📚Scholarly Saints — looking for a powerful intercessor to help you with your studies? Some of these might help! Study up on them and pick one (or a few!) to pray to! 👇
St. Thomas Aquinas
🤔Study as worship: St. Thomas Aquinas believed that by using our education to learn more about our world, we learn more about God and our relationship to God.St. John Baptist de la Salle
👩🏫Teacher Training: St. John the Baptist de la Salle founded teacher training colleges focusing on teaching others how to teach and care for young people. He also founded reform schools for delinquents and secondary schools for modern languages, arts, and sciences.St. John Bosco
🤗Whole Child: St. John Bosco believed in educating the whole person — body and soul. He believed our faith should be present in everything we do and promoted a preventative system of rejecting corporal punishment and placing students in positive surroundings.St. Cassian of Imola
✒️Teacher and Martyr: Killed for his faith by former students, St. Cassian is known for his dedication to education. He continued to teach the truth and his faith despite the secular authorities ordering him to renounce Christ.St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
👩🎓Free Education: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the first free Catholic school for girls in the United States. Her work led to the network of #CatholicSchools that exist throughout the U.S. today.St. Ignatius of Loyola
😇Helping Souls: St. Ignatius of Loyola returned to the classroom at 33, deferring the seminary for 12 years while he learned with much younger classmates — all in pursuit of joining the priesthood and bringing souls to Jesus.St. Augustine
💭Faith and Reason: St. Augustine believed that faith and reason worked hand-in-hand and through them you became closer to Christ. He believed that meeting the student where they are at, and building a relationship between teacher and student was key to a successful learning environment.Any of these saints have experiences or beliefs that you need to bring into the 2025-2026 school year? Take them as your patron this year, entrusting your soul and studies into their intercession!
