Pocket Book of Catholic Novenas
- St. Joseph
Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.
This full-color illustrated booklet has the following novenas:
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God the Father
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Christmas
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Sacred Heart of Jesus
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Holy Spirit
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help
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Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
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St. Joseph
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St. Peregrine
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St. Dymphna
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St. Rita
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St. Anthony of Padua
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St. Anne
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St. Theresa of the Child Jesus
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St. Jude Thaddeus
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Our Patron Saint
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Feast Day:
Eastern Calendar - 7/25
Roman Rite Calendar - 07/26
Tridentine Calendar - 7/21
Patron Of:
Against Poverty, Cabinet Makers, Canada, Carpenters, Grandmothers, Horseriders, Housekeepers, Mothers, Sterility, Women In Labor
Memorial
* 26 July
Profile
Mother of Our Lady. Grandmother of Jesus Christ. Wife of Saint Joachim. Probably well off. Tradition says that Anne was quite elderly when Mary was born, and that she was their only child. The belief that Anne remained a virgin in the conception and birth of Mary was condemned by the Vatican in 1677. Believed to have given Mary to the service of the Temple when the girl was three years old. Devotion to her has been popular in the East from the very early days of the Church; widespread devotion in the West began in the 16th century, but many shrines have developed since.
Canonized
* devotion is Pre-Congregation
* cultus extended to the whole Church in 1584
Name Meaning
* gracious one; grace (= Anne)
Patronage
* against poverty
* against sterility
* broommakers
* cabinetmakers
* carpenters
* childless people
* equestrians
* expectant mothers
* grandmothers
* grandparents
* homemakers
* horse men
* horse women
* housewives
* lace makers
* lace workers
* lost articles
* miners
* mothers
* old-clothes dealers
* poor people
* pregnancy
* pregnant women
* riders
* seamstresses
* stablemen
* turners
* women in labour
* Canada
* France
* Micmaqs
* Caxito, Angola, diocese of
* Detroit, Michigan, archdiocese of
* Norwich, Connecticut, diocese of
* Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, diocese of
* Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
* Boschi Sant’Anna, Italy
* Brittany, France
* Caserta, Italy
* Castelletto d’Erro, Italy
* Corinaldo, Italy
* Marsaskala, Malta
* Molo, Philippines
* Nueva Valencia, Philippines
* Quebec, Canada
* Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec
* Santa Ana Indian Pueblo
* San Joaquin, Philippines
* Taos, New Mexico
Representation
* door
* holding Mary or Jesus in her arms or lap
* at her betrothal to Joachim
* teaching Mary to read the Bible
* greeting Saint Joachim at Golden Gate
* woman with a book in her hand
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 06/13
Patron Of:
American Indians, Amputees, Barren Women, Boatmen, Butchers, Cemetery Workers, Faith In The Blessed Sacrament, Grave Diggers, Lost Articles, Poor, Sailors
Also known as
* Antonio da Padova
* Evangelical Doctor
Memorial
* 13 June
Profile
Anthony’s wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan. Priest.
When the remains of Saint Berard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his church, Anthony was moved to leave his order, enter the Friars Minor, and go to Morocco to evangelize. Shipwrecked at Sicily, he joined some other brothers who were going to the church in Portiuncula. Lived in a cave at San Paolo leaving only to attend Mass and sweep the nearby monastery. One day when a scheduled speaker failed to appear, the brothers pressed him into speaking. He impressed them so that he was thereafter constantly travelling, evangelizing, preaching, and teaching theology through Italy and France.
A gifted speaker, he attracted crowds everywhere he went, speaking in multiple tongues; legend says that even the fish loved to listen. Miracle worker. One of the most beloved of saints, his images and statues are found everywhere – though none of them portray him as a heavy-set man, which some reports claim he was. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946.
One source of the well-known patronage for the recovery of lost objects comes from a legend that, long after Anthony’s death, his old prayer book was kept as a treasured relic, and one day it disappeared. People prayed for help in finding the lost item, a novice found it and returned it; he later admitted that he had “borrowed” the book and returned it after receiving a vision of an angry Anthony.
Born
* 1195 at Lisbon, Portugal
Died
* 13 June 1231 of natural causes
Canonized
* 30 May 1232 by Pope Gregory IX at Spoleto, Italy
Patronage
* against barrenness
* against shipwreck
* against starvation
* against starving
* against sterility
* American Indians
* amputees
* animals
* asses
* boatmen
* domestic animals
* elderly people
* expectant mothers
* faith in the Blessed Sacrament
* fishermen
* harvests
* horses
* lost articles
* lower animals
* mail
* mariners
* oppressed people
* paupers
* poor people
* pregnant women
* sailors
* seekers of lost articles
* starving people
* swineherds
* travel hostesses
* travellers
* watermen
* —
* Brazil
* Portugal
* Tigua Indians
* Beaumont, Texas, diocese of
* Masbate, Philippines, diocese of
* Timmins, Ontario, diocese of
* Amantea, Italy
* Anzio, Italy
* Cianciana, Agrigento, Italy
* Dorado, Puerto Rico
* Favara, Italy
* Ferrazzano, Italy
* Giano Vetusto, Italy
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Nicolosi, Italy
* Padua, Italy
* San Antonio Tlayacapan, Mexico
* San Fulgencio, Spain
* Sandia Indian Pueblo
Representation
* book
* bread
* Infant Jesus
* lily
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 05/15
Patron Of:
Epilepsy, Insanity, Loss of Parents, Mental Illness, Nerves, Rape Victims, Runaways
Also known as
* Dympna
* Dimpna
Memorial
* 15 May
Profile
Daughter of a pagan Irish chieftain named Damon, and a beautiful devoted Christian woman whose name has not come down to us. Her mother died when Dymphna was a teenager. Her father searched the Western world for a woman to replace his wife, but none could. Returning home, he saw that his daughter was as beautiful as her mother, and maddened by grief, he made advances on her. She fought him off, then fled to Belgium with Saint Gerebernus, an elderly priest and family friend.
Dymphna’s father searched for them, and his search led to Belgium. There an innkeeper refused to accept his money, knowing it was difficult to exchange. This told Damon that his daughter was close – it would be unusual for a village innkeeper to know a lot about foreign currency, and his knowledge indicated that had recently seen it. The king concentrated his search in the area. When he found them in Gheel, he beheaded Gerebernus, and demanded that Dymphna surrender to him. She refused, and he killed her in a rage.
The site where she died is known for its miraculous healings of the insane and possessed. There is now a well-known institution on the site, and her relics are reported to cure insanity and epilepsy.
Canonized
* Pre-Congregation
Patronage
* against sleepwalking
* against epilepsy
* against insanity
* against mental disorders
* against mental illness
* epileptics
* family happiness
* incest victims
* loss of parents
* martyrs
* mental asylums
* mental health caregivers
* mental health professionals
* mental hospitals
* mentally ill people
* nervous disorders
* neurological disorders
* possessed people
* princesses
* psychiatrists
* rape victims
* runaways
* sleepwalkers
* therapists
Representation
* being beheaded by the king
* kneeling at Mass while her father murders the priest Gerebernus
* lamp
* praying in a cloud surrounded by a group of lunatics bound with golden chains
* princess holding a lamp and sword
* princess with a sword holding the devil on a leash
* young woman with Saint Gerebernus
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 03/19
Patron Of:
Belgium, Carpenters, Confectioners, Doubt, Dying, Engineers, Families, Happy Death, Hesitation, Married Couples, Peru, Pioneers, Universal Church, Workers
Also known as
* Joseph the Betrothed
* Joseph the Worker
Memorial
* 19 March
* 1 May (Joseph the Worker)
Profile
Descendant of the house of David. Layman. Builder by trade; traditionally a carpenter, but may have been a stone worker. Earthly spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Foster and adoptive father of Jesus Christ. Visionary who was visited by angels. Noted for his willingness to immediately get up and do what God told him to do.
Died
* 1st century, prior to the Passion, of natural causes
Name Meaning
* whom the Lord adds (Joseph)
Patronage
* against doubt
* against hesitation
* bursars
* cabinetmakers
* Candian Armed Forces (in 1941)
* carpenters
* Catholic Church (1847 by Blessed Pope Pius IX)
* civil engineers
* confectioners
* craftsmen
* dying people
* emigrants
* expectant mothers
* families
* fathers
* happy death
* holy death
* house hunters
* immigrants
* interior souls
* laborers
* married people
* Oblates of Saint Joseph
* people in doubt
* people who fight Communism
* pioneers
* pregnant women
* protection of the Church
* social justice
* travellers
* unborn children
* Universal Church (1847 by Blessed Pope Pius IX)
* Vatican II
* wheelwrights
* workers
* working people
* Americas
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bohemia
* Canada
* China
* Croatian people (in 1687 by decree of the Croatian parliment)
* Korea
* Mexico
* New France
* New World
* Peru
* Viet Nam
* Anchorage, Alaska, archdiocese of
* Balanga, Philippines, diocese of
* Bangued, Philippines, diocese of
* Baton Rouge, Louisiana, diocese of
* Biloxi, Mississippi, diocese of
* Buffalo, New York, diocese of
* Butuan, Philippines, diocese of
* Cheyenne, Wyoming, diocese of
* Cologne, Germany, archdiocese of
* Daet, Philippines, diocese of
* Edmonton, Alberta, diocese of
* Gatineau, Québec, archdiocese of
* Hartford, Connecticut, archdiocese of
* Itanagar, India, diocese of
* La Crosse, Wisconsin, diocese of
* Libmanan, Philippines, diocese of
* Louisville, Kentucky, archdiocese of
* Lubango, Angola, archdiocese of
* MacKenzie – Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, diocese of
* Manchester, New Hampshire, diocese of
* Mangalore, India, diocese of
* Menevia, Wales, diocese of
* Nashville, Tennessee, diocese of
* Osnabrück, Germany, diocese of
* Ottawa, Ontario, archdiocese of
* Rarotonga, Cook Islands, diocese of
* Romblon, Philippines, diocese of
* Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, diocese of
* San Jose, California, diocese of
* San Jose, Mindoro, Philippines, apostolic vicariate of
* San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, diocese of
* Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, diocese of
* Sioux Falls, South Dakota, diocese of
* Tagbilaran, Philippines, diocese of
* Virac, Philippines, diocese of
* Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, diocese of
* Whitehorse, Yukon Territories, diocese of
* Winnipeg, Manitoba, archdiocese of
* Birkirkara, Malta
* Carinthia, Austria
* Castelplanio, Ancona, Italy
* Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
* Florence, Italy
* Fonte Nuova, Italy
* Kalkara, Malta
* La Spezia, Italy
* Ladispoli, Italy
* Laguna Indian Pueblo
* Msida, Malta
* Orvieto, Italy
* Qala, Gozo, Malta
* Querceta, Italy
* Radazzo, Sicily, Italy
* Santa Marinella, Italy
* Sicily, Italy
* Spadafora, Sicily, Italy
* Styria, Austria
* Turin, Italy
* Tyrol, Austria
Representation
* bible
* branch
* carpenter‘s square
* carpenter‘s tools
* chalice
* cross
* hand tools
* infant Jesus
* ladder
* lamb
* lily
* monstrance
* old man holding a lily and a carpenter‘s tool such as a square
* old man holding the infant Jesus
* plane
* rod
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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Feast Day:
Eastern Calendar - 06/19
Roman Rite Calendar - 10/28
Tridentine Calendar - 10/28
Patron Of:
Desperation, Hopeless Cases, Impossible Situations
Profile
Son of Cleophas, who died a martyr, and Mary who stood at the foot of the Cross, and who anointed Christ's body after death. Brother of Saint James the Lesser. Nephew of Mary and Joseph; blood relative of Jesus Christ, and reported to look a lot like him. May have been a fisherman. Apostle.
Writer of canonical letter. Preached in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia with Saint Simon. Healer. Exorcist. Could exorcise pagan idols, which caused the demons to flee and the statues to crumble.
His patronage of lost or impossible causes traditionally derives from confusion by many early Christians between Jude and Judas; not understanding the difference between the names, they never prayed for Jude's help, and devotion to him became something of a lost cause.
Died
beaten to death with a club, then beheaded post-mortem in 1st century Persia; relics at Saint Peter's, Rome, at Rheims, and at Toulouse, France
Name Meaning
sweetness or gentleness of character (Thaddeus)
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 05/01
Patron Of:
Against Cancer, Breast Cancer, Open Sores, AIDS Sufferers, Cancer Patients, Sick, Skin Diseases
Also known as
Peregrinus
Memorial
1 May
Profile
Born wealthy, he spent a worldly youth, and became involved in politics. Peregrine was initially strongly anti-Catholic. During a popular revolt, he struck the papal peace negotiator, Saint Philip Benizi, across the face. Saint Philip calmly turned the other cheek, prayed for the youth, and Peregine converted.
He received a vision of Our Lady who told him to go to Siena, Italy, and there to join the Servites. After training and ordination, they assigned him to his home town. He lived and worked, as much as possible, in complete silence, in solitude, and without sitting down for 30 years in an attempt to do penance for his early life. When he did speak, he was known as a fervant preacher, excellent orator, and gentle confessor. Founded a Servite house at Forli.
A victim of a spreading cancer in his foot, Peregrine was scheduled for an amputation. The night before the operation, he spent in prayer; that night received a vision of Christ who healed him with a touch. The next morning, Peregrine found his cancer completely healed.
Born
1260 at Forli, Italy
Died
1345 at Forli, Italy of natural causes; body incorrupt
Beatified
11 September 1702 by Pope Clement XI
Canonized
27 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII
Patronage
against cancer, AIDS sufferers, breast cancer, cancer patients, open sores, sick people, skin diseases
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 05/22
Patron Of:
Against Loneliness, Parenthood, Victims of physical spouse abuse, Wounds, Abuse Victims, Bodily Ills, Desperate Causes, Desperation, Difficult Marriages, Forgotten Causes, Healing Of Wounds, Impossible Situations, Infertility, Loneliness, Lost Causes, Sick, Sickness, Sterility, Tumors, Widows
Also known as
Margarita of Cascia; Rita La Abogada de Imposibles
Memorial
22 May
Profile
Daughter of Antonio and Amata Lotti; known as Peacemakers of Jesus, they had Rita late in life. From her early youth, Rita visited the Augustinian nuns at Cascia, and showed interest in a religious life. However, when she was twelve, her parents betrothed her to Paolo Mancini, an ill-tempered, abusive individual who worked as town watchman, and was dragged into the political disputes of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Disappointed but obedient, Rita married him when she was 18, and was the mother of twin sons.
She put up with Paolo's abuses for eighteen years before he was ambushed and stabbed to death. Her sons swore vengeance on their father's killers, but through Rita's prayers and interventions, they forgave the offenders.
Upon the deaths of her sons, Rita again felt the call to religious life. However, some of the sisters at the Augustinian monastery were relatives of her husband's assassins, and she was denied entry for fear of causing dissension. Asking for the intervention of Saint John the Baptist, Saint Augustine of Hippo, and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, she managed to bring the warring factions together, not completely, but sufficiently that there was peace, and she was admitted to the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalen at age 36.
Rita lived 40 years in the convent, spending her time in prayer and charity, and working for peace in the region. She was devoted to the Passion, and in response to a prayer to suffer as Christ, she received a chronic head wound that appeared to have been caused by a crown of thorns, and which bled for 15 years.
Confined to her bed the last four years of her life, eating little more than the Eucharist, teaching and directing the younger sisters. Near the end she had a visitor from her home town who asked if she'd like anything; Rita's only request was a rose from her family's estate. The visitor went to the home, but it being January, knew there was no hope of finding a flower; there, sprouted on an otherwise bare bush, was a single rose blossom.
Among the other areas, Rita is well-known as a patron of desperate, seemingly impossible causes and situations. This is because she has been involved in so many stages of life - wife, mother, widow, and nun, she buried her family, helped bring peace to her city, saw her dreams denied and fulfilled - and never lost her faith in God, or her desire to be with Him.
Born
1386 at Roccaparena, Umbria, Italy
Died
22 May 1457 at the Augustinian convent at Cascia of tuberculosis
Beatified
1 October 1627 by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized
24 May 1900
Patronage
abuse victims; against loneliness; against sterility; bodily ills; desperate causes; difficult marriages; forgotten causes; impossible causes; infertility; lost causes; parenthood; sick people; sickness; sterility; victims of physical spouse abuse; widows; wounds
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 10/01
Tridentine Calendar - 10/01
Roman Rite Calendar - 01/10
Patron Of:
African Missions, AIDS Sufferers, Air Crews, Aircraft Pilots, Aviators, Florists, Flower Growers, France, Illness, Loss of Parents, Missionaries, Missions, Domestic, Tuberculosis
- Also known as
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Teresa of the Infant Jesus;
Therese of the Child Jesus;
the Little Flower;
the Little Flower of Jesus
Profile
Born to a middle-class French family. Her father, Louis, was a watchmaker, her mother, who died of cancer when Therese was 4, was a lace maker, and both have been declared Venerable by the Church. Cured from an illness at age eight when a statue of the Blessed Virgin smiled at her. Carmelite nun at age 15. Defined her path to God and holiness as "The Little Way," which consisted of love and trust in God. At the direction of her spiritual director, and against her wishes, she dictated her famed autobiography Story of a Soul. Many miracles attributed to her. Declared a Doctor of the Church in 1997 by Pope John Paul II.
"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." - Saint Therese of Lisieux
Born
2 January 1873 at Alcon, Normandy, France
Died
7pm Thursday 30 September 1897 at Lisieux, France of tuberculosis
Venerated
14 August 1921 by Pope Benedict XV
Beatified
29 April 1923 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized
17 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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