Benedict
Knee Problems St. Roch
Laborers St.. Isidore the Farmer
St. James the Greater
Latin America St. Rose of Lima
St. Cecilia
Patron Saint of Musicians
Feast Day: November 22
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Cause Saint
Fishermen St. Andrew
St. Peter (Peter & Paul)
Florists St. Therese of Lisieuz
St. Rose of Lima
St. Dorothy
Foundry Workers St. Agatha
France Our Lady of the Assumption
St. Denis
St. Joan of Arc
Funeral Directors St. John of Arc
Gambling, compulsive St. Bernardine of Siena
Gardeners St. Adelard
St. Fiacre
Germany St. Boniface
Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
St. Peter Canisius
St. George
Grandparents Sts. Ann & Joachim
Greece St. Andrew
St. Nicholas
St. Teresa of Avila
Patron Saint of Headaches
Feast Day: April 23
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Cause Saint
Greetings St. Valentne
Grocers Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
Grooms St. Louis of France
St. Nicholas
Gypsies Blessed Ceferino
Gimenex Malla
Hairdressers St. Martin de Porres
Happy Death St. Joseph
Heart Patients St. John of God
Homeless St. Benedict Joseph Labre
Horses St. Martin of Tours
Hospital Administrators St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Hospitals St. Camillus de Lellis
‘ St. John of God
Hotel Keepers St. Amand
Housewives Sts. Ann & Joachim
St. Martha
Hungary St. Gerard
St. Stephen
St. Isidore of Seville
Patron Saint of the Internet
Feast Day: April 4
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Cause Saint
Hunters St Hubert
St. Eustachius
Immigrants St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Impossible Causes St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Rita of Cascia
India Our Lady of the Assumption
Infertility St. Rita of Cascia
St. Philomena
Insanity St. Dymphna
Invalids St. Roch
Ireland St. Brigid of Kildare
St. Patrick
St. Columbia
St. Ambrose
Patron Saint of Learning
Feast Day: December 7
St. Anthony of Padua
Patron Saint of Lost Items
Feast Day: December 7