The Saints of the Order of and their inspiration today in the projects of the

“Our brotherhood will be everlasting,

because the ground which this plant is rooted in, is the misery of the world - and because, God willing,

there will always be people who want to work Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 · Republic of South Africa towards the alleviation of these sufferings Phone +27 32 456 2743 · Fax +27 32 456 7962 and make this misery more bearable." URL http://bbg.org.za/ · E-Mail [email protected] Liturgical Calendar - January 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Solemnity of Mary, Ss. Basil the Great & St. Elizabeth Ann St. John Neumann, Mother of God Gregory Nazianzen, Seton, religious bishop bishops & doctors 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Epiphany of the St. Raymond of St. Gregor of Nyssa, Lord Peñafort, priest bishop, OSB 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Baptism of the Lord St. Maurus & St. Anthony, abbot St. Hilary, Placidus, scholars of bishop & doctor St. Benedict, OSB 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2nd Sunday in St. Agnes, virgin & St. Vincent, deacon & St. Francis de Sales, Conversion of St. St. Timothy & Titus, ordinary time martyr martyr bishop & doctor Paul, apostle bishops & St. Robert, St. Fabian, pope & Alberich & Stephen, martyr & St. Cistercian abbots, Sebastian, martyr OSB 27 28 29 30 31 3rd Sunday in St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John Bosco, priest ordinary time priest & doctor St. Angela Merici, virgin

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Blessed Gerland We look after and give a home to orphaned, It is not known for certain whether he came from Poland or from Germany, but he was certainly a of the Order of sick, neglected, abandoned, abused, St. John of . At the time of Frederick II he served in a little church at Caltagirone in , caring for widows and orphans devotedly and without thought of malnourished, and physically and mentally himself. He died about 1271 and is still honoured at Caltagirone, where his relics are venerated in the Basilica of challenged children. San Giacomo. (Feast 19 June) Liturgical Calendar - February 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Presentation of the Lord 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4th Sunday in St. Agatha, virgin & Ss. Paul Miki, priest St. Jerome Emiliani, ordinary time martyr & martyr & priest St. Ansgar, bishop & companions, martyrs St. Blasé, bishop & martyr 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 5th Sunday in WORLD DAY OF Ash Wednesday Ss. Cyril, monk & ordinary time THE SICK Methodius, bishop St. Scholastica, Our Lady of Lourdes virgin, OSB St. Benedict of Aniane, abbot, OSB 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1st Sunday of Lent Dedication of the St. Peter Damian, Chair of St. Peter, St. Polycarp, bishop Seven Founders of the Conventual Church of bishop & doctor apostle & martyr Order of Servites St. John the Baptist in Malta, SMOM 24 25 26 27 28 2nd Sunday of Lent

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Blessed Raymond du Puy He was the first to assume the title of Master of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem and gave a Rule to the Order. The eight-pointed cross, which he ordered the brothers to wear on their cloaks and garments, as well as armour, was the symbol of their pledge to give their lives to Christ. They were to fight manfully, armed with theological virtues, so as to practice the works of mercy. We run a sewing school to fight unemployment. For, he said to them, you must “love, revere, and preserve justice; favour, relieve, and defend the oppressed." It gives skills to the needy to encourage self-employment and thus to make them independent of charity. Liturgical Calendar - March 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3rd Sunday of Lent St. Casimir Ss. Perpetua & St. John of God, St. Frances of , Felicity, martyrs religious religious 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 4th Sunday of Lent 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 5th Sunday of Lent St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Joseph, husband Death of St. St. Turibius of St. Patrick, bishop bishop & doctor of Mary Benedict, abbot, Mogrovejo, bishop OSB 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Palm Saunday Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday 31 Easter

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Blessed Gerard Mecatti He was born in 1174, at Villamagna not far from Florence. As soon as he reached his adolescence, he led an existence worthy of admiration for his humility, piety and compassion for the poor. At an early age, he requested and obtained admission as a "serving brother" in the Order of Saint John, in which he set an example of selfless charity, giving all he owned to the unfortunate. (Feast: 18 May) We help sick people who cannot afford urgently needed medical treatment. Liturgical Calendar - April 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Easter Monday Easter Tuesday Easter Wednesday Easter Thuirsday Easter Friday Easter Saturday Blessed Nonius St. Franis of Paola, St. Isidore, bishop & St. Vincent Ferrer, Alvarez Pereira, prior, hermit doctor priest SMOM 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2nd Sunday of Easter Annunciation of the St. Stanislaus, bishop St. Martin I, pope & St. John Baptist de la Lord & martyr martyr Salle, priest 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3rd Sunday of Easter 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 4th Sunday of Easter St. Adalbert, bishop, St. Fidelis of St. Mark, evangelist St. Anselm, bishop & missionary & martyr, Sigmaringen, priest & doctor OSB; martyr St. George, martyr 28 29 30 5th Sunday of Easter St. Catherine of St. Pius V, pope St. Peter Chanel, Siena, virgin & doctor priest & martyr; St. Louis Grignion de Montford, priest

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„Graduation“ from Blessed Nonius Alvares Pereira Preschool Nonius Alvares Pereira, a cousin of the founder of the Braganza family, was born in Santares (Portugal) on 24 July 1360. He was Constable of the kingdom of Portugal, We give bursaries to pupils and a famous Knight and Prior in the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He left everything and humbly undertook the meanest duties. He had no hesitations about begging students whose parents have no alms from door to door and was outstandingly generous and charitable towards the poor. He died on 1 April 1431, which was Easter Sunday. (Feast 1 April) means to pay for their education. Liturgical Calendar - May 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 St. Joseph the worker St. Athanasius, bishop Ss. Philip & James, & doctor apostles 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6th Sunday of Easter Ascension of the Blessed Damian Ss. Odo, Majolus, Lord Joseph de Vauster of Odilo, Hugo & Petrus Moloka’I, priest the venerable, abbots of Cluny, OSB 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7th Sunday of Easter St. Mathias, apostle St. Isidore the farmer Blessed Gerard Ss. Nereus & Mecatti of Achilleus, martyrs; St. Villamagna, religious, Pancras, martyr SMOM; St. John I, pope & martyr 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pentecost St. Bernardin of Ss. Bede the St. Caelestin, poe & Siena, priest Venerable, priest & hermit, OSB (7th week in ordinary doctor; Gregory VII, time) pope; Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin 26 27 28 29 30 31 Most Holy Trinity St. Augustine of St. Ubaldesca, virgin, Blessed Joseph Visitation of the St. Philipp Neri, priest Canterbury, bishop SMOM Gerard, priest Blessed Virgin Mary

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Saint Ubaldesca was born in Calcinaia, near , in 1136 and joined the Order of St. John of Jerusalem at the age of fifteen. She had resolved never to refuse the requests of the unfortunate. She gave them what she could and, when she had nothing to give, she offered at least the consolation of her smile, paying close attention to the tale of the troubles of each with fraternal understanding. No one left her without being comforted. She worked for fifty-five years in the infirmary attached to the monastery at Pisa, caring for her We help people neighbour out of love of God. (Feast 28 May) in genuine cases of immediate need.

Liturgical Calendar - June 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 St. Justin, martyr 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Most Holy Body and Ss. Charles Lwanga & St. Boniface, bishop St. Norbert, bishop Most Sacred Heart Immaculate Heart of Blood of Christ companions, martyrs & martyr of Jesus Mary Ss. Marcellinus & (9th week in ordinary Peter, martyrs time) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10th Sunday in St. Barnabas, apostle St. Flora of Beaulieu, St. Anthony of ordinary time virgin, SMOM Padua, priest & St. Ephrem, deacon & doctor, patron of doctor Mandeni Parish 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 11th Sunday in Blessed Gerland, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Ss. Paulinus of Nola, ordinary time religious, SMOM; religious bishop; John Fisher, St. Romuald, abbot bishop & martyr; Thomas Moore, martyr 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 12th Sunday in Birth of St. John the St. Cyril of St. Irenaeus, bishop & Ss. Peter & Paul, ordinary time Baptist, patron, Alexandria, bishop & martyr apostles SMOM doctor 30 13th Sunday in ordinary time First martyrs of the Church of Rome Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict and the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta, designed and printed for you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard

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Saint Flora was born about 1300 at Maurs in the diocese of Saint-Flour (France) and took the veil as a girl of thirteen in the We run a clinic, where we examine and treat monastery of the Sisters of St. John of Jerusalem at Beaulieu, in the diocese of Cahors (France), where she devoted herself malnourished infants. to tending the poor and the sick in the hospital attached to the monastery. Saint Fleur was greatly committed to giving alms to the poor. (Feast: 12 June) We provide milk formula and baby food. We advise the parent, on how to care for her children properly.

Liturgical Calendar - July 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 St. Nicasius, martyr, St. Thomas, apostle St. Elizabeth of St. Anthony Zaccaria, St. Maria Goretti, SMOM & Blessed Portugal priest virgin & martyr Junípero Serra, priest 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14th Sunday in Blessed Adrian St. Benedict, abbot, Blessed David St. Henry ordinary time Fortescue, martyr. OSB Gunston, martyr, SMOM SMOM; St. Johannes Gualbert, abbot, OSB 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15th Sunday in St. Bonaventrure, Our Lady of Mount St. Camillus de Lellis, ordinary time bishop & doctor Carmel priest St. Toscana, religious, SMOM; St. Camillus de Lellis, priest 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16th Sunday in St. Mary Magdalene St. Bridget of St. James, apostle St. Joachim & Anne, ordinary time Sweden, religious parents of Mary St. Lawrence of Brinsisi, priest & doctor 28 29 30 31 17th Sunday in Ss. Martha, Maria & St. Peter Chrysologus, St. Ignatius of Loyola, ordinary time Lazarus, friends of bishop & doctor priest Jesus, OSB

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Saint Nicasius One of the Kameti family (who were later known as de Burgo), he was born in Sicily in the twelfth century. He became a knight of the Order of St. John, being one of the defenders at the siege of Acre in Palestine and was captured and beheaded there in 1187 with many others, including, it is said, his brother Ferrandino. (Feast 1 July) Flood Disaster Mozambique 2000 We give medical assistance and care as a relief organisation in case of a disaster.

Liturgical Calendar - August 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 St. Alphonsus St. Eusebius of St. Peter Julian Liguori, bishop & Vercelli, bishop Eymard, priest doctor 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 18th Sunday in Dedication of St. Transfiguration of Ss. Sixtus II, pope & St. Dominic, priest St. Lawrence, ordinary time Mary Major the Lord martyr & deacon & martyr St.John Vianney, companions, martyrs priest & Cajetan, priest 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19th Sunday in St. Pontian, pope & St. Maximilian Mary Assumption of the St. Stephan of ordinary time martyr & Hippolytus, Kolbe, priest & Blessed Virgin Mary Hungary St. Clare, virgin priest & martyr martyr 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20th Sunday in St. Bernard Toloméi, St. Bernard, abbot & St. Pius X, pope Queenship of Mary St. Rose of Lima, St. Bartholomew, ordinary time abbot, OSB; St. John doctor virgin apostle Eudes, priest 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 21st Sunday in St. Monica St. Augustine, bishop Beheading of St. John ordinary time & doctor the Baptist, martyr & St. Louis & Joseph patron of the SMOM Calasanz, priest

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Saint Toscana She was born in Zervio, near Verona (Italy) about 1280 and married a man from Verona, Albert Canoculi with whom she began to do remarkable work for the poor. After her We care for the sick and dying through husband's death, she sold all that she owned and became a nun in the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, where she devoted her life to prayer and caring for the sick. She training, homecare, died on 14 July 1343 or 1344. (Feast 14 July) daycare and inpatient care. Liturgical Calendar - September 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 22nd Sunday in Death of Blessed ordinary time Gérard (+1120) & St. Gregory the Great, pope & doctor 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 23rd Sunday in St. Peter Claver, St. John Chrysostom, Triumph of the Holy ordinary time priest bishop & doctor Cross Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Philerme, SMOM 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24th Sunday in Ss. Cornelius, pope & St. Hildegard, virgin St. Januarius, bishop Ss. Andrew Kim St. Mathew, apostle ordinary time martyr & Cyprian, & abbess, OSB; St. & martyr Taegon, priest & & evangelist Our Lady of Sorrows bishop & martyr Robert Bellarmine, martyr; Paul Chong bishop & doctor Hasang & campanions, martyrs 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25th Sunday in St. Zachary & Ss. Cosmas & St. Vincent de Paul, St. Wenceslaus, ordinary time Elizabeth, parents of Damian, martyrs priest martyr; St. Laurence St. John the Baptist, Ruiz & campanions, SMOM ? martyrs 29 30 26th Sunday in St. Jerome, priest & ordinary time doctor Ss. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, archangels Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict and the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta, designed and printed for you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard

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Blessed Peter of Imola

He was born about 1250 at Imola (Italy) into the family of the lords of Linasio. An able lawyer, he mediated between the Guelphs and Ghibellines at Romagna in 1297. He became a knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and was elected Grand Prior at Rome. He devoted great energy to caring for the sick at Florence (Italy) where he died on 5 October 1320. Peter was learned, pious, courageous and beneficent. His humility, his charity, his knowledge, are virtues which we shall try to imitate without risking error, in the great simplicity of God. We advise the public how to avoid HIV infection and how to live with AIDS. Liturgical Calendar - October 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 St. Theresa of the Guardian Angels St. Francis of Assisi, Blessed Peter Child Jesus, virgin & religious Pattarini of Imola, doctor prior, SMOM 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 27th Sunday in Our Lady of the St. Hugh, religious, Ss. Denis, bishop & ordinbary time Rosary SMOM martyr & St. Bruno, priest companions, martyrs & John Leonardi, priest 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 28th Sunday in St. Callistus I, pope & St. Theresa of Avila, St. Hedwig, religious St. Ignatius of St. Luke, evangelist Ss. Isaac Jogues & ordinary time martyr virgin & doctor & Margaret Mary Antioch, bishop & John Brébeuf, priests Blessed Gérard, Alacoque, virgin martyr & martyrs & founder of the companions, martyrs SMOM, patron of & Paul of the Cross, the BBG priest 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29th Sunday in St. John of St. Anthony Claret, ordinary time Capistrano, priest bishop 27 28 29 30 31 30th Sunday in Ss. Simon & Jude, ordinary time apostles & 10th anniversary of the foundation of the BBG

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Saint Hugh

Born about 1186 at Alessandria (Italy), he became a knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. After lengthy campaigning in the Holy Land, he was elected Master of the Commandery of St. John di Prè in Genoa (Italy) and worked in the infirmary nearby. But he was quite comely and amiable toward all. He served the poor with love and tact, giving them food, money, spiritual comfort and brotherly love. He washed their feet. He took care of them, and when they died, he buried them. The eight-pointed cross was not only on his cloak; he wore it in his heart. He was renowned for miraculous powers over the natural elements. He is believed to have died in 1233. (Feast: 8 October) We offer First Aid and assist people in emergencies.

Liturgical Calendar - November 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Commemoration of the faithful departed: All Souls 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 All Saints St. Charles Borromeo, St. Willibrord, bishop, Dedication of the St. Martin de Porres, bishop (31st week in OSB Lateran Basilica religious ordinary time) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 32nd Sunday in St. Martin of Tours, St. Josaphat, bishop & St. Frances Xavier St. Albert the Great, St. Margaret of ordinary time bishop martyr & St. Theodor Cabrini, virgin bishop & doctor Scotland & Gertrude, St. Leo the Great, of Studion, abbot, virgin pope & doctor OSB 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 33rd Sunday in Dedication of the All Saints of the Presentation of the St. Cecilia, virgin & Ss. Clement I, pope & ordinary time Churches of St. Peter SMOM & St. Blessed Virgin Mary martyr martyr & Columban, St. Elizabeth of & Paul, apostles & St. Mechthild, virgin, abbot & Blessed Hungary, religious Rose Philippine OSB Miguel Augustine Duchesne, virgin Pro, priest & martyr 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Jesus Christ the St. Silvester, abbot, St. Andrew, apostle King OSB Ss. Andrew Dung-Lac & companions, martyrs

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Blessed Garcia Martinez was of Portuguese nationality, a Commander of the five We organise meetings to enable the elderly Kingdoms of Spain, and his life was very holy. Through his intercession, an old man whose legs had been no more than skin and bones was cured; his legs had been made whole to get out of their isolation and normal. and socialise with others. Liturgical Calendar - December 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1st Sunday of Advent Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Francis Xavier, St. John Damascene, St. Sabas, abbot, OSB St. Nicholas, bishop St. Ambrose, bishop St. Pachomius, abbot, cause of our joy, priest priest & doctor & doctor OSB SMOM 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2nd Sunday of Immaculate St. Damasus I, pope St. Jane Frances de St. Odilia, virgin, St. John of the Cross, Advent Conception of Our Chantal, religious & OSB, patron of the religious & doctor Lady Our Lady of Missionary Guadelupe Benedictines & St. Lucy, virgin & martyr 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 3rd Sunday of St. Peter Canisius, Advent priest & doctor 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4th Sunday of Advent St. John of Kanty, Christmas St. Stephen, first St. John, apostle & Holy Innocents, priest martyr evangelist martyrs 29 30 31 Holy Family 6th day in the octave 7th day in the octave St. Thomas Becket, of Christmas of Christmas bishop & martyr St. Sylvester I, pope

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Blessed Adrian Fortescue was born around 1480, the son of Sir John Fortescue of Punsborne, Hertfordshire (England). His personal piety is attested by his Book of Hours which survives with devotional maxims in his own hand. Sir Adrian was married and had seven children. In 1539 he was attainted of High Treason without trial and was beheaded on 9 July 1539, together with the Venerable Sir Thomas We run a Pre-Primary-School and Crèche Dingley, a Knight of the Order. The Order of St. John of Jerusalem has considered Sir Adrian as a martyr. Leo XIII for underprivileged children. declared him Blessed on 13 May 1895. (Feast: 8 July)

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