Saint Mary Magdalene—Feast
First Century
Patron Saint of pharmacists, contemplatives, converts, glovemakers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumers, reformed prostitutes, tanners, women
Invoked against sexual temptations
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: White
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor—Optional Memorial
1559–1619
Patron Saint of Brindisi, Italy
Canonized by Pope Leo XIII in 1881
Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope John XXIII in 1959
Liturgical Color: White
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Sunday Mass at the Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo, and recalls that we are to look to the Lord, the Good Samaritan, and reminds that when we experience God’s love and healing, we are able to offer the same consolation to others we encounter.
Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr First Century–c. 79 (Or possibly died late Second Century) Patron Saint of Ravenna and Emilia-Romagna, Italy Invoked against gout, venereal disease, and epilepsy Pre-Congregation canonization…
Our Lady of Mount Carmel—Optional Memorial
Late Twelfth–Early Thirteenth Century
Patron Saint of Bolivia and the Carmelite Order
Invoked for those in Purgatory
Liturgical Color: White
Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor—Memorial
c. 1217–1274
Invoked against intestinal problems
Canonized by Pope Sixtus IV on April 14, 1482
Proclaimed the Seraphic Doctor of the Church by Pope Sixtus V in 1588
Liturgical Color: White
Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest
(In the United States this memorial is transferred to July 18)
1550–1614
Patron Saint of the sick, hospitals, hospital workers, nurses, and nursing associations
Invoked against the vice of gambling
Canonized by Pope Benedict XIV on June 29, 1746 | Liturgical Color: White
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin—USA Memorial
1656–1680 | Patron Saint of Canada, Native Americans, ecologists, environment, exiles, orphans, people ridiculed for their piety, and the physically impaired
Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012
