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Liturgical Calendar - June 2011

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Children of Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home with their educator Sr. Edith Zulu O.S.B.

Liturgical Calendar - January 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Solemnity of Mary, Lectionary: {11th December 2010 – Mother of God Sundays: Cycle A 18th January 2011 RSA: New Year’s Day Weekdays: Year I School Holidays} World Day of Prayer for peace (16 years Blessed Gérard’s Pre-Primary School & Crèche) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Epiphany of the Lord (The Most Holy St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Neumann, bishop Blessed André Bessette, St. Raymond of Peñafort, (Our Lady of Prompt Succour) Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Name of Jesus) religious (USA) (USA) religious (USA) priest Nazianzen, bishops & doctors (18 years Blessed Gérard’s Relief Fund) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Baptism of the Lord (St. Gregory of Nyssa, (60th anniversary of the (St. Victorian) St. Hilary, bishop & doctor (St. Engelmar) (Sts. Maurus & Placidus, St. Adrian of Canterbury, abbot bishop, OSB) erection of the Diocese of scholars of St. Benedict, OSB) (St. Julian) (1st week in ordinary time) Eshowe) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2nd Sunday in ordinary time St. Anthony, abbot (St. Prisca) (Sts. Kanut & Godfrey) St. Fabian, pope & martyr; St. Agnes, virgin & martyr St. Vincent, deacon & martyr (St. Marcellus) 18 – 25 January: Week of St. Sebastian, martyr; prayer for Christian Unity (“Back to school”) Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi, priest 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3rd Sunday in ordinary time St. Francis de Sales, Conversion of St. Paul, apostle Sts. Timothy & Titus, bishops; St. Angela Merici, virgin St. Thomas Aquinas, (St. Charles) (St. Ildefons) bishop & doctor (St. Robert, Alberich & Stephen, priest & doctor Cistercian abbots, OSB) (15 years Blessed Gérard’s Disaster Relief Project) 30 31 4th Sunday in ordinary time St. John Bosco, priest (St. Mary Ward)

Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict , the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta and the African Saints brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard

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Eternal rest grant unto her, o Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon her. May she 2011 rest in peace!

Inpatient Care - A patient being admitted

Liturgical Calendar - February 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 (St. Bridget) Presentation of the Lord St. Blaise, bishop & martyr, (Sts. Gilbert & Rhabanus) St. Agatha, virgin & martyr World Day of Consecrated Life St. Ansgar, bishop, (18 years Blessed Gérard’s Bursary Fund) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5th Sunday in ordinary time (St. Mel) St. Jerome Emiliani, priest (Sts. Alto & Julian) St. Scholastica, virgin, OSB Our Lady of Lourdes (St. Deodat) Sts. Paul Miki, priest & martyr (Blessed Pius IX, pope) St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin (St. Benedict of Aniane, & companions, martyrs abbot, OSB) WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 6th Sunday in ordinary time Sts. Cyril, monk & (St. Siegfried) (Bl.Joseph Allemano) Seven Founders of the Order (St. Theothon) (St. Irmgard) (St. Castor) Methodius, bishop of Servites, religious (St. Valentine’s Day) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 7th Sunday in ordinary time St. Peter Damian, Chair of St. Peter, apostle St. Polycarp, bishop & martyr (Sts. Ethelbert, Mathias (Priory of Inkamana raised to St. Alexander of Alexandria, Dedication of the Conventual bishop & doctor Mulumba & Willigis) an abbey in 1982) bishop Church of St. John the Baptist International Mother (St. Victor) in Malta, SMOM Language Day World Day of Social Justice 27 28 8th Sunday in ordinary time (St. Oswald) (Sts. Gabriel & Leander) (St. Romanus)

Home Care - A patient being examined

Liturgical Calendar - March 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 (Sts. Almarich & Switbert) (St. Enrique) (St. Katharine Drexel, virgin) St. Casimir (St. Alto)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 9th Sunday in ordinary time Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, St. John of God, religious Ash Wednesday (St. Aemilius) (St. Wolfram) (St. Beatrice) (St. Coleta) martyrs International Women’s Day St. Frances of Rome, religious (Abbey of St. Ottilien raised to the rank of an Archabbey in 1914) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1st Sunday of Lent (St. Mathilde) (St. Clement) (Sts. Herbert & Heribert) St. Patrick, bishop St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Joseph, (St. Paulina) (18 years Blessed Gérard’s bishop & doctor husband of Mary Malnutrition Clinic) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2nd Sunday of Lent Death of St. Benedict, St. Deogratias, bishop St. Turibius de Mongrovejo, (St. Elias) Annunciation of the Lord (St. Ludger) (St. Irmgard) abbot, OSB (Blessed Clemens August bishop (St. Ancilla) RSA: Human Rights Day von Galen, SMOM) International Day of the (Sts. Damian & Octavian) Elimination of Racial World Water Day Discrimination 27 28 29 30 31 3rd Sunday of Lent (St. Guntram) (St. Helmut) (12 years Blessed Gérard’s (Sts. Amos, Benjamin & Gwido) St. John of Egypt, hermit, First Aid and Emergency (St. Ruprecht) Service)

Our youngest child getting a treat with Father Gérard

Liturgical Calendar - April 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 St. Nonius Alvarez Pereira, St. Francis of Paola, hermit {2nd – 10th April: prior, SMOM, School Holiday} (7 years Blessed Gérard’s Hospice HAART Programme) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4th Sunday of Lent St. Isidore, bishop & doctor St. Vincent Ferrer, priest (5th anniversary St. John Baptist de la Salle, (St. Beate) (St. Waltraud) (Laetare Sunday) St. Benedict ‘the Black’, of Clare Kalkwarf’s death) priest (St. Richard) religious World Health Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 5th Sunday of Lent St. Stanislaus, bishop & martyr St. Zeno of Verona St. Martin I, pope & martyr (St. Lidwina) (St. Damian de Veuster) (St. Bernadette) (St. Ezekiel) (St. Julius) (St. Hermenegild) {“Back to school”} 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Palm Sunday Monday of the Holy Week Tuesday of the Holy Week Wednesday of the Holy Week Holy Thursday Good Friday Easter Vigil (Sts. Innocent & Rudolf) (St. Wigbert) (Sts. Gerold & Werner) St. Marcellinus, bishop St. Anselm, bishop & doctor (St. Cajus) St. George, martyr (Pope Benedict XVI elected) Sts. Vincent & Dominicus, (St. Adalbert, bishop, missionaries missionary & martyr, OSB) (18 years Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard acknowledged as Relief Organisation of the Order of Malta) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Easter Sunday Easter Monday Easter Tuesday Easter Wednesday Easter Thursday Easter Friday Easter Saturday St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, St. Mark, evangelist (St. Kleto) RSA: Freedom Day St. Peter Chanel, priest St. Catherine of Siena, St. Pius V, pope priest & martyr RSA: Family Day (RSA: School Holiday) & martyr, (St. Louis Mary virgin & doctor Grignion de Montfort, priest)

Everybody gets their turn at Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home

Liturgical Calendar - May 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2nd Sunday of Easter St. Athanasius, Sts. Philip & James, apostles (St. Florian) (Sts. Angelo & Godehard) (Sts. Aldricus, (Blessed Notker) Divine Mercy Sunday bishop & doctor (St. Ansfried) Dominic & Edmar) St. Joseph the worker RSA: Public Holiday RSA: Workers’ Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3rd Sunday of Easter (St. Germanus) (Blessed Damian Joseph de (Sts. Odo, Majolus, Odilo, Sts. Nereus & Achilleus, (Our Lady of Fatima) St. Matthias, apostle (St. Victor) Veuster of Molokai, priest) Hugo & Petrus the venerable, martyrs; Mothers’ Day abbots of Cluny, OSB) St. Pancras, martyr 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 4th Sunday of Easter (St. John Nepomuc) (Sts. Dietmar & Paschalis) St. John I, pope & martyr, (St. Celestin, St. Bernardine of Siena, priest (St. Christopher Magallanes, “Good Shepherd Sunday” Blessed Gerard Mecatti of pope & hermit, OSB) priest & companions, martyrs) World Day of Prayer Villamagna, religious, SMOM, World Day for Cultural for Vocations (St. Erich) Diversity for Dialogue and St. Isidore the farmer (USA) Development (18 years Blessed Gérard’s Friendship Club & 11 years Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home) International Day of Families 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5th Sunday of Easter (St. Desiderius) (St. Dagmar) St. Bede the Venerable, St. Philip Neri, priest St. Augustine of Canterbury, St. Ubaldesca, virgin, SMOM (St. Rita of Cascia, religious) (17 years Blessed priest & doctor; bishop Gérard’s AIDS Education St. Gregory VII, pope; Programme) St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin 29 30 31 6th Sunday of Easter (St. Joan of Arc) Visitation of the Blessed Joseph Gerard OMI, Blessed Virgin Mary priest World No-Tobacco Day

Blessed Gérard’s Pre-Primary School & Crèche

Liturgical Calendar - June 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 St. Justin, martyr Ascension of the Lord Sts. Charles Lwanga & (St. Quirin) Sts. Marcellinus & Peter, companions, martyrs martyrs (St. Kevin) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7th Sunday of Easter St. Norbert, bishop (St. Jeremias) Blessed James Berthieu, St. Ephrem, deacon & doctor (St. Diana) St. Barnabas, apostle St. Boniface, martyr (St. Pacificus) bishop & martyr World Environment Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pentecost St. Anthony of Padua, (St. Richard) (St. Vitus) (Sts. Aurelian, Benno & (St. Alexander) (St. Armando) St. Flora of Beaulieu, priest & doctor, patron of Quirinus) virgin, SMOM Mandeni Parish 11th week in ordinary time RSA: Youth Day St. Onophrius, hermit 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Trinity Sunday (St. Novatus) St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Sts. Paulinus of Nola, bishop (St. Edeltraud) Birth of St. John the Baptist, (Sts. Prosper & Wilhelm) St. Romuald, abbot religious John Fisher, bishop & martyr patron, SMOM Blessed Gerland, 12th week Thomas Moore, martyr religious, SMOM in ordinary time Fathers’ Day World Refugee Day 26 27 28 29 30 Most Holy Body and St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Irenaeus, Sts. Peter & Paul, apostles First martyrs of the Church of {25th June – 17th July Blood of Christ bishop & doctor bishop & martyr Rome School Holiday} (St. Vigilius) (Our Mother of Perpetual Help) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

The blind Miram celebrates her birthday

Liturgical Calendar - July 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Immaculate Heart of Mary (Patronal feast of the Diocese (Sts. Mario & Martinian) {25th June – 17th July of Eshowe & the Missionary School Holiday} Benedictines), St. Nicasius, martyr, SMOM (Blessed Junípero Serra, priest) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14th Sunday in ordinary time St. Elizabeth of Portugal St. Anthony Zaccaria, priest St. Maria Goretti, virgin & (Sts. Walter & Willibald) Blessed Adrian Fortescue, (St. Augustine Zhao Rong, St. Thomas, apostle martyr martyr, SMOM priest & companions, martyrs) (St. Godfrey) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15th Sunday in ordinary time St. Benedict, abbot, OSB Blessed David Gunston, St. Henry, St. Camillus de Lellis, priest; St. Bonaventure, Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Sts. Alexander, Silvanus & World Population Day martyr, SMOM (St. Eugene) Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, bishop & doctor Vitalis) (St. Johannes Gualbert, abbot, virgin (USA) OSB) St. Toscana, religious, SMOM 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 16th Sunday in ordinary time (St. Arnold) (St. Arsenio) (St. Apollinarius) St. Laurence of Brindisi, St. Mary Magdalene St. Bridget of Sweden, (Sts. Alexius, Leo & Pambo) priest & doctor religious {“Back to school”} 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 17th Sunday in ordinary time St. James, apostle St. Joachim & Anne, parents of (Sts. Berthold & Rudolf) St. Victor I, pope & martyr, Sts. Martha, Maria & Lazarus, St. Peter Chrysologus, (St. Sharbel Makhluf, priest) the Blessed Virgin Mary (St. Maximilian Kolbe) friends of Jesus, OSB bishop & doctor

31 18th Sunday in ordinary time St. Ignatius of Loyola, priest St. Justin de Jacobis, bishop

Open arms and open hearts on both sides

Liturgical Calendar - August 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop (Sts. Benno & Nicodem) St. John Vianney, priest Dedication of the Basilica Transfiguration of the Lord bishop & doctor (St. Peter Julian Eymard, of St. Mary Major priest) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19th Sunday in ordinary time St. Dominic, [St. Teresa Benedicta St. Lawrence, St. Clare, virgin (St. Jane Frances de St. Pontian, pope & martyr, Sts. Sixtus II, pope & martyr & priest of the Cross (Edith Stein), deacon & martyr (St. Susanna, martyr) Chantal, religious), St. Hippolytus, priest & martyr companions, martyrs virgin & martyr] (Blessed John Henry Newman) Blessed Isidore Bakanja, St. Cajetan, priest (RSA: School Holiday) RSA: National Women’s Day martyr International Day of the International Youth Day World’s Indigenous People 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20th Sunday in ordinary time Assumption of the St. Stephan of Hungary (St. Hyacinth) (St. Helena) St. John Eudes, priest, St. Bernard, abbot & doctor St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Blessed Virgin Mary 16th – 21st August: (St. Bernard Toloméi, priest & martyr World Youth Day Madrid abbot, OSB) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21st Sunday in ordinary time Queenship of the Virgin Mary St. Rose of Lima, virgin St. Bartholomew, apostle St. Louis of France, (Our Lady of Czestochowa) St. Monica St. Pius X, pope St. Joseph Calasanz, priest Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo 28 29 30 31 22nd Sunday in ordinary time Beheading of St. John Blessed Ghebre Michael, (Sts. Aidan & Raimund) St. Augustine, bishop & doctor the Baptist, martyr, patron priest & martyr of the SMOM

Charles, our youngest child, gets used to “Winnie the Pooh”, the mascot of Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home

Liturgical Calendar - September 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 (St. Ruth) (Sts. Justin & Nonnosus) St. Gregory the Great, (90th anniversary: pope & doctor Prefecture Apostolic of Death of Blessed Gérard Zululand constituted in 1921) (+1120), (15 years Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre & Hospice) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 23rd Sunday in ordinary time (St. Maria Theresia) (St. Magnus) (St. Dietrich) Birthday of the St. Peter Claver, priest (USA) (St. Diethard) (St. Moses) Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Philerme, SMOM 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 24th Sunday in ordinary time (Most Holy Name of the St. John Chrysostom, Triumph of the Our Lady of Sorrows St. Cornelius, pope & martyr; St. Robert Bellarmine, (St. Felix) Blessed Virgin Mary) bishop & doctor Holy Cross St. Cyprian, bishop & martyr bishop & doctor (St. Hildegard, virgin & abbess, OSB) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25th Sunday in ordinary time St. Januarius, bishop & martyr St. Andrew Kim Taegon,˘ St. Matthew, St. Maurice and the St. Zachary & Elizabeth, St. Stephanie, martyr (Sts. Lambert & Luke) priest & martyr, Sts. Paul apostle & evangelist Theban Legion, martyrs parents of St. John the Baptist, (Our Lady of Ransom) Chong˘ Hasang & companions, International Day of Peace (St. Otto) (SMOM) RSA: Heritage Day martyrs (St. Pio of Pietrelcina) 25 26 27 28 29 30 26th Sunday in ordinary time Sts. Cosmas & Damian, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Wenceslaus, martyr, Sts. Michael, Gabriel & St. Jerome, (St. Nicolas) martyrs priest (St. Laurence Ruiz & Raphael, archangels priest & doctor companions, martyrs) (St. Victor)

Receiving food, warmth, a cuddle and lots of tender loving care

Liturgical Calendar - October 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 {1st – 9th October 1st October: International Day St. Theresa of the School Holiday} of Older Persons Child Jesus, virgin, (St. Angelo) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 27th Sunday in ordinary time (Sts. Ewald & Udo) St. Francis of Assisi, religious Blessed Peter Pattarini of St. Bruno, priest, Blessed Our Lady of the Rosary St. Hugh, religious, SMOM Guardian Angels World Habitat Day Imola, prior, SMOM, Marie Rose Durocher, virgin (Our Lady of good remedy) (St. Mary Faustina) (USA) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 28th Sunday in ordinary time St. Daniel Comboni, bishop (St. Bruno) (St. Wilfried) Blessed Gérard, founder of the St. Callistus I, St. Teresa of Avila, Sts. Denis, bishop & martyr & & founder of the Comboni SMOM, patron of the BBG pope & martyr virgin & doctor companions, martyrs, St. John Missionaries, International Day for Natural (St. Edward) Leonardi, priest (St. Viktor) Disaster Reduction World Mental Health Day {“Back to school”} 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29th Sunday in ordinary time St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Luke, evangelist St. Paul of the Cross, priest, Blessed Daudi Okelo & Jildro (St. Ursula) (St. Ingbert) World Mission Sunday bishop & martyr Sts. John Brébeuf & Isaac Irwa, martyrs St. Hedwig, religious International Day for the Jogues, priests & martyrs & (St. Paul of the Cross) St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Eradication of Poverty companions, martyrs (USA), (St. Wendelin) virgin <- 16th October: (Blessed Mother Teresa of World Food Day Calcutta) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30th Sunday in ordinary time St. Anthony Claret, bishop, (St. Gaudence) (Sts. Evaristo & Gilbert) (St. Frumentius) Sts. Simon & Jude, apostles, (St. Narcis) St. John of Capistrano, (St. Felix) 19th anniversary of the priest, (St. Herfried) foundation of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard 30 31 31st Sunday in ordinary time (St. Wolfgang) St. Marcellus, martyr, (St. Claudius)

A Therapeutic Counsellor at his monthly adherence monitoring home visit

Liturgical Calendar - November 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 All Saints Commemoration of all the St. Martin de Porres, religious St. Charles Borromeo, bishop (St. Zacharia) st 31 week of ordinary time (St. Harald) faithful departed: All Souls (19 years Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard acknowledged by the bishop) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 32nd Sunday in ordinary time (St. Willibrord, bishop, OSB) (St. Godfrey) Dedication of the St. Leo the Great, St. Martin of Tours, bishop St. Josaphat, bishop & martyr, All Saints of Africa Lateran Basilica pope & doctor (St. Theodore of Studion, (St. Leonard) abbot, OSB) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 33rd Sunday in ordinary time (St. Didas) St. Albert the Great, bishop & St. Margaret of Scotland St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Dedication of the Basilicas of All Saints of the SMOM, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, World Diabetes Day doctor St. Gertrude, virgin religious Sts. Peter & Paul, apostles (St. Mechthild, virgin (USA) (St. Leopold) International Day of Tolerance St. Dionysius of Alexandria, (St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin, OSB) bishop virgin) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Jesus Christ the King Presentation of the St. Cecilia, virgin & martyr Sts. Clement I, pope & martyr, (Sts. Andrew Dung-Lac & St. Catherine of Alexandria, (St. Silvester, (St. Bernward) Blessed Virgin Mary St. Columban, abbot, (Blessed companions, martyrs) virgin & martyr abbot, OSB) World Day of Remembrance <- 20th November: Universal Miguel Augustine Pro, priest World Day for the Elimination for Road Traffic Victims Children’s Day & martyr) of Violence against Women

27 28 29 30 Lectionary: st 1 Sunday of Advent (St. Sostenes) (St. Jolanda) St. Andrew, apostle Sundays Cycle B (St. Bilhild) (St. James of the Marches) Weekdays II (St. Maximinus) starts from Advent

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

…and a Happy New Year!

Liturgical Calendar - December 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 {10th December 2011 – 17th Blessed Clementine Anuarite, Blessed Virgin Mary, cause St. Francis Xavier, priest January 2012 School Holiday} virgin & martyr of our joy, SMOM (St. Zephania) (St. Pachomius, abbot, OSB) (St. Bibiana) International day of WORLD AIDS DAY disabled persons 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2nd Sunday of Advent (St. Sabas, abbot, OSB) St. Nicholas, bishop St. Ambrose, bishop & doctor Immaculate Conception of (St Juan Diego, hermit) St. Melchiades, pope St. John Damascene, priest & (St. Gerald) <- 5th December: International the Blessed Virgin Mary International Anti-Corruption Human Rights Day doctor (St. Barbara) (3 years Blessed Gérard’s Volunteer Day for Economic Day Convent) and Social Development 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 3rd Sunday of Advent St. Jane Frances de St. Lucy, virgin & martyr St. John of the Cross, (St. Reinald) (St. Adelheid) (Sts. Lazaro & Sturmius) (Gaudete Sunday) Chantal, religious (St. Odilia, virgin, OSB, religious & doctor RSA: Day of Reconciliation St. Damasus I, pope Our Lady of Guadalupe (USA) patron of the Missionary Inkamana Abbey: Anniversary Benedictines) of the dedication of the church 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 4th Sunday of Advent (St. Konrad) Blessed Scubilion, religious St. Peter Canisius, (St. Jutta) St. John of Kanty, priest Vigil of Christmas (St. Wunibald) <- 18th December: (Sts. Abraham & Theophil) priest & doctor (19 years Blessed Gérard’s International Migrants Day International Human Poor Sick Fund) Solidarity Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Christmas Day St. Stephen, first martyr St. John, apostle & evangelist Holy Innocents, martyrs 5th day in the Holy Family 7th day in the RSA: Day of Goodwill octave of Christmas octave of Christmas St. Thomas Becket, St. Sylvester I, pope bishop & martyr

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