ST ANNE is the wife of Joachim and mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus. Her name means"grace" or "the gracious one" or "the loving one." Her feast day is the 26th of July. She is the Patron Saint of grandparents, housewives, pregnant women and women in labour ST GERARD Majella was born at Muro, Italy, in 1726 and joined the Redemptorists at the age of 23, becoming a professed lay brother in 1752.

He served as sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian, and tailor. However, because of his great piety, extraordinary wisdom, and his gift of reading consciences, he was permitted to counsel communities of religious women. This great saint is invoked as a patron of expectant mothers as a result of a miracle effected through his prayers for a woman in labor. His feast day is the 16th October. He is the Patron Saint of mothers.