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Calendar of the of Toronto District School Board 2013-2014

Prepared by: The & Life Department

Director of Education Chair of the Board

 June 2013

Introduction Scheduling the Event

For those schools that have feast days occurring The following calendar contains a listing of all during the summer or on other holidays, schools existing and closed TCDSB Schools’ Feast or may wish to do the following: Memorial days.

i) Celebrate the event as close to the feast Saints days and Feast days have been aligned with as possible. the current . School that take ii) If the day is in the summer, schedule the day after either doctrinal statements (i.e. Immaculate either at the beginning of the school year or Conception) also have days set aside in the as a way to end the school year. liturgical year. The has a tradition of assigning saints feast days on the day of their death, iii) If the feast occurs during the March break thereby honouring their entry into . For holidays, schools may wish to schedule the schools named after people who are not saints, the feast day either before the break or after. date of the individual’s death was chosen. However, some schools have communicated to us that they iii) For schools whose feast is associated with have chosen to honour their namesake on the day of the / events it is best to their birth. In this case, that has been noted in the schedule the feast after the Christmas Break. document. If the namesake is still alive, the patron’s This will help to emphasize that the birth-date was selected. Christmas season continues until the

Baptism of Our Lord and is not just a day. Some feast days are based on the Church’s

Liturgical calendar. This may change the date that Suggested Activities the feast is celebrated (i.e. the date of affects the dates of Blessed and and the Some schools already have established and date of the last in Ordinary Time affects the activities planned on their feast day. The following date for the ). are other suggestions that schools may wish to do.

Schools that have been named after St. Mary, unless In addition to planning a: otherwise stated, have a number of dates from which they can choose to celebrate their day. i) School Some of these have been listed beside their name. ii) School of the Word,

How to Use This Calendar Schools may also wish to plan:

It is hoped that each school has an already iii) Classroom prayer/story session established tradition of honouring their school reflecting on the story of the school’s name. Schools can use this calendar to help them name establish the appropriate celebration date for their iv) Social Justice Outreach Project community. v) School Activity/Play day

vi) Evening Prayer celebration and presentation focusing on one aspect of your namesake’s story

May your school community have a Happy Feast Day!

Planning a School Eucharist

When selecting readings for a school Eucharist it is usually desirable to choose the readings of the day. If your school is named after a recognized and the feast day is listed on the Canadian Liturgical calendar (the missalette: Living with Christ can assist you in this) then the prayers and readings prescribed usually have been chosen to honour this person.

If the school’s name sake is not listed on the Canadian or Universal Liturgical calendar, then the day’s readings should take precedence. If the readings are above the level of the student’s understanding then they may be changed or scaled down. The key to the selection of readings and prayers for any Eucharist with children is quality rather than quantity. Young students are not able to understand longer readings. Gathering song:______

First Reading: (From the Hebrew Scripture or the )

______

Psalm Response:

______

Gospel Acclamation: (During Advent and , the is not sung)

Gospel:

______

Prayers of the Faithful/Intentions:

The sequence of intentions is normally:

• for the needs of the Church; • for public authorities and the of the world; • for those oppressed by any need; • for the local community.

Offertory Song: ______

Communion Song: ______

Closing Song:______

Planning a Liturgy of the Word for your Namesake’s Day

Gathering Song:______

Welcome and Opening Prayer:______

Scripture Reading: ______

One or two readings may be chosen. If you select only one reading, then you are required to choose a gospel.

Use the Living with Christ Booklet to assist you in choosing readings for those schools whose namesakes are not recognized.

Reading: (From either the Hebrew Scriptures or the New Testament – Acts of the Apostles, Letters from Paul, John, etc.)

Responsorial Psalm:______

Gospel:______

Refection: Tell the story of the school’s namesake or doctrinal connection. Suggest ways the community live out an aspect of the story

Intentions/Prayers of the Faithful: The sequence of intentions is normally:

• for the needs of the Church; • for public authorities and the salvation of the world; • for those oppressed by any need; • for the local community.

Ritual Action:______

Closing Prayer:______

Closing Song:______

St.

Blessed Mother Theresa St. Mary

Canadian St. Vincent de Paul St. Maurice

September 2013

Virtue of the Month: Hospitality

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Msgr. Fraser Blessed Josyf Cardinal Labour Day St. Gregory the Mother Slipyj (death) Great Teresa

First Day of School 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Birth of the Jean Vanier Dante Blessed (Birth) Alighieri

Holy Cross (Triumph of the Cross) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Our Lady of St. Father John Sorrows Bellarmine Redmond

St. Matthew 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 St. Maurice Sts. Cosmas St. Vincent de and Damian Paul

Canadian Martyrs* 29 30 St. Michael St. St. Michael Choir St. St.

* They are: Sts. Jean de Brebeuf, Noel Chabanel, Jogues, Rene Goupil, Gabriel Lallelmant, Jean de La Lande, Garnier, Antoine Holy

St. Simon St. Wilfrid

St. Theresa

Our Lady of Victory St.

October 2013 Virtue of the Month: Gratitude

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 St. Luigi Holy Angels St. Francis of St. Teresa Assisi

Michael Power / St.

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TCDSB St. St. Denis Blessed John St. Wilfrid Rosary Day XXIII Allen

Holy Rosary Our Lady of Victory 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 St. Edward Thanksgiving St. Gerard St. Luke the Confessor Majella

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 St. Ursula St. Demetrius

27 28 29 30 31 St. Jude

St. Simon

St. Albert

St. Catherine Laboure

St. Margaret of Scotland Cardinal Leger

St. St. Cecilia

November 2013

Virtue of the Month: Peacemaking

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 All Saints All Souls

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 St. Malachy St. Charles St. Elizabeth Borromeo St.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 St. Leo Remembrance St. Josaphat Cardinal Leger St. Albert the St. Margaret Day Great of Scotland

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Feast of the St. Cecilia St. Clement Dedication of the of Sts. Peter and Paul

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Feast of St. Catherine St. Sylvester Father Henry St. Andrew Christ the Laboure Carr King St.

St. Jane Francis

Thomas Merton St.

Mother Cabrini Nativity of Our Lord

December 2013

Virtue of the Month: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 First St. Francis St. Barbara St. Nicholas of St. Ambrose Sunday of Xavier Bari Advent

St. Edmund St. Nicholas Campion

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Second Sunday of Bishop Our Lady of (St. ) Advent Marrocco/ Guadalupe Immaculate Thomas Conception St. Jane Frances Madonna Merton (D) St. Mary (Elem/ de Chantal Sec)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Third Sunday of Advent

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Fourth Christmas Christmas St. Stephen Holy Family Sunday of Eve Nativity of Our St. John Advent Lord, Holy St. John the Mother Cabrini Child, Evangelist Msgr. Percy Divine Infant Johnson Prince of

29 30 31 Marshall McLuhan

St. Elizabeth Seton St. Paul

St. Marguerite Bourgeoys

Chaminade

Epiphany

St.

January 2014

Virtue of the Month: Courage Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Mary Mother St. Basil the Most Holy St. Elizabeth of Great Name of Seton

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Epiphany of

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 of the St. Marcellus Lord Venerable John Merlini St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Notre Dame St. Patrick 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 St. Sebastian St. Agnes Mary Ward St. Francis de St. Paul Loretto Abbey Sales Loretto College

26 27 28 29 30 31 St. Timothy St. Angela St. Thomas Don Bosco Chaminade Aquinas St. John Bosco p

St. Brigid St. Agatha

Our Lady of Lourdes

Cardinal Mewman St. Cyril

February 2014

Virtue of the Month: Love

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 St. Brigid

2 Holy Name 3 4 5 6 7 8 (Presentation of St. Agatha St. Dorothy the Lord)

Francis Libermann

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Josyf Cardinal Blessed Feast of the Slipyj’s (Birth) Cardinal Chair of St. Newman Peter (Birth) 23 24 25 26 27 28 St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin

Archbishop Romero

The Annunciation

St. Patrick St. Joseph

March 2014

Virtue of the Month:

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Msgr. John Corrigan (St. )

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ash World Day of Wednesday Prayer

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 First St. Gerald Sunday of Lent March Break

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Second St. Patrick St. Joseph (Elem) Sunday of Lent St. Joseph Morrow Park St. Joseph (Sec)

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Third Annunciation St. Cyril Sunday of Lent Romero Madonna

St. Mary 30 31 Fourth Sunday of Lent (St. Leonard) St. Fidelis

Blessed Margherita of Castello Blessed

St. Mark Cardinal McGuigan

April 2014

Virtue of the Month: Justice

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 St. Richard

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Fifth Sunday James Culnan of Lent D’Arcy McGee Holy James Cardinal McGuigan Cardinal Carter

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 (St. Bernadette) Holy Good Holy

Blessed Easter Easter Margherita of Triduum Triduum Easter St. Kateri Castello Triduum Holy Tekakwitha (St. Martin)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Easter Sunday Easter St. Fidelis St. Mark Our Lady of Wisdom St. Anselm St. Conrad (Our Lady of Good Council) 27 28 29 30 Bl. John Paul II Day at TCDSB Neil McNeil St. Philip Neri

Holy Spirit Our Lady of Fatima

St. Matthias St. Dunstan of Canterbury

May 2014

Virtue of the Month: Compassion

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 St. Joseph the Worker

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Blessed Brother St. Dominic Edmund Rice) Savio Catholic Education Week 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Mother’s Day Our Lady of St. Matthias St. Brendan St. Paschal Fatima Baylon Respect For Life Week

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 St. Dunstan St. Rita

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 St. Philip Neri St. St. Thomas Moore Blessed John XXIII Immaculate Heart of Mary

Blessed

Epiphany St. Thomas Aquinas

June 2014

Virtue of the Month: Faithfulness

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Feast of the St. Eugene St. Kevin St. Boniface St. Norbert Ascension of Jesus

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Our Lady of Blessed St. St. Anthony of Sacrament Holy Spirit Grace Padua (St. William of St. Precious Blood York)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Holy Trinity Immaculate St. Demetrius St. (St. Aloysius) Heart Heart of Mary of Jesus

Father’s Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Body and (St. William) Our Lady of Blood of Christ Perpetual Help St. (St. ) 29 30 (Sts. Peter) and Paul

St. Florence

St. Victor

St. Henry

St. Benedict

St.

St. Martha St. Joachim

July 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 Father Serra Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 St. Maria St. Benedict (St. Veronica) Goretti

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 St. Henry St Camillo de St. (Our Lady of Bishop Lellis Mount Carmel) Marrocco(D)/

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 St. James the St. Joachim Apostle (St. Ann)

27 28 29 30 31 St. Victor St. Martha St. Ignatius of Loyola Our Lady of the Assumption Paul VI St. Monica

St. Maxmillan Kolbe

St. Roch St. Helen

August 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 St. Alphonsus

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 St. John Pope Paul VI Vianney Transfiguration of the Lord 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 St. Lawrence Blessed Cardinal (St. Our Lady of the St. Roch Newman (D) Maxmillian Assumption St. Clare Kolbe)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Stella Maris St. Helen St Bernard St. Pius X St. Rose of Regina Mundi Our Lady of Peace Lima Senator (Regina Pacis) O’Connor (Queenship of (Died) Mary)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 St. St. Louis St. Monica Bartholomew

31 St. Aidan Notes:

OUR MISSION The Toronto Catholic District School Board is an inclusive learning community rooted in the . We educate students to grow in grace and knowledge to lead lives of , hope and charity.

OUR VISION At Toronto Catholic we transform the world through witness, faith, innovation and action.

Director of Education Chair of the Board

June 2013

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