St. Monica--Hope

Earn your St. Monica medal by completing a novena for vocations OR pray a Holy Hour once a week for three weeks for vocations OR serve your mother around the house for 20 hours.

St. Agnes--Love of God

Earn your St. Agnes medal by building a small altar in your room, with pictures, statues, flowers, prayer cards, Bible, prayer books, etc. OR Attend a retreat weekend or longer.

St. Jane Frances--Love of Neighbor

Show your love of neighbor by adopting a grandparent from a local nursing home and visit them at least once a week for the next four weeks. OR work 20 hours for a non-profit, Catholic organization such as the parish, diocese or Catholic Social Services.

St. Joan of Arc--Obedience

Earn your obedience medal by making special sacrifices on Fridays to remember the day Christ died. For one month make a list of your Friday Sacrifices OR Obtain signatures of at least five religious who have taken vows of obedience. Pray a novena of one decade of the Rosary a day for their continued dedication to their vow of obedience.

St. Cecilia--Piety

Take part in a public act of piety outside of the church building, such as a Rosary procession, May crowing or praying outside an abortion clinic. OR make 100 Rosaries and send them to an overseas mission or inner-city parish.

St. Catherine Laboure--Humility

Because humility is linked to modesty, participate in a Modesty Fashion Show or help organize one OR Log 20 hours service of those less fortunate than you either at a local kitchen, cleaning up the neighborhood or working in a nursing home.

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini--Industry

Make up a daily schedule including blocks of time for prayers, study, school, sports and leisure time activities making the best use of your time. OR begin a project for donation to a non-profit cause. Either auction it off or give it to a needy family or nursing home.

St. Bridget of Sweden--Truthfulness

Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper or diocesan paper defending a truth of a controversial issue (I.e. abortion, euthanasia, priestly celibacy, etc.) OR Write a fairy tale or parable like The Boy Who Cried Wolf where the characters learn a lesson about truth.

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St. Faustina--Mercy

Help plan and participate in a Divine Mercy Sunday devotion (First Sunday after Easter). OR Complete a Divine Mercy Novena for a cause where Mercy is needed.

St. Clare--Joy/Mirthfulness

What makes you joyful? Write a book of jokes, a song, or a play and perform them for a group or your family. OR Help organize a backyard Carnival, parish picnic, Vacation Bible School or Christmas party. How do these bring joy into people's lives.

St. Angela Merici--Prudence

Plan and carry out a Sunday School lesson, Little Flower Girls' Club meeting, CKNet meeting or Vacation Bible School class or saint lesson in a home-school group or classroom.

St. Teresa Benedicta--Wisdom

Read the Books of Wisdom in the Bible and write a report on them: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom and Sirach. OR Read a conversion story like Rome Sweet Home or Surprised by Truth and write a book report.

Bl. Mary of the Incarnation--Justice

Donate 20 hours service to local soup kitchen, St. Vincent de Paul Society or Crisis Pregnancy center as an act of social justice OR Increase your regular pieties by one (i.e. go to an extra Mass during the week, offer up one sacrifice regularly, etc.) as an act of religious justice. Do this for at least one month.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton--Perseverance

Learn to play a new instrument and practice five songs so that you can play them for others. OR Learn a part in a play and memorize all your lines.

St. Lucy--Loyalty

Earn your St. Lucy medal by making a scrapbook of at least 25 religious orders of consecrated women. Write to them for information and add your own thoughts about the order. What makes them different? What is their primary charism (philosophy and way of life?) OR Visit more than one motherhouse of a religious order.