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Daily Readings

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Saturday, January 11, 2020

Patron Saints of People with Disabilities

January

Genoveva Torres Morales  

Feast day: January 5

Her leg was amputated when she was a child

Saint André Bessette

Feast day: January 6

Patron of the sick, the afflicted, the poor of all kinds, those who are handicapped, and those who are wounded by life.

Saint Francis de Sales

Feast day: January 24

(Patron of Persons who are Deaf and Persons who are Hard of Hearing)

Saint Timothy

Feast day: January 26

(Patron of Intestinal Conditions and Stomach Diseases) 

February

Saint Blaise

Feast Day: February 3

Patron Saint of Throat Ailments

Our Lady of Lourdes

Feast Day: February 11

(Patroness of Healing)

St. Julianna of Nicomedia

Feast Day: February 16

Sickness and Bodily Illness

March

Saint Longinus

Feast day: March 15

Patron of: the blind and people with poor eyesight

Saint Joseph, Guardian of the Redeemer

Feast day: March 19

Solace of the Afflicted, Hope of the Sick

April

Blessed Margaret of Castello
Feast day: April 13

Patroness of Persons with Developmental Disabilities, of the Unwanted, of the Disfigured

Saint Lidwina Van Schiedam

Feast day: April 14

Patroness of Those with Prolonged Suffering

Saint Benedict Joseph Labre

Feast day: April 16

Patron of those suffering from mental illness. 

May

Saint Dymphna

Feast day: May 15

Patroness of those with mental illnesses, mental health professionals 

June

Saint Anthony of PaduaFeast day: June 13

Consoler of the afflicted; Patron of amputees

Saint Germaine Cousin

Feast day: June 15

Patroness of persons who have lifelong struggles, physically challenged people, disabled people, the sick

St. Vitus
Feast day: June 15th

Patron of epileptics, those afflicted with St. Vitus’ Dance (named after him}, dancers, and actors

Saint Hervé (Harvey) of Brittany
Feast day: June 17

Patron of blind musicians and singers, of blind people, is invoked about eye conditions and mental anxiety

July

St. Camillus de Lellis
Feast Day: July 14

Patron of Open Sores, Chronic Renal and Stomach Illnesses

Saint Christina the Astonishing

Feast day: July 24

Patroness of the mentally ill.

Saint Christopher
Feast day: July 25

Patron of epileptics 

August

St. Alphonsus Ligouri
Feast Day: August 1

Patron of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Saint Roch (Roche, Rock, Rogue, Rocco) of Montpellier
Feast day: August 16

Patron Saint of the Sick and Service Dogs

September

Saint Giles
Feast day: September 1

Patron of Persons with Physical Disabilities

Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Feast day: September 18

Patron of Persons with Severe Intellectual Developmental Disabilities

Blessed Herman the Cripple
Feast day: September 25

Persons with multiple disabilities

The Archangel, Saint Raphael
Feast day: September 29

Patron of Persons who are Blind and Persons with Emotional Difficulties

October

Saint René Goupil
Feast day: October 19

Deaf Patron of Persons who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

November

Blessed John Licci (Giovanni Liccio)
Feast day: November 14

Patron of Head Injuries

St. Albert the Great 
Feast Day: November 15

Patron of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia

December

Saint Lucy of Syracuse
Feast day: December 13

Patroness of Vision and Blindness

Saint Servulus of Rome
Feast day: December 23

Patron of the Disabled, especially Cerebral Palsy

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