2019 Patron Saint of the Year Devotion

UPDATE (January 13, 2019, at 9:20 AM CST): The final 2019 Saint for the Year Drawing has now taken place and all results are now below. Thank you for all 375 people who participated. Sadly only 5 people have donated to this project which takes hours to prepare for and hours more to conduct. I hope though that everyone through this grows in grace, invokes their patron often in 2019, and makes ever great spiritual progress. To those who wish to contribute, please send in a donation below and leave any comments on what you get out of this devotion in the comments box. God bless!

UPDATE (January 7, 2019, at 11:50 AM CST): The next Saint for the Year Drawing has now taken place and all results are now below. On additional drawing will take place next Sunday on the 13th so you may still sign up if you haven't yet.  Also, for anyone looking for a prayer to your saint, you may always use the Prayer to Venerate Any Saint.

UPDATE (January 1, 2019, at 1:10 PM CST): The Saint for the Year Drawing has now taken place.  Unlike some sites that offer a similar devotion, my devotion is manually done. In a single jar I have likely around 1,000 saints name and these are drawn for you after the High Mass said for the Octave Day of Christmas. As the drawing occurs, I pray the Litany of Saints (and continue to repeat it until all names are drawn).  The saint names on paper are also blessed with Holy Water and/or Blessed Salt prior to the drawing. 

My devotion does not skew to modern saints, saints whose names we all know, or even saints celebrated on the traditional calendar. I include all canonized saints so you will likely see many names here you don't recognize.  Spend the time to learn about these holy men and women!

Please note, overseeing this devotion is very time intensive and as of yet none of the 315 names submitted has donated to help support this initiative. If you find this devotion helpful and would like to support A Catholic Life in the next year, please submit a donation.  Your donation is especially important since I am not currently working professionally aside from my writing/speaking/catechesis work so the donation is quite helpful to me and to this blog.

It is my hope that you will pray to your special patron this year, remember them on their feast day, and invoke their intercession. As mentioned in my post on the devotion, this takes up considerable time for me each year so thank you for those who have (or will) donate a small donation (even $5 - $10) for all of the time involved. Unfortunately, if few people donate I likely won't be able to continue to do this devotion in future years.

Please join me in praying the Litany of Saints and asking for a holy 2019 for all of us. For my own listing of the saints, please click here to learn more about the saints.

Lastly, those who would still like to participate may leave names in the comments box. There will be two remaining drawings: one on January 6th (Feast of the Epiphany) and the following Sunday of January 13th (Octave Day of the Epiphany).

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 2019 Patron Saint of the Year Devotion.

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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
• 2013 Saint for the Year Devotion
• 2014 Saint for the Year Devotion
• 2015 Saint for the Year Devotion
• 2016 Saint for the Year Devotion
• 2017 Saint for the Year Devotion
• 2018 Saint for the Year Devotion

Again, I would like to take a few minutes to explain the devotion.

When will the saints be drawn?  This year I will start the drawing of saints on the Octave Day of Christmas after the morning's Solemn High Mass and after the recitation of both the Veni Creator Spiritus and the Litany of Saints.  Drawings will occur as the Litany of Saints are again recited.  That means results will likely be posted in the early afternoon (US Pacific Time) on January 1st.

How do I enter?  Just add the names of everyone (you and your family) that you want to be included in the drawing in the comment box below.  DO NOT also email them to me.  Please leave all entries here in the comment box.

This year, saints will be posted here after the drawing is complete.

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 screen name 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 hundreds 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 Ghost 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.

So, 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.  Anonymous requests without names or initials will NOT be part of the drawing.  Do not add the same request more than once.  If your comment is posted below, it will count.

Note: DO NOT email me your entries.  Leave all submissions here in the comments box.

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

Results of the Drawing

Name	Saint
Jay	St. Thomas the Apostle
Kelly	Blessed Jane of Aza
Emily	St. Gabriel Lalemant
Kyla	St. Adelaide of Italy
Suzanne	St. Leudwinus
Sue	St. Tironensian Order
Missy	St. Anthony of Egypt
John	Blessed Augustine Novello
Joe	Blessed John of Fiesole
Jen	St. Sigo
Josh	St. Rhipsime
Joan	St. Padre Pio
Matthew W	St. Anthony of Padua
Anna S	St. Ava of Denain
Natalia S	St. Theophilus of Corte
Sergei S	St. Jan Sarkander
Diane W	St. Hyacintha of Mariscotti
Chris W	Blessed Basil Hopko
Mark W	St. Crispin
Michelle W	Blessed James Salomonio
Michael W	St. Marcellus I
Rick	St. Quadratus of Herbipolis
Theresa (Terry)	St. Agatha
Nicole	Blessed Alvarez
Gary	St. Quintian of Rodez
Brandon	St. Gosbert of Osnabruck
Brynn	Blessed Andre Duliou
Baby to be born in May	St. Walric
Kristin	St. Cecelia
Jim	St. Richard of Vaucelles
Stephen	St. Ioannes Pak Hu-jae
Michael	St. Dominic de Guzman
Kelsey	St. Vitus
Douglas	Pope St. Silverius
Michelle	Blessed Lawrence of Ripafratta
Shaun	St. Theophilus of Corte
Stephanie	St. Hilarion
Christina	St. Martha
Bryan	Blessed Aaron of Cracow
Gianna	Blessed Columba
Leilani	St. Nonno of Porto Romano
Dominic	Pope St. Linus
Madison	Blessed Robert
Darla	St. Anthony Zaccaria
Jeff	St. Leudadd of Bardsey
Garrison	St. Jeanne-Marie de Maille
Alex	St. Albert the Great
Lucas	Blessed John of Salerno
Kiora	St. Bernadette Soubirous
Carolyn	St. Timothy
Joseph	St. Cecelia
Kathryn	St. Phililp the Apostle
Laura L.	St. Crispin
Gordon L.	St. Adelbert
Dorothea T.	St. Joan Elizabeth Bichier des Ages
Matthew L.	St. Anselm of Canterbury
Ben E.	Blessed John Liccio
Jeannie E.	St. Adelbert
Felicity E.	St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
Sarah E.	St. Jeanne de Lestonnac
Veronica E.	St. Wenceslaus
Joseph E.	St. Mary Magdalene
Patricia R.	St. Simeon, Bishop and Martyr
Monica M.	St. Adelaide of Italy
Michael Patrick M.	St. Bartholomew
Robert James M.	St. Pretextatus
Diane S.	St. Hitto of Saint-Gaul
Kellen M.	Blessed Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis Laclerq
Shannon L.	Blessed Francis de Posadas
Baby L.	The Seven Holy Brothers
jmr1979	St. Ennodius
Katie	St. Peter Chanel
Bob	Blessed Sadoc and Companions
Elizabeth L.	St. Thomas Aquinas
Barbara B.	St. Sigo
Kim L.	Blessed John Liccio
Michelle D.	Blessed Andrew of Peschiera
Janine D	St. Ennodius
Kyle D	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
William T.	Blessed Sadoc and Companions
Julie T.	St. Rita of Cascia
Blake T.	Blessed John of Fiesole
Scott T.	St. Hitto of Saint-Gaul
Ruth S.	St. Crispin
Ryan	Blessed Robert
Jeremy	St. Adelin of Seez
Debbie	Blessed Giles of Assisi
Cathleen	St. Raymond of Toulouse
Tim W	St. Sylvester
Jeffrey D	St. Simeon-Francois Berneux
Michael D	Blessed Jane of Portugal
Francis D	Blessed William Andleby
Nicholas D	St. Hilary of Poitiers
Dominic D	Holy Maccabees
Peter D	St. Louise de Marillac
Andrew D	St. Joseph of Leonissa
Max D	St. Maturus the Novice
James D	St. Jane Frances de Chantal
Mason C	Blessed Diana
Griffin C	St. Alena
Elijah C	St. Maurice
Isaac C	St. Lambert of Vence
Nathan B	St. Boniface
Dominic B	Blessed Stephana
Kathy R	St. Colman
Lois F.	St. Crescentianus
Harry Tucci	St. Julio Alvarez Mendoza
Isabella Tucci	St. Maurice
Flikie	St. William of Pontoise
Lucy D	St. Peter of Juilly
Gemma D	St. Patrick
Anne D	Blessed Gonsalvo
Sarah K.	St. Joseph of Leonissa
Ruth K.	St. Julie Billiart
John K.	St. Catherine of Genoa
Rachel D.	Blessed Augustine of Biella
Ralph D.	St. Germana
Maggie D.	St. Ceollach
Muriella A.	St. Facundinus of Taino
Alexander	Our Lady of Carmel of the Maipu
Mary K.	St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
Mark K.	St. Polycarp
Mary Ann	St. Bruno
Lorny	St. Titus
Gary	St. Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse
Sheila	St. Norbert
Joe	St. John of Bridlington
Steve	St. Patroclus of Troyes
Chris	St. Prosper of Aquitaine
Parker	St. Sigo
Sara	St. Raymond of Barbastro
Brian	Blessed Odo of Beauvais
Brandon	St. Anthony of Padua
Shauna	St. Catherine of Genoa
Nicholas	Blessed Dalmatius
Levi	St. John Nepomucene Neumann
Milo	St. Simon of Lipnica
Josemaria Paulo Carvalho-Von Verster	St. Pierre Dumoulin-Borie
Christina	St. Padre Pio
Susan M	St. Nicholas of Myra
Richard M	St. Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse
Gregory M	St. Valentine of Rome
Frederick M	St. Claudian of Perga
Chad M	St. Iraenaus of Lyons
LK	St. Cosmas
TK	St. John Bosco
GAH	St. Edward the King
SF	St. Tironensian Order
CR	St. Emily de Vialar
JT	Blessed Francis de Capillas
FBA	St. Jerome
SMA	St. Guarinus of Sitten
CGA	St. Padre Pio
Brandon	Blessed Diana
Rachel	St. Paulinus of Trier
Sydnie	St. Juliana Falconieri
Kalab	St. Therese of Lisieux
Fred	Blessed Josefa Naval Girbes
Elaine	Blessed James Benefatti
Sandy	St. Juan Diego
Dick	Blessed Matthew Carrieri
Dave	St. Augustine of Canterbury
Robert	Pope St. Silverius
Sue Anne	St. Clare
Autumn	St. Venant de Viviers
Abbie	St. Benedict Joseph Labre
Austin	St. Rosa Venerini
Trey	St. Aymard of Cluny
Kierra	St. Giusta de Sardegna
Liam	St. Charles Garnier
Lincoln	St. Agatha
Leah	Blessed Odo of Beauvais
Lilly	St. Juliana of Nicomedia
Jean	St. Wenceslaus
Patrick	St. Conon, Bishop of the Isle of Man
Michele	St. Juan Diego
Amelia	St. Frances of Rome
Fiona	St. Charles Borromeo
Isabella	St. Stanislaus Kostka
Patrick Gerard	St. Emily de Vialar
Timothy	St. Joseph Marchand
Michael	St. Ebontius
Mary Ellen	St. Prosper of Aquitaine
Dylan	Holy Maccabees
Francesco	St. Andrew Fournet
Mary	Blessed Margaret of Costello
Kristine	Blessed Marcolino
Joey V	St. Iraenaus of Lyons
Sean G	St. William of Pontoise
Elizabeth "Lisa" B.	St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Marian E.	St. Florentius of Carracedo
Kim	St. Poemus of Membressa
Danny	Blessed James of Voragine
Aaron	St. Gregory of Nyssa
Sharra	Blessed Aimo
Andrew	Blessed Frances Gil
Stormy	St. Dogmael of Wales
Francesca Jameelah	St. Basil the Great
Cindy	Blessed Andre de Soveral
Dustin	St. Hugh of Novara
Lila	St. Kevoca of Kyle
Hailey	St. Raymond of Barbastro
MC	St. Guido Maria Conforti
AC	St. Elzear of Sabran
Michael B	St. Patroclus of Troyes
Matthew B	St. James the Greater
Max B	St. Rigobert of Rheims
Bruce B	Blessed Stephana
Joyce B	St. Noel Chabanel
Jennifer B	St. Antoine Daniel
Kevin B	St. Petroc
Tony B	Blessed Odo of Beauvais
Janet B	Blessed Andrew of Peschiera
Linda Q	St. John of God
BEM family	St. Theodore Guerin
MS	Blessed Filip Geryluk
RS	St. Acius of Amiens
JC	St. Anastasius
Heidi M.	St. Nazarius the abbot
Kaytlyn M.	St. Poemus of Membressa
Sara G.	St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Bernadette F.	Blessed Terence
Heather S.	St. Ansgar
Melani T.	St. Josemaria Escriva
Cynthia S.	St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Anna	St. Vincent of Saragossa
Meg	St. Joseph, the foster Father of Jesus Christ
Catherine	St. Nazarius of Rome
Katie	St. Athanasius
Brandon	Blessed Alphonsus and Companions
Amy	St. Adelelmus of Flanders
Jocelyn	St. Polycarp
Glenna	Blessed Chiara Badano
David	St. Filippo Smaldone
Madalena	Blessed Dalmatius
Kevin	Our Lady of Fatima
ABG	St. Hugh of Novara
VBG	St. Chrysanthus
JJL	St. James the Greater
JSL	St. Pretextatus
AMBG	St. Maximilian Kolbe
JLG	St. Agatha
Roman	St. Augustin Schoeffler
Valerie V	Blessed James Benefatti
Olindo V	St. Charles of St. Andrews
Katie V	St. Guido Maria Conforti
Richard V	Blessed Francis de Posadas
Sara V	St. Magloire
Violet V	St. Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert
SRN	St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
GAN	St. Anthony of Egypt
AJN	St. Augustin Schoeffler
JMN	St. Adelelmus of Flanders
Ronald F	Blessed Francis Gil
Joan F	Blessed Francis de Capillas
George Fincik	St. Floribert of Liege
Mark Angelo	St. Phililp the Apostle
Jenna S	Blessed James of Bevagna
Christine Mac	St. Maruontus
Robert Mac	Blessed William Andleby
Casey Mac	St. Bernard of Thiron
Colin Mac	St. Mary Magdalene
Steven P.	St. Domnin
Brian P.	St. Theodosius of Antioch
Sr. Eva DiC.	St. Alexander of Jerusalem
Joseph DiC.	St. Crescentianus
Joseph P. McC.	St. Fabiola of Rome
AnnMarie	St. Martin de Porres
maribeth santos	St. Clotsindis of Marchiennes
Jan B	Blessed James Salomonio
Dennis T	St. Baldwin of Rieti
Joan T	St. Bernadette Soubirous
Charis favour	St. Joan of Arc
Christopher	Blessed Basil Anthony Moreau
Teresa	Blessed Odo of Beauvais
Marie	St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Christine	St. Anthony Zaccaria
Joshua	St. Projectus
Noah	Blessed Francis Gil
The Rohlena family	St. Anthony of Padua
Helen Bruni	Blessed Anthony della Chiesa
Katharine	St. Bede the Venerable
Terry	St. Poemus of Membressa
Katharine	St. Theodosius of Antioch
Gemma	Pope St. Sixtus II
Paul	St. John Bosco
Jenny	St. Jean-Louis Bonnard
Gemma	St. Matthias
Amy	Blessed James of Bevagna
Mia	St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
Charlotte	St. Sebastian of Aparico
Mark	St. Anthony of Egypt
Alfie	Blessed Basil Anthony Moreau
Jovita	Blessed Jane of Portugal
Katharine O'Brien	St. Joan of Arc
Daniel	St. Charles of St. Andrews
Amy	St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Elaine	Blessed Filip Geryluk
Graham	St. Peter Chanel
Andy M	St. Giles
Maryann	Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio
Steve S	Blessed Columba
Jill	St. Benedict
Steve	St. Dominic Savio
Erica	Blessed Aaron of Cracow
Dean	St. Alexis Falconieri
Chelsea S	St. Julian the Hospitaller
Judy	St. Joan of France
David	St. Paul Miki
Deanna	St. Hilary of Poitiers
Larry	St. Auspicius of Toul
Kaitlyn	St. Rita of Cascia
Jordan	St. Vincent de Paul
Jamie	St. John Cantius
David	St. Ambrose
Xavier D	Blessed Dominik Trcka
Jacob D	Blessed Julia Rodzinska
PATRICE	St. Richard of Vaucelles
RAYMOND	Pope St. Telesphorus
SAM L	St. Auspicius of Trier
KELLY S	Blessed Augustine of Biella
JENNIFER	Blessed Margaret of Costello
"THAT ONE DUDE"	St. Francis of Assisi
ALLISON	St. Leudwinus
SARAH	St. Kiaran
LAUREN	St. Catherine of Siena
COREY	St. Prosper of Aquitaine
RILEIGH	St. Aderald
AMIERA	Blessed John of Fiesole
GIOVANNI	St. Hyacintha of Mariscotti
FRANNIE	St. Julio Alvarez Mendoza
Jimmy W.	St. Guido Maria Conforti
Carolyn W.	St. Gundenis of Carthage
Andy B.	St. Kevoca of Kyle
John	St. Peter Fourier
Kathy	St. Cajetan
Mary	St. Augustin Schoeffler
Adam	Pope St. Anacletus
David	St. Jeanne-Marie de Maille
Mary Anne	St. Scholastica
Jane	St. Francis of Assisi
Thomas	St. Hugh of Novara
Daniel	Blessed Marie
Lucy	St. Colette of Corbie
Monica	St. Catherine of Siena
Nick	St. Gordian
Peter	St. Caldeoldus of Vienne
Claire	St. Willibald
Lily	St. Bernadette Soubirous
Susie	St. Barnabas
Baby #3	Blessed Margaret of Savoy
Jim	St. Alexis Falconieri
Rebecca	St. Paul of the Cross
Johnny D	St. Joan of France
Debbie	St. Henry II
Joe	St. Francis of Assisi
Thomas	St. Auspicius of Toul
David	St. Januarius
Stephanie	St. Marie of the Incarnation
Veronica A	St. Leudwinus
Kristen A	St. Damien of Molokai
Roman B	Blessed Bartholomew of Vincenza
Louise T.M	St. Gregory of Tours
Jeffrey A.M	St. Titus
Joshua J.M	St. Fugatius the Missionary
Addie M.	Blessed Andrew of Peschiera
Mischa M	St. Rhipsime
Hannah Sofia M	St. Nicholas of Myra
Jessica N	St. Joseph of Leonissa
BN	St. Frances Cabrini
Hannah K	St. Filippo Smaldone
Young K	St. Leontius
K Family	St. Adelaide of Italy
TD	St. Magnus of Fossombrone

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