Angel of Joy - Why St Raphael was chosen as the Patron of the Madison diocese

[Francis Coffee]

https://fscc-calledtobe.org/2023/09/26/angel-of-joy-st-raphael-madison-diocese-patron-saint-help-for-healing-and-sojourners/

“Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity collaborate with a number of parishes to share heavenly images of light and love as we approach the Feast of the Archangels Raphael, Michael and Gabriel. Here we focus on the patron of the Diocese of Madison, St. Raphael.”

That both the Diocese of Madison and the Archdiocese of Dubuque are under St. Raphael’s patronage among all the ecclesiastical districts was significant then, and is now.