St. Philomena: Dear Little Saint, Virgin Martyr, the Wonder-Worker

This is a free devotional app built entirely around St. Philomena, the young virgin martyr long known as a wonder-worker and a powerful intercessor.

It gathers the prayers tied to her in one place: the Little Crown, or Chaplet of St. Philomena, a novena, and a treasury of devotions, including prayers composed by St. John Vianney, the Cure of Ars, who had a deep devotion to her. The Little Crown is prayed on a medal with three white beads for the Trinity and thirteen red beads for her martyrdom and the years of her life, and the app walks you through it.

It is good to see a whole app given to one saint done properly. St. Philomena does not get the attention some saints do, and having her Little Crown, novena, and the Cure of Ars's prayers collected together makes it easy to actually take up the devotion rather than just read about it. The instructions for the Little Crown are clear enough to follow the first time.

It is good for anyone drawn to St. Philomena, for praying her novena before her feast, and for those who want to follow St. John Vianney's example of devotion to her.

It is narrow by design. If you are not interested in this particular saint, it will not have much for you, and the design is simple rather than fancy. For its purpose, that simplicity is fine.

It is free, from developer Leonard Mamangkey. On the App Store here: St. Philomena. A faithful, well-gathered little app for anyone devoted to the wonder-working saint.