Family and marriage

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. Anthony of PaduaAsked for lost things, and by extension for anything gone missing.
• St. JosephHusband of Mary, a working man, and the patron of a peaceful death.
• St. MonicaPrayed seventeen years for a son who had left the faith.
• St. Raphael the ArchangelThe archangel of healing, safe travel, and finding the right person.
• St. Rita of CasciaMarried into violence, outlived it, and is asked for in impossible situations.
• St. ValentineA martyred priest of Rome. The love came later, and it fits.
• St. Catherine of GenoaMystic of purgatory who ran a hospital; patron of difficult marriages and healthcare administrators.Page coming
• St. Elizabeth of HungaryWidowed at twenty, gave everything away; patron of widows, bakers, and charitable works.Page coming
• St. Elizabeth of PortugalQueen who twice rode between armies to stop wars; patron of peacemakers in families.Page coming
• St. HedwigDuchess turned widow-religious; patron of widows and of Silesia.Page coming
• St. HelenaConstantine's mother, seeker of the true Cross; popularly invoked in difficult marriages and by the divorced.Page coming
• St. JoachimFather of Mary; patron of grandfathers.Page coming
• St. John Paul IIThe pope of the Luminous Mysteries; patron of families and of World Youth Day.Page coming
• St. Margaret of ScotlandReforming queen and mother of eight; patron of large families.Page coming
• St. Marguerite d'YouvilleWidow of a bootlegger, mocked as "the tipsy sisters," built Montreal's care for the poor; patron of difficult marriages and widows.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. Priscilla and AquilaA married couple who taught the faith together; patrons of working marriages.Page coming