Patron saints
Who Is the Patron Saint of Writers And Journalists?
Saint Francis de Sales · Feast day January 24
The patron saint of writers and journalists is Saint Francis de Sales, whose feast day is January 24.
Who was Saint Francis de Sales?
Saint Francis de Sales was a gentle bishop of the seventeenth century famous for winning hearts through patience and the written word, printing leaflets to reach people cut off from preaching. His book Introduction to the Devout Life is a classic still read today.
Why the patron of writers and journalists?
As a pioneer of reaching people through writing, he is the patron of writers, journalists, and the Christian press.
In the Word
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.Habakkuk 2:2 (KJV)
A note for all traditions: patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as examples of faith and as friends who pray with us, never worshiped, for worship belongs to God alone. Many Protestant Christians honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. Across all traditions, there is one Lord and one mediator between God and us, the man Christ Jesus, and every one of us, not only the saints, is called to holiness and to him.
All the saints point to Jesus, and so are you called
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