Patronage
Patron Saint of Lay People
The Catholic Church venerates St. Marguerite Bays as the patron saint of lay people. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Marguerite Bays
Feast: June 27“A Swiss laywoman and mystic who received the stigmata and lived a life of extraordinary prayer and charity as a simple seamstress.”
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