Monday - St. Vincent de Paul, 1580 - 1660, priest founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) and the Daughters of Charity, patron of all charitable works
Tuesday - Feria
Wednesday - SS. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels: Gabriel, patron of tele-communications; Raphael, patron of nurses, physicians and the blind; Michael, protector of Christians
Thursday - St. Jerome, 340 - 420, priest, scholar, translated the Bible from the orginal Hebrew and Greek into Latin, his translation replaced earlier defective translations, lived as a desert hermit for many years, patron of librarians.
Friday - St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, 1873 - 1897, Doctor of the Church, Carmelite nun: patron of missions, florists, aviators and France
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