Rituals, Prayers, etc.

- St. Sebastian was canonized in the pre-Congregation era(patron saint of athletes and archers)

-his feast day is January 20th

- his traditional symbol is the arrow

Prayer to St. Sebastian

Dear Commander at the Roman Emperor's court, you chose to be a solider of Christ and dared to spread faith in the King of Kings---for which you were condemned to die. Your body, however, proved athletically strong and the executing arrows extremely weak. So another means to kill you was chosen and you gave your life to the Lord. May athletes be always as strong in their faith as their Patron Saint so clearly has been. Amen.