Saint and Word of the Year

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Even though I wrote a post on this topic last year, and probably one or two other times, I wanted to share the word of the year as well as the saint of the year that I received for 2020.

Found on Google and the parish website
for St. Hyacinth Catholic Church in TX.
The saint that I received for this year is St. Hyacinth, who I have heard of, but didn't really know much about. Thanks to the internet and a quick Google search I was able to look St. Hyacinth up and learn more about him. And what I have learned is that St. Hyacinth is the patron saint against drowning and Poland. His feast day is August 17th.

Jennifer Fulwiler, the creator of both generators, shared the links on her Facebook page (and I think on Instagram/Twitter but I am not sure). When she shared the link and a picture of the first page for the Saint generator she added this clarification to the caption in the post.

(To clear you some confusion, this generator gives you the name of people canonized in the Catholic Church, not members of the football team ðŸ˜‚)

In the Wikipedia article that I looked at, there is a short paragraph about two different legends that involve St. Hyacinth helping people and feeding them pierogi. Because I love how random it all seems I am sharing it here.

"ÅšwiÄ™ty Jacku z pierogami!" (St. Hyacinth with pierogi!) is an old-time saying, mentioning call for help in some hopeless circumstances.[6] It has derived from two legends. One of them is about his visit on July 13, 1238, to KoÅ›cielec. During his visit a hailstorm broke out, destroying crops and leaving people with a specter of poverty and famine. Hyacinth told them to pray. Next day crops have risen. People have treated Hyacinth with pierogi made from those crops as a token of gratitude. The second legend mentions Hyacinth feeding people with pierogi during the famine caused by Tatars invasion in 1241.


This year I received the word Liberate. Now I don't know what that word is supposed to mean for me, but I have an entire year to figure it out. Though I did find it a little ironic that I received St. Hyacinth as my patron saint for the year since he is the patron of Poland, which is a country that has, throughout its history, been ruled by different armies and such before it became its own country. And with Liberate as my word there is has to be some sort of connection.

Prayer to St. Hyacinth

O holy St. Hyacinth, patron of our parish, we ask you to intercede for us and win God’s blessings for our parish.


We come together as a family to bring praise and worship to the Father. May we live lives that are holy and worthy of the name Christian.

Bless us with your devotion to Mary the Mother of God and with an ardent faith in Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

Win for us the graces to continue to live according to gospel values and the teachings of the church.
Intercede for us and protect us as we place ourselves under your patronage and care.

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