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Who would be the patron saint of recycling or "up-cycling?" Also who is the patron saint of thrift stores (other than the saint my...

M y sister is looking for a patron saint for a girl who is outdoorsy and athletic. I can't think of any - can you help? Thanks! You...

Back pain? Who is the patron saint for back pain? St. Gemma! We know that patron saints are people who have suffered from or dealt with ...

Helloooo out there! I'm a little surprised we have had no comments on your stellar work praying. Perhaps you are all busy forming prayer...

Since it's Mother's Day and all, I thought we should have some cheery news!   On top of that, it's news in which you all had a ...

A kind reader pointed out that the Killer Baby Jesus stories are in the Book of Thomas, not the book of whatever I yammered it was the othe...

The other day when we were discussing the rosary, one of our lovely readers left this response: To your original correspondent: Take a ...

Hello Sister, I need a Patron to pray with on behalf of a little girl (3 years old) who is showing some serious behavior problems, (mostly d...

Sister, how do you pray for somebody else, especially when it's a case as big as this? I'm serious. I never know what to pray once I...

I hope no one minds that we took the week off from the blog here last week to just do a lot of praying. Besides all the sadness in Boston, a...

Long long ago, here on our little cyber convent, I posted a series of patron saint poems. Most of us are familiar with "Holy Tony, come...

 I have a question. In one of your earlier posts (march 5) you mention purgatory exists outside time and space; yet indulgences are for peri...

Since it's our happiest time of year what with spring springing and Jesus rising, I thought we should take a day off from solving proble...

Dear SMM- Any thoughts on the "tradition" of taking a piece of straw from the manger of the nativity scene at a church and putti...

Now that we're all full of ham and deviled eggs we're finally able to come up for air and answer some questions. Before we begin, le...

We have a lot of pew polishing to do this week, so today we have a short question to answer. Hi ... I am in search of a statue of the baby...