Regarding her group’s patron saint, Behe noted, “St. Monica is often portrayed as sad, sometimes weepy, even haggard. But that’s not at all the way she was.

St. Monica: The city of Santa Monica is named after her, and Caruso is a member of her parish in — you guessed it!— Santa Monica. She’s the patron saint of mothers, most famous for shedding ...

This stained-glass window depicting St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica, graces the wall at St. Augustine Church in Washington July 25, 2019. St. Monica is the patron saint of motherhood ...

She is the patron saint of mothers, wives, widows, difficult marriages, and victims of abuse. Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Augustine in Rome on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Credit: Vatican Media ...

St Rita of Cascia, born in Italy in 1381 and also patron saint of impossible causes, had wanted to become a nun but her parents arranged for her to marry at age 12.