THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY

Joyful Mysteries:
*Said on Monday and Saturday

1. The Annunciation
2. The Visitation
3. The Nativity
4. The Presentation [of Jesus in the Temple]
5. The Finding [of Jesus] in the Temple

Sorrowful Mysteries:
*Said on Tuesday and Friday

1. The Agony in the Garden

2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning of Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion

Glorious Mysteries:
*Said on Wednesday and Sunday

1. The Resurrection
2. The Ascension
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4. The Assumption
5. The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin [Mary]

Luminous Mysteries:
*Said on Thursday

1. The Baptism in Jordan River

2. The Wedding at Cana
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
4. The Transfiguration
5. The Institution of the Holy Eucharist
 THE APOSTLES

ST. PETER
Feast day: June 29
Other name: Simon
Death: Crucified on the cross with head downwards in Rome
because he claimed he was not worthy to die in the same
manner as Jesus Christ.
Patronage: Patron Saint of Fishermen and Popes.
Profile:
• Fisherman
• Brother of St. Andrew (Led him to Christ)
• Renamed as Peter – meaning rock – by Jesus to indicate
that he would be the rock-like foundation on which the
Church would be built.
• Bishop of Antioch and later, of Rome.
• First pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

ST. ANDREW
Feast day: November 30
Other names: Andreas/Endres the Apostle
Death: Crucified on a Satire (x-shaped) cross in Greece.
Patronage: Patron Saint of Fishermen and Scotland.
Apostolic Symbol: St. Andrew’s cross (x-shaped cross)
Profile:
• Fisherman
• Brother of Simon Peter
• Follower of John the Baptist.
• The first Apostle.

ST. JOHN
Feast day: December 27
Other names: John the Evangelist; Beloved Apostle
Death: Said to be the only disciple to die a natural death.
Patronage: Patron Saint of Rain and for poisoning cases.
Apostolic Symbol: A chalice with a snake in it.
Profile:
• Fisherman
 • Brother of St. James the Great.
• Disciple of St. John
• Together with James, they were the privileged apostles
who witnessed the Transfiguration, the raising of Jairu’s
daughter, and the Agony in the Garden.
• Made guardian of Our Lady by Jesus.
• Wrote the fourth Gospel, three Epistles, and possibly the
Book of Revelation.

ST. JAMES
Feast day: July 25
Other names: James, the Greater
Death: Stabbed with a sword by King Herod Agrippa in
Jerusalem.
Patronage: Patron Saint of Chemists, Pilgrims, and Spain.
Apostolic Symbol: Scallop shell – a symbol of pilgrimage by
sea, and the sword of martyrdom.
Profile:
• Fisherman
• Brother of St. John and possibly Jesus’ cousin.
• Disciple of John the Baptist
• Together with John, they were ……. *see St. John’s prof.*
• First apostle to be martyred.
• He is the only apostle whose death is recorded in
scripture.

ST. PHILIP
Feast day: May 3
Death: Martyred by crucifixion or the spear, or bound to a
cross and stoned to death at Phyrgia.
Patronage: Patron Saint of Uruguay
Apostolic Symbol: Basket filled with bread.
Profile:
• Brought St. Nathanael to Christ
• Sometimes confused with Philip the Evangelist.
• Shy, naive, ad practical individual.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW
Feast day: August 24
Other name: Nathanael
Death: Flayed (Stripping off the skin) alive at Armenia.
Patronage: Patron Saint of Neurological diseases, plasterers,
leather workers, and butcherers.
Apostolic Symbol: Flaying or tanner’s knife; Human skin
Profile:
• Brought about by St. Philip to Jesus.
• His relics are thought to be preserved in Rome.

ST. MATTHEW
Feast day: September 21
Other name: Levi
Death: Either he was burned, stoned, or beheaded.
Patronage: Patron Saint of Accountants and Bankers
Apostolic Symbol: Angel holding a pen or inkwell or money
bags.
Profile:
• Roman tax collector.
• Author of the first Gospel.
• His Gospel was written to convince Jewish readers that
their anticipated Messiah had come in the person of
Jesus.

ST. THOMAS
Feast day: July 3
Other names: Didymus; Doubting Thomas
Death: Stabbed to death with a spear while praying on a hill.
Patronage: Patron Saint of Builders and Architects
Apostolic Symbol: Group of spears, stones and arrows.
Profile:
• He was ready to die with Jesus when Jesus went to
Jerusalem, but is best remembered for doubting the
Resurrection until allowed to touch Christ’s wounds.
ST. SIMON

ST. JUDE
ST. JAMES, The Less
ST. MATTHIAS