Work and money
Any of these can be asked. There is no order of precedence and no wrong choice, so pick whoever the story fits.
- St. AgathaA martyr of Sicily, asked for by women facing breast cancer.
- St. Bernadette SoubirousThe girl who saw Our Lady at Lourdes, asked for by the sick and the poor.
- St. BlaiseA physician-bishop, asked for by anyone with a throat ailment.
- St. CajetanFounded a bank to protect the poor from loan sharks, asked for by job seekers and the unemployed.
- St. Camillus de LellisA gambler who lost everything, then invented modern nursing, asked for by the sick and by gamblers.
- St. ExpeditusInvoked for urgent causes and against putting things off.
- St. Francis of AssisiGave away everything, and is asked for by people who love animals and creation.
- St. Gemma GalganiA young mystic of Lucca who lived with spinal tuberculosis, asked for by people with back pain.
- St. Gianna Beretta MollaA pediatrician and mother who refused a treatment that would end her pregnancy, and paid for it.
- St. John BoscoA street-magician priest who built a family for Turin's abandoned boys, asked for by parents and teachers.
- St. John of GodA soldier turned hospital founder, asked for by heart patients and the mentally ill.
- St. JosephHusband of Mary, a working man, and the patron of a peaceful death.
- St. Michael the ArchangelInvoked for protection, and by people whose work puts them in danger.