Corpus Christi RC Primary School

“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

	Saint	Patron Saint of…	Feast Day
Nursery	St Nicholas	Sailors, children, wolves and pawnbrokers.	6^th December
Reception	St Joseph the Worker	Workers and Fathers	19^th March 1^st May (worker)
Starling	Francis ofAssisi	Animals and Ecology	4^th October
Swallow	St Peter the Apostle	Patron saint of Popes	29^th June
Wren	St Bernadette	Patron of the ill, poor, sheep tenders	16^th April
Kingfisher	St John Henry Newman	Patron saint of poets	9^th October
Dove	Saint John Paul II	Patron saint of World Youth Day	22^nd October
Woodpecker	St Patrick	Patron saint of Ireland	17^th March
Eagle	St Therese of Lisieux	Missionaries, florists and the sick.	1^st 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’	31^st January