Saint Gerard Majella

Feastday:  October 16     Patron of expectant mothers

St. Gerard Majella, religious, is the patron of expectant mothers. He was born at Muro, Italy, in 1726 and joined the Redemptorists at the age of 23, becoming a professed lay brother in 1752. He served as sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian, and tailor. However, because of his great piety, extraordinary wisdom, and his gift of reading consciences, he was permitted to counsel communities of religious women.

This humble servant of God also had the faculties of levitation and bi-location associated with certain mystics. His charity, obedience, and selfless service as well as his ceaseless mortification for Christ, made him the perfect model of lay brothers. He was afflicted with tuberculosis and died in 1755 at the age of twenty-nine.

This great saint is invoked as a patron of expectant mothers as a result of a miracle effected through his prayers for a woman in labor.

St. Gerard
Society for Life
Pro-life group of Sta. Julia:
Lorena Barcenas, Director

Would you like to help save babies and help women threatened by abortion? Do you feel you are helpless to effect change in this area? 40 Days for Life is here today to tell you there IS HOPE, and YES! You CAN make a difference in our own neighborhoods! By committing to a weekly prayer hour in front of local abortion facilities, you can be a part of ending abortion in our community.
From March 9 - April 17, Sta. Julia will unite with churches across Austin for a 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting and a constant peaceful prayer vigil in front of abortion clinics. You can find information online at AustinCoalitionForLife.com or by calling the Austin Coalition for Life office at (512) 225-5883.

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For more information about activities at our church, call the church office at 926-4186 and ask for Lorena Barcenas.