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Welcome to the third edition of Saints of the Week! Today, I have 7 Saints for you to share with your students and children. Their Feast Days fall during the week of September 14th-20th. Each Saint will have the:

dates of birth and death (when available)
patronage
Link to their resource or story page
associated virtues

I tried to choose Saints from different countries, time periods, and with various vocations. Feel free to swap out other favorite Saints this week if you wish! This is just a guide that follows the Liturgical Year Feast Days. Please let me know if you would like any other resources for these guides, and I will try my best to add them for you. I kept these guides very open-ended so that you can tailor them to your students.

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9/14: Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Feast)

Feast Day: September 14

Quick Facts:

Celebrated to commemorate the finding of the True Cross by St. Helena
In the 4th century, St. Helena traveled to the Holy Land to search for the True Cross. She found 3 separate crosses, and in order to determine which one was the true cross, she touched each one to an ill woman. Two of the crosses had no effect on the sick woman, but when the third was touched to her, she was miraculously healed! Thus, St. Helena was convinced that she had indeed found the True Cross that Christ had been crucified on. Later, Constantine also directed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to be built.
The Church began celebrating this feast in 335

Link to full story

Ways to celebrate:

Sing a hymn (free printable)
Read the Mass readings
Learn about St. Helena
Learn about the Holy Sepulchre and look at pictures

9/15: Our Lady of Sorrows (Memorial)

Feast Day: September 15

Quick facts:

Highlights the 7 sorrows that Mary experienced in her life:
• The Prophecy of Simeon over the Infant Jesus (Luke 2:34)
• The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family (Matthew 2:13)
• The Loss of the Child Jesus for Three Days (Luke 2:43)
• The Meeting of Jesus and Mary along the Way of the Cross (Luke 23:26)
• The Crucifixion, where Mary stands at the foot of the cross (John 19:25)
• The Descent from the Cross, where Mary receives the dead body of Jesus in her arms (Matthew 27:57)
• The Burial of Jesus (John 19:40)

Link to full story

9/16: Pope St. Cornelius (martyred 251)

Feast Day: September 16

Patronage: against earache, earache sufferers, epileptics; against epilepsy, against fever, against twitching, cattle, domestic animals

Quick facts:

21^st Pope
had to establish himself as pope against the anti-pope

Link to full story

Virtue: Faith, Fortitude

9/17: St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Feast Day: September 17

Patronage: musicians, writers, esperantists, philogists

Quick facts:

a Doctor of the Church
mystic, scientist, visionary, writer, herbalist, composer
10th child born to a noble family
traveled across Europe and preached against schismatics

Link to full story

Virtues: Justice

Idea to celebrate the feast:

St. Hildegard Feast Day Science Lesson for Kids

9/18: St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663)

Feast Day: September 18

Patronage: air crews, Air Forces, air travelers, flyers, aircraft pilots, aviators, flyers, astronauts, paratroopers, students, school children, test takers

Quick facts: