By Patronage

Christ himself teaches us to pray for others, and the saints continually pray for us before the throne of God. Because of circumstances of their own lives, saints have special patronages:

The Americas: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Anxiety: St. Dymphna
Argentina: Mary, the Immaculate Conception
Aviators: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Brazil: Mary, the Immaculate Conception
Brewers: St. Augustine of Hippo
Carpenters: St. Joseph the Worker
Depression: St. Dymphna
Doctors: St. Michael the Archangel
Dominican Tertiaries: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
The Dying: St. Joseph the Worker and St. Michael the Archangel
Expectant Mothers: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Fathers: St. Joseph the Worker
Florists: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Grocers: St. Michae l the Archange l
Headache Sufferers: St. Teresa of Avila
House Selling and House Buying: St. Joseph the Worker
Italian Confraternities: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Loss of a Parent: St. Teresa of Avila
Mariners and Seafarers: St. Michae l the Archange l and Mary Stella Maris
Mental Illness and Afflictions: St. Dymphna
Mexico: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Missionaries and the Missions: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Mothers and Motherhood: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mountain Climbers: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Paratroopers: St. Michae l the Archange l
Police: St. Michae l the Archange l
Pregnancy: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Priests: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Printers: St. Augustine of Hippo
Prolife Causes: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Radiologists: St. Michael the Archangel
The Sick: St. Michae l the Archange l
Soldiers: St. Michae l the Archange l
Students: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Theologians: St. Augustine of Hippo
Travelers: St. Joseph the Worker
The Unborn: Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Unemployed and Those Seeking Employment: St. Joseph the Worker
United States: Mary, the Immaculate Conception
Universal Church: St. Joseph the Worker
Workers: St. Joseph the Worker
Youth: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

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