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title: "St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet: Feast Day August 26 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-jesus-jornet/
description: "St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet, Virgin, patron of the elderly. Remembered on August 26, died 1897. Read their life in Bless."
---

Virgin · Remembered on August 26

# St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet

St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet is remembered on August 26 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of the elderly.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [August 26](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#26) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1897 |
| Patron of | [the elderly](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#elderly) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, August 26, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-jesus-jornet/#calendar) |

## Life

A Catalan schoolteacher who founded the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Aged, spending herself so entirely for the old and destitute that fifty-eight houses opened before her death — and who taught her sisters to see in every worn face the person of Christ grown old.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet as patron of the elderly.

[Elderly](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#elderly)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Thursday, August 26, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/26/) | Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 · Psalm 90:3-5a, 12-13, 14 and 17 · Matthew 24:42a, 44 · Matthew 24:42-51 |
| [Saturday, August 26, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/26/) | Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Ezekiel 43:1-7ab · Psalm 85:9ab, 10, 11-12, 13-14 · Matthew 23:9b, 10b · Matthew 23:1-12 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 25 St. Louis IX](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-louis-ix/) [August 27 St. Monica](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-monica/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 26?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-26) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet

Remembered on August 26

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-jesus-jornet/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-jesus-jornet/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-jesus-jornet/#calendar)

In the app

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