Saint Shopping
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FIND A SAINT FOR YOURSELF
You are sure to find one suitable just for you
The saints are human like us and lived on this earth and experienced
suffering, joy, pain, broken promises, peace, frustration, war, injury, heart-break… they know our hearts. But mostly, they know what it takes to be united with God here on this messy earth. They know what it takes to live well for Him. What an incredible gift we have in the communion of saints. The saints lived lives quite similar to ours! They are our ancestors, our teachers, our friends, our siblings. They are real, truly human. They are sinners; they are repentant children of God.
Why a saint for Confirmation or Saint as a companion for life?We choose a Confirmation saint not just follow rules or as a requirement of the program, but rather because we realize how unfortunate it would be to travel alone. We recognize how important it is to know your Confirmation saint not only by name, but also by story. The saints have so much to teach us about this journey. Knowing a saint personally is like having a special friend. Suddenly you don’t feel alone any more.
The following list is for you to use as a starting point in your journey to decide whom your “Confirmation saint-buddy” will be. Pick a saint who speaks to you somehow. Know their story. But, mostly know the power of their prayer. Ask for their intercession like you would ask for the prayers of your friends. You can also have a special Saint Companion for life!
What are you looking for in a saint companion? Read through the Titles first. That might give you some idea. You could also read a couple of life stories of the saints and come closer to the choice you will make. Once you make a pick, just stick with that saint and find all the information you can get on that saint … in the age of internet that could generate a lot of information.
You could filter the information into the following headings: Life, Cultural back ground, Challenges, God Experience, Relevance for our time and your life. Happy saint-shopping! Right click on the links below and open it in a "New Tab".
SAINTS MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
MODERN DAY SAINTS
FAMOUS SAINTS DOWN THROUGH THE CENTURIES
SAINTS WITH FANTASTIC STORIES
SAINTS WITH HARD TO PRONOUNCE NAMES
YOUR AGE MATE SAINTS
SAINTS FOR ALL SEASONS AND REASONS -
- St. Mary, the Mother of God
- St. Peter
- Bl. Miguel Pro
- St. Joseph Cupertino
- St. Joan of Arc
- St. Padre Pio
- St. Louis IX
- St. George
- St. Simeon Stylites
- St. Quiteria
- St. Denis
- St. Margaret of Antioch
- St. Patrick
- St. John Paul II
- St. Gianna
- Bl. Chiara Badano
- St. Josemaria Escriva
St. Teresa of Kolkatta - St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
- St. Katharine Drexel
- St. Maria Faustina Kowalska
- St. John XXIII
- St. Pauline of the Suffering Heart of Jesus
- St. Luigi Orione
- St. Andre Bessette
- St. Jaime Hilario Barbal
- St. Riccardo Pampuri
- St. Maria Bernard Butler
- St. Pius X
- St. Mary MacKillop
- St. Ambrose
- St. Jerome
- St. Gregory the Great
St. Athanasius - St. John Chrysostom
St. Basil the Great
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Bonaventure
St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Isidore of Seville - St. Peter Chrysologus
St. Leo I, the Great
St. Peter Damian
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Hilary of Poitiers
St. Alphonsus Liguori
St. Cyril of Jerusalem - St. John of Damascus
St. Cyril of Alexandria - St. Bede the Venerable
- St. Ephrem the Syrian
- St. Peter Canisius
- St. John of the Cross
- St. Robert Bellarmine
- St. Albert the Great
- St. Anthony of Padua
- St. Francis de Sales
- St. Lawrence of Brindisi
St. Catherine of Siena - St. Thérèse of Lisieux
- St. Ignatius of Loyola
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Mary Magdalene
- St. Paul
- St. Augustine of Hippo (also a doctor of the Church)
St. Genesius - St. Vladimir of Kiev
- St. Moses the Black
- St. Longinus
- Bl. Imelda Lambertini
- St. Kateri Tekakwitha
- St. John Chrysostom
- St. Alphonsa Muttathupadathu
- St. Benedicta Hyon Kyongnyon
- St. Ceolwulf of Northumbria
St. Quadragesimus - Bl. Volodymyr Pryjma
- St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski
- Bl.José Sánchez del Rio
- St. Agnes
- St. Dominic Savio
- St. Tarcisius
- St. Maria Goretti
- Bl. Chiara Luce Badano
- St. Aquilina
St. Gemma Galgani - St. Lucy
- Bl. Pier Georgio Frassati
St. Charles Lwanga - St. Perpetua
Bl. Francisco Marto - Bl. Jacinta Marto
- St. Philomena
- St. Aloysius Gonzaga
- St. Joan of Arc
- For the universal Church and fathers – St. Joseph
- For those suffering nervous and mental afflictions – St. Dymphna
- For abuse victims – St. Monica
- For earaches – St. Polycarp
- For headaches – St. Teresa of Ávila (also a doctor of the Church)
- For toothaches – St. Apollonia
- For sore eyes – St. Clare of Assisi
- For those too sick to care for themselves – St. Roch
- For the poor – St. Lawrence
- For protection from fire – St. Agatha of Sicily
- For those who struggle with doubt – St. Thomas the Doubter
- For “hopeless causes” – St. Jude Thaddeus
- For athletes – St. Sebastian
- For musicians – St. Cecilia
- For artists – St. Catherine of Bologna
- For students – St. John Bosco and St. Benedict
- For speakers and philosophers – St. Justin Martyr
- For travelers – St. Christopher
- For friendships – St. John the Evangelist
For Christian mothers – St. Anne - For adopted children – St. Thomas More
For farmers and rural communities – St. Isidore the Farmer - For bakers – St. Nicholas
- For fisherman – St. Andrew
- For hunters – St. Hubert
- For physicians – St. Luke
- For altar servers – St. John Berchmans
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