2013 Patron Saint for the Year Devotion

UPDATE (JANUARY 26, 2013): All results are now posted below. The 2013 devotion is now closed with 276 participants!  Thank you!

I am very pleased to again be a facilitator for the Patron Saint of the Year Devotion.  I have been part of this annual tradition since 2006 and have helped coordinate devotions for hundreds of families.  It is my pleasure to now be part of the 2013 Patron Saint of the Year Devotion.

You can read about the past devotions at the following posts:

• 2006 Saint for the Year Devotion
• 2007 Saint for the Year Devotion
• 2008 Saint for the Year Devotion
• 2010 Saint for the Year Devotion 
• 2011 Saint for the Year Devotion 
• 2012 Saint for the Year Devotion

Again, I would like to take a few minutes to explain the devotion, which has its roots in St. Faustina.

When will the saints be drawn?  This year I will start the drawing of saints on the Octave Day of Christmas after the 10 AM Solemn High Mass and the recitation of both the Veni Creator Spiritus and the Litany of Saints.  Saints will be emailed starting that afternoon and thereafter.

 St. Louis IX - Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Louis, King of France

What is the Saint for the Year Devotion? Here is my post on this from years past to clarify the matter. This is from the person that draws all of the saints. I don't draw the saints. I will merely pass on your name or screenname to her so that she will draw a saint for you. Also, I will pass on the name of any of your family or friends that would like to participate. This isn't superstition. St. Faustina did the same thing!

Last year dozens of people received saints to be their special patron, and there were miraculous connections. It was truly amazing. We pray that this year the Holy Spirit will again work so that all participants receive a saint that they will be able to pray to for aid throughout the entire year:

Saint for the Year

I want to tell you about the practice of picking a saint at random to be your “holy protector” for the year. Actually, the saint is the one who chooses us though. The tradition of letting a saint “pick you,” is not a new one. St. Faustina wrote about it in her diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul. The excerpt is below.

“There is a custom among us of drawing by lot, on New Year's Day, special Patrons for ourselves for the whole year. In the morning during meditation, there arose within me a secret desire that the Eucharistic Jesus be my special Patron for this year also, as in the past. But, hiding this desire from my Beloved, I spoke to Him about everything else but that. When we came to refectory for breakfast, we blessed ourselves and began drawing our patrons. When I approached the holy cards on which the names of the patrons were written, without hesitation I took one, but I didn't read the name immediately as I wanted to mortify myself for a few minutes. Suddenly, I heard a voice in my soul: ‘I am your patron. Read.’ I looked at once at the inscription and read, ‘Patron for the Year 1935 - the Most Blessed Eucharist.’ My heart leapt with joy, and I slipped quietly away from the sisters and went for a short visit before the Blessed Sacrament, where I poured out my heart. But Jesus sweetly admonished me that I should be at that moment together with the sisters. I went immediately in obedience to the rule.”Excerpt from Divine Mercy in My Soul, the Diary of St. Faustina"

I have a container full of names ... I will be glad to pick out the name for you and send you the name if you prefer. I am so excited by my saint(s) ... I already picked mine. Well, I should say that they picked me ... I have Saints Marcus and Marcellianus ... they are twin brothers who were sent to prison before their death. St. Sebastian visited them continually in prison and helped keep their faith alive. They are buried near St. Felix and are specifically honored in Spain.

OK now ... here are a couple of immediate ironies in regard to these saints ... I have a SPECIAL place in my heart for twins! As a child, I LOVED reading the story about St. Sebastian. I had a children's book of saints and I think I wore out the pages on St. Sebastian! Felix is my grandfather's name! Silvia, our exchange student, is from Spain! I am so excited to have these two saints to walk through 2006 with me! I'm looking forward as to where and how they will intercede for me.

Please pass this message on through your blogs and/or email distribution lists, letting all of the Catholic blogsphere have the chance to participate. I only ask that you give me your email address so that I may contact you when your saint is drawn. Usually within one to two days I can email you about your saint.

So, please either make sure your email address is in your profile or please leave it below in the comment box when you ask to participate. If you wish to remain anonymous, please leave your initials instead of your name.  And, if you would prefer to email me directly and not write your email address in the comment box, please send an email entitled "Saint for the Year 2013" to acatholiclife [at] gmail.com

So, comment below and pass this message on throughout the entire Catholic Blogsphere!

Support

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Results:

Sharon K	St. John Baptist de la Salle
Lisa B	St. Catherine Laboure - feastday 11/28
Rosary Girl	St. Thomas Aquinas - feastday 3/7
Elynne	St. Augustine of Canterbury - feastday 5/28
Anna	St. Hilary - feastday 1/14
Alma R	St. Andre of Canada
Cathy T	St. Placidus - feastday 10/5
Jessamine	St. Anselm - feastday 4/21
Jessamine's mom	St. Casper (Wisemen)
Jessamine's dad	St. Januarius - feastday 9/19
Gie	St. John of the Cross
Lory	St. Albert the Great - feastday of 11/15
Andy	Blessed Basil Anthony Moreau
Mira	St. Matthias
Frederick	St. Boniface - feastday of 5/14
Maximilian	St. Ignatius of Loyola - feastday of 7/31
Jessamine's future husband	St. Charles Borromeo - feastday of 11/4
Redita	Our Lady of Ransom - feastday of 7/24
A.	St. Ludger - feastday of 3/26
J.	St. Edbert - feastday of 5/6
R.	St. Genevieve - feastday of 1/3
C.	St. Julia - feastday of 5/22
Beata	St. Leocadia - feastday of 12/9
Krista	St. Julia - feastday of 5/22
William	St. Marie Soubirous - feastday 2/18
Ashley	Our Lady of Ransom - feastday of 7/24
Daniel K	St. Mary of the Cross
Anastacia S	St. Raymond of Penafort - feastday 1/23
Susan G	St. Bartholomew
Rethinam  A	St. Paul the Apostle
Tim W	St. Callistus - feastday 10/14
Kirsten S	St. Damascus - feastday 12/11
Barry M Family	Frei Galvao
Andy M	St. Paul the Apostle
Reene C	St. Francis of Paula - feastday 4/2
Sharry G	St. Pius X - feastday 9/3
Karleen	St. Vincent de Paul - feastday 7/19
Suzanne T	St. Louis IX - feastday 8/25
Peter R	St. Medard - feastday 6/8
Antoniette Q	St. Casimir - feastday 3/4
Catherine	Benedict Joseph Labre - feastday 4/16
Cyrene	St. Vitus - feastday 6/15
Ashley	St. Susanna - feastday 8/11
Cindy	St. Gregory Naxianzen - feastday 5/9
Dustin (son)	St. Nicholas - feastday 12/6
Hailey (granddaughter)	St. Damian - feastday 9/27
Lila (friend)	Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Ray	St. Hyacinth - feastday 9/11
Rosalina	St. Apollinarius - feastday 1/8
Cristian	St. Peter Canisius - feastday 4/27
Nicolaus	St. Eusebius - feastday 8/14
Elena	St. James - feastday 7/25
Pablo	St. Alphonsus Liguori - feastday 8/2
Steve	St. Petronilla - feastday 5/31
Toni	St. Mary Dei Pazzi - feastday 5/29
Stephanie	St. Elizabeth of Hungary - feastday 11/19
Trissi	St. Volusian - feastday 1/18
Ken	St. Tiburtius - feastday 8/11
John	St. Felician - feastday 6/9
Lenore	St. Dorothy - feastday 2/6
Dan	St. Julius - feastday 4/2
Christopher	St. Linus - feastday 9/23
Bill (husband)	St. Tiburtius - feastday 8/11
Julie (wife)	St. Anicetus - feastday 4/17
Scott (son)	St. Robert Bellarmine - feastday 5/13
Blake (son)	St. Thomas Aquinas - feastday 3/7
Lara P	St. Tiburtius - feastday 8/11
Linda K	St. Cyprian - feastday 9/16
The Torres Family	St. Theodulus - feastday 5/3
Joey	St. Quintin - feastday 10/31
Nicole	St. Nemesion - feastday 12/19
Nathaniel	St. Teresa - feastday 10/15
Ava	St. Casimir - feastday 3/4
Eden	St. Jovita - feastday 2/15
Jacob	St. Victorian - feastday 1/12
Xander	St. Maria Goretti - feastady 7/9
The Canich Family	St. Cyril of Jerusalem - feastday 3/18
Alyson G	St. Abdon - feastday 7/30
Joannie	St. Cosmas - feastday 7/27
Sequoia S	St. Lucy - feastday 12/13
Dymphna	St. Lupicinus - feastday 2/28
Franciscus Carmelo	St. Robert of Newinister - feastday 6/7
Anonymous	St. Gregory - feastday 11/17
Anonymous' husband	St. Paulinus - feastday 6/22
Camie	St. Eustace - feastday 9/20
Cheryl	St. Battista
Susan	St. Firminus - feastday 9/25
Suso	St. Olympias - feastday 12/17
J Walden	St. Richard - feastday 4/3
Denise G	St. Martha - feastday 7/29
Mary T	St. Robert Bellarmine - feastday 5/13
Michael Y	St. Mary Dei Pazzi - feastday 5/29
Steve Dixon, OP	St. Theodulus - feastday 5/3
John (my husband)	St. Anselm - feastday 4/21
Joseph (our son)	St. Stephen - feastday 12/26
Theresa (myself)	St. John Bosco - feastday 1/31
Claudia	St. Robert of Newinister - feastday 6/7
Heather B	St. Thomas More - feastday 7/6
Mariah	St. Faustina
Randy Koralewski family	St. Ephrem the Syrian - feastday 6/18
Zach	St. Anicetus - feastday 4/17
Ana	St. Hubert - feastday 11/3
Molly	St. Bertille - feastday 11/5
Maggie	St. James - feastday 5/11
Ben	Guardian Angels - feastday 10/2
Katrina	St. Gregory - feastday 11/17
Janet	St. Ladislas - feastday 6/27
Joe	St. Catherine of Siena - feastday 4/30
Rachel	St. Barbatus - feastday 2/19
Jack	St. Acacius - feastday 4/9
Sabine	St. Primus - feastday 6/9
Manuel	St. Wilfrid - feastday 10/2
Gabriella	St. Peter of Alcantara - feastday 10/19
Paul W	St. Callistus - feastday 10/14
Tim V	St. Cloud - feastday 7/7
Elizabeth C	St. Joseph the Workman - feastday 5/1
Paul	St. Eventius - feastday 5/3
Deborah	St. Matthias
Judy	St. Pius X - feastday 9/3
Joan	St. Giulia Salzano
John	St. Cassian - feastday 8/13
Holly	St. Cyril - feastday 7/7
Ramona	St. Celestine - feastday 4/6
Fran	Our Lady of Ransom - feastday of 7/24
Don	St. Barbatus - feastday 2/19
Susan	St. Catherine of Sweden - feastday 3/22
Lydia	St. John Francis Regis - feastday 6/16
V. Family	St. Bartholomew
Enrico	St. John Cantius - feastday 10/20
Maria	St. Gertrude - feastday 11/16
Peter	St. Wilfrid - feastday 10/2
Victoria	St. Ursula - feastday 10/21
Beata	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
IT	St. Maria Goretti - feastday 7/9
IN	St. Achilleus - feastday 5/12
OR	St. Marcellus - feastday 10/30
Marty	St. Philip Neri - feastday 5/26
KMOPAIC	St. John Capistran - feastday 3/28
Hkbflyers	St. Hyacinth - feastday 8/17
Bigbmike	St. Bonaventure - feastday 7/14
Blackjack	St. Euphrasia - feastday 3/13
Nikki	St. Raphael - feastday 10/24
Joey B	St. Jude - feastday 10/28
Dominic	St. Silverius - feastday 6/20
Gabe's Boy	St. Alexius - feastday 7/17
Peter S	St. Cosmas - feastday 7/27
KathyR	St. Eleutherius - feastday 9/6
Heidi	St. Juvenal - feastday 5/3
Lisa W	St. William - feastday 1/10
Amelia G	St. Jerome - feastday 9/30
Sandy	St. Philip Neri - feastday 5/26
AnissaG	St. Gerard Majella - feastday 10/16
LanceG	St. Cassian - feastday 8/13
JacobG	St. William - feastday 1/10
ElizabethG	St. Hedwig - feastday 10/16
MichaelG	St. Eulogius - feastday 3/11
JosephG	St. James - feastday 5/11
JohnG	St. Albinus - feastday 3/1
Laura G	St. Raymond Nonnatus - feastday 8/31
Troylyn	St. Mathilda - feastday 3/14
Tim	St. Rufina - feastday 7/10
TJ	St. Venantius - feastday 5/18
Samantha	St. Gregory - feastday 11/17
Jordan	St. Slyvester - feastday 11/26
Tracy	St. Romanus - feastday 2/28
Teshia	St. Francis of Assisi - feastday 10/4
Christian	St. Cyprian - feastday 9/16
Jagear	St. Sabinus - feastday 12/30
Mark	St. Joachim - feastday 8/16
Jess	St. James - feastday 7/25
Rebecca	St. Alexius - feastday 7/17
Clare	St. Apollinarius - feastday 1/8
Sue	St. Ephrem the Syrian - feastday 6/18
Rita C	St. Thomas the Apostle
Annabelle	St. Paul - feastday 6/29
Joannie	St. Cyprian - feastday 9/16
Marty	St. Cassian - feastday 8/13
John L	St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception
John G	St. Marcellinus - feastday 6/2
Brendan B	St. Gregory Barbarigo - feastday 6/17
Guy C	St. Sabinus - feastday 12/30
Kathyrn D	St. Gregory Barbarigo - feastday 6/17
Josemaria C.	St. Thomas of Villanova - feastday 9/22
Jon H.	St. Louise de Marillac - feastday 3/15
Jneuman	St. Elphege - feastday 4/19
Carolyn C	St. Christina - feastday 7/24
Helen G	St. Peter Nolasco - feastday 1/28
Anne-marie	St. Wilfrid - feastday 10/2
Mrs Mouw	St. Slyvester I - feastday 12/31
Bernadette T	St. Hyacinth - feastday 8/17
Maribeth S	St. Dormitilla - feastday 5/12
Vi D	St. Simon - feastday 10/28
Kathy	St. Luke - feastday 10/18
Cheryl	St. Robert Bellarmine - feastday 5/13
Jacob	St. Peter Damian - feastday 2/23
Michele S	St. Antonius - feastday 5/10
Michele's Husband	St. James of La Marcha - feastday 11/28
Michele's Best Friend	St. Petronilla - feastday 5/31
Mark A	St. Perpetua - feastday 3/6
Michael B	St. John the Apostle
W.	St. Susanna - feastday 8/11
A.	St. Hegesippus - feastday 4/7
Abigail	St. Louis IX - feastday 8/25
Jonathan A	St. Jude - feastday 10/28
Lois F	St. Benedict - feastday 3/21
Kathy	St. Mary of the Cross
Jim	St. Damien Joseph de Veuster
Benjamin	40 Martyrs of Sebaste
Michael	St. Paulinus - feastday 6/22
Joseph	St. Primus - feastday 6/9
Ramzi	St. Raphael - feastday 10/24
Pam	St. Faustinus - feastday 1/20
Noah	St. Candida Maria de Jesus
Noella	St. Wilfrid - feastday 10/2
Kate	St. Alphonsus Liguori - feastday 8/2
Jean	St. Charles of St. Andrew
CJV	St. Cyril of Alexandria - feastday 2/9
Randy	Our Lady of Lourdes
Mary	St. Damien Joseph de Veuster
Josefina	St. Anselm - feastday 4/21
Peter	St. Isaac Jogues - feastday 9/26
Jennifer S	St. Stanislaw Soltys
Mary K	St. Jane Frances de Chantal - feastday 8/21
Joseph	St. John Chrysostom - feastday 1/27
Lucielle	St. John Baptist de Rossi
Patrick	St. Onesimus - feastday 2/16
James	St. Lucy - feastday 12/13
Patricia	St. John Damascene - feastday 3/27
John	St. Catherine of Siena - feastday 4/30
Mary	St. Euphrasia - feastday 3/13
Francis	St. Rufina - feastday 7/10
Janet R	St. Potamiaena - feastday 6/28
Minetta	St. Paulinus - feastday 6/22
Joanne	St. Jerome Emilian - feastday 7/20
Rob W	St. Primus - feastday 6/9
Aaardvark	St. Melchior
Erika	St. Felicitas - feastday 3/6
Brittany	St. Daria - feastday 10/25
Lucy E	St. John Chrysostom - feastday 1/27
Elizabeth D	St. Placidus - feastday 10/5
Lisa	St. Wenceslaus - feastday 9/28
Melissa	St. Andrew - feastday 11/30
Ruby	St. Candida Maria de Jesus
Tom P	St. John Gualbert - feastday 7/12
Helen T	St. Slyvester I - feastday 12/31
Beverly	St. Melchiades - feastday 12/10
Cidi	St. Susanna - feastday 8/11
Katrina	St. Gertrude - feastday 11/16
Krishan	St. Cyril - feastday 7/7
Kay W	St. Zachariah - father of St. John the Baptist
Christine	St. Bridget - feastday 10/8
Ross W	St. Scholastica - feastday 2/10
Amanda W	St. Padre Pio
Lee K	St. Julian the Hospitaller - feastday 1/9
Joseph Jr L	St. Raphael - feastday 10/24
Jeannie L	St. Boniface - feastday of 5/14
Teresa L	St. Paul the Apostle
Anthony L	St. Eventius - feastday 5/3
Mark W	St. Euphrasia - feastday 3/13
Fina	St. Benedict - feastday 3/21
Missio	St. John Cantius - feastday 10/20
C/R	St. Martin - feastday 11/12
Requestor	St. John Chrysostom - feastday 1/27
Requestor's husband	St. Edbert - feastday of 5/6
John	St. Apollonius - feastday 4/18
Nikki	St. Vincent Ferrer
Bbr1012	St. Victor - feastday 1/12
Michelle	Our Lady of Lourdes
Rick	St. Teresa - feastday 10/15
Sean	St. Andrew Avellino - feastday 11/10
Derek	St. Cyril of Alexandria - feastday 2/9
Dorothy	St. Marcellinus - feastday 4/20
Sekyle	St. Soter - feastday 4/22
Evangeline A.	St. Andre of Canada
Tally	St. Candida Maria de Jesus
Jacklyn C.	St. Potamiaena - feastday 6/28

If you are not familiar your saint, I encourage you to research online and even pick up a copy of Father Hugo Hoever's "Live of the Saints," from which I read daily.  While the book does not include saints canonized in recent years, it is something that I am highly recommending.  You may find information on your saint on my page dedicated to the saints: http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2005/09/saints.html and here is a prayer to honor any saint: http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2006/01/prayer-to-venerate-any-saint.html