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Saint Patrick

390 - 460  Feast Day: March 17 Patronage: Ireland, engineers, paralegals. Invoked against snakes, sins, and witchcraft.

St. Patrick was born in Scotland. As a boy of fourteen or so, he was captured during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to tend sheep. During his captivity, he turned to God. Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland. Patrick was ordained a priest and eventually a bishop and returned to Ireland where he preached the gospel for over 40 years converting many.

JOSEPH: Dude! She is literally about to give birth to the Saviour of humanity.

INNKEEPER: I’m really sorry, mate, but we get very busy around Christmas time.

JOSEPH: Huh? Around what time?

1 - CHRISTMAS DAY 

2 - Feast of St. Stephen (Dec 26)

3 - Feast of St. John (Dec 27)

4 - Feast of Holy Family (Dec 28)

5 - St. Thomas Becket (Dec 29)

6 - Christmas weekday (Dec 30)

7 - Christmas weekday (Dec 31)

8 - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Jan 1)

9 - St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen (Jan 2)

10 - Most Holy Name of Jesus (Jan 3)

11 - Solemnity of the Epiphany (Jan 4)

12 - St. John Neumann (Jan 5)

13 - Bl. Andre Bessette (Jan 6)

14 - St. Raymond of Penafort (Jan 7)

15 - Christmas weekday (Jan 8)

16 - Christmas weekday (Jan 9)

17 - Christmas weekday (Jan 10)

18 - Feast of the Baptism of Christ (Jan 11)