Patron Saints 2012

[AnneLine]

I would be honored to have you pick a patron/patroness for me for the coming year.

I'm married, no children, active in a secular order and my parish... mid-50's (hard to believe that one) but don't feel like I'm past my 30's.

Very interested in supporting vocations and those who want to deepen their relationship with God and other Christians.

Very grateful to be part of the PhatMass community!

[Seven77]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1321231818' post='2335864']
St. Faustina
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amesome... thanks!

[Lil Red]

[quote name='beatitude' timestamp='1321310398' post='2336305']Yes, please! [/quote]
the Holy Spirit chose for you St. Thomas Aquinas

[quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1321322047' post='2336377']I would be honored to have you pick a patron/patroness for me for the coming year. I'm married, no children, active in a secular order and my parish... mid-50's (hard to believe that one) but don't feel like I'm past my 30's. Very interested in supporting vocations and those who want to deepen their relationship with God and other Christians. Very grateful to be part of the PhatMass community![/quote]

God bless you. The Holy Spirit chose St. Vincent de Paul for you.

[AnneLine]

Thank you, Lil Red! I can use some of his organization charism.... and his peasant common sense!

[Lil Red]

[quote name='MargaretTeresa' timestamp='1321305524' post='2336266']

Okie dokes. Here we go:

Bee. Senior at university. Convert. restarting discerning whether I am actually called to religious life or no. Worries: mi madre - she is muy crazy - and how she's going to handle me moving out/my Catholicness (she refuses to discuss.) Oldest of three sisters.
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you received St. Simon

[ardillacid]

Me please!

[Lil Red]

[quote name='ardillacid' timestamp='1321337838' post='2336465']
Me please!
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St. Leo the Great http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-leo-the-great/

[arfink]

Is it bad I read the OP title as "Prison Saints?"

Anywhoo, here's the scoop:
Former seminarian, somewhat disillusioned about life, struggling to make ends meet, chafing at living at home and having my old dreams crushed. Fire at will.

[brandelynmarie]

[quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1321336531' post='2336459']
Thank you, Lil Red! I can use some of his organization charism.... and his peasant common sense!
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St. Vincent de Paul is the patron saint of organization????He could help me with my cupboards & closets??? I do need some help in this department, lol.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1321340257' post='2336475']
Is it bad I read the OP title as "Prison Saints?"

Anywhoo, here's the scoop:
Former seminarian, somewhat disillusioned about life, struggling to make ends meet, chafing at living at home and having my old dreams crushed. Fire at will.
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St. Giles http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-giles/

[Kathgirl]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1321310308' post='2336304']
St. John the Baptist
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That's so great! TY, Lil Red

[das8949]

I cannot believe that I was given Our Lady of Lourdes. I live about 2 hours from Mount Sain Mary's University and are planning on taking Sister M.Barbra S.N.D. next weekend to visit the grotto, It is such a beautiful place and so peaceful. See Below:


National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes







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The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes is the oldest known replica of the revered French shrine dating to about 1875 (the original Lourdes apparitions were in 1858). The Grotto has been in use since 1805 when Fr. John Dubois founded it as a place of prayer and devotion.

[b] Stone from the Grotto of Lourdes France[/b]

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On November 27, 2007, Most Rev. Jacques Perrier, Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, France, announced the 150[sup][size="2"]th[/size][/sup] Jubilee Year honoring the anniversary of the apparitions of the Immaculate Conception to St. Bernadette Soubirous. The Bishop came to the United States to share the blessings of Lourdes with all Americans.
December 1, 2007, Bishop Perrier visited our Grotto of Lourdes in Emmitsburg and offered Mass in the Chapel of St. Mary on the Hill. Following Communion, the Bishop gave a wonderful talk and presented the Grotto with a gift from Lourdes. This precious gift was a Stone from the Grotto of Lourdes in France, excavated right near the miraculous spring where the Blessed Virgin told St. Bernadette to dig and receive water. The Bishop said he was giving us this stone to [i]“spiritually connect”[/i] us to the Lourdes Grotto in France and requested that it be placed in our Grotto, thus making us all members of the [i]Lourdes Family.[/i]The Stone has been installed at the Grotto Cave and is there for all of us to see and touch.

[cmotherofpirl]

Thanks Red for St Jerome, let the battle begin

[AnneLine]

[color="#272727"]brandelynmarie[/color],

You wrote....

St. Vincent de Paul is the patron saint of organization????He could help me with my cupboards & closets???
I do need some help in this department, lol.

He and St. Francis would probably say, don't organize it, give it away!!!

Edited November 15, 2011 by AnneLine

[let_go_let_God]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1321384324' post='2336601']
Thanks Red for St Jerome, let the battle begin
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CMom, based on what you said, I can see St. Joseph asking me what we are building next.

God bless-
LGLG