Occupations and Activities
The Blessed Virgin Mary may be taken as a patroness of any good activity; indeed, she is cited as the patroness of all humanity. However, certain occupations and activities are more closely associated with her protection.
- airplane crews and pilots (esp. Belgian, Spanish, Italian and French)
- Andorran security forces
- Argentine Army, Navy and military chaplains
- bicyclists
- blood donors
- boatmen (boat operators)
- Bolivian Navy builders
- Carmelites
- Chilean Army and Navy
- Cistercians
- clothworkers
- coffee house keepers and owners
- construction workers
- cooks
- coopers
- those who partake in Crusades
- distillers
- drapers
- Ecuadorian Army
- enlightenment
- fishermen
- fish dealers (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin)
- goldsmiths
- harness makers (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin)
- Jesuits
- lamp makers
- mothers
- motorcyclists
- navigators
- needle and pin makers
- news sellers
- nuns
- oblate vocations
- potters
- restaurateurs
- ribbon makers
- sailors
- silk workers
- silversmiths
- Spanish architects and police officers
- tapestry workers
- Teutonic Knights
- travellers
- tilemakers
- upholsterers
- Army personnel
- Venezuelan National Guard
- virgins
- yachtsmen (yacht operators)
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