On his National Catholic Reporter blog, Joshua J. McElwee discusses Occupy, Catholics! and our St. Nicholas novena. St. Nicholas was both generous and flawed. We ask St. Nicholas’ intercession as we seek justice for the poor and the path of nonviolence.
Could St. Nicholas be the patron saint of the Occupy movement? Who else might be a good patron saint for Occupy?
Occupy, Catholics! 
The flaw he mentions is the following:
In some respects, this seems very fitting for the Occupy movement. It means, at least, that St. Nicholas understands what it’s like when anger and frustration gets the best of us, as has happened from time to time in the various occupations. Of course, we Occupy Catholics should be voices for nonviolence, and we should never applaud such outbursts. I don’t think St. Nicholas would want us to. But he does at least remind us that we should be tolerant and patient with the angry while working to find ways to carry out our work nonviolently.