We have great gifts for graduation, Mothers Day, Confirmation and Communion
Please give our new virtual gallery,
patriartsgallery.com a try:
This site (patriarts.com) will continue to be up indefinitely and you can still place orders from it,
but right now, you won’t be able to fill your cart from both, you’ll have to choose one or the other.
Celebrating seven 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
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Florian
May 4
•Firefighters • Poland • Austria
• Good Harvests • Brewers • Chimney Sweeps
• Coopers • Soap Makers
Invoked against Battles, Fire, Floods
. . . . . . . . . . . .
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
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Brendan (or Brandan or Brenainn)
May 16
Sailors • Mariners • Navigators • Whales • Travelers
• Older Adventurers
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Ivo (or Ives: the Honest Lawyer)
May 19
Lawyers • Advocates • Judges Canon Law • Notaries
• Abandoned Children • Orphans • Brittany
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Melangell
May 27/January 31
Rabbits • Hares • Small Animals • The Natural Environment
. . . . . . . . . . . .
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
