Our Class Saints
“to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 1:7
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Saint |
Patron Saint of… |
Feast Day |
Nursery |
St Nicholas |
Sailors, children, wolves and pawnbrokers. |
6th December |
Reception |
St Joseph the Worker |
Workers and Fathers |
19th March 1st May (worker) |
Starling |
Francis ofAssisi |
Animals and Ecology |
4th October |
Swallow |
St Peter the Apostle |
Patron saint of Popes
|
29th June |
Wren |
St Bernadette |
Patron of the ill, poor, sheep tenders
|
16th April |
Kingfisher |
St John Henry Newman |
Patron saint of poets |
9th October |
Dove |
Saint John Paul II |
Patron saint of World Youth Day |
22nd October |
Woodpecker |
St Patrick |
Patron saint of Ireland
|
17th March |
Eagle |
St Therese of Lisieux |
Missionaries, florists and the sick. |
1st October |
Hawk |
Saint Oscar Romero |
Patron of Caritas Internationalis- Catholic social teaching, particularly the preferential option of the poor. |
24th March |
Owl |
St John Bosco |
Christian apprentices’ editors’ publishers’ schoolchildren young people magicians’ |
31st January |
Our Class Saints
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