Saints of the Week, December 6 – 12

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Second Sunday of Advent

St. Nicholas (350), Bishop, Patron Saint of children, bakers, pawnbrokers, mariners, and Russians (New, Traditional)

Monday, December 7, 2009

St. Ambrose (397), Bishop, Doctor of the Church, Patron Saint of candle makers (New, Traditional)

Vigil of the Immaculate Conception (Historical)

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 – Holy Day of Obligation

Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patroness of the U.S.A. (New, Traditional)

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

St. Juan Diego  (Cuatitloatzin) (1548), saw Our Lady of Guadalupe (New)

St. Leocadia (304), Virgin, Martyr, Patron Saint of Toledo, Spain (Historical)

Thursday, December 10, 2009

St. Melchiades (314), Pope, Martyr (Traditional)

Our Lady of Loreto (Historical)

St. Romaric (653), Abbot (Historical)

Friday, December 11, 2009

St. Damasus I (384), Pope (New, Traditional)

Our Lady, Queen of the Angels (1212), Paris (Historical)

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Our Lady of Guadalupe (1531), Empress of the Americas (New, Traditional/some places)

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Saints of the Week, Nov 29 – Dec 5

St. Francis Xavier

Sunday, November 29^th – 1^st Sunday of Advent

St. Saturninus (303), Priest, Martyr (Traditional)

 

Monday, November 30, 2009

St. Andrew (63), Apostle, Martyr, Patron Saint of fishermen, Russia and Scotland (New, Traditional)

St. Maura (4^th Century), Virgin, Martyr (Historical)

 

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

St. Edmund Campion (1581), Priest, Martyr, Parton Saint of Press (Historical)

St. Eligius (660), Bishop, Apostle of Flanders, Patron Saint of Metalworkers and Jewelers (Historical)

 

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

St. Bibiana (Viviana) (4^th Century), Virgin, Martyr, Patron Saint of Single Women (Traditional)

 

Thursday, December 3, 2009

St. Francis Xavier (1552), Priest, Patron Saint of Foreign Missions (New, Traditional)

 

Friday, December 4, 2009 – First Friday

St. John Damascene (749), Priest, Doctor of the Church (New)

St. Peter Chrysologus (450), Bishop, Doctor of the Church (Traditional)

St. Barbara (4^th Century), Virgin, Martyr, invoked against lightening (Traditional)

 

Saturday, December 5, 2009 – First Saturday

St. Sabbas (532), Abbot (Traditional)

St. Gerald (1109), Bishop of Braga (Historical)

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