OUR RELICS
The Church teaches that the prayer through the intercession of the saints is commendable and effective practice of the faithful. Relics of the saints represent their presence in the respective parish community. The glass cabinet in which the relics are exposed was recently installed in our church to let our parishioners pray through the saints' intercession.
Each Saint has a link (below short description) to a page with an extended biography
Relic of True Cross
The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross commemorates the alleged discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine in 326 AD. The cross was discovered near the site of Christ's crucifixion. It was divided into three parts, with one part remaining in Jerusalem, one part sent to Rome, and a third part sent to Constantinople. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was also dedicated on this day in 335.
St. John Brebeuf, St. Charles Garnier, St. Gabriel Lalemant
Saint Gabriel Lalemant (1610–1649); Saint Jean de Brébeuf (1593–1649); Saint Charles Garnier
Patron Saints of North America
Canonized by Pope Pius XI on June 29, 1930
St. Jean de Brebeuf - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
St. Vincent de Paul
Feastday: September 27
Patron: of charities; horses; hospitals; leprosy; lost articles; Madagascar; prisoners; Richmond, Virginia; spiritual help; Saint Vincent de Paul Societies; Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory; Vincentian Service Corps; volunteers
Birth: 1581
Death: 1660
Beatified: August 13, 1729, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII
Canonized: June 16, 1737, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XII
St. Bernadette Soubirous
Feastday: April 16
Patron: of illness, people ridiculed for their piety, poverty, shepherds, shepherdesses, and Lourdes, France
Birth: January 7, 1844
Death: April 16, 1879
Beatified: 1925
Canonized: by Pope Pius XI on December 1933
St. Bernadette Soubirous - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Feastday: April 28
Patron: of mothers, physicians, and unborn children
Birth: October 4, 1922
Death: April 28, 1962
Beatified: April 24, 1994 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: May 16, 2004 by Pope John Paul II
St. Gianna Beretta Molla - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Feastday: September 5
Patron: of World Youth Day
Birth: 1910
Death: 1997
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
Canonized by Pope Francis on September 4, 2016
St. Brother Albert Chmielowski
Feastday: June 17
Birth: 1845
Death: 1916
Beatified: June 22, 1983 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: November 12, 1989, in Saint Peter's Square by Pope John Paul II
St. Therese of Lisieux
Feastday: October 1
Patron: of the Missions
Birth: 1873
Death: 1897
Patron Saint of foreign missions and missionaries, AIDS patients, air crews, florists, flower growers, and sick people
Invoked against illness, tuberculosis, and loss of parents
Canonized by Pope Pius XI on May 17, 1925
St. Andrzej Bobola
Feast day: May 16
Patron: of Poland; Archdiocese of Warsaw
Birth: 1591
Death: 1657
Beatified - 30 October 1853, Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius IX
Canonized - 17 April 1938, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI
St. Charbel Makhlouf
Birth: 1828
Death: 1898
Patron Saint of Lebanon and of the sick
Canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 9, 1977
St. Monica
Feastday: August 27
Birth: 331
Death: 387
Patron Saint of homemakers, married women, mothers, abuse victims, alcoholics, and widows
Invoked against difficult marriages and difficult children
Pre-Congregation canonization
St. Augustine of Hippo
Feastday: August 28
354–430
Patron Saint of brewers, printers, and theologians
Invoked against sore eyes and vermin
Pre-Congregation canonization
Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Boniface VIII in 1298
Referred to as “Doctor of Grace” by popular acclaim
Bl. Ulma Family
Feast - 7 July
Born - 2 March 1900 (Józef)
- 10 December 1912 (Wiktoria)
- 18 July 1936 (Stanisława)
- 6 October 1937 (Barbara)
- 5 December 1938 (Władysław)
- 3 April 1940 (Franciszek)
- 6 June 1941 (Antoni)
- 16 September 1942 (Maria)
- 24 March 1944 (unborn child)
Died - 24 March 1944
Beatified - 10 September 2023
The Ulma family: a remarkable beatification of martyrdom - Vatican News
Bl. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Feast day - 28 May
Born - 3 August 1901
Died -28 May 1981
Beatified - 12 September 2021
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński: ‘The Primate of the Millennium’ – EWTN Global Catholic Television Network
Bl. Karolina Kozkowna
Feastday: November 18
Birth: 1898
Death: 1914
Beatified: Pope John Paul II in 1986
Bl. Jerzy Popieluszko
Feast - 19 October
Born - 14 September 1947
Died - 19 October 1984 (aged 37)
Beatified - 6 June 2010, Warsaw
Polish priest, martyr and hero: Remembering Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko | Catholic News Agency
Bl. Bernardyna Jablonska
Feastday: September 23
Birth: 1878
Death: 1940
Beatified: 6 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II
Bl. Bernardina Maria Jablonska - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Bl. Michal Sopocko
Feast 15 February
Born - 1 November 1888 ·
Died - 15 February 1975
Beatified - 28 September 2008
‘A priest after My own Heart’: Blessed Michael Sopoćko | The Divine Mercy
St. John Vianney
Memorial - August 4
Born - 1786
Died - 1859
Canonized - 1925
St. John Vianney - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online