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Seasons and Feast Days

Jun

Sts. Peter and Paul

St. Peter, Patron Saint of Fishermen, Net Makers, and Shipbuilders
St. Paul, Patron Saint of Missionaries, Evangelists, Writers, and Public Workers

On June 29, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul to honor the two great apostles Peter and Paul. St. Peter, one of the Twelve and the chief of the Apostles, the Rock upon which Christ built His Church, and St. Paul “called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God” (Romans 1:1) and Apostle to the Gentiles. Together they are honored as founders of the Church of Rome, having been separately martyred there during the reign of Emperor Nero.

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Jul

St. Thomas the Apostle

Patron Saint of Blind, Craftsmen, Geometricians, Theologians

Little is recorded of St. Thomas the Apostle. Nevertheless, thanks to the Gospel of John, his personality is clearer to us than that of some others of the Twelve. St. Thomas was one of the original twelve Apostles of Christ. He is upheld as an example of faith in our Lord despite his seeking of certainty and the doubts that he had.

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Jul

St. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Patron Saint of Young Adults, Athletes, and Ordinary People. World Youth Day, Italian Confraternities.

St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, like Sts. Kateri Tekakwitha and Thérèse of Lisieux before him, lived a short 24 years. But in that time this 20th-century Italian man made an indelible mark on those he met. Pope St. John Paul II called him the “Man of the Eight Beatitudes,” and to this day Frassati inspires people with his love for God and for others.

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Jul

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Patron Saint of the Carmelites, Chile, Bolivia, Protection From Danger, and For Deliverance From Purgatory

While Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the patron saint of the Carmelite Order, the basis for the universal Church honoring Mary under this title dates to her appearance to an English Carmelite St. Simon Stock in the 13th century. She gave him the Brown Scapular, a garment worn by religious over the neck and shoulders as an apron, to be worn by Carmelites “as a sign of her protection.” It is a Marian devotional practice which, over the centuries, has spread to Catholics around the world.

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