Theology

General Theology & Religions

ARDA: Association of Religion Data Archives: National and international statistics on faith groups and churches, their numbers, their members, their distribution, and much more.
British Library: Discovering Sacred Texts: Discovering Sacred Texts provides access to the richness and diversity of the texts from some of the world’s greatest faiths. Discover more about the sacred texts from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism and the Baha’i Faith, Jainism and Zoroastrianism.
Encyclopedia of Religion ebook: Full text of a 2005 reference book on world religions. (Check with librarian for password.)
Internet Sacred Text Archive: This site is a freely available non-profit archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics.
Patheos: Patheos connects seekers, students, and believers to faith communities, scholars, and resources for deeper exploration and greater understanding of faith practices, wisdom traditions, and spirituality. Includes a Library of World Religions and Faith Traditions
Pew Research Center on Religion & Public Life: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life … seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. … it tracks and aggregates news and conducts independent research, including surveys, legal backgrounders, reports, books and Q&A interviews.
Religion in Context: Religious literacy requires engaging religion in context, not in the abstract. Religions are internally diverse, historically dynamic, and embedded in culture. … Only when we know sufficient details about context can we ask the deeper question: Why? From the Harvard Divinity School.
Religion Facts: As its name suggests, the purpose of ReligionFacts is to provide “just the facts” on the world’s religions and topics of religious interest. Every effort has been taken to present material from an impartial, academic perspective.
Religion for Breakfast videos: An educational channel dedicated to the academic, nonsectarian study of religion. Short (10-20 minute) videos about various aspects of religions past and present.
Religious Studies Web Guide: This web site, in existence since 1995, focuses on free (open-access) internet resources ( bibliographies/indexes, library and archive catalogues, dictionaries/encyclopedias, e-texts and journals) supporting the academic study of religion.
Religious Holidays: View holidays for major worlds religious or see which ones are coming up soon.
Religious Tolerance.org: From the the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT), information about religions and movements plus discussions of current moral issues. “hot topics”, church and state issues, and laws about religion worldwide.
This I Believe: Archives of a radio program which engaged listeners in a discussion of the core beliefs that guide their daily lives.
Visualised: World’s major religions from 1945-2019 (video): Watch the changes in a simple bar graph illustrating the changes in number of the seven most popular world religions.
World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts: The site provides quotes from various world scriptures on various theological and social topics. Organized by subject. Based on a 1991 publication.
Yale University Library – Free Web Resources on Religion: Links to online resources, organized by type of resource (text, statistics, images, etc.)

Catholic & General Religion News

Local Catholic News: Catholic New York — Catholic Courier (Rochester) — The Catholic Light (Scranton) — Catholic Sun (Syracuse) — Western New York Catholic
General Catholic News: America Magazine — Catholic Digest — Catholic News Agency — Catholic News Service — Catholic News Headlines — Commonweal Magazine — EWTN — National Catholic Reporter — Our Sunday Visitor — St. Anthony Messenger — U.S. Catholic
General Religion News: AP News — Christianity Today — NBC — New York Times — NPR – Religion — Religion Clause blog — Religion News Service — The Revealer — Time — World Religion News

The Bible

ASLV – Deaf Missions Bible: This site offers a number of videos presenting the Bible in American Sign Language. See it on the web or download the app.
Beginning Catholic Bible Study: This section’s Scripture study guides were created especially for adults who are beginning to read the Bible seriously.
Bible Gateway: Searchable online Bibles in multiple versions and languages.
Bible Study Tools: Numerous Bibles, including Online Parallel Bible, Bible search options, commentaries, concordances, Bible dictionaries, and Church writings and history.
Bible Hub: Multiple languages and translations of the Bible as well as Bible dictionaries, atlases, concordances, and other reference tools.
Catholic Online: Bible
Catholic Online: Books of the Bible: Daily readings and links to the entire New Jerusalem Bible online.
How to Choose a Catholic Study Bible: [T]here exists a spectrum of Catholic study bibles created by the scriptural translations and study tools. … Let me share some thoughts on the most readily available Catholic study bibles on the market today.
New American Bible, Revised Edition: Full-text NAB online with commentary from the US Council of Catholic Bishops.
Online Parallel Bible: Enter any word, phrase, chapter, verse or combination to find passages in various translations.
St. Paul Center: Online Studies: The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology is a non-profit research and educational institute that promotes life-transforming Scripture study in the Catholic tradition.
USCCB: Bible Study Materials: Articles about bible study from a Catholic perspective. From the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
USCCB: Daily Readings: Daily readings from the New American Bible at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops site.

Catholicism

All About Mary: Designed for everyone from expert theologians to those simply exploring, this tool, created and maintained by the International Marian Research Institute in partnership with the Marian Library at the University of Dayton, is the online destination for resources on the subject of the Blessed Virgin Mary and related topics.
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Biographies, photos, and documents (in Latin) related to cardinals from the 17th century through the present, a general list of cardinals for the last thousand years, and links to cardinals’ sites on the web.
Catholic Answers: Catholic Answers is a media company dedicated to sharing what the Church really teaches, and …. for reliable information about the Catholic Church’s doctrine, tradition, and beliefs.
Catholic Social Teaching: A guide from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops describing the principles and ideas of Catholic social teaching. A quick reference to the main points may be found on the Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching page.
Catechism of the Catholic Church: From the Vatican website, this is the current official catechism of the Catholic Church in English.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Simplified: To help readers understand the catechism, this page offers summary explanations of each section.
The Catholic Directory: One of the easiest to use and most comprehensive searchable Catholic database on the Internet! Our mission is to help people find Mass. Includes people look-up Mass times, view weekly bulletins, web sites, email addresses, maps, directions, staff, and other important information.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Online version of the classic 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia. Note that this edition is over 100 years old and some information may be badly dated.
Catholic Online: A wealth of information about Catholicism, including saints, prayers, holidays, and practices.
Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature, Volume 1
Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature, Volume 2: This encyclopedia covers the vast riches of the Catholic literary tradition from its origins to the present day. Included are substantial entries on more than 70 major works from around the world. From Greenwood eBooks. (SCC students, check with librarian for password.)
Fransciscan Media: Newsletters, meditations, saints, online store, and more. (Formerly called American Catholic)
GCatholic: Giga-Catholic Information is a non-profit website aimed at providing comprehensive and useful information of the Universal Catholic Church for all Catholics in the world.
How to Pray the Rosary: From Medjugorje.org, a page explaining the rosary, its associated mysteries, and the process of praying a rosary.
National Catholic Education Association: NCEA works with Catholic educators to support ongoing faith formation and the teaching mission of the Catholic Church. The NCEA also published Momentum Magazine for educators.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse (NY): News and information from the Diocese of Syracuse, includes partial archives of the Catholic Sun, notices, events, reflections, contact information, and more.
The Stations of the Cross: A guide to the stations of the Cross, station by station. Includes version in Spanish.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Information about the Church, Catholic news, documents, family and church issues, and other related topics.
The Vatican (The Holy See): The official Vatican website, available in multiple languages. Includes an archive page with online texts of the Bible, the Catechism, the Code of Canon Law, Documents of Vatican II, and other materials. Videos are available through a YouTube channel.
Vatican Library: Main page for the Vaican Library. To access the digitized collections, head to DigiVatLib, which provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections: manuscripts, incunabula, archival materials and inventories as well as graphic materials, coins and medals, printed materials (special projects).

Popes

General Information

Catholic Online: Popes of the Roman Catholic Church: A timeline with links to articles about individual popes, and further articles about the history of the popes and the papacy.
CNN: Pope: Go inside the Vatican to reveal how popes have used their power to shape the course of world history.
How the Papacy Works: From the How Stuff Works website, a short review of the history of the Catholic Church and the Popes.
Papal Encyclicals Online: This site offers access to papal encyclicals over the years, up through the present day.
Papal Infallibility: The Catholic Church’s teaching on papal infallibility is one which is generally misunderstood by those outside the Church. This article explains what this doctrine does and does not mean.

Papal News

Pope Francis I

Elected March 2013

Pope Benedict XVI

Resigned February 2013

Pope John Paul II

Died April 2005

Saints - General Information

Catholic Online: Saints & Angels: Lists of saints by name, date, patronage, origin, plus saint of the day, FAQ, and more. Also offers a separate page just for Patron Saints.
CatholicSaints.Info: This site has information on topics with patron saints, and profiles of those saints. Profiles have portraits, biographical information, areas of patronage, prayers, links to related sites, readings, etc.
EWTN: Saints: Saints are the heroes of the Catholic faith. They lived lives in holiness, dedicated to serving God and spreading his message of salvation. This page links to articles about dozens of saints.
Franciscan Media: Saint of the Day Calendar: Online calendar showing the prominent saints associated with each day. For more detailed information, check out Catholic.org: Saints Feast Days by Month and CatholicSaints.Info’s Calendar of Saints.
How Does Someone Become a Saint?: An overview of how saints are canonized; that is, officially recognized as being saints by the Catholic Church.
Popular Saints: A list with links to articles about 250 popular saints, from Catholic Online.
USCCB: Saints: This page from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops talks about what saints are, how they’re honored, and how they’re recognized.
What is a saint?: Saints are not the opposite of sinners. There are no opposites of sinners in this world. There are only saved sinners and unsaved sinners. Thus holy does not mean “sinless” but “set-apart:” called out of the world to the destiny of eternal ecstasy with God.

Saints by Name

Adrian of Canterbury: (January 9) Monk, abbot, teacher; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Agnes of Assisi: (November 19) Abbess. Founder of monasteries. Younger sister of St. Clare of Assisi.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus): (November 15) Patron of scientists.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Blessed Alcuin of York: (May 19) Abbot, scholar, theologian, mathematician.; see: BBC History – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – History of York – Loyola Press
All Saints Day: (November 1) Holy day of obligation in celebration of all saints known and unknown.; see: All Saints’ Day, Halloween and All Souls’ Day: What’s the difference? – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
All Souls Day (Feast of All Souls): (November 2) ‘The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed’; see: Catholic Education – Franciscan Media – MexOnline – Wikipedia: All Souls – Wikipedia: Day of the Dead
Alphonsus Rodriguez: (October 30) Doorkeeper and mystic.; see: Catholic Fire – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (poem)
Ambrose (‘Patron of the Veneration of Mary’): (December 7) Doctor of the Church, Bishop of Milan. Patron of bees; bee keepers; candlemakers; chandlers; domestic animals; learning; schoolchildren; students.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Thought.co
Andrew: (November 30) Apostle. Patron of fishermen; gout; Greece; maidens; Russia; Scotland; singers; sore throats; spinsters; women who wish to become mothers.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Information Network – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Angela Merici: (January 27) Founder of the Company of St. Ursula (Ursulines); see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Company of St. Ursula – Franciscan Media
The Annunciation: (March 25) Celebrating when the angel Gabriel came to Mary; see: Catholic Saints.info – Catholic Online – Entering the Annunciation – Franciscan Media – Redemptoris Mater
Anselm of Canterbury: (April 21) Monk, Archbishop, Theologian, Philosopher, Doctor of the Church.; see: Biographical sketches – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Ansgar (St. Anskar, St. Oscar): (February 3) Patron of Scandanivia, Sweden, Denmark.; see: Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Medieval Sourcebook
Anthony of Egypt (aka Anthony of Thebes, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert): (January 17) Founder of Christian monasticism. Patron of amputees, animals, basket makers, butchers, epileptics, gravediggers, hermits, monks, skin diseases, swine; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Anthony of Padua: (June 13) Doctor of the Church. Patron of fishermen, sailors, seekers of lost things, poor people, expectant mothers, Native Americans, against starvation, against shipwrecks.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Apollinaris (Apollinaris Claudius): (January 8) The Apologist.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
The Ascension (Feast of the Ascension, Ascension Thursday): (varies) Holy Day of Obligation; Celebration of the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven; see: Britannica – Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Catholic Online (2) – Wikipedia: Ascension in Art
Ash Wednesday: (Varies from mid-February to early March) The start of Lent.; see: Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – My Catholic Life – US Catholic
Athanasius (Athanasius of Alexandria): (May 2) Bishop, Writer, Doctor of the Church.; see: Britannica – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Augustine of Canterbury: (May 27) First Archbishop of Canterbury; Patron of England.; see: Augustine of Canterbury – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Augustine of Hippo: (August 28) Doctor of the Church. Patron of brewers, printers, sore eyes, theologians; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Barnabas: (June 11) Martyr. Patron of Antioch, Cyprus, against hailstorms, as peacemaker; see: Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Bede the Venerable: (May 25) Doctor of the Church. Patron of scholars, lectors; English writers and historians.; see: Britannica – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Benedict (Benedict of Nursia): (July 11) Patron of Europe; against poison; against gall stones, kidney disease, fevers; of cavers; civil engineers; farmers; monks; schoolchildren; those in religious orders; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Order of St. Benedict
Benedict the African: (April 4) Patron of African missions; African American; black missions; black people; Palermo, Sicily; San Fratello, Sicily; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Roman Catholic Saints
Bernadette Soubirous (Bernadette of Lourdes): (April 16) Patroness of illness, Lourdes France, poverty, shepherds, sick people.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Pilgrims – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Lourdes, France
Bernardine of Siena: (May 20) Monk, missionary, reformer. Patron of compulsive gamblers, lung problems, public relations advertisers, communications personnel. Called the ‘Apostle of Italy’.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Bonaventure: (July 15) Bishop, Doctor of the Church; patron against intestinal problems; see: Catholic.org – Catholic Information Network – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Boniface (Winfrid; Wynfrith): (June 5) Apostle of Germany. Patron of brewers, tailors, Germany.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Brigid of Ireland (Brigid of Kildare, St. Bride): (February 1) Patroness of Ireland; also of babies, blacksmiths, dairy workers, mariners, midwives, nuns, poets, poultry farmers, sailors, scholars, travellers.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Saints.Info – Catholic Online – IrelandsEye – St. Brigid Church, SF

Casimir: (March 4) Patron of Lithuania, Poland; against plague, of bachelors, kings, princes; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Catherine Laboure: (November 28) Also known as Catherine Laboure Of The Miraculous Medal.; see: Association of the Miraculous Medal – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Magnificat Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
Catherine of Alexandria: (November 25) Patron of girls, lawyers, librarians, mechanics, nurses, philosophers, potters, spinners, students, teachers, unmarried girls; see: Britannica – Catholic Saints.Info – Franciscan Media – Loyola Press
Catherine of Sienna: (April 29) Doctor of the Church. Patron of firefighters, nurses, sick people.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Thought.co
Catherine of Sweden: (March 24) Abbess, daughter of St. Brigit and founder of Bridgettine Order; invoked against miscarriages.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Cecilia: (November 22) Martyr. Patron of music, musicians.; see: Catholic Online – Saint Cecilia – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Charles Borromeo: (November 4) Patron of apple orchards; bishops; catechists and catechumens, seminarians; spiritual leaders; against ulcers and other stomach disorders.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Charles Borromeo
Charles Lwanga and Companions: (June 3) Martyrs; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Loyola Press
Christmas: (December 25) Celebration of the birth of Jesus; see: 11 Fun Facts about Christmas for Catholics – Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Holidays on the Net – The Real St. Nicholas – US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Clement I: (November 23) Pope. Patron of marble workers; sailors; sick children; stonecutters.; see: CatholicSaints.Info – Catholic Online – NNDB: St. Clement I – Franciscan Media
Colette: (March 6) Founder of the Poor Clares Colettine. Patron of craftsmen, of servants, against eye disorders, fever, and headaches; and against the death of parents.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – The Poor Clares Colettine – Poor Clare Colettine Nuns
Conrad of Parzham: (April 21) 19th century Capuchin lay brother. Patron of doorkeepers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Roman Catholic Saints
Crispin and Crispinian: (October 25) Martyrs. Patrons of cobblers, lace workers, leather workers, shoemakers, weavers.; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Crispin – CatholicSaints.Info – Crispian
Cyprian: (September 16) Bishop. Martyr. Patron of North Africa; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Orthodox Info. Center
Cyril and Methodius: (February 14) Patrons of Europe, ecumenism, unity of the Eastern and Western Churches. Cyril: creator of Cyrillic alphabet. Methodius: translator of Bible into Slavic languages.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info: St. Cyril / CatholicSaints.Info: St. Methodius – Franciscan Media – James Kiefer’s Christian Biographies

Damien de Veuster (Damien of Moloka’i): (May 10) Missionary to leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Diocese of Honolulu – Franciscan Media
David of Wales: (March 1) Patron of Wales, vegetarians, doves.; see: Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Early British Kingdoms – Franciscan Media – Historic U.K.
Dominic (Dominic de Guzman): (August 8) Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Patron of astronomers, the Dominican Republic, falsely accused people, scientists.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Dominic Savio: (March 9) Patron of boys, choir boys, choirs, the falsely accused, juvenile delinquents.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Life of Dominic Savio

Easter (Spring): see: Catholic Online: Easter/Lent – Catholic Online: Easter Sunday – History.com – How Stuff Works – Learn Religions
Edward the Confessor: (October 13) Patron of difficult marriages, kings, separated spouses.; see: BBC History – Catholic Information Network – `Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – English Monarchs
Eligius: (December 1) Patron of metalworkers, blacksmiths, cab drivers, jewelers, veterinarians, watch makers.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Medieval Sourcebook – CatholicSaints.Info
Elizabeth: (November 5) Cousin of Mary; mother of John the Baptist. Patron of expectant mothers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Mary Pages
Elizabeth Ann Seton: (January 4) Founder of the Sisters of Charity, Patron Saint of SCCHS.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Pope Paul VI Homily
Elizabeth of Hungary: (November 17) Patron of bakers; beggars; brides; charities; exiles; the homeless; hospitals; nursing services; tertiaries; widows.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Ephrem: (June 9) Aka Ephrem the Syrian. Patron of spiritual directors and spiritual leaders.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Orthodox Wiki
(Feast of the) Exaltation of the Holy Cross: (September 14) Feast celebrated since the seventh century.; see: Catholic Culture – EWTN: Holy Cross Novena – Franciscan Media – Learn Religions – Vatican: Pope Francis Homily

Fabian: (January 20) Pope.; see: Catholic Answers – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Faustina Kowalska (Maria Faustina Kowalska, Faustina of Lodz): (October 5) Visionary; Patron of Mercy.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – The Vatican
Frances Xavier Cabrini (‘Mother Cabrini’): (November 13) Patron of immigrants; hospital administrators, orphans.; see: Catholic Online – Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – CatholicSaints.Info – Internet History Sourcebook
Francis de Sales: (January 24) Doctor of the Church. Patron of authors, Catholic press, confessors, deaf people, educators, journalists, writers; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Christian Classics Ethereal Library – Franciscan Media
Francis of Assisi: (October 4) Founder of the Franciscan Order. Patron of animals, families, lacemakers, merchants, ecology, environment, zoos.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Prayer of St. Francis
Francis of Paola: (April 2) Patron of boatmen; Calabria, Italy; mariners; naval officers; against plague epidemics; sterility; travelers.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info– Franciscan Media
Francis Xavier (‘Apostle to the Far East’): (December 3) Patron of African missions; Australia; black missions; East Indies; foreign missions; India; missionaries; New Zealand; plague epidemics.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media

George: (April 23) Patron of archers; armorers; Boy Scouts; butchers; Canada; cavalry; chivalry; crusaders; England; equestrians; horses; knights; lepers; plague; sheep; shepherds; soldiers.; see: BBC – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Gregory the Great: (September 3) Benedictine monk, pope, Doctor of the Church. Patron of choir boys; educators; England; masons; musicians; papacy; plague; Popes; schoolchildren; singers; students; teachers; West Indies.; see: Britannica – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Christianity Today – Franciscan Media

Hilary: (January 13) Bishop of Poitiers, Hymnist, Doctor of the Church, Patron against snakebites.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
The Holy Family: December (date varies); see: Catholic Culture – Catholic Daily Reflections – CatholicSaints.Info – Vatican News Agency
Holy Week: (Spring) The week leading up to Easter.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Stations of the Cross

Ignatius of Loyola: (July 31) Founder of the Jesuits. Patron of Basques; retreats; soldiers; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Ignatian Spirituality – Medieval Sourcebook
Isidore of Seville: (April 4) Doctor of the Church. Patron of computers, computer users, the Internet, schoolchildren, and students.; see: Catholic Online – Catholicism.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – A Prayer Before Logging Onto the Internet

Jacinta and Francisco Marto: (February 20) Received apparitions at Fatima along with Lúcia Santos.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media – Vatican
Jerome: (September 30) Doctor of the Church. Patron of archeologists, archivists, librarians, translators.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – History of Saint Jerome
Jerome Emiliani: (February 8) Founder of the Somascan Fathers and Brothers. Patron of orphans and abandoned children.; see: Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Somascan Fathers and Brothers
Joan of Arc (‘The Maid of Orleans’): (May 30) Visionary, martyr. Patron of France, prisoners, soldiers.; see: Catholic Online – Joan of Arc Archive – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Geographic
John I: (May 18) Pope and martyr.; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
John XXIII: (October 11). “Good Pope John”. Convened the Second Vatican Council.; see: 50th Anniversary of Vatican II – Catholic Online – Catholic Culture – Documents of the Second Vatican Council – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Wikipedia: Second Vatican Council
John the Apostle: (December 27) Apostle and Evangelist; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
John Baptist de la Salle: (April 7) Founder of the Christian Brothers (De La Salle Brothers).
Patron of: educators, school principals, teachers; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – De La Salle Christian Brothers – Franciscan Media
John Bosco: (January 31) Patron of apprentices, boys, editors, Mexican youths, laborers, schoolchildren.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info– Franciscan Media
John Chrysostom: (September 13) Doctor of the Church. Patron of Constantinople (Istanbul); epileptics; lecturers; orators; preachers; speakers.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
John Climacus (aka John Scholasticus; John of the Ladder): (March 30) Abbot, hermit, and author.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
John Fisher: (June 22) Martyr; see: Britannica – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
John Neumann: (January 5) Patron of Catholic Education.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. John Neumann
John of Capistrano: (October 23) Patron of judges, jurists, military chaplains.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
John of God: (March 8) Founder of the Order of Charity and the Order of Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Patron of alcoholics, booksellers, dying people, firefighters, heart patients, hospitals, publishers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God
Blessed John of Parma: (March 20) Minister General of the Friars Minor (13th century).; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Roman Catholic Saints
John of the Cross: (December 14) Doctor of the Church.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
John Ogilvie: (March 10) Jesuit priest and martyr.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. John Ogilvie SJ
Joseph: (March 19) Husband of Mary, foster-father of Jesus.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Straight Answers – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN: Novena to St. Joseph – Franciscan Media
Joseph the Worker: (May 1) Patron of carpenters, pregnant women, social justice, against doubt.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Sisters of St. Joseph
Joseph of Cupertino: (September 18) Patron of of aviators, air travelers, astronauts, paratroopers, students, test takers.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Josephine Bakhita (‘Mother Bakhita’): (February 8) Patron of Sudan.; see: AFROL Background – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – NC Register – Vatican
Juan Diego: (December 9) Visionary who saw the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Sancta.org
Jude: (October 28) Patron of desperate situations; forgotten causes; hospital workers; hospitals; impossible causes; lost causes.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. Jude

Katharine Drexel: (March 3) Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.; see: Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Philanthropy Roundtable – Vatican News Service
Kateri Tekakwitha: (July 14) Patron of the environment and ecology; exiles; loss of parents; those ridiculed for their piety.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Kaia’tanó:ron – Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine

Lawrence (Lawrence of Rome): (August 10) Patron of Rome; Canada; Sri Lanka; chefs; comedians; librarians; students; miners; tanners; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Leo I: Sermon on St. Lawrence
Leo the Great: (November 10) Pope and Doctor of the Church.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Louise de Marillac: (March 15) Co-founder of Daughters of Charity. Patron of loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, sick people, social workers, Vincentian Service Corps, widows.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Daughters of Charity – Franciscan Media
Lucy of Syracuse: (December 13) Virgin and martyr. Patron of the blind, those with eye problems, glaziers, authors, peasants.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Luke the Apostle: (October 18) Patron of physicians and surgeons; also of artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, glassmakers, goldsmiths, lacemakers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Luke the Evangelist

Madeleine Sophie Barat: (May 25) Nun, teacher, founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Society of the Sacred Heart – Franciscan Media
Margaret of Scotland: (November 16) Patron against the death of children; of learning; parents of large families; queens; Scotland; widows.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce: (October 12) Sister and Abbess; see: Catholic.net – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – A Minor Friar Blog
Marianne Cope: (January 23) Franciscan Sister; founder of hospitals, missionary to lepers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Marianne Cope Shrine – StarBulletin (Honolulu) article – Vatican News Service
Mark: (April 25) Apostle. Also known as Mark the Evangelist. Patron of Venice, glaziers, notaries.; see: Catholic.org – Catholic Saints.net – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Martin I: (April 13) Pope and Martyr.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Martin de Porres: (November 3) Patron of black people, hairdressers, innkeepers, the poor, public education, public health, race relations, social justice, television.; see:Black Past – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Martin de Porres National Shrine – Vatican News
Martin of Tours (‘Martin the Merciful’): (November 11) Patron of beggers, horses, reformed alcoholics, soldiers, tailors, vintners.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Mary – Blessed Virgin: (December 8) December 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception means that Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin.; see: All About Mary – Catholic.com – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – National Catholic Register – Women for Faith & Family
Mary Magdalene (‘Apostle to the Apostles’; ‘The Penitent’): (July 22) Patron against sexual temptation, apothecaries and pharmacists, contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, penitent women, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumers, reformed prostitutes, tanners, women.; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints
Matthew the Apostle: (September 21) Apostle. Patron of bankers, accountants, bookkeepers, civil servants, stock brokers, tax collectors.; see: Cathedral of St. Matthew – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Matthias the Apostle: (May 14) Apostle. Patron of alcoholics, carpenters, smallpox, tailors.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Saints Resource
Maximilian Mary Kolbe (‘Apostle of Consecration to Mary’): (August 14) Martyr. Patron of drug addicts, families, journalists, prisoners, political prisoners, pro-life movement.; see: Catholic Online – Catholicism.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro (Padre Pro): (November 23) Martyr.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic.org – Catholicism.org – Franciscan Media – Ignatian Spirituality

Nicholas (Nicholas of Bari, Nicholas of Myra): (December 6) Patron of bakers, children, the poor, judges, sailors.; see: Catholic Online – Saint Nicholas Center – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Nicholas Owen: (March 22) Martyr.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Norbert (Norbert of Xanten): (June 6) Patron of Bohemia; Magdeburg, Germany; peace.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Encyclopedia – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media

Oscar Romero: (March 24). Martyr. Patron of El Salvador, persecuted Christians, Christian communicators.; see: Catholic News Service – Catholic Saints.Info — Franciscan Media – National Catholic Reporter – US Catholic
Oswald: (February 28/29) aka Oswald of Worcester, Oswald of York. Monk and bishop; see: Britannica – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Celtic Saints –
Franciscan Media
Our Lady of Fatima: (May 13) Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Fatima Center – Shrine of Fatima
Our Lady of Grace: (May 31); see: EWTN: Why Nart is Full of Grace – Franciscan Media – Praying for Grace – National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Our Lady of Guadalupe: (December 12) Apparition of the Virgin Mary.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Marian Library at Dayton Univ. – Sancta.org
Our Lady of Lourdes: (February 11); see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes – Franciscan Media – Lourdes-France.org
Our Lady of the Rosary: (October 7); see: Catholic.com: The Rosary – Catholic Culture – EWTN: History of the Rosary – Franciscan Media – The Holy Rosary – USCCB: How to Pray the Rosary
Our Lady of Sorrows: (September 15); see: CatholicCulture.org – Catholic News Agency – Catholic.org – EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows – Franciscan Media

Palm Sunday: (Spring) The Sunday a week before Easter Sunday.; see: Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Catholic Online: Coming Face to Face with Jesus – Learn Religions
Paschal Baylon: (May 17) Patron of cooks; Eucharistic congresses and organizations.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Patrick: (March 17) Patron of Ireland, of cattle, hairdressers, engineers, miners, against snakes, and of many dioceses around the world.; see: BBC: Christianity: St. Patrick – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Peregrine Laziosi (‘The Cancer Saint’): (May 1) Patron for cancer patients, AIDS sufferers, breast cancer, sick people, skin diseases.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Missions – Saint Peregrine Novena
Perpetua and Felicity: (March 7) Patrons of mothers, expectant mothers, married women, widows, cattle, butchers, ranchers, martyrs.; see: Catholic News Agency — Catholic Online — CatholicSaints.Info — Franciscan Media — Internet History Sourcebook — Loyola Press
Peter Canisius: (December 21) Doctor of the Church. Author of catechisms. Patron of Catholic press, Germany.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Peter Damian: (February 21) Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Peter Gonzalez: (April 14) aka ‘Saint Elmo’. Dominican priest, court chaplain, patron of sailors; see: Catholic Online – Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Philomena: (August 11) Patron of babies, children, students, young people; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Saints.Info – Vatican News
Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): (September 23) Patron of civil defense volunteers, Catholic adolescents; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Padre Pio.net – The Vatican
Polycarp of Smyrna: (February 23) Martyr. Patron against earache and dysentery.; see: Catholic Online – Coptic Church.net – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Thought.co

Rita of Cascia: (May 22) Patron of impossible causes, abuse victims, difficult marriages, parenthood, widows.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. Rita
Robert Bellarmine: (September 17) Doctor of the Church. Patron of canon lawyers; catechists; catechumens; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – Ignatian Spirituality – Jesuits
Rose Venerini: (May 7) Teacher; founder of the Venerini Sisters.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Newman Ministory – The Vatican

Scholastica: (February 10) Patron against rain, of convulsive children, nuns, storms.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Sebastian: (January 20) Martyr. Patron of archers, gardeners, lacemakers, soldiers, stonecutters.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints.Info – Franciscan Media
Stanislaus of Krakow: (April 11) Patron of Poland; archdiocese of Krakow, Poland; soldiers in battle.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Saints Alive
Blessed Stanley Rother: (July 28) American-born martyr; see: America Magazine – Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Our Sunday Visitor
Stephen (‘The Protomartyr’): (December 26) Martyr. Patron of deacons, bricklayers, stonemasons.; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media

Teresa of Avila: (October 15) Doctor of the Church. Also known as Teresa of Jesus. Patron of headaches. lacemakers, people in religious orders, sick people.; see: Biography Online – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Teresa of Calcutta (‘Mother Teresa’): (September 5) Sister, missionary, founder of the Missionaries of Charity.; see: Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Missionaries of Charity – Pope John Paul II Homily – Thought.co
Therese of Lisieux (‘The Little Flower’): (October 1) Doctor of the Church. Patron of Australia; aviators; florists; France; illness; missionaries; Russia; sick people.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Society of the Little Flower – Vatican News Service
Thomas the Apostle: (July 3) Patron of architects, India; see: Catholic Online – Encyclopedia Britannica – Franciscan Media – New World Encyclopedia – St. Thomas the Apostle
Thomas Aquinas: (January 28) Doctor of the Church. Patron of schools, students, chastity, lightning, theologians.; see: Britannica – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Thomas Becket: (December 29) Patron of clergy.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Medieval Sourcebook
Thomas More: (June 22) Doctor of the Church. Patron of lawyers; adopted children, civil servants, court clerks, difficult marriages, large families, politicians, statesmen, step-parents, widowers.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – English History.net – Franciscan Media – Works of St. Thomas More
Thomas of Villanueva: (Sept. 22). AKA “The Almsgiver”, “The Father of the Poor”; see: Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Rosary a Day

Valentine: (February 14) Patron of betrothed couples, epileptics, love, travellers, young people.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Vincent de Paul: (September 27) Founder and co-founder of charitable orders. Patron of charities, charitable workers, hospitals, hospital workers, lepers, volunteers.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Vincentian Encyclopedia
Vincent Pallotti: (January 22) Founder of The Pious Society of Missions (Pallottines); see: Catholic Online – Catholicism.org – CatholicSaints.Info – The Pallottines

Wilfrid of York: (October 12); see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info

Saints by Date

January 4: Elizabeth Ann Seton: Founder of the Sisters of Charity, Patron Saint of Catholic Schools.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Pope Paul VI Homily
January 5: John Neumann: Patron of Catholic Education.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. John Neumann
January 8: Apollinaris (Apollinaris Claudius): The Apologist.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
January 9: Adrian of Canterbury: Monk, abbot, teacher; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 13: Hilary: Bishop of Poitiers, Hymnist, Doctor of the Church; Patron against snakebites.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 17: Anthony of Egypt: aka Anthony of Thebes, Antony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert. Founder of Christian monasticism. Patron of amputees, animals, basket makers, butchers, epileptics, gravediggers, hermits, monks, skin diseases, swine.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 20: Fabian: Pope, Martyr.; see: Catholic Answers – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 20: Sebastian: Martyr. Patronage includes archers, gardeners, lacemakers, soldiers, stonecutters.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 22: Vincent Pallotti: Founder of The Pious Society of Missions (Pallottines); see: Catholic Online – Catholicism.org – CatholicSaints.Info – The Pallottines
January 23: Marianne Cope: Franciscan Sister; founder of hospitals, missionary to lepers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Marianne Cope Shrine – StarBulletin (Honolulu) article – Vatican News Service
January 24: Francis de Sales: Doctor of the Church. Patron of authors, Catholic press, confessors, deaf people, educators, journalists, writers; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Christian Classics Ethereal Library – Franciscan Media
January 27: Angela Merici: Founder of the Company of St. Ursula (Ursulines); see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Company of St. Ursula – Franciscan Media
January 28: Thomas Aquinas: Doctor of the Church. Patron of schools, students, chastity, lightning, theologians.; see: Britannica – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
January 31: John Bosco: Patron of apprentices, boys, editors, Mexican youths, laborers, schoolchildren.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info– Franciscan Media

February 1: Brigid of Ireland: Patroness of Ireland; also of babies, blacksmiths, dairy workers, mariners, midwives, nuns, poets, poultry farmers, sailors, scholars, travellers. Aka St. Brigid of Kildare, St. Bride.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Saints.Info – Catholic Online – IrelandsEye – St. Brigid Church, SF
February 3: Ansgar: Also known as St. Anskar, St. Oscar. Patron of Scandanivia, Sweden, Denmark.; see: Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Medieval Sourcebook
February 8: Jerome Emiliani: Founder of the Somascan Fathers and Brothers. Patron of orphans and abandoned children.; see: Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Somascan Fathers and Brothers
February 8: Josephine Bakhita (Mother Josephine Bakhita): Patron of Sudan.; see: AFROL Background – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – NC Register – Vatican
Feb 10: Scholastica: Patron against rain, of convulsive children, nuns, storms.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Feb 11: Our Lady of Lourdes: see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes – Franciscan Media – Lourdes-France.org
Feb 14: Cyril and Methodius: Patrons of Europe, ecumenism, unity of the Eastern and Western Churches. Cyril: creator of Cyrillic alphabet. Methodius: translator of Bible into Slavic languages.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info: St. Cyril / CatholicSaints.Info: St. Methodius – Franciscan Media – James Kiefer’s Christian Biographies
Feb 14: Valentine: Patron of betrothed couples, epileptics, love, travellers, young people.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Feb 20: Jacinta and Francisco Marto: Received apparitions at Fatima along with Lúcia Santos.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media – Vatican
Feb 21: Peter Damian: Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Feb 23: Polycarp of Smyrna: Martyr. Patron against earache and dysentery.; see: Catholic Online – Coptic Church.net – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Thought.co
Feb 28: Oswald: aka Oswald of Worcester, Oswald of York. Monk and bishop.; see: Britannica – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Celtic Saints –
Franciscan Media

Mid-Feb to Early March: Ash Wednesday: The start of Lent.; see: Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – My Catholic Life – US Catholic
March 1: David of Wales: Patron of Wales, vegetarians, doves.; see: Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Early British Kingdoms – Franciscan Media – Historic U.K.
March 3: Katharine Drexel: Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.; see: Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Philanthropy Roundtable – Vatican News Service
March 4: Casimir: Patron of Lithuania, Poland; against plague, of bachelors, kings, princes; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
March 6: Colette: Founder of the Poor Clares Colettine. Patron of craftsmen, of servants, against eye disorders, fever, and headaches; and against the death of parents.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – The Poor Clares Colettine – Poor Clare Colettine Nuns
March 7: Perpetua and Felicity: Patrons of mothers, expectant mothers, married women, widows, cattle, butchers, ranchers, martyrs.; see: Catholic News Agency — Catholic Online — CatholicSaints.Info — Franciscan Media — Internet History Sourcebook — Loyola Press
March 8: John of God: Founder of the Order of Charity and the Order of Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Patron of alcoholics, booksellers, dying people, firefighters, heart patients, hospitals, publishers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God
March 9: Dominic Savio: Patron of boys, choir boys, choirs, the falsely accused, juvenile delinquents.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Life of Dominic Savio
March 10: John Ogilvie: Jesuit priest and martyr.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. John Ogilvie SJ
March 15: Louise de Marillac: Founder of the Sisters of Charity; co-founder of Daughters of Charity. Patron of loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, sick people, social workers, Vincentian Service Corps, widows.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Daughters of Charity – Franciscan Media
March 17: Patrick: Patron of Ireland, of engineers, against snakes, and of many dioceses around the world.; see: BBC: Christianity: St. Patrick – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
March 19: Joseph: Husband of Mary.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Straight Answers – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN: Novena to St. Joseph – Franciscan Media
March 20: Blessed John of Parma: Minister General of the Friars Minor (13th century).; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Roman Catholic Saints
March 22: Nicholas Owen: Martyr; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
March 24: Catherine of Sweden: Abbess – daughter of St. Brigit and founder of Bridgettine Order; invoked against miscarriages.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
March 24: Oscar Romero: Martyr. Patron of El Salvador, persecuted Christians, Christian communicators.; see: Catholic News Service – Catholic Saints.Info — Franciscan Media – National Catholic Reporter – US Catholic
March 25: The Annunciation: Celebrating when the angel Gabriel came to Mary; see: Catholic Saints.info – Catholic Online – Entering the Annunciation – Franciscan Media – Redemptoris Mater
March 30: John Climacus: Also known as John Scholasticus and John of the Ladder. Abbot, hermit, and author.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info

Spring (varies): Palm Sunday: see: Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Catholic Online: Coming Face to Face with Jesus – Learn Religions
Spring (varies): Holy Week: see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Stations of the Cross
Spring (varies): Easter: see: Catholic Online: Easter/Lent – Catholic Online: Easter Sunday – History.com – How Stuff Works – Learn Religions

April 2: Francis of Paola: Patron of boatmen; Calabria, Italy; mariners; naval officers; against plague; sterility; travelers.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info– Franciscan Media
April 4: Benedict the African: Patron of African missions; African American; black missions; black people; Palermo, Sicily; San Fratello, Sicily; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Roman Catholic Saints
April 4: Isidore of Seville: Doctor of the Church. Patron of computers, computer users, the Internet, schoolchildren, and students; see: Catholic Online – Catholicism.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – A Prayer Before Logging Onto the Internet
April 7: John Baptist de la Salle: Founder of the Christian Brothers (De La Salle Brothers). Patron of: educators, school principals, teachers; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – De La Salle Christian Brothers – Franciscan Media
April 11: Stanislaus of Krakow: Patron of Poland; archdiocese of Krakow, Poland; soldiers in battle.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Saints Alive
April 13: Martin I: Pope and Martyr.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
April 14: Peter Gonzalez: Aka ‘Saint Elmo’. Dominican priest, court chaplain, patron of sailors; see: Catholic Online – Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
April 16: Bernadette Soubirous: aka Bernadette of Lourdes. Patroness of illness, Lourdes France, poverty, shepherds, sick people.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Pilgrims – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Lourdes, France
April 21: Anselm of Canterbury: Monk, Archbishop, Theologian, Philosopher, Doctor of the Church.; see: Biographical sketches – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
April 21: Conrad of Parzham: 19th century Capuchin lay brother. Patron of doorkeepers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Roman Catholic Saints
April 23: George: Patron of archers; armorers; Boy Scouts; butchers; Canada; cavalry; chivalry; crusaders; England; equestrians; horses; knights; lepers; plague; sheep; shepherds; soldiers.; see: BBC – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
April 25: Mark: Apostle. Also known as Mark the Evangelist. Patron of Venice, glaziers, notaries.; see: Catholic.org – Catholic Saints.net – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
April 29: Catherine of Sienna: Doctor of the Church. Patron of firefighters, nurses, sick people.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Thought.co

May 1: Joseph the Worker: Husband of Mary, Foster-father of Jesus. Patron of carpenters, pregnant women, social justice, against doubt.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Sisters of St. Joseph
May 1: Peregrine Laziosi: Sometimes called “The Cancer Saint”. Patron for cancer patients, AIDS sufferers, breast cancer, sick people, skin diseases.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Missions – Saint Peregrine Novena
May 2: Athanasius: aka Athanasius of Alexandria. Bishop, Writer, Doctor of the Church.; see: Britannica – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
May 7: Rose Venerini: Teacher; founder of the Venerini Sisters.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Newman Ministory – The Vatican
May 10: Damien de Veuster (Damien of Moloka’i): “The Leper Priest”. Missionary to leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Diocese of Honolulu – Franciscan Media
May 13: Our Lady of Fatima: Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Fatima Center – Shrine of Fatima
May 14: Matthias the Apostle: Apostle. Patron of alcoholics, carpenters, smallpox, tailors.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Saints Resource
May 17: Paschal Baylon: Patron of cooks; Eucharistic congresses and organizations.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
May 18: John I: Pope and martyr.; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
May 19: Blessed Alcuin of York: Abbot, scholar, theologian, mathematician.; see: BBC History – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – History of York – Loyola Press
May 20: Bernardine of Siena: Monk, missionary, reformer. Patron of compulsive gamblers, lung problems, public relations advertisers, communications personnel. Called the “Apostle of Italy”.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
May 22: Rita of Cascia: Patron of impossible causes, abuse victims, difficult marriages, parenthood, sick people, widows.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. Rita
May 25: Madeleine Sophie Barat: Nun, teacher, founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Society of the Sacred Heart – Franciscan Media
May 25: Bede the Venerable: Doctor of the Church. Patron of scholars, lectors; English writers and historians.; see: Britannica – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
May 27: Augustine of Canterbury: First Archbishop of Canterbury; Patron of England.; see: Augustine of Canterbury – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
May 30: Joan of Arc: “Maid of Orleans”. Visionary, martyr. Patron of France, prisoners, soldiers.; see: Catholic Online – Joan of Arc Archive – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Geographic
May 31: Our Lady of Grace: see: EWTN: Why Nart is Full of Grace – Franciscan Media – Praying for Grace – National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
May ? (varies): Feast of the Ascension: Holy Day of Obligation; Celebration of the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven; see: Britannica – Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Catholic Online (2) – Wikipedia: Ascension in Art

June 3: Charles Lwanga and Companions: Martyrs; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Loyola Press
June 5: Boniface (aka Winfrid; Wynfrith): Apostle of Germany. Patron of brewers, tailors, Germany.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
June 6: Norbert (Norbert of Xanten): Patron of Bohemia; Magdeburg, Germany; peace.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Encyclopedia – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
June 9: Ephrem: Aka Ephrem the Syrian. Patron of spiritual directors and spiritual leaders.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Orthodox Wiki
June 11: Barnabas: Martyr. Patron of Antioch, Cyprus, against hailstorms, as peacemaker; see: Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
June 13: Anthony of Padua: Doctor of the Church. Patron of fishermen, sailors, seekers of lost things, poor people, expectant mothers, Native Americans, against starvation, against shipwrecks.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
June 22: John Fisher: Martyr; see: Britannica – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
June 22: Thomas More: Doctor of the Church. Patron of lawyers; adopted children, civil servants, court clerks, difficult marriages, large families, politicians, statesmen, step-parents, widowers.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – English History.net – Franciscan Media – Works of St. Thomas More

July 3: Thomas the Apostle: Patron of architects, India; see: Catholic Online – Encyclopedia Britannica – Franciscan Media – New World Encyclopedia – St. Thomas the Apostle
July 11: Benedict; aka Benedict of Nursia: Patron of Europe; against poison; against gall stones, kidney disease, fevers; of cavers; civil engineers; farmers; monks; schoolchildren; those in religious orders; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Order of St. Benedict
July 14: Kateri Tekakwitha: Patron of the environment and ecology; exiles; loss of parents; those ridiculed for their piety.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Kaia’tanó:ron – Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine
July 15: Bonaventure: Bishop, Doctor of the Church; patron against intestinal problems; see: Catholic.org – Catholic Information Network – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
July 22: Mary Magdalene (‘Apostle to the Apostles’; ‘The Penitent’): Patron against sexual temptation, apothecaries and pharmacists, contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, penitent women, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumers, reformed prostitutes, tanners, women.; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints
July 28: Blessed Stanley Rother: American-born martyr; see: America Magazine – Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Our Sunday Visitor
July 31: Ignatius of Loyola: Founder of the Jesuits. Patron of Basques; retreats; soldiers; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Ignatian Spirituality – Medieval Sourcebook

August 8: Dominic (Dominic de Guzman): Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Patron of astronomers, the Dominican Republic, falsely accused people, scientists.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
August 10: Lawrence aka St. Lawrence of Rome: Patron of Rome; Canada; Sri Lanka; chefs; comedians; librarians; students; miners; tanners; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Leo I: Sermon on St. Lawrence
August 11: Philomena: Patron of babies, children, students, young people; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Saints.Info – Vatican News
August 14: Maximilian Mary Kolbe – “Apostle of Consecration to Mary” – Martyr: Patron of drug addicts, families, journalists, prisoners, political prisoners, pro-life movement.; see: Catholic Online – Catholicism.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
August 28: Augustine of Hippo: Doctor of the Church. Patron of brewers, printers, sore eyes, theologians; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

September 3: Gregory the Great: Benedictine monk. Pope. Doctor of the Church. Patron of choir boys; educators; England; masons; musicians; papacy; plague; Popes; schoolchildren; singers; students; teachers; West Indies.; see: Britannica – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Christianity Today – Franciscan Media
September 5: Teresa of Calcutta (‘Mother Teresa’): Sister, missionary, founder of the Missionaries of Charity.; see: Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Missionaries of Charity – Pope John Paul II Homily – Thought.co
September 13: John Chrysostom: Doctor of the Church. Patron of Constantinople (Istanbul); epileptics; lecturers; orators; preachers; speakers.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
September 14: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Feast celebrated since the seventh century.; see: Catholic Culture – EWTN: Holy Cross Novena – Franciscan Media – Learn Religions – Vatican: Pope Francis Homily
September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows: see: CatholicCulture.org – Catholic News Agency – Catholic.org – EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows – Franciscan Media
September 16: Cyprian: Bishop; martyr; Patron of North Africa; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Orthodox Info. Center
September 17: Robert Bellarmine: Doctor of the Church. Patron of canon lawyers; catechists; catechumens; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – Ignatian Spirituality – Jesuits
September 18: Joseph of Cupertino: Patron of of aviators, air travelers, astronauts, paratroopers, students, test takers.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
September 21: Matthew: Apostle. Patron of bankers, accountants, bookkeepers, civil servants, stock brokers, tax collectors.; see: Cathedral of St. Matthew – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
September 22: Thomas of Villanueva: aka “The Almsgiver”, “The Father of the Poor”; see: Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Rosary a Day
September 23: Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Patron of civil defense volunteers, Catholic adolescents; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Padre Pio.net – The Vatican
September 27: Vincent de Paul: Founder and co-founder of charitable orders. Patron of charities, charitable workers, hospitals, hospital workers, lepers, volunteers.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Vincentian Encyclopedia
September 30: Jerome: Doctor of the Church. Patron of archeologists, archivists, librarians, translators.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – History of Saint Jerome

October 1: Therese of Lisieux (‘The Little Flower’): Doctor of the Church. Patron of Australia; aviators; florists; France; illness; missionaries; Russia; sick people.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Society of the Little Flower – Vatican News Service
October 4: Francis of Assisi: Founder of the Franciscan Order. Patron of animals, families, lacemakers, merchants, ecology, environment, zoos.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Prayer of St. Francis
October 5: Faustina Kowalska (Maria Faustina Kowalska, Faustina of Lodz): Visionary; Patron of Mercy.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – The Vatican
October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary: see: Catholic.com: The Rosary – Catholic Culture – EWTN: History of the Rosary – Franciscan Media – The Holy Rosary – USCCB: How to Pray the Rosary
October 11: Pope John XXIII: aka “Good Pope John”. Convened the Second Vatican Council.; see: 50th Anniversary of Vatican II – Catholic Online – Catholic Culture – Documents of the Second Vatican Council – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Wikipedia: Second Vatican Council
October 12: Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce: Sister and Abbess; see: Catholic.net – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – A Minor Friar Blog
October 12: Wilfrid of York: see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
October 13: Edward the Confessor: Patron of difficult marriages, kings, separated spouses.; see: BBC History – Catholic Information Network – `Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – English Monarchs
October 15: Teresa of Avila: Doctor of the Church. Also known as Teresa of Jesus. Patron of headaches, lacemakers, people in religious orders, sick people.; see: Biography Online – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
October 18: Luke the Apostle: Patron of physicians and surgeons; also of artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, glassmakers, goldsmiths, lacemakers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Luke the Evangelist
October 23: John of Capistrano: Patron of judges, jurists, military chaplains.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
October 25: Crispin and Crispinian: Martyrs. Patrons of cobblers, lace workers, leather workers, shoemakers, weavers.; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Crispin – CatholicSaints.Info – Crispian
October 28: Jude: Patron of desperate situations; forgotten causes; hospital workers; hospitals; impossible causes; lost causes.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. Jude
October 30: Alphonsus Rodriguez: Doorkeeper and mystic.; see: Catholic Fire – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (poem)

November 1: All Saints Day: Holy day of obligation in celebration of all saints known and unknown.; see: All Saints’ Day, Halloween and All Souls’ Day: What’s the difference? – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 2: All Souls Day (Feast of All Souls): see: Catholic Education – Franciscan Media – MexOnline – Wikipedia: All Souls – Wikipedia: Day of the Dead
November 3: Martin de Porres: Patron of black people, hairdressers, innkeepers, the poor, public education, public health, race relations, social justice, television.; see:Black Past – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Martin de Porres National Shrine – Vatican News
November 4: Charles Borromeo: Patron of apple orchards; bishops; catechists and catechumens, seminarians; spiritual leaders; against ulcers and other stomach disorders.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Charles Borromeo
November 5: Elizabeth: Cousin of Mary; mother of John the Baptist. Patron of expectant mothers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Mary Pages
November 10: Leo the Great: Pope and Doctor of the Church.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 11: Martin of Tours (Martin the Merciful): Patron of beggers, horses, reformed alcoholics, soldiers, tailors, vintners.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 13: Frances Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini): Patron of immigrants; hospital administrators, orphans.; see: Catholic Online – Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – CatholicSaints.Info – Internet History Sourcebook
November 15: Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus): Patron of scientists.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
November 16: Agnes of Assisi: Abbess. Founder of monestaries. Younger sister of St. Clare of Assisi.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 16: Margaret of Scotland: Patron against the death of children; of learning; parents of large families; queens; Scotland; widows.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 17: Elizabeth of Hungary: Patron of bakers; beggars; brides; charities; exiles; the homeless; hospitals; nursing services; tertiaries; widows.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 19: Agnes of Assisi: Abbess. Founder of monasteries. Younger sister of St. Clare of Assisi.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 22: Cecilia: Martyr. Patron of music, musicians.; see: Catholic Online – Saint Cecilia – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 23: Clement I: Pope. Patron of marble workers; sailors; sick children; stonecutters.; see: CatholicSaints.Info – Catholic Online – NNDB: St. Clement I – Franciscan Media
November 23: Miguel Agustín Pro [Padre Pro]: Martyr.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic.org – Catholicism.org – Franciscan Media – Ignatian Spirituality
November 25: Catherine of Alexandria: Patron of girls, lawyers, librarians, mechanics, nurses, philosophers, potters, spinners, students, teachers, unmarried girls; see: Britannica – Catholic Saints.Info – Franciscan Media – Loyola Press
November 28: Catherine Labouré: Also known as Catherine Labouré Of The Miraculous Medal.; see: Association of the Miraculous Medal – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Magnificat Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
November 30: Andrew: Apostle. Patron of fishermen; gout; Greece; maidens; Russia; Scotland; singers; sore throats; spinsters; women who wish to become mothers.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Information Network – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media

December: The Holy Family (date varies): see: Catholic Culture – Catholic Daily Reflections – CatholicSaints.Info – Vatican News Agency
December 1: Eligius: Patron of metalworkers, blacksmiths, cab drivers, jewelers, veterinarians, watch makers.; see: Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – Medieval Sourcebook – CatholicSaints.Info
December 3: Francis Xavier (‘Apostle to the Far East’): Patron of African missions; Australia; black missions; East Indies; foreign missions; India; missionaries; New Zealand; plague epidemics.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
December 6: Nicholas (Nicholas of Bari, Nicholas of Myra): Patron of bakers, children, the poor, judges, sailors.; see: Catholic Online – Saint Nicholas Center – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
December 7: Ambrose: Doctor of the Church – Bishop of Milan. “Patron of the Veneration of Mary”. Patron of bees; bee keepers; candlemakers; domestic animals; learning; schoolchildren; students.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Thought.co
Dec. 8: Blessed Virgin Mary: December 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception means that Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin.; see: All About Mary – Catholic.com – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – National Catholic Register – Women for Faith & Family
Dec. 9: Juan Diego: Visionary who saw the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Sancta.org
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Apparition of the Virgin Mary.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Marian Library at Dayton Univ. – Sancta.org
December 13: Lucy of Syracuse: Virgin and martyr. Patron of the blind, those with eye problems, glaziers, authors, peasants.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
December 14: John of the Cross: Doctor of the Church. Patron of contemplative life, contemplatives, mystical theology, mystics, Spanish poets.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
December 21: Peter Canisius: Doctor of the Church. Patron of Catholic press; Germany; writers of catechisms.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
December 25: Christmas Day: Celebration of the birth of Jesus; see: 11 Fun Facts about Christmas for Catholics – Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Holidays on the Net – The Real St. Nicholas – US Conference of Catholic Bishops
December 26: Stephen, aka “The Protomartyr”: Martyr. Patron of deacons, bricklayers, stonemasons.; see: Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
December 27: John the Apostle: Apostle and Evangelist; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
December 29: Thomas Becket: Patron of clergy.; see: Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Medieval Sourcebook

United States - Religion

Association of Religion Data Archives: The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion…. now including American and international collections and developing features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers.
Divining America: Religion in American History: Essays by leading scholars, hosted by TeacherServe.
On Being: Radio show On Being is a spacious conversation — and an evolving media space — about the big questions at the center of human life, from the boldest new science of the human brain to the most ancient traditions of the human spirit. (Formerly called Speaking of Faith.)
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious affiliations: What if we imagined the U.S. as a small town, population 100, instead of a continent-spanning nation with hundreds of millions of people? Doing so presents an interesting thought experiment because it allows us to see basic data about the U.S. and its people in a fresh, simple and illuminating way.
Pew Research Center on Religion & Public Life: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life … seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. … it tracks and aggregates news and conducts independent research, including surveys, legal backgrounders, reports, books and Q&A interviews.
Pew Research Center: Religious Landscape Study: A survey of religion in America. Includes demographic data, beliefs, and social and political views, published in 2014.
The Pluralism Project: Through an expanding network of affiliates, we document the contours of our multi-religious society, explore new forms of interfaith engagement, and study the impact of religious diversity in civic life. From Harvard University.
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic: From the Library of Congress, a look at the role of religion in 17th and 18th century America.
The Second-Largest Religion in Each State: Christianity is by far the largest religion in the United States….But what about the rest of us? This article has maps showing the second-largest religions by state and county. (2014)

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Buddhism

A Basic Buddhism Guide: Introductory articles on Buddhism and various aspects of Buddhist belief and practice.
Basics of Buddhism: A page introducing the concepts of Buddhism as part of a longer examination of Thailand.
BBC Bitesize: Buddhism: Information on the basics of Buddhism for British students reviewing for exams.
Learn Religions: Buddhism: Articles introducing the basic ideas of Buddhism, its origins, varieties, modern teachings, and related topics.
What the Buddha Taught: Online edition of popular and influential book about Buddhism.
World History Encyclopedia: Buddhism: Engyclopedia aArticle describing the origins of Buddhism and its core beliefs.

Christianity

Anno Domini; Jesus Through the Centuries: An art-based exhibit about how Jesus has been viewed by different ages and cultures.
BBC Bitesize: Christianity: Information on the basics of Christianity for British students reviewing for exams.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Scripture, commentaries, fiction, hymns, and essays by Christian writers.
ReligionFacts: Christianity: Statistics and information about Christianity, its history, beliefs and practices, denominations, and other related topics in an easy to follow topic-organized format.
Theology Library at Spring Hill College: Extensive set of links relating to Christian history and theology.
World Council of Churches: A worldwide fellowship of churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service.
World History Encyclopedia: Christianity: Encyclopedia article describing the origins and early history of Christianity.

Hinduism

BBC Bitesize: Hinduism: Information on the basics of Hinduism for British students reviewing for exams.
History.com: Hinduism: Articles about the history and beliefs of Hinduism.
Learn Religions: Hinduism: Articles introducing the basic ideas of Hinduism, its origins, varities, modern teachings, and related topics.
ReligionFacts: Hinduism: Statistics and information about Hinduism, its history, beliefs and practices, and other related topics in an easy to follow topic-organized format.
World History Encyclopedia: Hinduism: Encyclopedia article describing the traditions and beliefs of Hinduism.

Islam

BBC Bitesize: Islam: Information on the basics of Islam for British students reviewing for exams.
History Channel: Islam: Facts about Islam, its founder, history, and Islam today.
Islamic Society of North America: ISNA is an association of Muslim organizations and individuals that provides a common platform for presenting Islam, supporting Muslim communities, developing educational, social and outreach programs and fostering good relations with other religious communities, and civic and service organizations.
Learn Religions: Islam: Articles introducing the basic ideas of Islam, its origins, varities, modern teachings, and related topics.
Muslim Heritage: Discover 1000 years of missing history and explore the fascinating Muslim contribution to present day Science, Technology, Arts and Civilisation.
Pew Research: Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world: Here are answers to some key questions about Muslims, compiled from several Pew Research Center reports published in recent years…. (August 2017)
The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S.: Muslims arrived with Columbus and have been leaving their mark on American culture and society ever since. A video from the New York Times. (Dec. 2018)

Judaism

BBC Bitesize: Judaism: Information on the basics of Judaism for British students reviewing for exams.
Jewish Virtual Library: Judaism: The Jewish Virtual Library (JVL) is the most comprehensive online encyclopedia of Jewish history, politics and culture. With nearly 25,000 entries, the JVL is a one-stop shop for students of all ages interested in anything from anti-Semitism to Zionism.
Judaism 101: Judaism 101 is an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs.
Learn Religions: Judaism: Articles introducing the basic ideas of Judaism, its origins, varieties, modern teachings, and related topics.
My Jewish Learning: Offering articles and resources on all aspects of Judaism and Jewish life, the site is geared toward adults of all ages and backgrounds….
Reform Judaism.org: ReformJudaism.org seeks to provide content that describes and demonstrates the traditions and innovations of Reform Jewish life.

Shinto

Japan Guide: Shinto: Shinto (“the way of the gods”) is the indigenous faith of the Japanese people and as old as Japan itself. It remains Japan’s major religion alongside Buddhism.
Japan: Where Gods Aren’t Gods and Worshipers Aren’t Religious (Shinto Explained) (video): Have you ever wondered about all the gates (torii) you see around Japan? They are entrances to the sacred ground of Shinto shrines (jinja). While some might see Japan’s traditional practices of Shinto as a religion, and their various kami as gods, it’s not quite as simple as that.
Patheos: Shinto: Shinto (“the way of the Kami”) is the name of the formal state religion of Japan…. Look here for an overview, origins, history, beliefs, rituals and worship, and ethics and community topics related to Shinto.
ReligionFacts: Shinto: Statistics and information about Shinto, its history, beliefs, practices, and other related topics in an easy to follow topic-organized format.
World History Encyclopedia: Shinto: Overview of the origins, stories, and traditions of Shinto, and links to related articles.

Sikhism

BBC Bitesize: Sikhism: Information on the basics of Sikhism for British students reviewing for exams.
BBC Bitesize: Taoism: Information on the basics of Taoism for British students reviewing for exams.
Learn Religions: Sikhism: Articles introducing the basic ideas and practices of Sikhism.
SikhNet: Who Are The Sikhs?: A short overview explaining the basic beliefs and practices of followers of Sikhism
Sikhs.org: Introduction to Sikhism: An introduction to the history and beliefs of Sikhs.

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