Saint Helena

St. Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, is said to have been of  Asian origin and an innkeeper in Bithynia when Constantius Chlorus, then only an army officer, married her. However, 21 years later, upon becoming Emperor of the West, he divorced her for political reasons. Still, Constantine, their only son, remained faithful and devoted to his mother, and once he ascended the throne, imperial honors were conferred on her. After her son's victory over Maxentius in 313, Helena also became a Christian. Her generous liberality and influence as an empress greatly favored the spread of the faith. After building numerous churches in Europe, at the age of 75, she undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where she built a church near the grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem and another on the Mount of the Ascension near Jerusalem. She is credited with discovering the True Cross, and she turned her palace in Rome into the Church of Santa Cruce in Gerusalemme, where a fragment of the True Cross and Pilate's inscription is enshrined to this day. Helena died around 330, with her son at her side. She was buried in the Mausoleum of Helena, outside Rome, on the Via Labicana. St. Helena is the patron saint of difficult marriages, divorced people, converts, and archaeologists. 

St. Helena, you embraced the light of the Gospel and founded the Holy Cross of Jesus; intercede for us and aid us in breaking the bonds of our sins and returning to God, our loving Father.

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,

Most High Servant,

Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love 

(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)