WASHINGTON, D.C. — A rural life novena to St. Isidore, patron saint of farmers, begins May 7 and ends May 15, the saint’s feast day.

The roster was unveiled at a prayer service earlier in the week that began Awake's novena asking for the saints' intercession. Larson told OSV News that she knows "survivors who feel distant from God ...

A Lackawanna County church is celebrating the final day of its Novena service. This is the 101st year of the celebration. The ...

People from near and far prayed on the first day of Saint Ann’s Solemn Novena in Scranton. This is the 101st year of the novena and church leaders are expecting a good turnout.

Patron saints are also venerated by those with particular illnesses or concerns. St. Peregrine Laziosi, a 14th-century priest who suffered from cancer himself, is the patron saint of cancer patients.

Considered the patron saint of urgent causes, he is commemorated by the Catholic Church on April 19. But, if you’re not attentive, his feast day just flies by unawares.

Ex-Los Angeles councilmember Jose Huizar recently posted an Instagram image of St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of lost causes. What other patron saints can L.A. politicians venerate?