Children and pregnancy
Any of these can be asked. There is no order of precedence and no wrong choice, so pick whoever the story fits.
- St. AnneThe mother of Mary, asked for by mothers and grandmothers.
- St. Gabriel the ArchangelThe angel of the Annunciation, God's messenger for the news that changes everything.
- St. Gerard MajellaThe saint expectant mothers ask for, especially when a pregnancy is difficult.
- St. Gianna Beretta MollaA pediatrician and mother who refused a treatment that would end her pregnancy, and paid for it.
- St. Nicholas of MyraThe bishop behind Santa Claus: fiercer, poorer, and better than the legend.
- St. AgnesMartyred at about thirteen; patron of girls and of purity.Page coming
- St. Brigid of IrelandAbbess of Kildare; patron of Ireland, dairy workers, and newborns.Page coming
- St. Dominic SavioBosco's pupil, dead at fourteen; patron of choirboys and the falsely accused.Page coming
- St. Elizabeth (mother of the Baptist)Believed an impossible pregnancy; asked for by older mothers.Page coming
- St. John BerchmansDied a student at twenty-two; patron of altar servers and seminarians.Page coming
- St. Margaret of CortonaAn unmarried mother turned Franciscan penitent; patron of single mothers.Page coming
- St. PancrasMartyred at fourteen; patron of children and of oaths kept.Page coming
- St. Raymond NonnatusCesarean-born, by his name; patron of childbirth, midwives, and the falsely accused.Page coming
- St. TarcisiusKilled as a boy protecting the Eucharist; patron of altar servers and first communicants.Page coming
- Sts. Louis and Zélie MartinThérèse's parents, canonized as a couple; patrons of marriage, small business, and grieving parents, they buried four children.Page coming
- Sts. Perpetua and FelicityA noblewoman and her servant, martyred together; patrons of mothers separated from children.Page coming