Saint of the Day – December 3 – Saint Francis Xavier

Saint Francis Xavier: Born: 7 April 1506 Died: 3 December 1552 (aged 46)

Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV

Patronage: African missions; foreign missions; black missions; missionaries; navigators; parish missions; plague epidemics; Propagation of the Faith; many location around the world including: India, South Africa, China, and Spain


Saint of the Day – December 1 – Saint Eligius

Saint Eligius: Born: 11 June 588 Died: ~665

Patronage: Cartwrights; clockmakers; coin collectors; craftsmen; cutlers; exercise riders and grooms; gilders; goldsmiths; harness makers; horses; jewelers; jockeys; knife makers; laborers; locksmiths; metalworkers in general; miners; minters; Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; saddlers; toolmakers; veterinarians; watchmakers


Saint of the Day – November 30 – Saint Andrew, Apostle

Saint Andrew: Born 5; Died 60/70

Patronage: Scotland, Barbados, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Patras, Burgundy, San Andrés (Tenerife), Diocese of Parañaque, Candaba, Pampanga, Masinloc, Telhado, Sarzana, Pienza, Amalfi, Malta, Manila and Prussia; Diocese of Victoria; fishermen, fishmongers and rope-makers, textile workers, singers, miners, maidens, old maids butchers, farm workers, protection against sore throats, protection against convulsions, protection against fever, protection against whooping cough, Russian Navy, unmarried women; women who wish to become mothers


Saint of the Day – November 30 – Saint Andrew, Apostle

Saint Andrew: Born: 5; Died: 60/70

Patronage: Scotland, Barbados, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Patras, Burgundy, San Andrés (Tenerife), Diocese of Parañaque, Candaba, Pampanga, Masinloc, Telhado, Sarzana, Pienza, Amalfi, Malta, Manila and Prussia; Diocese of Victoria; fishermen, fishmongers and rope-makers, textile workers, singers, miners, maidens, old maids butchers, farm workers, protection against sore throats, protection against convulsions, protection against fever, protection against whooping cough, Russian Navy, unmarried women; women who wish to become mothers