who is the patron saint of missions?
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1)  St. Teresa of the Child Jesus ("Little Flower)is the saint of aviators, florists, illness, forien missions, and Russia.  Her feast day is October 1.\n\n2)  St. Francis Xavier is saint of animals and forien missions. Feast Day, December 3.\n\n3) St Vincent Pallotti, saint of missionary priests. Feast Day January 22.
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The Spanish missions in Mexico are a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, Jesuits, Augustinians, and Dominicans to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives. Since 1493, the Kingdom of Spain had maintained a number of missions throughout Nueva España (New Spain, consisting of Mexico and portions of what today are the Southwestern United States) in order to facilitate colonization of these lands. In 1533, at the request of Hernán Cortés, Carlos V sent the first Franciscan monks with orders to establish a series of installations throughout the country.
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Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, OM (August 27, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an ethnic-Albanian Indian Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity. Her work among the poverty-stricken of Kolkata (Calcutta) made her one of the world's most famous people, and it is widely thought that she will be canonized shortly.\n\nTeresa was awarded the Templeton Prize in 1973, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 1980. She was made an Honorary Citizen of the United States in 1996 (one of only six). She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in October 2003, hence she may be properly called Blessed Teresa by Catholics. She was the first and only person to be featured on an Indian postage stamp while still alive. Her supporters sometimes referred to her as the "Angel of Mercy" and "Saint of the Gutter."\n\nTeresa was also known for her books about Christian spirituality and prayer, some of which were written together with her close friend Frère Roger. While for some, Teresa was the embodiment of a "living saint," others such as Christopher Hitchens, who believed her to be "a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud," have raised questions about her public statements, working practices, political connections, and funding.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
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'Preach the gospel, use words if you must."\n\nAttributed to St. Francis of Assisi, actual author unknown
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August 1st is the feast day of St. Alphonsus Liguori.\nAlphonsus Liguori, Saint (ălfŏn'səs lĭgwô'rē) , 1696–1787, Italian churchman, Doctor of the Church. He was named Alfonso Maria de' Liguori. In 1732 he founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists) for religious work among the poor, especially in the country. He refused the archiepiscopal see of Palermo, accepting instead (1762) the poor country diocese of Sant'Agata dei Goti. He labored incessantly until 1775, when sickness forced him to resign. He worked for his order under great difficulties caused by an anticlerical government and overzealous monks. Goatherds of the mountains were his special care. St. Alphonsus was an accomplished musician and wrote many hymns and instrumental pieces. His point of view in casuistry, which has become standard, is called equiprobabilism. St. Alphonsus was unusual, even among Roman Catholics, for his great devotion to the Virgin.
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try wikipedia.com or search for San Gabriel Arcangel mission on yahoo and google.
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Patron Saint of Bees\n\nAmbrose of Milan\nBernard of Clairvaux
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Martin, Saint, c.316–397, bishop of Tours. Born a heathen in Pannonia (in modern Hungary), the son of a soldier, he became a convert and refused to fight Christians. He went (c.360) to St. Hilary of Poitiers and built himself a hermitage. In 371 he was acclaimed bishop, against his will. He continued to live as a monk in the monastery of Marmoutiers, near Tours, which became the training ground for Celtic missions. He was a staunch Catholic, but his zeal for orthodoxy did not prevent his withholding communion from those bishops who connived at the ruthless slaughter of the Priscillianist heretics. St. Martin was universally loved, and his cloak is a symbol of heroic charity (see chapel). His principal shrine was at Tours. Feast: Nov. 11 (known in England as Martinmas). St. Martin's summer is an English counterpart of the American Indian summer; it occurs in mid-November around the time of Martinmas.
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Saint Patrick (386–March 17, 493 AD) was a missionary and is regarded as the patron saint of Ireland (along with Saint Brigid and Saint Columba). He is also the patron saint of excluded people, engineers, and Nigeria, which was evangelized primarily by Irish missionaries, especially priests from Saint Patrick's Missionary Society (also known as the Kiltegan Missionaries).\n\nHe was born somewhere along the west coast of Britain in the little settlement or village of Bannavem of Taburnia (vico banavem taburniae in his Confessio), which has never been identified with certainty. Sites suggested include Dumbarton, Furness and Somerset, or the coastline of Wales or northern France; another possibility put forward for his birthplace is the settlement of Bannaventa in Northamptonshire, for raiders captured him with "many thousands of people" according to Patrick's autobiographical Confessio, and sold them as slaves in Ireland. The tiny Welsh village of Banwen has often been suggested as his birth place. It was clearly occupied in Roman times, sitting on the Neath-Brecon Roman road and next to the two Roman forts in Coelbren. His given name was Maewyn Succat.
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Try:\nhttp://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pray0147.htm\nand\nhttp://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pray0734.htm\n\nWith love in Christ.
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i dont know of a specific angel for this, but St Francis of Assisi, is the patron saint of gardeners...
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His mother died when he was quite young.  He was raised by another family until he was 13; after that, the local archbishop became his legal guardian until he became an adult.  That's probably why.\n\nHe is the patron saint of (among other people/things) adopted children.  \n\nBy the way, I had a baby at age 17 who I placed for adoption.  God bless you on your decision to adopt.
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mother teresa was an altruist who devoted her life to helping out poor and orphaned children and others in the city of calcutta, India. She opened a charity which supported several of these children and gave them a new meaning to life...she was extremely pure at heart and is said to have even been reponsible for certain miracles. It is for this reason that she is so famour and is now awaiting her appointment as a holy saint.
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THROUGH THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL BY SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL.
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The patron of lost object is Saint Anthony of Padua (also the patron saint of San Antonio, TX - incase you are intersted).\n\nWe don't actually pray TO the saint, but rather ask him, through prayer, to pray with us to God to help.\n\nThat being said, here is a common prayer to ask St. Anthony for help:\n\nHoly Saint Anthony, gentle and powerful in your help, your love for God and charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word, which you were always ready to request for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (insert request here). The answer to my prayer may require a miracle. Even so, you are the Saint of miracles. Gentle and loving Saint Anthony, whose heart is ever full of human sympathy, take my petition to the Infant Savior for whom you have such a great love, and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.
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http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintl06.htm
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According to Catholic Online, there is a St. Montanus.