Patronage
Patron Saints of Families
The Catholic Church venerates 4 saints as patrons of families. Each came to this patronage through their own life — read their stories below and ask for the intercession of the one whose path speaks to yours.
St. Frances of Rome
Feast: March 9“Founding the Oblates of Mary and serving the poor in Rome.”
St. John Paul II
Feast: October 22“Pope for 27 years, instrumental in the fall of communism, and founder of World Youth Day.”
St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel
Feast: June 8“An Indian mystic and foundress who established the Congregation of the Holy Family to serve the sick and marginalized in Kerala.”
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Feast: August 14“Knight of the Immaculata”
A Polish Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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