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JANUARY
1     THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD
Sunday between the Circumcision and the Epiphany or January 2nd:  The Most Holy Name of Jesus
2     Octave Day of St Stephen
3     Octave Day of St John
4     Octave Day of the Holy Innocents
5     Vigil of the Epiphany
6     THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD
Sunday After Epiphany: The Feast of the Holy Family
7     Feria
8     Feria
9     Feria
10   Feria
11   Feria   (RIP-Abp Carmel Henry Carfora- 2nd Primate, 1958)
12   Feria
13   Octave Day of Epiphany / The Baptism of Our Lord
14   St Hilary
15   St Paul the First Hermit
16   St Marcellus
17   St Anthony the Abbot
18   St Peter’s Chair at Rome
19   St Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abichum
20   Sts Fabian & Sebastian
21   St Agnes
22   Sts Vincent & Anastasius
23   St Raymond Pennafort / The Espousals of the BVM
24   St Timothy
25   The Conversion of St Paul
26   St Polycarp
27   St John Chrysostom
28   St Peter Nolasco   (RIP-Abp James Hubert Rogers-4th Primate, 1991)
29   St Francis de Sales
30   St Martina
31   St John Bosco


FEBRUARY
1     St Ignatius of Antioch
2     The Purification of the BVM / The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
3     St Blaise
4     St Andrew Corsini
5     St Agatha
6     St Titus
7     St Romuald
8     St John of Matha
9     St Cyril of Alexandria
10   St Scholastica
11   Our Lady of Lourdes
12   The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
13   Feria   (RIP-Abp Herve Lionel Quessy-5th Primate, 2008)
14   St Valentine
15   Sts Faustinus and Jovita
16   Feria
17   Feria
18   St Simeon of Jerusalem
19   Feria
20   Feria
21   Feria
22   St Peter’s Chair at Antioch
23   St Peter Damian
24   St Matthias
25   Feria
26   Feria
27   St Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin

In Leap Year St Matthias is celebrated on February 25 and
St Gabriel on February 28.


MARCH
1    Feria
2    Feria
3    Feria
4    St Casimir of Lithuania
5    Feria
6    Sts Perpetua & Felicitas
7    St Thomas Aquinas
8    St John of God
9    St Frances of Roma
10  The Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste
11  Feria
12  St Gregory the Great
13  Feria
14  Feria
15  Feria
16  Feria
17  St Patrick
18  St Cyril of Jerusalem
19  St Joseph, Spouse of the BVM
20  Feria
21  St Benedict
22  Feria
23  Feria
24  St Gabriel the Archangel
25  The Annunciation of the BVM
26  Feria
27  St John Damascene
28  St John Capistran
29  Feria
30  Feria
31  Feria


APRIL
1     Feria
2     St Francis of Paula, Founder of the Minims
3     Feria
4     St Isidore of Seville
5     St Vincent Ferrer
6     Feria
7     Feria
8     Feria
9     Feria
10   Feria
11   St Leo the Great
12   Feria
13   St Hermenigild
14   St Justin Martyr
15   Feria
16   Feria
17   St Anicetus
18   Feria
19   Feria
20   Feria
21   St Anselm
22   Sts Soter & Caius
23   St George
24   St Fidelis of Sigmaringen
25   St Mark the Evangelist
26   Sts Cletus & Marcellinus
27   St Peter Canisius
28   St Paul of the Cross
29   St Peter of Verona
30   St Catherine of Siena


MAY
1     St Joseph the Worker
2     St Athanasius
3     The Invention (Finding) of the Holy Cross
4     St Monica / The Blessed English Martyrs
5     St Pius V
6     St John Before the Latin Gate   (commemoration of Bp Cornelius Jansenius, 1638)
7     St Stanislaus of Cracow
8     The Apparition of St Michael the Archangel
9     St Gregory Nazianzen
10   St Antoninus
11   Sts Phillip & James   - episcopal consecration of Bp Beldon E Gannon  (1985) 
12   Sts Nereus, Achilleus & Companions
13   St Robert Bellarmine
14   St Boniface of Tarsus
15   St John Baptiste de la Salle
16   St Ubald of Gubbio
17   St Paschal Baylon
18   St Venantius of Camerino  (RIP-Abp Edmund F Leeman, TOR-7th Primate, 2011)
19   St Peter Celestine
20   St Bernardine of Siena
21   Feria
22   Feria
23   Feria
24   ST VINCENT OF LERINS
25   St Gregory VII
26   St Phillip Neri
27   St Bede the Venerable
28   St Augustine of Canterbury
29   St Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi
30   St Felix I   - episcopal consecration of Abp Edward J Ford   (1978)
31   The Queenship of the BVM


JUNE
1     St Angela Merici
2     Sts Peter & Marcellinus / St Erasmus
3     Feria
4     St Francis Caracciolo
5     St Boniface of Germany
6     St Norbert of Magdeburg
7     Feria
8     Feria
9     Sts Primus & Felicianus
10   St Margaret, Queen of Scotland
11   St Barnabas
12   St John of Facundo
13   St Anthony of Padua
14   St Basil the Great
15   Sts Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia
16   Feria
17   St Gregory Barbarigo
18   St Ephraim the Syrian
19   St Juliana of Falconieri
20   St Silverius
21   St Aloysius Gonzaga
22   St Paulinus / St Alban
23  The Vigil of the Nativity of St John
24   The Nativity of St John the Baptist
25   St William
26   Sts John & Paul
27   Feria
28   St Irenaeus
29   Sts Peter & Paul
30   The Commemoration of St Paul

JULY

1     The Most Precious Blood of Jesus
2     The Visitation of the BVM
3     St Leo II
4     Feria
5     St Anthony Mary Zaccaria
6     Octave Day of Sts Peter & Paul
7     Sts Cyril & Methodius
8     St Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal
9     Sts John Fischer & Thomas More
10   The Seven Holy Brothers
11   St Pius I
12   St John Gualbert
13   St Anacletus
14   St Bonaventure
15   St Henry
16   Our Lady of Mount Carmel
17   St Alexis
18   St Camillus de Lellis
19   St Vincent de Paul
20   St Jerome Aemilianus
21   St Lawrence of Brindsi / St Praxedes
22   St Mary Magdalen
23   St Apollinaris
24   The Vigil of St James / St Christina
25   St James (the Greater) the Apostle   (commemoration of Thomas a Kempis, 1471)
26   St Anne, Mother of the BVM
27   St Pantalaeon of Nicomedia
28   St Nazarius & Celsus, Victor I, Innocent I
29   St Martha
30   Sts Abdon & Sennen
31   St Ignatius Loyola


AUGUST
1     St Peter’s Chains / The Seven Holy Maccabees
2     St Alphonsus Mary de Liguori
3     The Finding of St Stephen   (commemoration of Our Lady of Port Royal)
4     St Dominic  (commemoration of Mere Angelique, 1661)
5     THE PROCLAMATION OF THE FAITH
6     The Transfiguration of Our Lord
7     St Cajetan   (commemoration of Antoine Arnauld, 1694)
8     Sts Cyriacus & Companions
9     St John Mary Vianney
10   St Lawrence
11   Sts Tiburtius & Susanna
12   St Clare of Assisi
13   Sts Hippolytus & Cassian
14   The Vigil of the Assumption of the BVM
15   THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BVM
16   St Joachim, Father of the BVM
17   St Hyacinth
18   St Agapitus
19   St John Eudes   (commemoration of Blaise Paschal, 1662)
20   St Bernard of Clairvaux   (commemoration of Geert Groote, 1384)
21   St Jane Frances de Chantal
22   The Immaculate Heart of Mary
23   St Phillip Benizi
24   St Bartholomew
25   St Louis, King of France   (RIP-Abp Hubert Augustus Rogers- 3rd Primate, 1976)
26   St Zephyrinus
27   St Joseph Calasanctius
28   ST AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, PATRON SAINT OF THE ORCC
29   The Beheading of St John the Baptist
30   St Rose of Lima
31   St Raymond Nonnatus


SEPTEMBER
1     St Giles / The Twelve Holy Brothers
2     St Stephen, King of Hungary
3     St Pius X
4     Feria
5     St Lawrence Justinian
6     Feria
7     Feria
8     The Nativity of the BVM  -- episcopal consecration of Abp Edmund F Leeman   (1984)
9     St Gorgonius of Nicomedia
10   St Nicholas of Tolentino
11   Sts Protus & Hyacinthus
12   The Most Holy Name of Mary
13   Feria
14   The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
15   The Seven Sorrows of the BVM
16   Sts Cornelius & Cyprian
17   The Sacred Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi
18   St Joseph of Cupertino
19   St Januarius & Companions
20   St Eustachius & Companions
21   St Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist
22   St Thomas of Villanova
23   St Linus
24   Our Lady of Ransom
25   Feria
26   Sts Cyprian & Justina
27   Sts Cosmas & Damian
28   St Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia
29   St Michael and all Angels
30   St Jerome


OCTOBER
1     St Remigius of Rheims
2     The Holy Guardian Angels
3     St Teresa (Lisieux) of the Child Jesus
4     BESTOWAL OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPATE / St Francis   - episcopal consecration of Bp Luke Amadeo Iezzi and Bp Charles S J White   (1994)
5     Sts Placidius & Companions
6     St Bruno
7     The Most Holy Rosary of the BVM
8     St Bridget of Sweden
9     St John Leonardi / St Denis & Companions
10   St Francis Borgia
11   The Maternity of the BVM
12   Feria
13   St Edward the Confessor, King of England
14   St Callistus
15   St Teresa of Avila -Episcopal Consecration of Bishop I Nicholas Plant, 2011

16   St Hedwig
17   FOUNDING OF THE NAORCC / St Margaret Mary Alacoque
18   St Luke the Evangelist
19   St Peter of Alcantara
20   St John Cantius
21   St Hilarion
22   Feria
23   St Anthony Mary Claret
24   St Raphael the Archangel
25   Sts Chrysanthus & Dara
26   St Evaristus
27   The Vigil of Sts Simon & Jude
28   Sts Simon & Jude the Apostles
29   Feria   (commemoration of the Confessors of Port Royal, 1709)
30   Feria
31   The Vigil of All Saints

Last Sunday in October – The Feast of Christ the King


NOVEMBER
1     ALL SAINTS
2     All Souls
3     ALL ULTRAJECTINE LUMINARIES & NOTABLES
4     St Charles Borromeo / Sts Vitalis & Agricola   (commemoration of Antoine LeMaistre, 1658)
5     The Feast of the Holy Relics
6     The Vigil of St Willibrord
7     THE ARRIVAL OF THE ORCC IN AMERICA / ST WILLIBRORD
8     The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs
9     Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Savior
10   St Andrew Avellino
11   St Martin of Tours
12   St Martin I
13   St Didacus (Diego)
14   St Josaphat
15   St Albertus Magnus
16   St Gertrude   (commemoration of Pierre Nicole, 1695)
17   St Gregory Thaumaturgus   (RIP-Abp Rudolphe de Landas Berghes- 1st Primate, 1920)
18   The Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts Peter & Paul
19   St Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary
20   St Felix of Valois
21   The Presentation of the BVM
22   St Cecilia
23   St Clement
24   St John of the Cross
25   St Catherine of Alexandria
26   St Sylvester
27   Feria
28   Feria
29   The Vigil of St Andrew / St Saturninus
30   St Andrew the Apostle


DECEMBER
1     Feria
2     BL JOHN VAN RUYSBROECK / St Bibiana
3     St Francis Xavier
4     St Peter Chrysologus
5     St Sabbas
6     St Nicholas
7     St Ambrose
8     THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BVM
9     Feria
10   St Melchiades
11   St Damasus
12   Feria   (RIP-Abp Arnold Harris Mathew, 1919)
13   St Lucy of Syracuse
14   Feria
15   Feria
16   St Eusebius of Vercelli
17   Feria   [O Sapientia]
18   Feria   [O Adonai]
19   Feria   [O Radix Jesse]
20   Vigil of St Thomas   [O Clavis David]
21   St Thomas the Apostle   [O Oriens]
22   Feria   [O Rex Gentium]
23   Feria   [O Emmanuel]
24   The Vigil of the Nativity   [O Virgo Virginum]
25   THE SOLEMN NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
26   St Stephen, Proto-Martyr
27   St John the Apostle and Evangelist
28   The Holy Innocents
29   THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCH / St Thomas, Canterbury
30   Feria
31   St Sylvester I





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