Saint
Saint Michael Garicoïts
- Country / origin
- France
- Life
- 1797–1863
- Feast
- 14 May
- Canonised
- 6 July 1947
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
Born at Ibarre, in the Basque Country, to a poor farming family. As a priest and seminary teacher at Bétharram he founded the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram, to be ready, like Jesus, to do the Father's will: here I am.
Patron of
- the Bétharram priests and their works
- priests and seminarians
When to ask for intercession
- to say yes to God without delay
- discernment of a vocation
- for priests
A short prayer
Saint Michael Garicoïts, intercede for me, that I may answer God's call as Jesus did: here I am.
Written for cento53 as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
A saint for what you are living
- Discernment
The next question