Theology

General Theology & Religions

Adherents.com: A large collection of statistical and geographical information about religions and faith groups around the world.
All Things Spiritual Directory: Links to information about various world religions and religious topics.
BeliefNet: …Inspiring devotional tools, access to the best spiritual teachers and clergy in the world, thought-provoking commentary, and a supportive community.
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society: Online version of a 1998 one-volume encyclopedia of religion.
Encyclopedia of Religion ebook: Full text of a 2005 reference book on world religions. (See librarian for password.)
Interfaith Calendar: Primary sacred times for world religions. For the current and next five yeara.
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.
Patheos Religion Library: In this section, you’ll find a list of the top 50 Major Religious traditions, arranged by origin. For each, Patheos offers thorough, peer-reviewed, encyclopedic information that helps readers understand its origins, history, beliefs, rituals, ethics, and community structures.
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 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.
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.
Sacred Contexts: Videos, podcasts, and interactive features to complement the British Library’s online gallery of sacred texts.
Sacred Destinations: Sacred Destinations is an ecumenical guide, encompassing the sacred places of all faiths. It is generally encyclopedic in tone, with special emphasis on the history, art and architecture of sacred sites.
This I Believe: During its four-year run on NPR, This I Believe engaged listeners in a discussion of the core beliefs that guide their daily lives. We heard from people of all walks of life — the very young and the very old, the famous and the previously unknown. (archive)
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.
Yale University Library – Free Web Resources on Religion: Links to online resources, organized by type of resource (text, statistics, images, etc.)

The Bible

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 Bible Study: This section’s Scripture study guides were created especially for adults who are beginning to read the Bible seriously.
Catholic Online – Bible
Catholic Online – Books of the Bible: Daily readings and links to the entire New Jerusalem Bible online.
EWTN : Bible Search: Use drop-down menus to locate a section of the Bible (Revised Standard Version – Catholic Edition).
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.
New Testament Gateway: A large array of information and links pertaining to Biblical texts, criticism, research, and history.
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 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. (Replaces the old The Baltimore Catechism of 1941.)
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Simplified: To help understand the catechism, this page offers summary explanations of each section.
Catholic Answers: Immaculate Conception and Assumption
Thought.co: What Is the Immaculate Conception?: Two sites explaining the sometimes confusing doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Catholic Culture: The CatholicCulture.org website exists to provide Internet users with reliable Catholic editorial oversight, commentary, and direction.
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.net: Encyclicals, documents, directories, news, Bibles, catechisms, canon law, links to Catholic periodicals… a veritable warehouse of Catholic information online.
Catholic Online: Has a wealth of information about Catholicism, including an excellent index to saints and angels.
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, see 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.
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.
Theology Library at Spring Hill College: Thousands of links about the Church, Revelation, Liturgy, Justice, Morality, Theology, Spirituality, Evangelization, and Other Religions.
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

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

* Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete Et Exsultate of the Holy Father Francis

Gaudete Et Exsultate (summary and analysis)
Gaudete et Exsultate: An Overview
Pope Francis’s ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’
Top five takeaways from ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’

* Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of the Holy Father Francis

* Encyclical Letter: Laudato Si’

* Encyclical Letter Lumen Fidei Of The Supreme Pontiff Francis

Pope Benedict XVI

Resigned February 2013

Pope John Paul II

Died April 2005

Saints - General Information

Catholic Enducation Resource Center: What is a saint? First of all, one who knows he is a sinner. A saint knows all the news, both the bad news of sin and the good news of salvation….
Catholic Online: Saints & Angels: Lists of saints by name, date, patronage, origin, plus saint of the day, FAQ, and more.
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.
Franciscan Media: Saints Calendar: Online calendar showing the prominent saints associated with each day. For more detailed information, check out Catholic.org: Saints Feast Days by Month or CatholicSaints.Info’s Calendar of Saints.
How Stuff Works: How Does Someone Become a Saint?: An overview of how saints are canonized; that is, officially recognized as being saints by the Catholic Church.
USCCB: Saints: Page from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops about what saints are, how they’re honored, and how they’re recognized.

Saints in Alphabetic Order

Agnes of Assisi: (November 19) Abbess. Founder of monasteries. Younger sister of St. Clare of Assisi.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Encyclopedia – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus): (November 15) Patron of scientists.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info – Stanford Ency. of Philosophy
Blessed Alcuin of York: (May 19) Abbot, scholar, theologian, mathematician.; see: BBC History – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – History of York – Kiefer’s Christian Biographies – Life of Alcuin – CatholicSaints.Info
Alphonsus Rodriguez: (October 30) Doorkeeper and mystic.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Fire – Catholic Online – St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (poem)
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? – Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
All Souls Day: (November 2) ‘The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed’; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Education – ChurchYear.net – MexOnline – Wikipedia: All Souls – Wikipedia: Day of the Dead
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Andrew: (November 30) Apostle. Patron of fishermen; gout; Greece; maidens; Russia; Scotland; singers; sore throats; spinsters; women who wish to become mothers.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CIN – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
Angela Merici: (January 27) Founder of the Company of St. Ursula (Ursulines); see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Company of St. Ursula – Franciscan Media
The Annunciation: (March 25) The angel Gabriel comes to Mary; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Saints.info – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholic Q&A: The Annunciation – Entering the Annunciation – Redemptoris Mater
Anselm of Canterbury: (April 21) Monk, Archbishop, Theologian, Philosopher, Doctor of the Church.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Anselm of Canterbury – Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Saint Anselm – CatholicSaints.Info
Ansgar (St. Anskar, St. Oscar): (February 3) Patron of Scandanivia, Sweden, Denmark.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – Medieval Sourcebook – CatholicSaints.Info
Anthony of Egypt (aka 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 Encyclopedia – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Apollinaris (Apollinaris Claudius): (January 8) The Apologist.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Lives of the Saints
The Ascension (Feast of the Ascension, Ascension Thursday): (varies) Holy Day of Obligation; Celebration of the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven; see: About.com – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Church Year.net – USCCB – Wikipedia: Ascension in Art
Athanasius (Athanasius of Alexandria): (May 2) Bishop, Writer, Doctor of the Church.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
Augustine of Canterbury: (May 27) First Archbishop of Canterbury; Patron of England.; see: Augustine of Canterbury – Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Augustine of Hippo: (August 28) Doctor of the Church. Patron of brewers, printers, sore eyes, theologians; see: Franciscan Media – Augustine of Hippo – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Barnabas: (June 11) Martyr. Patron of Antioch, Cyprus, against hailstorms, as peacemaker; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info
Bede (the Venerable): (May 25) Doctor of the Church. Patron of lectors.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
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 Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Roman Catholic Saints – Saints SQPN
Bernadette Soubirous (Bernadette of Lourdes): (April 16) Patroness of illness, Lourdes France, poverty, shepherds, sick people.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Lourdes and Bernadette Soubirous – Saints SQPN – St. Bernadette
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Bonaventure: (July 15) Bishop, Doctor of the Church; patron against intestinal problems; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – CatholicSaints.Info – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Boniface (Winfrid; Wynfrith): (June 5) Apostle of Germany. Patron of brewers, tailors, Germany.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – 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 Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – St. Brigid – St. Brigid of Kildare – Catholic Saints.Info

Casimir: (March 4) Patron of Lithuania, Poland; against plague, of bachelors, kings, princes; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Culture – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info –
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 – Saint Catherine Laboure (online book) – 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 – EWTN – Franciscan Media – Loyola Press
Catherine of Sienna: (April 29) Doctor of the Church. Patron of firefighters, nurses, sick people.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – CIN – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints.Info – EWTN
Catherine of Sweden: (March 24) Abbess, daughter of St. Brigit and founder of Bridgettine Order; invoked against miscarriages.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency — Catholic Online – St. Catherine of Vadstena – CatholicSaints.Info
Cecilia: (November 22) Martyr. Patron of music, musicians.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Saint Cecilia – CatholicSaints.Info
Charles Borromeo: (November 4) Patron of apple orchards; bishops; catechists and catechumens, seminarians; spiritual leaders; against ulcers and other stomach disorders.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Christmas: (December 25) Celebration of the birth of Jesus; see: Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Christmas on the Net – Crossroads Initiative – Franciscan Media: Advent – Franciscan Media: Christmas – The Real St. Nicholas – US Conference of Catholic Bishops: Christmas
Clement I: (November 23) Pope. Patron of marble workers; sailors; sick children; stonecutters.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – 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 Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – The Poor Clares Colettine – Poor Clare Nuns of Santa Barbara
Conrad of Parzham: (April 21) 19th century Capuchin lay brother. Patron of doorkeepers.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Roman Catholic Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
Crispin and Crispinian: (October 25) Martyrs. Patrons of cobblers, lace workers, leather workers, shoemakers, weavers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Crispin – CatholicSaints.Info – Crispian – Lives of the Saints
Cyprian: (September 16) Bishop. Martyr. Patron of North Africa; see: Franciscan Media – Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Cyril and Methodius – Missionaries to the Slavs – Saints SQPN (1) – Saints SQPN (2)

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

Easter (Spring): see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – History.com – How Stuff Works – Thought.co
Edward the Confessor: (October 13) Patron of difficult marriages, kings, separated spouses.; see: BBC History – Catholic Encyclopedia – 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 Encyclopedia – 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 Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Mary Pages
Elizabeth Ann Seton: (January 4) Founder of the Sisters of Charity, Patron Saint of SCCHS.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Emmitsburg Area Historical Society – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Elizabeth of Hungary: (November 17) Patron of bakers; beggars; brides; charities; exiles; the homeless; hospitals; nursing services; tertiaries; widows.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Ephrem: (June 9) Patron of spiritual directors and spiritual leaders; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Orthodox Wiki
Exaltation of the Holy Cross: (September 14) Feast celebrated since the seventh century.; see: About: Catholicism – Franciscan Media – Catholic Culture – Catholic Encyclopedia – EWTN: Novena – Vatican: Pope Francis Homily

Fabian: (January 20) Pope.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media
Faustina Kowalska (Maria Faustina Kowalska, Faustina of Lodz): (October 5) Visionary; Patron of Mercy.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – EWTN (2) – CatholicSaints.Info
Frances Xavier Cabrini (‘Mother Cabrini’): (November 13) Patron of immigrants; hospital administrators, orphans.; see: Catholic Online – EWTN – Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – CatholicSaints.Info – St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
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 – Christian Classics Ethereal Library – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Francis of Assisi: (October 4) Founder of the Franciscan Order. Patron of animals, families, lacemakers, merchants, ecology, environment, zoos.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media – PBS – Prayer of St. Francis
Francis of Paola: (April 2) Patron of boatmen; Calabria, Italy; mariners; naval officers; against plague epidemics; sterility; travelers.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info

George: (April 23) Patron of archers; armorers; Boy Scouts; butchers; Canada; cavalry; chivalry; crusaders; England; equestrians; horses; knights; lepers; plague; sheep; shepherds; soldiers.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Britannia: St. George – Order of the Garter – CatholicSaints.Info
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Medieval Sourcebook (the Venerable Bede) – CatholicSaints.Info

Hilary: (January 13) Bishop of Poitiers, Hymnist, Doctor of the Church, Patron against snakebites.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
The Holy Family: December (date varies); see: Advent to Epiphany – Holy Family Radiates Example of True Love – CatholicSaints.Info
Holy Week: (Spring) The week leading up to Easter.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Stations of the Cross

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

Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto: (February 20) Received apparitions at Fatima along with Lúcia Santos.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – EWTN: Fatima: The Children – CatholicSaints.Info: Sister Lucia Santos
Jerome: (September 30) Doctor of the Church. Patron of archeologists, archivists, librarians, translators.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
Jerome Emiliani: (February 8) Patron of orphans and abandoned children.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Somascan Fathers and Brothers
Joan of Arc (‘The Maid of Orleans’): (May 30) Visionary, martyr. Patron of France, prisoners, soldiers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Joan of Arc Archive – CatholicSaints.Info – National Geographic
John I: (May 18) Pope and martyr.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
John the Apostle: (December 27) Apostle and Evangelist; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Magnificat – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
John Baptist de la Salle: (April 7) Founder of the Christian Brothers (De La Salle Brothers).
Patron of: educators, school principals, teachers; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – De La Salle Christian Brothers – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
John Bosco: (January 31) Patron of apprentices, boys, editors, Mexican youths, laborers, schoolchildren.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN: St. John Bosco Novena
John Chrysostom: (September 13) Doctor of the Church. Patron of Constantinople (Istanbul); epileptics; lecturers; orators; preachers; speakers.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
John Climacus (John Scholasticus; John of the Ladder): (March 30) Abbot, hermit, and author.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN: Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
John Fisher: (June 22) Martyr; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 – CatholicSaints.Info
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God
Blessed John of Parma: (March 20) Minister General of the Friars Minor (13th century).; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Roman Catholic Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
John of the Cross: (December 14) Doctor of the Church.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – The Metaphysics of Mysticism – CatholicSaints.Info
John Ogilvie: (March 10) Jesuit priest and martyr.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – St. John Ogilvie SJ
John XXIII: (October 11). “Good Pope John”. Convened the Second Vatican Council.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Catholic Culture – Documents of the Second Vatican Council – CatholicSaints.Info – Vatican – Wikipedia: Second Vatican Council – 50th Anniversary of Vatican II
Joseph: (March 19) Husband of Mary, foster-father of Jesus.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Novena to St. Joseph – Saints SQPN
Joseph the Worker: (May 1) Patron of carpenters, pregnant women, social justice, against doubt.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online –Lives of the Saints – Sisters of St. Joseph
Joseph of Cupertino: (September 18) Patron of of aviators, air travelers, astronauts, paratroopers, students, test takers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media
Josephine Bakhita (‘Mother Bakhita’): (February 8) Patron of Sudan.; see: AFROL Background – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – CatholicSaints.Info – NC Register – Vatican
Juan Diego: (December 9) Visionary who saw the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Sancta.org – CatholicSaints.Info
Jude: (October 28) Patron of desperate situations; forgotten causes; hospital workers; hospitals; impossible causes; lost causes.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Saint Jude Novena Site – CatholicSaints.Info

Katharine Drexel: (March 3) Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – Conservation.Catholic.org – Kaia’tanó:ron – Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine – CatholicSaints.Info

Lawrence (Lawrence of Rome): (August 10) Patron of Rome; Canada; Sri Lanka; chefs; comedians; librarians; students; miners; tanners; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Leo I: Sermon on St. Lawrence – CatholicSaints.Info
Leo the Great: (November 10) Pope and Doctor of the Church.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholic News Agency – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
Louise de Marillac: (March 15) 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Daughters of Charity – CatholicSaints.Info – Sisters of Providence
Lucy of Syracuse: (December 13) Virgin and martyr. Patron of the blind, those with eye problems, glaziers, authors, peasants.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info – St. Lucy’s Day
Luke the Apostle: (October 18) Patron of physicians and surgeons; also of artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, glassmakers, goldsmiths, lacemakers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info

Madeleine Sophie Barat: (May 25) Nun, teacher, founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Madeleine Sophie Barat – CatholicSaints.Info – Society of the Sacred Heart
Margaret of Scotland: (November 16) Patron against the death of children; of learning; parents of large families; queens; Scotland; widows.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce: (October 12) Sister and Abbess; see: Augustinians.net – Catholic.net – Catholic Online – EWTN – – CatholicSaints.Info – A Minor Friar Blog
Marianne Cope: (January 23) Franciscian Sister; founder of hospitals, missionary to lepers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Marianne Cope (Syracuse Schools) – StarBulletin (Honolulu) article – Vatican News Service
Mark: (April 25) Apostle. Also known as Mark the Evangelist. Patron of Venice, glaziers, notaries.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – Catholic Saints.net – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
Martin I: (April 13) Pope and Martyr.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – St. Martin de Porres
Martin of Tours (‘Martin the Merciful’): (November 11) Patron of beggers, horses, reformed alcoholics, soldiers, tailors, vintners.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – The Life of St. Martin – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
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 Encyclopedia – Catholic.com – Catholic.org: Mary, Mother of God – EWTN – 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: Franciscan Media – Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints – Saints SQPN
Matthew the Apostle: (September 21) Apostle. Patron of bankers, accountants, bookkeepers, civil servants, stock brokers, tax collectors.; see: Cathedral of St. Matthew – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
Matthias the Apostle: (May 14) Apostle. Patron of alcoholics, carpenters, smallpox, tailors.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Catholic Pages – Catholicism.org – CatholicSaints.Info
Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro (Padre Pro): (November 23) Martyr.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – Catholicism.org

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

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 — OSV — US Catholic
Our Lady of Fatima: (May 13) Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary; see: Catholic News Agency – Franciscan Media – EWTN – Fatima Network – Shrine of Fatima
Our Lady of Grace: (May 31); see: Catholic Answers: Mary, Full of Grace – Catholic Encyclopedia: Visitation of Mary – Praying for Grace – Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lady of Guadalupe: (December 12) Apparition of the Virgin Mary.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Marian Library – Sancta.org – CatholicSaints.Info
Our Lady of Lourdes: (February 11); see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes – EWTN: Our Lady of Lourdes – Lourdes-France.org
Our Lady of the Rosary: (October 7); see: Franciscan Media – Basic Rosary Guide – Catholic.com: The Rosary – Catholic Culture – Catholic Online: Mary – Catholic Encyclopedia: Rosary – EWTN: History of the Rosary – The Holy Rosary
Our Lady of Sorrows: (September 15); see: Catholic Straight Answers – Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – CatholicCulture.org – Catholic Education – EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows

Palm Sunday: (Spring) The Sunday a week before Easter Sunday.; see: Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Catholic Online: Coming Face to Face with Jesus – Thought.co
Paschal Baylon: (May 17) Patron of cooks; Eucharistic congresses and organizations.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
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 Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media
Peregrine Laziosi (‘The Cancer Saint’): (May 1) Patron for cancer, AIDS sufferers, breast cancer, cancer patients, open sores, sick people, skin diseases.; see: Franciscan Media – Biography of Saint Peregrine – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Peter Canisius: (December 21) Doctor of the Church. Author of catechisms. Patron of Catholic press, Germany.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
Peter Damian: (February 21) Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Stanford Ency. of Philosophy – CatholicSaints.Info
Peter Gonzalez: (April 14) Aka ‘Saint Elmo’. Dominican priest, court chaplain, patron of sailors; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – CatholicSaints.Info
Philomena: (August 11) Patron of babies, children, students, young people; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints.Info – Regina Magazine
Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): (September 23) Patron of civil defense volunteers, Catholic adolescents; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Padre Pio.net – Saints SQPN – The Vatican
Polycarp of Smyrna: (February 23) Martyr. Patron against earache and dysentery.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Coptic Church.net – CatholicSaints.Info

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

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

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: Franciscan Media – Biography Online – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Teresa of Calcutta (‘Mother Teresa’): (September 5) Sister, missionary, founder of the Missionaries of Charity.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center – Still, Small Voice
Therese of Lisieux (‘The Little Flower’): (October 1) Doctor of the Church. Patron of Australia; aviators; florists; France; illness; missionaries; Russia; sick people.; see: Franciscan Media – Cathlolic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Society of the Little Flower
Thomas the Apostle: (July 3) Patron of architects, India; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Medieval Sourcebook – – Sources of British History
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – On St. Thomas More – CatholicSaints.Info – Works
Thomas of Villanueva: (Sept. 22). AKA “The Almsgiver”, “The Father of the Poor”; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Rosary a Day

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

Saints in Calendar Order

January 4: Elizabeth Ann Seton: Founder of the Sisters of Charity, Patron Saint of Catholic Schools.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Emmitsburg Area Historical Society – Franciscan Media – National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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 Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Lives of the Saints
January 13: Hilary: Bishop of Poitiers, Hymnist, Doctor of the Church; Patron against snakebites.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 17: Anthony of Egypt: aka Anthony 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 Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 20: Fabian: Pope, Martyr.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media
January 20: Sebastian: Martyr. Patronage includes archers, gardeners, lacemakers, soldiers, stonecutters.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 22: Vincent Pallotti: Founder of The Pious Society of Missions (Pallottines); see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholicism.org – EWTN – The Pallottines – CatholicSaints.Info
January 23: Marianne Cope: Franciscian Sister; founder of hospitals, missionary to lepers.; see: Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – St. Marianne Cope (Syracuse Schools) – 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 – Christian Classics Ethereal Library – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
January 27: Angela Merici: Founder of the Company of St. Ursula (Ursulines); see: Catholic Encyclopedia – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN: St. John Bosco Novena

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 Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – St. Brigid – St. Brigid of Kildare – Catholic Saints.Info
February 3: Ansgar: Also known as St. Anskar, St. Oscar. Patron of Scandanivia, Sweden, Denmark.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – Medieval Sourcebook – CatholicSaints.Info
February 8: Jerome Emiliani: Patron of orphans and abandoned children.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Somascan Fathers and Brothers
February 8: Josephine Bakhita (Mother Josephine Bakhita): Patron of Sudan.; see: AFROL Background – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – CatholicSaints.Info – NC Register – Vatican
Feb 10: Scholastica: Patron against rain, of convulsive children, nuns, storms.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CIN: Saint Scholastica – CatholicSaints.Info
Our Lady of Lourdes (Feb. 11): see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes – EWTN: Our Lady of Lourdes – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Cyril and Methodius – Missionaries to the Slavs – Saints SQPN (1) – Saints SQPN (2)
Feb 14: Valentine: Patron of betrothed couples, epileptics, love, travellers, young people.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
Feb 20: Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto: Received apparitions at Fatima along with Lúcia Santos.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – EWTN: Fatima: The Children – CatholicSaints.Info: Sister Lucia Santos
Feb 21: Peter Damian: Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Stanford Ency. of Philosophy – CatholicSaints.Info
Feb 23: Polycarp of Smyrna: Martyr. Patron against earache and dysentery.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Coptic Church.net – CatholicSaints.Info

March 1: David of Wales: Patron of Wales, vegetarians, doves.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – CatholicSaints.Info – Early British Kingdoms – Franciscan Media – Historic U.K. – OrthodoxWiki
March 3: Katharine Drexel: Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Philanthropy Roundtable – Vatican News Service
March 4: Casimir: Patron of Lithuania, Poland; against plague, of bachelors, kings, princes; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Culture – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
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 Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – The Poor Clares Colettine – Poor Clare Nuns of Santa Barbara
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God
March 9: Dominic Savio: Patron of boys, choir boys, choirs, the falsely accused, juvenile delinquents.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Life of Dominic Savio – CatholicSaints.Info
March 10: John Ogilvie: Jesuit priest and martyr.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Daughters of Charity – CatholicSaints.Info – Sisters of Providence
March 17: Patrick: Patron of Ireland, of engineers, against snakes, and of many dioceses around the world.; see: BBC: Christianity: St. Patrick – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media
March 19: Joseph: Husband of Mary.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Novena to St. Joseph – Saints SQPN
March 20: Blessed John of Parma: Minister General of the Friars Minor (13th century).; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Roman Catholic Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
March 22: Nicholas Owen: Martyr; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
March 24: Catherine of Sweden: Abbess – daughter of St. Brigit and founder of Bridgettine Order; invoked against miscarriages.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – St. Catherine of Vadstena – 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 — OSV — US Catholic
March 25: The Annunciation: see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Saints.info – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholic Q&A: The Annunciation – Entering the Annunciation – Redemptoris Mater
March 30: John Climacus: Also known as John Scholasticus and John of the Ladder. Abbot, hermit, and author.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN: Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info

Spring (varies): Palm Sunday: see: Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Catholic Online: Coming Face to Face with Jesus – Thought.co
Spring (varies): Holy Week: see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Stations of the Cross
Spring (varies): Easter: see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – History.com – How Stuff Works – Thought.co

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

May 1: Joseph the Worker: Husband of Mary, Foster-father of Jesus. Patron of carpenters, pregnant women, social justice, against doubt.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online –Lives of the Saints – Sisters of St. Joseph
May 1: Peregrine Laziosi: Sometimes called “The Cancer Saint”. Patron for cancer, AIDS sufferers, breast cancer, cancer patients, open sores, sick people, skin diseases.; see: Franciscan Media – Biography of Saint Peregrine – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
May 2: Athanasius: aka Athanasius of Alexandria. Bishop, Writer, Doctor of the Church.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
May 7: Rose Venerini: Teacher; founder of the Venerini Sisters.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Holy Spirit Interactive – CatholicSaints.Info – The Vatican
May 10: Damien de Veuster (Damien of Moloka’i): “The Leper Priest”. Missionary to leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Saints Alive – CatholicSaints.Info
May 13: Our Lady of Fatima: Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary; see: Catholic News Agency – Franciscan Media – EWTN – Fatima Network – Shrine of Fatima
May 14: Matthias the Apostle: Apostle. Patron of alcoholics, carpenters, smallpox, tailors.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Saints Resource
May 17: Paschal Baylon: Patron of cooks; Eucharistic congresses and organizations.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
May 18: John I: Pope and martyr.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
May 19: Blessed Alcuin of York: Abbot, scholar, theologian, mathematician.; see: BBC History – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – History of York – Kiefer’s Christian Biographies – Life of Alcuin – CatholicSaints.Info
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
May 22: Rita of Cascia: Patron of impossible causes, abuse victims, difficult marriages, parenthood, sick people, widows.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – National Shrine of St. Rita – CatholicSaints.Info
May 25: Madeleine Sophie Barat: Nun, teacher, founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Madeleine Sophie Barat – CatholicSaints.Info – Society of the Sacred Heart
May 25: The Venerable Bede: Doctor of the Church. Patron of lectors.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
May 27: Augustine of Canterbury: First Archbishop of Canterbury; Patron of England.; see: Augustine of Canterbury – Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
May 30: Joan of Arc: “Maid of Orleans”. Visionary, martyr. Patron of France, prisoners, soldiers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Franciscan Media – Joan of Arc Archive – CatholicSaints.Info – National Geographic
May 31: Our Lady of Grace: see: Catholic Answers: Mary, Full of Grace – Catholic Encyclopedia: Visitation of Mary – Praying for Grace – Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
May ? (varies): Feast of the Ascension: Holy Day of Obligation; Celebration of the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven; see: About.com – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Church Year.net – USCCB – Wikipedia: Ascension in Art

June 5: Boniface (aka Winfrid; Wynfrith): Apostle of Germany. Patron of brewers, tailors, Germany.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media
June 6: Norbert (Norbert of Xanten): Patron of Bohemia; Magdeburg, Germany; peace.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Catholic Encyclopedia – CatholicSaints.Info
June 9: Ephrem: Patron of spiritual directors and spiritual leaders; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Orthodox Wiki
June 11: Barnabas: Martyr. Patron of Antioch, Cyprus, against hailstorms, as peacemaker; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
June 22: John Fisher: Martyr; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 – CatholicSaints.Info
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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – On St. Thomas More – CatholicSaints.Info – Works

July 3: Thomas the Apostle: Patron of architects, India; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – 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 Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – Conservation.Catholic.org – Kaia’tanó:ron – Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine – CatholicSaints.Info
July 15: Bonaventure: Bishop, Doctor of the Church; patron against intestinal problems; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – CatholicSaints.Info – 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: Franciscan Media – Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
July 28: Blessed Stanley Rother: American-born martyr; see: America (magazine) – Cathollic 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 Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media – Ignatian Spirituality – Medieval Sourcebook: Ignatius Loyola: Spiritual Exercises

August 8: Dominic (Dominic de Guzman): Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Patron of astronomers, the Dominican Republic, falsely accused people, scientists.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.com: The Rosary – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN: St. Dominic – EWTN: History of the Rosary – CatholicSaints.Info
August 10: Lawrence aka St. Lawrence of Rome: Patron of Rome; Canada; Sri Lanka; chefs; comedians; librarians; students; miners; tanners; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Leo I: Sermon on St. Lawrence – CatholicSaints.Info
August 11: Philomena: Patron of babies, children, students, young people; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholic Saints.Info – Regina Magazine
August 14: Maximilian Mary Kolbe – “Apostle of Consecration to Mary” – Martyr: Patron of drug addicts, families, journalists, prisoners, political prisoners, pro-life movement.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Catholic Pages – Catholicism.org – CatholicSaints.Info
August 28: Augustine of Hippo: Doctor of the Church. Patron of brewers, printers, sore eyes, theologians; see: Franciscan Media – Augustine of Hippo – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Medieval Sourcebook (the Venerable Bede) – CatholicSaints.Info
September 5: Teresa of Calcutta (‘Mother Teresa’): Sister, missionary, founder of the Missionaries of Charity.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center – Still, Small Voice
September 13: John Chrysostom: Doctor of the Church. Patron of Constantinople (Istanbul); epileptics; lecturers; orators; preachers; speakers.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
September 14: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Feast celebrated since the seventh century.; see: About: Catholicism – Franciscan Media – Catholic Culture – Catholic Encyclopedia – EWTN: Novena – Vatican: Pope Francis Homily
September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows: see: Catholic Straight Answers – Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – CatholicCulture.org – Catholic Education – EWTN: Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows
September 16: Cyprian: Bishop; martyr; Patron of North Africa; see: Franciscan Media – Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Orthodox Info. Center
September 17: Robert Bellarmine: Doctor of the Church. Patron of canon lawyers; catechists; catechumens; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org
September 18: Joseph of Cupertino: Patron of of aviators, air travelers, astronauts, paratroopers, students, test takers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic News Agency – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media
September 21: Matthew: Apostle. Patron of bankers, accountants, bookkeepers, civil servants, stock brokers, tax collectors.; see: Cathedral of St. Matthew – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
September 22: Thomas of Villanueva: aka “The Almsgiver”, “The Father of the Poor”; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – CatholicSaints.Info – Rosary a Day
September 23: Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Patron of civil defense volunteers, Catholic adolescents; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Padre Pio.net – Saints SQPN – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Saints SQPN – Vincentian Encyclopedia
September 30: Jerome: Doctor of the Church. Patron of archeologists, archivists, librarians, translators.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info

October 1: Therese of Lisieux (‘The Little Flower’): Doctor of the Church. Patron of Australia; aviators; florists; France; illness; missionaries; Russia; sick people.; see: Franciscan Media – Cathlolic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Society of the Little Flower
October 4: Francis of Assisi: Founder of the Franciscan Order. Patron of animals, families, lacemakers, merchants, ecology, environment, zoos.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media – PBS – Prayer of St. Francis
October 5: Faustina Kowalska (Maria Faustina Kowalska, Faustina of Lodz): Visionary; Patron of Mercy.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – EWTN (2) — CatholicSaints.Info
October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary: see: Franciscan Media – Basic Rosary Guide – Catholic.com: The Rosary – Catholic Culture – Catholic Online: Mary – Catholic Encyclopedia: Rosary – EWTN: History of the Rosary – The Holy Rosary
October 11: Pope John XXIII: aka “Good Pope John”. Convened the Second Vatican Council.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – Catholic Culture – Documents of the Second Vatican Council – CatholicSaints.Info – Vatican – Wikipedia: Second Vatican Council – 50th Anniversary of Vatican II
October 12: Bl. Maria Teresa Fasce: Sister and Abbess; see: Augustinians.net – Catholic.net – Catholic Online – EWTN – – CatholicSaints.Info – A Minor Friar Blog
October 12: Wilfrid of York: see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
October 13: Edward the Confessor: Patron of difficult marriages, kings, separated spouses.; see: BBC History – Catholic Encyclopedia – 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: Franciscan Media – Biography Online – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
October 18: Luke the Apostle: Patron of physicians and surgeons; also of artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, glassmakers, goldsmiths, lacemakers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
October 23: John of Capistrano: Patron of judges, jurists, military chaplains.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
October 25: Crispin and Crispinian: Martyrs. Patrons of cobblers, lace workers, leather workers, shoemakers, weavers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – Crispin – CatholicSaints.Info – Crispian – Lives of the Saints
October 28: Jude: Patron of desperate situations; forgotten causes; hospital workers; hospitals; impossible causes; lost causes.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Saint Jude Novena Site – CatholicSaints.Info
October 30: Alphonsus Rodriguez: Doorkeeper and mystic.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Fire – Catholic Online – 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? – Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
November 2: Feast of All Souls: see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Education – ChurchYear.net – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – St. Martin de Porres
November 4: Charles Borromeo: Patron of apple orchards; bishops; catechists and catechumens, seminarians; spiritual leaders; against ulcers and other stomach disorders.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
November 5: Elizabeth: Cousin of Mary; mother of John the Baptist. Patron of expectant mothers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info – EWTN – Mary Pages
November 10: Leo the Great: Pope and Doctor of the Church.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Catholic News Agency – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
November 11: Martin of Tours (Martin the Merciful): Patron of beggers, horses, reformed alcoholics, soldiers, tailors, vintners.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – The Life of St. Martin – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
November 13: Frances Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini): Patron of immigrants; hospital administrators, orphans.; see: Catholic Online – EWTN – Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – CatholicSaints.Info – St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
November 15: Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus): Patron of scientists.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info – Stanford Ency. of Philosophy
November 16: Agnes of Assisi: Abbess. Founder of monestaries. Younger sister of St. Clare of Assisi.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Encyclopedia – 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 Encyclopedia – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
November 19: Agnes of Assisi: Abbess. Founder of monasteries. Younger sister of St. Clare of Assisi.; see: Catholic Online – Catholic Encyclopedia – CatholicSaints.Info – Franciscan Media
November 22: Cecilia: Martyr. Patron of music, musicians.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Saint Cecilia – CatholicSaints.Info
November 23: Clement I: Pope. Patron of marble workers; sailors; sick children; stonecutters.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – CatholicSaints.Info – Catholic Online – NNDB: St. Clement I – Franciscan Media
November 23: Miguel Agustín Pro [Padre Pro]: Martyr.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic.org – Catholicism.org
November 25: Catherine of Alexandria: Patron of girls, lawyers, librarians, mechanics, nurses, philosophers, potters, spinners, students, teachers, unmarried girls; see: Britannica – Catholic Saints.Info – EWTN – Franciscan Media – Loyola Press
November 28: Catherine Laboure: 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 – Saint Catherine Laboure (online book) – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CIN – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info

December: The Holy Family (date varies): see: Advent to Epiphany – Holy Family Radiates Example of True Love – CatholicSaints.Info
December 1: Eligius: Patron of metalworkers, blacksmiths, cab drivers, jewelers, veterinarians, watch makers.; see: Catholic Encyclopedia – 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: Franciscan Media – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
December 6: Nicholas (Nicholas of Bari, Nicholas of Myra): Patron of bakers, children, the poor, judges, sailors.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Saint Nicholas Center – CatholicSaints.Info
December 7: Ambrose: Doctor of the Church – Bishop of Milan. “Patron of the Veneration of Mary”. Patron of bees; bee keepers; candlemakers; chandlers; domestic animals; learning; schoolchildren; students.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – CatholicSaints.Info
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 Encyclopedia – Catholic.com – Catholic.org: Mary, Mother of God – EWTN – Franciscan Media – National Catholic Register – Women for Faith & Family
Dec. 9: Juan Diego: Visionary who saw the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Online – EWTN – Sancta.org – CatholicSaints.Info
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Apparition of the Virgin Mary.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – Marian Library – Sancta.org – CatholicSaints.Info
December 13: Lucy of Syracuse: Virgin and martyr. Patron of the blind, those with eye problems, glaziers, authors, peasants.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info – St. Lucy’s Day
December 14: John of the Cross: Doctor of the Church. Patron of contemplative life, contemplatives, mystical theology, mystics, Spanish poets.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Online – The Metaphysics of Mysticism – CatholicSaints.Info
December 21: Peter Canisius: Doctor of the Church. Patron of Catholic press; Germany; writers of catechisms.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – EWTN – CatholicSaints.Info
December 25: Christmas Day: Celebration of the birth of Jesus; see: Catholic Culture – Catholic Online – Christmas on the Net – Crossroads Initiative – Franciscan Media: Advent – Franciscan Media: Christmas – The Real St. Nicholas – US Conference of Catholic Bishops: Christmas
December 26: Stephen, aka “The Protomartyr”: Martyr. Patron of deacons, bricklayers, stonemasons.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic.org – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
December 27: John the Apostle: Apostle and Evangelist; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Magnificat – Lives of the Saints – CatholicSaints.Info
December 29: Thomas Becket: Patron of clergy.; see: Franciscan Media – Catholic Encyclopedia – Catholic Information Network – Catholic Online – Medieval Sourcebook – CatholicSaints.Info – Sources of British History

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)

US - Major Christian Denominations

(For Catholicism, see above.)

The Amish and the Plain People
Anglican Communion
Anglican Church in North America
Assemblies of God
Baptist
- Baptist – American Baptist
- Baptist – Southern Baptist
Christian Science
Church of Christ
United Church of Christ
Congregational
Episcopal
Friends (Quakers)
- Society of Friends
- Friends General Conference
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Lutheran
- Evangelical Lutheran
- Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Methodist
- Free Methodist
- United Methodist
Orthodox
- Orthodox Church in America
- Orthodox Christian Information Center
International Pentacostal Holiness Church
Presbyterian
- Associate Reformed
- Bible Presbyterian
- Presbyterian Church in America
- Orthodox Presbyterian
- Presbyterian Church, USA
Seventh-Day Adventist
Unitarian Universalist
United Church of Christ

US - Major Non-Christian Religions

Major World Religions

Buddhism

About Buddhism: Here you will find some information on Buddhism to help you gain a basic understanding of this ancient religion and philosophy.
Ancient History Encyclopedia: Buddhism: Article describing the origins of Buddhism and its core beliefs.
A Basic Buddhism Guide: Introductory articles on Buddhism and various aspects of Buddhist belief and practice from the site BuddhaNet.
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.
Thought.co: Buddhism
Thought.co: Basic Beliefs and Tenets of 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.

Christianity

Ancient History Encyclopedia: Christianity: Article describing the origins and early history of 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.
History.com: Christianity: Articles about the origina and history of Christianity.
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: Extensive set of links relating to Christian history and theology from Spring Hill College Department of Thoeology.
World Council of Churches: A worldwide fellowship of churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service.

Hinduism

Ancient History Encyclopedia: Hinduism: Article describing the traditions and beliefs of 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.
Patheos: Hinduism: Describes Hinduism origins, history, and beliefs.
ReligionFacts: Hinduism: Statistics and information about Hinduism, its history, beliefs and practices, and other related topics in an easy to follow topic-organized format.
Thought.co: Hinduism
Thought.co: Hinduism for Beginners: Articles introducing the basic ideas of Hinduism, its origins, varities, modern teachings, and related topics.

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.
How Muslims, Often Misunderstood, Are Thriving in America: Today an estimated 3.45 million Muslims in America are living in a climate of hostility, their faith distorted by violent extremists on one end and an anti-Muslim movement on the other. From National Geographic. (May 2018)
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.
The Koran (Al-Qur’an) by J. M. Rodwell
The Koran (Al-Qur’an) by G. Margoliouth and J. M. Rodwell: English-language translations of the Koran in ebook format.
Muslim Heritage: Discover 1000 years of missing history and explore the fascinating Muslim contribution to present day Science, Technology, Arts and Civilisation.
Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world: From Pew Research: Here are answers to some key questions about Muslims, compiled from several Pew Research Center reports published in recent years…. (August 2017)
The Religion of Islam: This website is for people of various faiths who seek to understand Islam and Muslims. It contains a lot of brief, yet informative articles about different aspects of Islam.
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)
Thought.co: Islam
Thought.co: Your Essential Guide to Learning About Islam: Articles introducing the basic ideas of Islam, its origins, varities, modern teachings, and related topics.

Judaism

BBC Bitesize: Judaism: Information on the basics of Judaism for British students reviewing for exams.
Jewish Virtual Library: 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.
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.
Soc.Culture.Jewish FAQ: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Jews and Judaism.
Thought.co: Jews and Judaism
Thought.co: Commonly Asked Questions About Judaism: Articles introducing the basic ideas of Judaism, its origins, varieties, modern teachings, and related topics.

Other Religions

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.
Thought.co: Sikhism Basic Beliefs and Practices FAQ: Articles introducing the basic ideas and practices of Sikhism.
Traditional Zoroastrianism: Information about Zoroastrianism and links to other sites.

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