March 8
St. John of God
A sixteenth-century Portuguese-Spanish layman who spent his early life as a soldier before a conversion at age forty led him to care for the sick and poor in Granada. He founded what became the Brothers Hospitallers and personally carried the sick through city streets. He is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, and nurses.
Why it matters for your parish:
A late-blooming saint whose radical conversion and hands-on care for the sick make him deeply inspiring. Essential content for parish health ministries, hospital chaplains, or any context of caring for the vulnerable.
Graphics for this saint are coming soon.