Saints of the Month

By Erin Scanlon

St. Expeditus – the Saint of procrastination

St. Expeditus, the Saint of procrastination, is known for
quick action and is often invoked for prompt solutions to current problems. Tradition has it that, while he was praying, the devil appeared to him in the form of a crow, intending to delay his conversation as long as possible. While the crow was attempting to distract him, he persisted in his prayer and vowed to stop putting it off and become Christian at that moment.

St. Joseph of Cupertino – the saint of test-taking

St. Joseph was born in 1603 in Italy where he spent his childhood and adolescence in simplicity and innocence before joining the Franciscan Friars Minor Conventual. Eventually, he became a priest who lives a devout life centered on humility, voluntary mortification and obedience. As a child, he was considered slow to learn and absent-minded. He often tried many trades and skills, but failed. It seemed as though he couldn’t do anything right to his mother and other adults in his life. When he was around eighteen, the Holy Spirit started to work in him as he became more careful and successful at his work. He was very close to the Lord and was known for rising from the ground when offering mass or praying. Because of his relationship with God, he considered his troubles with school and skills to be trivial in the grand scheme of things.