Family Patron Saints

St. Francis of Assisi;“It is talking about animals.Animals are attracted to me.’Emmett age 7

St. Sebastian“He is the protector of Heaven.He is the champion of Christ.” Olivia age 9

St. Francis of Assisi

Eli age 5

Guardian Angels

The Guardian Angels protect us.

They bring us to Heaven.

Ella age 6

Saint Teresa She nursed the sikc and dying. She was born on August 26, 1931. Sr. Teresa began teaching in Calcutta.

Isabella age 9

St. ElizabethCatholic Queen

Eliana age 5

St. Thomas More

“We chose this Saint because he has our last name. We also chose him because education was important to him and he stood up for what he believed in.”

Matthew age 9

St. Nicholas

Our family chose Saint Nicholas because we celebrate his feast day on December 6th, as one of our German family traditions, and because he is a wonderful example for giving and helping others succeed.

Saint Nicholas had many virtues. For example, he was very generous. There are many stories that say that St. Nicholas gave money -or gold to a poor family with three daughters, so they could get married and the father would not have to sell them as slaves.

We also learned that he was kind and compassionate to the people that could not defend themselves, to the poor, and the needy. When he lost both of his parents, he became a selfless orphan and gave his rich inheritance to the people in need.

Saint Nicholas was a great example and a true follower of Jesus and God. He was selfless and he put others before himself, and he gave to those people in need in anonymity, without telling anyone so he would not become proud of himself.

We will try to follow Saint Nicholas' example by doing the following acts of kindness for our community.

1. By donating our children’s books to the UMOM group. We like to read a lot and the books that we have already enjoyed, we can donate so other children can enjoy them as well.2. By donating clothes. Our parents have donated clothes to those that need them to go to job interviews, so they look sharp and presentable for the job.3. By donating food items. We have continued to donate food and toiletries for the St. Thomas More pantry, so that families that can't buy the food because of the Coronavirus, or because they have lost their jobs or are sick, can eat or get what their families need.4. By helping in the service projects. Daniel really liked to deliver the Valentine's Day Bags to the elderly group home last year. We hope we can help with this and other service projects this year.

We would like to be better and love our neighbors so we can follow God's example by being the small light when others need it. We will give in anonymity, for the glory of God

Natalie age 9Daniel age 11

Saint CeciliaWe picked St. Cecilia for our family Saint. We picked her because she is the patron saint of music. St. Cecilia would always help people in need.Our family loves music and always tries to help others.

Lorraine age 7

Cecelia age 5

Morgan age 8

Blaire age 8

Jaxon age 7

Sto. NinoSto. Nino which means “Holy Child” and widely respected by Filipinos Catholics.

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 5121 and conquest from Spain to the Philippines.

St. Nino virtues simplicity, obedience, and trust in God.Our family believe and trust in God at all times and love thy neighbor.

Part 1

At the Magellan Cross in

Cebu, Philippines 2012

Marc age 12

We chose the Sto. Nino because of our roots to the Filipinos. The Filipinos have a fiesta every January dedicated to the Sto. Nino.This fiesta is widely known to the world and our parents have Sto. Nino statues. His virtues are: simplicity, obedience, trust in God and care for other people. We can be like him by helping our neighbors, obeying our parents, and believe in God.

Part 2

Mariel age 7

Eric age 10

Virgin MaryOur family’s patron is Virgin Mary because she is Jesus’s mother and patron saint of all human beings.Her virtues are: • Obedience• Compassion• Faith• Mercy

Virgin Mary helped others;Mary enabled God to become accessible to our senses. She helps us to set a sense of God’s action and presence in our world.

As a family we will follow her faith, passion, and compassion to others.

Gaby age 8

St. Barbara

St. Barbara is our Family Saint because she is brave. She is strong in her faith. She helps first responders, essential workers and those that risk their lives so that don’t die suddenly.

Also, Barbara is Gaby’s great grandmother’s name. She is Greek and Lebanese.

Gaby chose her after she watched a cartoon about her.

Tabby age 8

St. Francis of Assisi

Our family selected St. Francis of Assisi as our family saint. He liked animals and so do we. He tried to put his father’s money to good use to repair an old church. He also gave up everything to live like Jesus and be a good example to others.

Victoria age 7

Gunner age 8

We chose the patron Saint Francis Assisi. He is the patron Saint of animals and the environment. Some believed that he was the original Earth day advocate. As a family we take care of our surroundings and hold each other accountable for picking up after ourselves. Our animals are always taken care of and are very much apart of our family. A quote by Saint Francis that I liked "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible .

St. Francis of Assisi

Nolan age 8 Kellen age 10

Aden age 9

Jude age 8

I picked St. Jude because he has my name. St. Jude is one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes.

Our family chose St. Patrick because we love St. Patrick’s Day!

We enjoyed learning that he use the shamrock flower to teach the people of Ireland about the Holy Trinity.

We, as a family, imitate St. Patrick’s love for God by teaching and telling stories about Jesus and Mary just as he did.

Brynn age 7Connor age 3

Anthony age 10

Our family chose St. Michael the Archangel as our patron saint because he is strong and courageous through life’s challenges and he protects us wherever we are. Saint Michael is obedient to God and he kept heaven safe for all of humanity by defeating the devil. We will imitate St. Michael the Archangel by doing what is right in God’s eye’s.

Makenna age 11

Presley age 7

The Papini family chose St. Michael because he is a protector and helps fight evil. He also helps people get to heaven when they die and protects heavens gates.St. Michaels Virtues: •Protector•Leader•Warrior

•St. Michael is also the patron of soldiers, police and doctors (those who protect us.Our family will be loving and helpful to others and do what is right. We will defend our religion not let demons control us.

St. Michael The Archangel

•Helpful•Loving •Defender

Natalie age 10Aaron age 8

Our family chose St. Francis as our patron saint, for a few reasons. Firstly, Natalie and Aaron's dad has Francis as his middle name after St. Francis. Second, We admire how St. Francis gave to the poor and helped those less fortunate. We also admire his for his love of nature and animals, and how he is the patron saint of animals..

St. Francis of Assisi

Tristan age 7

Saint Rafael, Archangel

My family decided to select Saint Rafael because he is one of seven archangels, and one of the three that are mentioned in the Bible. We also decide to select Saint Rafael as our saint because, his name means, “God heals.”

Saint Rafael models many different virtues, but the virtue my family and I believed best defined who he was, is the virtue of healing. Some other virtues that Saint Rafael models are happiness and safe travels.

Saint Rafael had the power to help heal others. According to Tobit 12:15, Saint Rafael helped heal Tobit of his blindness. Even though, my family does not have the power to cure anyone’s blindness, we will do everything in our ability to help others get well. We can do this by taking care of each other when we are sick, or by helping out the less fortunate by making sure they have enough food to eat and water to drink. We particularly like to do this even more around the holidays.

Anna age 6 Ben age 10

St. JudeOur family chose to learn more about St. Jude who is the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes. St. Jude helped people and has a children’s hospital named after him. We will try to help people who are in desperate situations.

Peyton age 11

St. Jude models purity. He is the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes. St. Jude would help anyone.

People prayed to him when they has a desperate situation.

We pray for our friends and family when someone is ill or having financial problems.

Penelope age 9

We ended up selecting St. Sebastian as our family's patron saint. Since it is November, for us Creels, we generally pray about as hard as possible for our KC Chiefs football team and for the safety of all the players during game days. While we routinely pray to God, Jesus and whomever else might be hearing prayers, Penelope and I agreed that having the patron saint of athletes in our corner could only add to our cause!

The thing that stuck out to Penelope most is how St. Sebastian like many other saints was targeted for his Christian faith, but when he was almost killed for it initially, he survived despite all odds! He is a great example of perseverance, one quality we tend to be leaning on more and more as COVID-19 and other earthly challenges continue to impact our lives. We intend to live by his example and stay the course of practicing our faith amidst adversity and keep showing up every day for God, Jesus, family, friends and all others who may cross our path.

St. Sebastian

Noah age 8

Nicole age 6 Ian age 9

Brianne age 10

St. Francis of Assisi

Hunter age 8

TJ age 9

My family chose St. Sabastian because he was a leader, but modest in his ways. He healed the sick, spread the faith and expecting nothing in return. His unwavering faith and fearless expression of faith.

Emma age 10

Maximilian Kolbe

We have a military family and we’re

learning about WW2. We have a polish

background and he was a polish priest.

What virtues does the Saint model?

Blessed are those who are

persecuted. Courage, compassion, giving.

How did the Saint help others?

He gave his life to save another. He’s

courageous act renewed the faith and hope

of all prisoners in the camp.

How will your family imitate the Saint’s

love for God and neighbor?

We’ll always be brave and courageous and

stand up for what’s right.

Andrew age 10

Olivia age 13

Ashlynn age 6

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Alianna age 5

St. Joan of ArcMy family chose St. Joan of Arc as our saint because she heard God speak to her and fought in the war. She was fighting in the war to help free Orleans from the English. It was important to help free Orleans because the English were being mean to the Orleans.

The virtues that she expressed were she was selfless, kind, brave, and loyal. She was selfless because she fought for the people at a very young age. She was kind, loyal, and brave because she was brave enough to go fight in the war and she could of died in the war, She gave her life in the war because the English killed her in a trial. She died at age nineteen, 1412-1431.

Our family will imitate her love for God and neighbor by putting others before us.

Gianna age 9

Avin age 6

St. Francis of AssisiHe is the patron saint of animals and the environment.I love animals just like him.

Dominick age 8 and Vincent age 6

We chose the Blessed Mother as our family's Patron Saint.The blessed mother has been important on both sides of our family for many generations. Our Great Grandmother prayed the rosary every day at 3 pm since she was a little girl. Our Mother’s parents were not able to have their own biological children, they went to visit a special Blessed Mother shrine in Canada and they were soon blessed with a family through adoption. Our saint is special because she is without sin. She models love, patience and compassion for all people. We think she is extra special because she made Jesus. We will try to imitate her ability to love unconditionally and have courage no matter what we face. We take Latin in School, our painting is named Salve Regina "Hail Holy Queen" because that is our mother's favorite church song.

Mary the Mother of God

St. JudeHe was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.In the Roman Catholic Church Jude and Simon’s feast day is celebrated on October 29. He was call the Jude of james and Jude Thaddeus.My family chose him as our saint because we prayed for his help when my Nana was sick.

Austin age 8

Ryan age 13Taylor age 9

St. RochWe chose St. Roch, the patron saint of dogs because we love dogs and our dog Bailee just went to heaven and we miss her so much.

Conor age 7

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Family Patron Saints

St. Michael the ArchangelOur family chose St. Michael because he is a protector. He protects against evil and people that are not following God's way. He protects us from wickedness. St. Michael's virtues is that he was a leader for God's army in Heaven, he was also a judge of mercy, a healer, and protector.

We will follow St. Michael's ways by helping others and making sure people are safe. Our Dad also served on the NYPD and St. Michael is the patron Saint of Police Officers too.

Gia age 9 and John age 7

Daniel age 7

St. Joseph

We chose Saint Joseph as our Patron Saint. We chose him after our late, Grandpa Joe. Saint Joseph is the patron of a healthy death, at which we hope to experience someday.

The virtue our saint models is to listen to God’s direction and serve others. He was a role model of a good man, patron saint of the universal church to watch over it and guide us.

Our saint helped others by taking care of the carpentry needs of his neighbors and taught men his skills. He was accepting of others.

We will imitate the saints love for God and neighbor by praying to God, listening to God, helping others, and giving to the community.

Jacob age 13 and Aaron age 9

Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Alania age 9

St. Mary Magdalen

St. Padre Pio Pray, hope, and don’t worry.

Lily age 10 Carly age 7

St. Nicholas

Megan age 8

St. Isabella

The saint of brides, peace, Queens, falsely accused people and victims of adultery.

Miss Cheri and Miss Girlie’s third grade class created life size saints during their online meeting.

Bella age 8

Riley age 7

Our family chose St. Francis of Assisi because of his love for animals. Some of his virtues are humility, charity, and hospitality. Our family hold these virtues within our house by choosing to help others in need and opening our house to family and friends in need. Lastly he is most known for his compassion towards animals and our family loves all animals.

Jake age 8

St. Francis of Assisi

We chose St. Francis of Assisi because he is the patron saint of San Francisco where a lot of my family is from. He is also the patron saint of environment and animals. We will imitate Saint Francis of Assisi by living humbly and caring for our environment.

Aiden age 8

Marcus age 10

Henrik age 8

Our family chose St. Michael as our family patron. We chose St. Michael because he is a protector and guardian. St. Michael has several virtues including leading God’s army, guarding the church, and he visits the dying offering them a final chance to repent.

St. Michael the Archangel

Kinley age 8

St. Francis of Assisi

Our family chose St. Francis of AssisiWe chose him because he is the patron saint of animals and the environment. Our family has pets and house plants.

The virtues that St. Francis models are love and faith.

St. Francis of Assisi helped others by helping to rebuild a Church.

Our family will imitate St. Francis by taking good care of our animals and house plants. We also say our prayer together.

Kenzie age 8

Monique age 11

My family chose Saint Peregrine because he is the patron of cancer patients. We chose him because two important people in my life have cancer.

Alexandria age 10

We will help our friends and family who have cancer.

Gloria age 6

The virtues we will model is to be good servants of God. We will remember to pray in faith just as he did. Andrew age 8

St. Peregrine

St. Anthony

St. Anthony helped people by helping thieves understand how what they were doing was wrong. St. Anthony’s virtues included that he was very respectful of both people and animals. He treated the needs of animals with a lot of respect.

St. Anthony is also the patron saint of lost things. We can pray to him for help in finding things we lost.

Our family chose St. Anthony because of the love and respect he showed to fellow humans and animals.

Our family will imitate his love for God by giving people the respect and love they deserve and by being kind and respectful to animals.

Brett age 10

St. Dymphna

My family chose St. Dymphna because she helps people who have mental illness like my brother who has autism. We chose her because she helps people who’s brains work differently.

The virtues our saint has are charity and kindness.The ways our saint helps others is when she helps people who have the mental illness. The way our saint helps people with mental illness inside and outside our family.

Janelle age 8

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi is the saint of animals.The first reason I picked him is because my grandma like him. We also picked him because we like animals. A good thing Saint Francis did was fix the churches. He blessed birds and preached to them. Two things St. Francis helped the poor and lepers. Me including my family will honor St. Francis by being generous.

Emmett age 8

Daniel age 6

St. Teresa of Avila

We chose Saint Teresa of Avila because she is special to our family. We have a statue of her on our porch from our great grandmother. She was declared a Doctor of the Church after her death. She was active during the Catholic Reformation.She was part of the establishment of the discalced,(shoeless) Carmelites.

St. Teresa’s virtues:• Mental prayers and prayers of quiet• Religious reformer• Theology and mysticism• Asserting church discipline in her home country.

David Age 9, Jonathan age 7, and Mariah age 6

St. Christopher

St. Thomas the Apostle

St. Thomas was known as doubting Thomas. He did not believe Jesus could rise from the dead. Once he saw it for himself he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior.

St. Thomas traveled all over the world spreading the word of Jesus.

My family imitates St. Thomas by spreading the word of Jesus.

Ezra age 8

St. Jude

Known as the saint of the impossible, St. Jude is our family patron saint.He models the virtues of love and compassion, just like Jesus.I am named after St. Jude, and my family will imitate his love for God and neighbor by ways of being kind.

Mile Jude age 12

Saint Therese of Lisieux

We chose Saint Therese of Lisieux as our family because she was the patron saint of our beloved Aunt Theresa.We loved too that Saint Theresa did lots of little things for others to show her love for them, like my aunt did. She felt that she did not need to huge deeds to show her love for others, but she felt that her love would shine through just by doing simple things. Saint Therese was gentle, loving, accepting of everyone, and selfless. Saint Therese helped others by doing lots of small simple deeds every day.We will imitate Saint Therese’s love for God and neighbor by showing our love to others by being helpful to everyone around us, by feeding the poor, by donating to people in need and by loving all people. By doing these things, we are showing our love to God too.

We can pray to Saint Therese with this like prayer, “Little Flower, please grant me you childlike faith. I wish to see God working in my daily life, and love God more every day. Saint Therese, I will fulfill your plea and continue to lead others to Jesus through you, Amen.

Allyse age 9

Luke age 6

Saint PatrickWe picked Saint Patrick because he is from Ireland and we are part Irish. W also like how he used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. Virtues: Humility, prayer, detachmentHelped others: He shared the gospel and taught forgivenessOur Family will imitate the saint’s love for God by practicing forgiveness with our own family and friends.

Aspen age 6 and Everly age 9

St. Francis of Assisi

Olivia age 9

Emmett age 7

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the name given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as the patroness of the Carmelite Order.The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the 13 century.She is the patron saint of Chile in South America. Our Nana goes to this Church in El Mirage AZ.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Abigail age 8 and Dean age 6

St. Joseph of Cupertino

The patron saint of aviation and air travel.Known as the Man who Flew! Hayden age 7

St. Joseph Xavier age 9

I choose this saint because St Joseph was a really good father, just like my dad.

What virtue does he model?St Joseph was a just man. He was caring and loving of his family.

How does this saint helped others?He was obedient to God. He followed God's instructions when the angels talked to him in his dreams.

How will your family imitate the love for God and neighbors?I can follow my parents instructions. I can be obedient of my parents and teachers.

Saint Maria GorettiShe forgives because

she lives for GodShe’s a good saint that forgave

and we should forgive even when it’s hard.

She loved God all her life.

Virtues: Forgive, humble, and honest

She helped her family.

Even when we get a mad at people we will always forgive and help each other at home at school.

Stella age 7

Leah age 9

Daniela age 11

Madison age 10

STORYSaint Sebastian was a Roman soldier in the year 300 AD. He secretly converted people to Christianity and helping Christians who were imprisoned by the Romans. The Romans found that out and decided to kill him with arrows. Some people said he looked like a porcupine when the Romans were done with him. When people were untying the rope the Romans tied him to a tree with, they noticed he was still breathing and so a lady took him to her house to heal. After he healed, Saint Sebastian went to the Emperor and confronted him on his unjust treatment of the Christians in the community . After that, they ordered Sebastian’s death and clubbed him. The Romans threw his dead body in a sewer. A kind lady came and dug him out of the sewer and buried him in a tomb.

Andrew Age 10

Our family loves watching and playing sports. The Witt boys are all active on baseball teams and enjoy playing golf and basketball on their downtime. We discovered Saint Sebastian was the patron saint of athletes and soldiers due to his great physical and spiritual strength. These qualities are important to us on our faith journey therefore, we decided to chose him as our family’s Patron Saint.

Saint Sebastian

Patron saint of athletes and soldiers

IMITATION•Like Saint Sebastian we strive to be brave and protect our faith when it is being challenged.•We hope we can help others discover God by living out our faith with a confidence and boldness showed by Saint Sebastian.

VIRTUES•Courageous- St Sebastian stood up to the Emperor in the defense of Christians•Protector- Helped take care of Christians imprisoned; Guardian of the faithful•Dedicated- He was devoted to God even in the face of death•Physical/ Spiritual strength and endurance- He survived countless arrow wounds and Romans first attempt to kill him

Michael age 7

Nathan age 12

St. Clare

Our family has chosen St. Clare as our saint. She was a teacher of her faithShe didn’t want to marryShe wanted more.

Molly age 6

St. Maria Goretti

We chose Saint Maria Gorettibecause she is nice. Maria Goretti is forgiving.I will imitate St. Maria Gorettiby showing forgiveness and love to everyone and especially God.

Vasco age 12

St. ClareClare is my middle name. That is why I chose St. Clare. She was rich, but lived poor. She is the saint of TV because she could see Mass on the wall when she was sick. Before TV was invented!

Lira age 6

We chose St Anthony of Padua. He was from Portugal and so is our family. We choose St Anthony because of his love for god and love of helping people. We also need his help a lot since we seem to misplace a lot of things.

What virtues does the Saint model?St. Anthony is the Patron saint of lost articles.

How did the Saint help others?St. Anthony is responsive to all people and all needs. You pray to St Anthony to help you find lost things. He preaching also helped bring people back to faith.

How will your family imitate the Saint’s love for God and neighbor?We will be patient, helpful and loving to imitate St. Anthony of Padua.

St. Anthony of Padua

Kennedi age 6

St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Hunter age 8

St. Francis of Assisi

I like Saint Francis because he live a life according to the bible and he is thankful for God’s creations.

Gracie age 9

We did the reports on Veterans Day with their Dad who was in the Marines for 9 years. It was a fun project. We have heard lots of stories from our Military friends of seeing Miracles on their deployments.Very comforting for them to know that they are not alone out there.

Patron Saint of the Military. He is known to keep the Gates of Heaven safe. He makes sure no evil can get in to Heaven. What my family can learn from his life can be to always follow the Lord. Isaiah age 9 Luis age 13

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