Celebrating 7 saints this month!

(Click on their names to find out more.)

Joseph the Worker
May 1

Foster father of Jesus and husband of Mary,
Joseph is the patron saint of numerous professions, causes,
countries, cities and organizations, including:
Bursars • Cabinetmakers • Carpenters • Confectioners
• Craftsmen • Dying People • Engineers • Families • Fathers
• House Sellers • Immigrants • Joiners • Manual Laborers
• North America • Pioneers • Pregnant Women • Realtors
• Social Justice • Step Fathers • Travelers • Unborn Children
• Universal Church • Wheelwrights • Workers
Invoked against doubt or hesitation

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Florian
May 4

•Firefighters • Poland • Austria
• Good Harvests • Brewers • Chimney Sweeps
• Coopers • Soap Makers
Invoked against Battles, Fire, Floods

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Dymphna (or Dympna) of Gheel
May 15

• Mental Health Caregivers •Psychiatrists•Therapists
• Mental Institutions •Family Happiness
• Incest & Rape Victims•Mental & Neurological Disorders
• Chemical Dependency •Runaways•Sleepwalkers

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Brendan (or Brandan or Brenainn)
May 16

Sailors • Mariners • Navigators • Whales • Travelers
• Older Adventurers

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Ivo (or Ives: the Honest Lawyer)
May 19

Lawyers • Advocates • Judges Canon Law • Notaries
• Abandoned Children • Orphans • Brittany

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Melangell
May 27/January 31

Rabbits • Hares • Small Animals • The Natural Environment

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Joan of Arc
May 30

(or Jeanne d’Arc, Jehanne Darc, LaPucelle, Maid of Orleans)
France • The Military • Women’s Army Corps
• Courage in the Face of Ridicule

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May the new Pope emulate St. Francis in promoting peace and caring for the Earth and all creatures. Click to read all about St. Francis of Assisi
and view our unique art work,
depicting him attempting to make a “Peaceable Kingdom”

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We’re still working on updates…
individual pages of 34 saints
cobbled together over 15 years…
not an easy task!
(and giving each of them his/her own blog!)

But please come in anyway…
you’ll find lots of changes as of
05.01.2013

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