St. Gerard Majella’s Feast Day is on October 16. In honor of his life and witness, the National Shrine will bring his relic from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.
All are welcome to attend and pray with this great Saint on his Feast Day!
St. Gerard Majella is the patron saint of children (especially unborn children), childbirth, mothers (especially expectant mothers), motherhood, falsely accused people, good confessions, and lay brothers.
