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title: "Sts. Simon and Jude: Feast Day October 28 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-simon-and-jude/
description: "Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles, patron of desperate and hopeless causes. Feast day October 28. Read their life in Bless."
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Apostles · Feast day October 28

# Sts. Simon and Jude

The feast day of Sts. Simon and Jude is October 28, a feast in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of desperate and hopeless causes.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [October 28](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/#28) |
| In the US calendar | Feast |
| Title | Apostles |
| Patron of | [desperate and hopeless causes](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#desperate-and-hopeless-causes) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, October 28, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-simon-and-jude/#calendar) |

## Life

Simon the Zealot, who traded revolution for the kingdom, and Jude Thaddaeus, who asked at the Last Supper why the Lord would show himself to the disciples and not the world. The Church remembers them together, as tradition says they died together in Persia.

Jude’s one surviving letter urges the faithful to ‘contend earnestly for the faith that was handed down once to the saints.’ Long unasked because his name resembled the traitor’s, he became in recent centuries the patron of desperate and hopeless causes.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes Sts. Simon and Jude as patron of desperate and hopeless causes.

[Desperate and hopeless causes](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#desperate-and-hopeless-causes)

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 Sts. Simon and Jude. 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, October 28, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/28/) | Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles (Feast) | Red | Ephesians 2:19-22 · Psalm 19:2-3, 4-5 · Luke 6:12-16 |
| [Saturday, October 28, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/28/) | Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles (Feast) | Red | Ephesians 2:19-22 · Psalm 19:2-3, 4-5 · Luke 6:12-16 |

Readings

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

[October 27 St. Frumentius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frumentius/) [October 29 St. Narcissus of Jerusalem](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-narcissus-of-jerusalem/)

[All the saints of October](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/) [Born on October 28?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#10-28) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Sts. Simon and Jude

Feast day October 28

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-simon-and-jude/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-simon-and-jude/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-simon-and-jude/#calendar)

In the app

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