DON BOSCO Mission Office
Dear Friends, Saint John Bosco was named “Father and Teacher of Youth” by Pope John Paul II. He had one desire – to spend his life working with the young. This was achieved by employing a simple teaching method still practiced today. The Preventive System – based on love and not punishment, with reason, religion, and loving kindness. We call this the Salesian Spirit. Today, many Missioners, Volunteers, and Cooperators practice his philosophy with the continued interest and generosity of people all over the world. May our combined efforts bring hope to those in need. After all, Saint John Bosco is waiting for us in paradise. How to help our SALESIAN MISSIONARIES! n By praying every day for the missionaries. n Mass intentions (living/deceased) for the Missions: – offering of $10.00 for one Mass – offering of $250.00 for 30 “Gregorian Masses”. n Scholarships for young seminarians. n Leave a Legacy: Leave a gift in your will and continue to help youth in need. n Condolences: Make a donation to honour the memory of a loved one. n Honorary Donation: Special occasions, birthdays, weddings, and the like. n Employer Matching Gifts Program: Encourage your employer to match your donation. n Life Insurance and Listed Securities: Designate the Don Bosco Mission Office as the beneficiary of an insurance policy or transfer securities directly. n Enroll a living or deceased person in the Sacred Heart Association (see last page). n No gift is too small – any gift can make a difference.
DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 11991, Pierre-Baillargeon, Montréal, QC H1E 2E5 Tel.: 514-648-4132 • Fax: 514-648-6729 [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca CANADA
Don Bosco Youth Leadership Centre, Montreal, Quebec December 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 2015 JANUARY 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 Blessed Charles Foucauld 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (†1916) Blessed Raphaël Chylinski Blessed Philip Rinaldi (†1931) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Saint Edmund Campion, Martyr (†1741) Saint Francis Xavier (†1552) 3rd Successor of Don Bosco 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 (†1581) Our Lady of Liesse (†1857) Patron Saint of Missions Saint John Damascene (†749) Salesian Family 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 12 Blessed Brian Lacey and 2nd Sunday of Advent Blessed John Mason, Martyrs Our Lady of Guadalupe Saint Nicholas of Myra (†325) Saint Ambrose of Milan Solemnity of the Immaculate (†1591) National Day of Prayer for Patron Saint of school children (†397) Conception of Mary Saint Juan Diego (†1548) Our Lady of Loreto (†1294) Saint Damasus I, Pope (†384) Aboriginal Peoples 13 14 15 16 17 18 5 19 3rd Sunday of Advent Saint Lucy of Syracuse (†303), Saint John of the Cross Blessed Urban V, Pope Martyr (†1591) Blessed Charles Steeb (†1858) Saint Adelaide, Empress (†999) Saint John of Matha (†1213) Saint Flannan (†600) (†1370) 20 21 22 23 24 25 6 26 Saint John of Kanty (†1473) Solemnity of the 4th Sunday of Advent Saint Thorlak Thorhallson of Birth of the Lord Saint Finnian of Iona (†661) Saint Peter Canisius (†1597) Saint Flavian (†362) Iceland (†1193) Saint Adela of Pfalzel (†735) Christmas Day Saint Stephen, First Martyr 27 28 29 30 31 There can be no virtue Saint John, Apostle and Holy Innocents, Martyrs without obedience. Evangelist Saint Caterina Volpicelli Saint Thomas à Becket, Martyr Blessed Margaret Colonna Saint Sylvester I, Pope Feast of the Holy Family (†1894) (†1170) (†1280) (†335)
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca VILLE EMARD, MONTREAL, QUEBEC January 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
DECEMBER 2015 FEBRUARY 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 4 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 Walk with your feet on earth and your heart in heaven. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Mary, Mother of God 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 New Year’s Day Saint Basil the Great and 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 World Day of Peace Saint Gregory Nazianzen 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Saint Brother André of Montreal Epiphany of the Lord Saint Elizabeth (+1937) Saint Raymond of Penyafort Blessed Edward Waterson Blessed Pauline Jaricot Saint Genevieve of Paris Anne Bailey Seton (+1821) Saint John Neumann (+1860) Canadian Family (+1275) (+1593) (+1862) 10 3 11 12 13 14 15 16 5 Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys (+1700) Blessed Peter Donders Blessed Luigi Variara (+1923) Baptism of the Lord Saint Alexander Canadian Family Saint Hilary of Poitiers (+367) (+1887) Salesian Family Saint Joseph Vaz (+1711) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Saint Andrew Chong and companions (+1840) 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Cyril of Alexandria Saint Canute IV, King of Saints Fabian and Sebastian, Blessed Laura Vicuna (+1904) Saint Marianne Cope of Moloka’i Saint Anthony, Abbot (+356) (+444) Denmark, Martyr (+1086) Martyrs Saint Agnes, Martyr (+306) Salesian Family (+1918)
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Francis de 24 Sales (+1622) 6 25 26 27 28 29 30 Salesian Family Blessed Bronislaw Markiewicz 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 31 Saint John Bosco (+1888) Saints Timothy and Titus, Saint Thomas Aquinas (+1274) Blessed Joseph Freinademetz (+1912) Salesian Family Conversion of St. Paul Martyrs, Bishops Saint Angela Merici (+1540) Doctor of the Church (+1908) Salesian Family
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca ITALY
Salesian Youth Movement Forum Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Piedmont, Italy
Salesian Youth Movement Forum Our Lady Help of Christians Basilica, Turin, Italy February 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
JANUARY 2016 S M T W T F S 1 Saint Brigid of 4 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 Kildare, Abbess (+523) Presentation of our Lord 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Patron Saint of Ireland World Day for Consecrated Life Saint Blaise (+320) and Blessed 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Commemoration Blessed Louis Brisson (+1908) Marie Rivier (+1838) Saint Paul Miki and Japanese 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 of deceased Salesians Salesian Tradition Canadian Family Saint John of Britto (+1693) Saint Agatha, Martyr (+250) Martyrs (+1597) /31 25 26 27 28 29 30 7 8 3 9 10 11 12 13 Ash Wednesday 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Eusebia Palomino Fast and Abstinence Blessed Thomas Hemerford Blessed Pius IX (+1878) Saint Josephine Bakhita (+1935) Saint Scholastica (+543) Our Lady of Lourdes (+1584) Salesian Family (+1947) Salesian Family Blessed Aloysius Stepinac (+1960) World Day for the Sick Abstinence Saint Catherine Ricci (+1590) 14 15 5 16 17 18 19 20 1st Sunday in Lent Saint Valentine Blessed Joseph Allamano Saint Mark Barkworth, Saints Cyril (+869) and Methodius (+885) Saint Claude of Colombiere (+1926) Saint Finan of Lindisfarne Blessed Fra Angelico Martyr (+1601) Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Co-Patron Saints of Europe (+1682) Salesian Tradition (+603) (+1455) Abstinence of Fatima (+1920) 21 22 6 23 24 25 26 27 Saints Luigi Versiglia & Callistus Caravario Saint Isabella of France The Chair of Saint Peter, Saint Polycarp, Martyr, (+1930) Martyrs (+1270) Saint Gabriel of Our Lady 2nd Sunday in Lent Apostle (+67) Bishop (+155) Saint Ethelbert (+616) Salesian Family Abstinence of Sorrows (+1862)
MARCH 2016 S M T W T F S 28 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Be humble and patient and the Lord Jesus will give you 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 3rd Sunday in Lent the will and the means. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Saint Hilary, Pope (+468) Saint Aubin 27 28 29 30 31
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca Tap Seac Square, Macau, China
CHINA
Macau, China March 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 2016 APRIL 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Saint Casimir of Poland (+1484) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Saint Chad of Liechfield Saint Katherine-Marie Drexel World Day of Prayer 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Saint David of Wales (+589) (+672) (+1955) Abstinence Saint Colman of Armagh 6 7 8 9 3 10 11 12 Blessed John Kearney, 4th Sunday in Lent Saint Perpetua and Martyr (+1653) Saint Colette de Corbia Saint Felicity, Martyrs Saint John Ogilvie, Martyr Begins novena to Saint Joseph (+1447) (+203) Saint John of God (+1550) Saint Frances of Rome (+1440) (+1615) Abstinence Saint Nicholas Owen (+1606) 13 14 15 5 16 17 18 19 5th Sunday in Lent Saint Roderick of Cordoba Saint Louise de Marillac Saint Patrick Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (+386) Solemnity of Saint Joseph, (+857) Saint Mathilda (+968) (+1660) Blessed Robert Dalby (+1589) Patron Saint of Ireland (+461) Abstinence Patron Saint of Canada 20 21 22 23 6 24 25 26 Monday of Holy Week Tuesday of Holy Week Wednesday of Holy Week Good Friday of the Palm Sunday Saint Nicolas of Switzerland Blessed Clemens August Saint Thuribius de Mongrovejo Holy Thursday Lord’s Passion Holy Saturday / of the Lord’s Passion (+1487) von Galen (+1946) (+1606) Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper Fast and Abstinence The Easter Vigil 27 28 29 30 31 4 Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Octave Do good while you still have time. Easter Sunday: Easter Octave Saint Berthold of Mount Carmel Saint Peter de Regalado Blessed John of Toulouse Resurrection of the Lord Saint Stephen Harding (+1134) (+1195) (+1456) (+1271)
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Papua New Guinea PHILIPPINES
Philippines April 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
MARCH 2016 MAY 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 Remember, God does not pay us for results, 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Easter Octave Easter Octave but for effort. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Saint Hugh of Grenoble Saint Francis of Paola 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 (+1132) (+1507) 3 4 5 6 7 3 8 9
2nd Sunday of Easter Annunciation of the Lord Blessed Pierina Morosini, Saint John Baptist de La Salle Blessed Thomas of Tolentino Divine Mercy Sunday Saint Isidore of Seville (+636) Saint Vincent Ferrer (+1419) Martyr (+1957) (+1719) Saint Julia Billiart (+1816) (+1321) 10 11 12 13 14 5 15 16 Saint Bernadette Soubirous 3rd Sunday of Easter (+1879) Saint Magdalen of Canossa Saint Stanislaus of Kracow Saint Martin I, Saint Damian of Molokai Veuster Saint Benedict Labre (+1783) (+1835) (+1079) Saint Victor Pope and Martyr Saint Peter Gonzales (+1246) (+1894) Our Lady of Laus (+1664) 17 18 19 20 21 22 6 23 4th Sunday of Easter Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (+1680) Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin World Day of Prayer (+1890) Saint Alphege of Canterbury, Saint Agnes of Montepulciano Saint Anselm of Canterbury Saint Marie Euphrasie Pelletier Saint George, for Vocations Canadian Family Martyr (+1012) (+1317) (+1109) (+1868) Patron Saint of England 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 4 Saint Gianna Beretta Molla th 5 Sunday of Easter (+1962) Saint Catherine of Siena Saint Marie of the Incarnation Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen Saint Mark, Apostle Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, Saint Louis de Montfort (+1380) (+1672) (+1622) and Evangelist Our Lady of Good Counsel Bishop (+1606) (+1716) Co-patron Saint of Europe Canadian Family
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca VIETNAM
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
CAMBODIA
Cambodia May 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 7 Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis Saint Dominic Savio (+1857) th 6 Sunday of Easter (+1912) Salesian Family Saint Joseph, the Worker Saints Philip and James the Canadian Family Saint François de Laval (+1708) Blessed Marie-Louise Trichet Dignity of human work Saint Athanasius (+373) Less, Apostles and Martyrs Saint John Payne, Martyr (+1582) Blessed Edmund Rice (1844) Canadian Family (+1759) 5 8Ascension of the Lord Sunday 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mother’s Day Our Lady of Fatima Blessed Marie-Catherine of Saint Maria Domenica St.Augustine (+1688) Blessed Thomas Pickering, Saint John of Avila (+1569) Blessed John of Rochester Mazzarello (+1881) Saint Matthias, Apostle Canadian Family Martyr (+1679) Doctor of the Church (+1537) Saints Nereus & Achilleus Salesian Family and Martyr 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 6 Saint Brendan, the Navigator(+583) Saint Eugene of Mazenod Pentecost Sunday Saint Louis Orione (+1940) Saint Leonardo Murialdo (+1861) Salesian Family Saint Isidore, the Farmer Blessed Vladimir Ghika, (+1900) Saint Dunstan of Canterbury Saint Bernadine of Siena Blessed Franz Jägerstätter (+1110) Martyr (+1954) Saint Pascal Baylon (1592) Salesian Family (+988) (+1444) (+1943) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Solemnity of Mary Help of Christians Solemnity of the Queen Victoria Day (+1901) Blessed Louis-Zephyrin Most Holy Trinity Saint William of Rochester, Moreau (+1901) Saint Bede the Venerable Saint Philip Neri (+1595) Saint Augustine of Canterbury Saint Germanus of Paris Saint Rita of Cascia (+1457) Martyr (+1201) Canadian Family (+735) Salesian Tradition (+604) (+576)
APRIL 2016 JUNE 2016 4 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 29Solemnity of Most 30 31 1 2 1 2 3 4 Holy Body and Blood of Christ Saint Joan of Arc, Martyr 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Run, jump, play but do not sin. Corpus Christi 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (+1431) Visitation of the Blessed Joseph Kowalski (+1942) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Salesian Family Patron Saint of France Blessed Virgin Mary 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca INDIA
Shillong, India June 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
MAY 2016 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 Have fun, but do not neglect study 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Immaculate Heart of Mary and prayer. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Saint Stephen of Sweden Saint Charles Lwanga and Blessed Mary Elizabeth 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Saint Justin, Martyr (+166) (+1075) Martyrs of Uganda (+1886) Hesselblad (+1957) 5 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Ephraem (+373) Saint Boniface (+754) Saint Colman of Dromore Blessed Istvan Sandor (+1952) Doctor of the Church Blessed Edward Poppe Saint Barnabas, Apostle, Martyr Patron Saint of Germany Saint Norbert (+1134) (+610) Salesian Family Saint Columba of Iona (+597) (+1924) Patron Saint of Cyprus 12 5 13 14 15 16 17 18 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Germaine Cousin Francis Kesy and young Polish (+1601) martyrs (+1942) Saint Anthony of Padua (+1231) Saint Methodius of Patron Saint of Abandoned Saint Jean-François Régis Blessed Pierre-Joseph Cassant Saint Elizabeth of Schonau Salesian Family Doctor of the Church Constantinople (+847) and Abused Children (+1640) (+1903) (+1164) 19 20 6 21 22 23 24 25 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saints John Fisher Blessed Marguerite Rutan (+1794) and Thomas More Saint Joseph Cafasso (+1860) Saint Romuald, Abbot (+1027) Saint Margaret Ball (+1584) Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Martyrs (+1535) Patron saint of prisoners Saint Prosper of Aquitaine Father’s Day and Irish Martyrs (+1591) Patron Saint of lawyers Salesian Family Birth of Saint John the Baptist (+460)
JULY 2016 26 27 4 28 29 30 S M T W T F S Saint Cyril of Alexandria (+444) 1 2 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Nykyta Budka & Vasyl Solemnity of Saint Peter (+64) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Velychkowsky Bishops 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Saint Josemaria Escriva Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Bishop, and Saint Paul (+67), and Martyrs (+1949, +1973) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (+1975) Canadian family Martyr (+200) Apostles, Martyrs First Martyrs of Rome 24 /31 25 26 27 28 29 30
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca PERU
Peru 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 30 31 July 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
JUNE 2016 AUGUST 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 The Lord always blesses those who are obedient 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Canada Day to His commands. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Saint Oliver Plunket, Blessed Eugenia Joubert 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 Martyr (+1681) (+1904) 3 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (+1336) Saint Augustine Zhao Rong 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Piergiorgio Frassati Saint Anthony Zaccaria Saint Maria Goretti (+1902), Blessed Maria Romero (+1977) and Companions, Saint Thomas, Apostle, Martyr (+1925) (+1539) Martyr Salesian Family Saint Killian (+689) Martyrs (+1930) 10 11 12 5 13 14 15 16 Saint Henry II, Emperor 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Veronica (+1024) Holy Martyrs of Damascus Saint Benedict of Norcia (+543) Apostleship of the Sea Sunday Saints Azélie (+1877) & Saint Camillus of Lellis Saint Bonaventure (+1274) (+1860) Patron Saint of Europe St. John Wall, Martyr (+1679) Louis Martin (+1894) (+1614) Doctor of the Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel 17 18 19 6 20 21 22 23 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Mary Magdalene Saint Bridget of Sweden Blessed Carmelite Martyrs Saint Frederick of Utrecht Saint Seraphim of Sarov Saint Margaret of Antioch, Saint Lawrence of Brindisi Saint Philip Evans, (+1373) of Compiègne (+1794) (+1838) (+1833) Martyr (+1619) Martyr (+1679) Co-patron Saint of Europe
17th Sunday in 24 Ordinary Time 4 Saint Sharbel Malkluf (+1898) 25 26 27 28 29 30 18th Sunday in Saint Anne, Patron Saint Saint Martha 31 Ordinary Time Saint James the Greater, of Quebec and Saint Joachim Saint Natalia of Cordoba, Saint Olaf of Norway, Saint Peter Chrysologus Saint Ignatius of Loyola (+1556) Apostle Parents of the Virgin Mary Martyr (+852) Saint Samson of York (+565) Martyr (+1030) (+451)
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca ECUADOR
Salesian Vocational Fund, Quito Ecuador
EL SALVADOR August 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
JULY 2016 S M T W T F S 3 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Saint Alphonsus Liguori Dedication of Basilica St. Mary Major 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (+1787) Blessed August Czartoryski Saint John Mary Vianney 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Blessed Frederick Janssoone Doctor of the Church (+1893) of Ars (+1859) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (+1916) 24 Saint Peter Faber (+1540) Salesian Family Saint Nicodemus Patron Saint of Priests Canadian Family Transfiguration of the Lord /31 25 26 27 28 29 30 7 8 9 10 5 11 12 13 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Dominic de Guzman Saint Teresa Benedicta Saint Sixtus II, Pope & Martyr (+1221) of the Cross (Edith Stein), Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (+258) Saint Mary Helen MacKillop Martyr (+1942) Saint Lawrence, (+1641) Saint Pontian, Pope, Martyr Saint Cajetan (+1547) (+1909) Co-Patron Saint of Europe Martyr (+258) Saint Clare of Assisi (+1253) Salesian Family (+236) 14 15 16 17 18 6 19 20 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Stephen of Hungary Blessed Elizabeth Turgeon Saint Helen of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Solemnity of the Assumption (+1038) (+1881) Constantinople (+330) Abbot (+1153) Martyr (+1941) of Mary Saint Roch (+1327) Canadian Family Saint Alberto Hurtado (+1952) Saint John Eudes (+1680) Doctor of the Church 21 22 23 24 25 4 26 27 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Pius X, Pope (+1914) Blessed Maria Troncatti FMA Blessed Zephyrin Namuncura Our Lady of Knock (Ireland) Saint Bartholomew, (+1969) (+1905) (+1879) Queenship of Mary Saint Rose of Lima (+1617) Apostle, Martyr Salesian Family Salesian Family Saint Monica (+387)
SEPTEMBER 2016 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Blessed Margaret Ward, 1 2 3 An Oratory without music is like Saint Augustine of Hippo Martyrdom of Saint John Martyr (+1588) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 a body without a soul. (+430) the Baptist Blessed Ildefonso Schuster Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Doctor of the Church Saint Joan Jugan (+1879) (+1954) (+651) 25 26 27 28 29 30
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca ARGENTINA
Paraná, Argentina URUGUAY
Montevideo, Uruguay MEXICO
Guadalajara, Mexico September 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
AUGUST 2016 OCTOBER 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 3 2 3 Always give great importance 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Blessed Maria Moreno 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and Maria Amparo, FMA to whatever you do. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 (+1936), Martyrs Blessed André Grasset (+1792) Saint Gregory the Great 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Salesian Family Canadian Family (+604) 28 29 30 31 /30 /31 25 26 27 28 29 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 10 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Nativity of the Blessed Blessed Dina Bélanger Labour Day Virgin Mary (+1929) Blessed Mother Teresa Saint Peregrine Laziosi (+1345) Blessed John Maid, Martyr Blessed Frederick Ozanan Saint Peter Claver (+1654) Saint Martyrs of Japan Canadian Family of Calcutta (+1997) Patron Saint of cancer patients (+1627) (+1853) Patron Saint of Colombia (+1622) 11 12 13 14 15 16 6 17 Saint Robert Bellarmine 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time Saint John Chrysostom, (+1621) Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, Bishop (+404) Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, Saint Hildegard of Bingen Martyr (+1840) The Most Holy Name of Mary Doctor of the Church Exaltation of the Holy Cross Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Martyrs (+258) (+1179)
Blessed Mother Emilie 18 19 20 21 22 23 4 24 Gamelin (+1851) Blessed Joseph Calasanz, Canadian Family 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time Henry Saiz and Our Lady of Walsingham (+1061) Saint Joseph of Cupertino Saint Januarius, Bishop, Saint Andrew Kim, Paul Chong Saint Matthew, companions, Martyrs (+1936) Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Blessed Anton Slomsek, (+1663) Martyr (+305) and Korean Martyrs (+1846) Apostle and Evangelist Salesian Family (+1968) Slovenia (+1862) 25 26 27 28 29 30 Holy Canadian Martyrs Saint Wenceslaus of Germany 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time Secondary Patron (+929) Saint Vincent Strambi Saints of Canada Saint Lorenzo Ruiz de Manilla, Holy Archangels Michael, Saint Jerome (+420) (+1824) Blessed Paul VI (+1978) Saint Vincent de Paul (+1660) Martyr (+1637) Gabriel & Raphael Doctor of the Church
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca SOUTH AFRICA
Lansdowne, South Africa
EAST TIMOR
Dili, East Timor October 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 2016 NOVEMBER 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 3 My dear boys, love Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 Saint Thérèse of the 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Child Jesus (+1897) and you shall be truly happy. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Patron Saint of Missions 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 Doctor of the Church 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Blessed Alberto Marvelli Saint Bruno (+1101) and Our Lady of the Rosary (+1946) Blessed Marie- Rose Durocher Our Lady of Victories (1571) 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Columba Marmion Salesian Family (+1849) Blessed Giuseppe Toniolo Blessed Matthew Carreri The Holy Guardian Angels (+1923) Saint Francis of Assisi (+1226) Blessed Bartolo Longo (+1926) Canadian Family (+1918) (+1470) 9 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Alexandrina da Costa Thanksgiving Day (+1955) Saint Teresa of Avila Saint Dennis of Paris (+260), Martyr Salesian Family Blessed John Henry Newman Saint Daniel Comboni Saint John XXIII, Pope Saint Edward, the Confessor Saint Callistus I, Pope (+222), (+1582) (+1890) (+1881) (+1963) Saint Wilfrid of York (+709) (+1068) Martyr Doctor of the Church 16 6 17 18 19 20 21 22 4 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Blessed Charles of Austria Saint Marguerite d’Youville (+1771) (+1922), Emperor Canadian Family Saint Ignatius of Antioch Saint Luke, the beloved physician, Saint Philip Howard, Martyr Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi Saint John Paul II, Pope Saint Marguerite-Marie (+1690) (+110) Evangelist (+1595) Martyr (+1984) (+1993) (+2005)
30th Sunday Saint Luigi Guanella 23 of Ordinary Time 24 (+1915) Saint John of Capistrano (+1456) Salesian Family 25 26 27 28 29 Blessed Michael Rua (+1910) 31st Sunday Saint Richard Gwyn (+1584) 1st Successor of Don Bosco 30 of Ordinary Time 3 31 Saint Quentin Blessed Charles Gnocchi Saint Sabina of Avila, Martyr Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, Salesian Family Blessed Dorothy Swartz of Prussia (+287) (+1956) Saint Alfred the Great (+899) (+303) Martyrs Blessed Chiara Badano (+1990) (+1394)
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca UKRAINE November 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
OCTOBER 2016 DECEMBER 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Commemoration of all Saint Martin de Porres Deceased Benefactors 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 the Faithful Departed (+1639) Saint Charles Borromeo and Friends 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 Solemnity of All Saints (All Souls’ Day) Saint Malachy (+1148) (+1584) of the Salesian Family /30 /31 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 6 7 5 8 9 10 11 12
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity Remembrance Day Saint Josaphat Kunzewic Blessed Margaret of Lorraine Mary, Mediatrix of Grace (+1906) Dedication of Saint John Lateran Saint Leo the Great, Pope Saint Martin of Tours (+397) (+1623) (+1521) Saint Willibrod (+739) Blessed John Duns Scotus (+1308) Basilica (+461) Patron Saint of Hungary Patron Saint of Ukraine 13 14 6 15 16 17 18 19 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Saint Albert the Great, Bishop (+1280) Saint Margaret of Scotland Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (+1917) Doctor of the Church (+1093) and Blessed Artemides Zatti (+1951) Saint Lawrence O’Toole Blessed Magdalena Morano (+1908) Saint Gertrude (+1301) Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Dedication of the Basilicas of Saint Mechtilde of Helfta Salesian Family (+1180) Salesian Family Blessed Giuseppe Moscati (+1927) (+1231) Saints Peter and Paul (+1299) 20 21 4 22 23 24 25 26 Venerable Marguerite Occhiena Bosco Saint Leonard of Port Maurice (1856) (+1751) For Deceased Parents of Salesian Family Solemnity of Christ the King Presentation of the Saint Cecilia of Rome, Martyr Saint Clement I, Pope Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Salesian Family Blessed James Alberione Saint Edmund, Martyr (+870) Blessed Virgin Mary Bible Sunday Saint Columban, Abbot (+615) Vietnamese Martyrs (+1839) Saint Catherine of Alexandria (+305) (+1971) 27 28 29 3 30 Do your ordinary duties extraordinarily well. 1st Sunday of Advent Saint Catherine Laboure Saint Cuthbert Mayne, Martyr Saint Andrew, Apostle, Martyr Saint Fergus (+721) (+1876) (+1578) Patron Saint of Scotland, Greece
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NOVEMBER 2016 JANUARY 2017 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 Let us serve the Lord with 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Blessed Charles Foucauld 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (+1916) Blessed Raphaël Chylinski holy cheerfulness. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Saint Edmund Campion, Martyr (+1741) Saint Francis Xavier (+1552) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 (+1581) Our Lady of Liesse (1857) Patron Saint of Missions 4 5 6 7 5 8 9 10 Blessed Brian Lacey and 2nd Sunday of Advent Blessed Philip Rinaldi (+1931) Blessed John Mason, Martyrs Saint John Damascene 3rd Successor of Don Bosco Saint Nicholas of Myra (+325) Saint Ambrose of Milan Solemnity of the Immaculate (+1591) (+749) Salesian Family Patron Saint of school children (+397) Conception of Mary Saint Juan Diego (+1548) Our Lady of Loreto (1294) 11 12 13 14 6 15 16 17 3rd Sunday of Advent Saint Damasus I, Pope Saint Lucy of Syracuse (+303), Saint John of the Cross Blessed Charles Steeb Saint Adelaide, Empress Saint John of Matha (+384) Our Lady of Guadalupe Martyr (+1591) (+1858) (+999) (+1213) 18 19 20 21 4 22 23 24 Saint John of Kanty (+1473) 4th Sunday of Advent Blessed Urban V, Pope Saint Peter Canisius (+1597) Saint Thorlak Thorhallson of Saint Adela of Pfalzel Saint Flannan (+600) (+1370) Saint Finnian of Iona (+661) Doctor of the Church Saint Flavian (+362) Iceland (+1193) (+735) 25 26 27 28 29 3 30 31 Solemnity of the Birth Holy Innocents, Martyrs Blessed Margaret Colonna of the Lord Saint John, Apostle and Saint Caterina Volpicelli Saint Thomas à Becket, Martyr (+1280) Saint Sylvester I, Pope Christmas Day Saint Stephen, First Martyr Evangelist (+1894) (+1170) Feast of the Holy Family (+335)
11991, PIERRE-BAILLARGEON, MONTREAL, QC H1E 2E5 DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE 514-648-4132 • [email protected] • www.dbmo.ca The SALESIAN Family From the beginning of his work, Don Bosco Salesian way, particularly by serving the young, needed help. Thus he called upon numerous in their work environments and in the local people of good will. Little by little the Salesian Church. They are more than 100 in Canada. family took shape: a tree with many branches. The Past Pupils of Don Bosco, founded around Each has its specific characteristics, but all 1870. They are grouped into local associations share the same objective: to live the Gospel and and united on the national and international to proclaim it to the young. levels. To be a Past Pupil means to live, in the Salesians of Don Bosco, founded in 1859. style of Don Bosco, in simplicity, cheefulness Religious priests and lay brothers, who want and family spirit. to carry out in the Church the project of their The Don Bosco Volunteers were founded in founder: to be signs and bearers of the love 1917 from the generosity of three young women of God for youth, especially the poorest. Today gathered around Don Philip Rinaldi, 3rd succes they are 16,000 in about 130 countries. sor of Don Bosco. The Salesians Sisters of Don Bosco (or the The Volunteers are women, organized in a Daughters of Mary Help of Christians); founded Secular Institute, who commit themselves to in 1872 by Don Bosco and St. Mary Domenica work in the spirit of Don Bosco while remaining Mazzarello, are active religious Sisters who inserted into their regular daily life. Since 1994, follow the same pastoral and educative project there exists as well a masculine branch. as the Salesians. Today, they are 15,700 in 89 countries. In the footsteps of Don Bosco More than twenty religious congregations, mas The Salesians Cooperators. After the Society culine and feminine, Secular Institutes and of St. Francis de Sales, Don Bosco founded, Associations of lay people were at their request in 1876, the Union of Cooperators. This union officially recognized as part of the Salesian constitutes a vast international movement of Family. All of them follow the Salesian Spi persons who commit themselves to live in a rituality of Don Bosco. THE SACRED HEART ASSOCIATION An Everlasting Gift Anyone, living or dead, may be enrolled in the ment. A small part of this is sent to Rome Salesians of Saint John Bosco, serving the Sacred Heart Association. for the upkeep of the Sacred Heart Basilica. people of God, especially the young. The membership certificate, issued in an 8” x 6” This basilica was built by Saint John Bosco leatherette album (photo), is an excellent gift at the explicit request of Pope Leo XIII. It was For more informations and to order: consecrated in May 1887. for a family in mourning as well as for a wedding, DON BOSCO MISSION OFFICE anniversary or any other special occasion. We The remainder makes up a fund used mainly 11991, Pierre-Baillargeon, Montréal, QC H1E 2E5 offer a choice of colours (white, gold, navy blue for the promotion and education of priestly and Tel.: 514-648-4132 Fax: 514-648-6729 and burgundy) and holy images. religious vocations. E-mail: [email protected] The suggested offering is $15.00 for each These offerings will help young men to follow (Sorry, no income tax receipts for Everlasting Gifts) person enrolled or $25.00 for a family enroll their calling to the priestly or religious life as
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May God bring You His love, joy and peace this Christmas Season and throughout the New Year.
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Strenna 2016 of the 10th Successor of Don Bosco WITH JESUS, let us adventure in the Spirit together!