A convert looking for a patron saint

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Good afternoon. I will come into the Church at Easter and I am looking for an appropriate patron saint. Any suggestions for someone coming into the Church from a United Methodist tradition? Thank you so much.
 
Not really. There are many modern day Saints converted. United Methodists are not especially targeted, LOL.
Look up some of their stories and see which ones resonate with you. It’s their LIVES that mattered, not their former lives. God bless you, and
Welcome home!
 
If you have anything you are particularly interested in, that thing may have a patron… other than that, I would say to hunt around on Wikipedia or anoher resource an just read their biographies.
 
Welcome home. Read up on some of the Saints. If one in particular strikes a chord with you; choose that one.
 
Hello fellow UMC person who is converting! Might I suggest looking into those Saints mentioned in The New Testament? I.E… 12 Apostles, Paul, Stephen and etc…
 
Welcome home.

I have some Methodists in the family and I understand that Methodists revere the early apostles and disciples like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul etc., as the person above said. So maybe you want to pick one of those.

My dad was part Methodist (also part Baptist - I think he went to Sunday school at both those places) and he also briefly attended a Wesleyan university. When he converted, he picked St. Jude, he just felt drawn to him.

I also found a page on patron saints for converts, in case you want to consider them. John the Baptist is from the NT and is on the list.


Some people also pick saints who are from their ancestral country or who share some background, interest or profession with them.

Just pick whoever you like or feel drawn to.
 
Congratulations! Look on the Catholic Saint calendar and look up your birthday. The saint mentioned on your birthday is your patron saint because you were born on that day.
For example if you were born on March 17th then your patron saint is St Joseph.
If your birthday does not fall on a saint day then choose the day before or after try it
 
Thank you for the (name removed by moderator)ut! God bless you, too!
 
Thank you. Coincidently, I saw an article today in Our Sunday Visitor with the headline St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: A saint for converts. I think I’m getting (name removed by moderator)ut from heavenly sources, too!
 
Thank you! Coincidently, I saw an article today in Our Sunday Visitor with the headline St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: A saint for converts. Coincidence? I think not!
 
Maybe so! Today is her feast day 🙂 but I guess the article mentioned that if you read it today. I have been told “we don’t choose the saint, the saint chooses us” and I think there’s a lot of truth to that. It is exactly how God works, right? We love Him because He first loved us 🙏
 
Thank you for your advice! Coincidently, I saw an article today in Our Sunday Visitor with the headline St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: A saint for converts. Coincidence? 😉
 
I appreciate you (name removed by moderator)ut very much! It has been an eventful journey so far. It has been especially so for my wife who is a cradle Methodist and never thought she’d leave. But, we both feel we are definitely home.
 
Hey, you never know…One of my sponsors is a woman. Her Confirmation Saint is St. Augustine!
The Saints are not dead…they may just find you. I am pretty sure that is what happened to me with St. Mary Magdalene!
 
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Thank you! Coincidently, I saw an article today in Our Sunday Visitor with the headline St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: A saint for converts. Coincidence? I think not!
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Aahhh, Dave, if you are talking about a saint’s name for confirmation, I’m thinking the name Elizabeth might just be a little off center FOR A GUY!! 😉😉

If you have an affinity for charity, may I suggest Saint Martin of Tours. He was a soldier who became ( I believe) a bishop. The story goes that one day, while riding his horse, he came upon a freezing man in the cold. Taking pity on him, he drew his sword and cut his cloak in half, giving it to the man to protect him from the cold. As the story goes, later that night, in his home, the freezing man, the beggar, appeared and returned the portion of the cloak he had been given. The man, was Christ himself.
Always loved that story.
Anyway, welcome to the family.
 
I appreciate your (name removed by moderator)ut very much! This has been quite a journey - I am learning so much! Thank you!
 
I agree! 😃 I just thought the timing was … inspired? I really like the story of St. Martin of Tours. Harkens back to the Good Samaritan, no?
 
St John Ogilvie, the Scottish martyr, was a convert from Calvinism. Or St Edmund Campion, an English martyr and convert from Anglicanism. I can’t seem to find any Methodist convert saints.
 
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Thanks for the suggestion. My family is from England - the English and the Scots have always gotten along, right? 😉
 
As for the Scots and the English, it wouldn’t be a proper family if the members didn’t argue with each other.
 
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