Spiritan Magazine

Volume 35 Number 4 Fall Article 1

Fall 2011

Spiritan Magazine Vol. 35 No. 4 Calendar

Follow this and additional works at: https://dsc.duq.edu/spiritan-tc

Recommended Citation (2011). Spiritan Magazine Vol. 35 No. 4 Calendar. Spiritan Magazine, 35 (4). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/spiritan-tc/vol35/iss4/1

This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Spiritan Collection at Duquesne Scholarship Collection. It has been accepted for inclusion in Spiritan Magazine by an authorized editor of Duquesne Scholarship Collection. The Human and the Holy — Hand in Hand Fall 2011 / Volume 35, No. 4 Spiritan is produced by The Congregation of the Holy Ghost, TransCanada Province Editor: Fr. Patrick Fitzpatrick CSSp Design & Production: Tim Faller Design Inc.

January February March

April May June

July August September

October November December

Spiritan is published four times a year by the Spiritans, The Congregation of the Holy Ghost, 121 Victoria Park Ave., Toronto, ON M4E 3S2. Tel: 416-698-2003. Fax: 416-691-8760. E-mail: [email protected]. All correspondence and changes of address should be sent to this address. One year subscription: $10.00. Printed by PointOne Graphics Inc., Toronto. Canadian Publications Mail Agreement no. 40050389. Registration No. 09612. Postage paid at Toronto, ON. Visit our Web site at www.spiritans.com from the editor The human and the holy — hand in hand Pat Fitzpatrick CSSp

esus took part in religious observances. His main interest, a listener, a challenging personality. Someone who left home however, was in people’s inner relationships with God late in life, and spent only a few years as a public personality — Jand with one another. He reassured them that God was became a public nuisance to the religious leaders, gathered a not all that far away. He offered them light in their darkness, somewhat motley crew of followers, dared to go to Jerusalem hope in their despair, courage in their fear and strength in one Passover, was arrested, tried in two kangaroo courts, their struggles. He brought God to them. sentenced to death, publicly paraded through the streets of He was an Easter person. He brought people back to life, Jerusalem to his crucifixion on Calvary, died there almost alone he raised them up, he taught them to see God in all that sur- — only one male and four women followers had the rounded them — in the crops of the field, the birds of the air, courage to remain with him. They buried him close by: to all the seasons, the earth and the sky, the day and the night; in intents and purposes, that was the end of that. A foolish dream. their comings and goings, buying and selling, sowing and A nightmare ending. And yet … he haunts us still. reaping, fishing and farming, making and mending. We are at our best as a church when we see life through his We celebrate eyes: when we value the ordinary and have what theologians Whenever we celebrate Eucharist we celebrate his ongoing call a sacramental outlook on our life, our world, and other presence. We dare to believe he is among us as we listen to the people — when we “enter the world of God’s imagination.” readings, offer the bread and wine, repeat his Last Supper This year the English-speaking fine-tunes words: “Take and eat … for this is my Body, which will be its language and some of its ritual in the way it celebrates given up for you.” “Take and drink: this is the chalice of my Mass. Not everyone agrees that we need to do this — some of blood. Do this in memory of me.” We dare to believe he the fine-tuning is further off key than before. But for better comes to us in Communion. and for worse we get an opportunity to go beyond rote recita- Then we are sent out — until we come together again: “Go tion to prayer from the heart. Will we avail of this opportunity and announce the Gospel of the Lord / Go in peace (glorifying to remember, to celebrate, to believe? the Lord by your life).” We remember We believe When pointed Jesus out to two of his own dis- The Eucharist is a window — through it we get a glimpse of ciples they left him to follow Jesus. Jesus turned around, saw what he was all about; we get a chance to see him in action, in both of them and asked, “What do you want?” They answered, prayer, in listening, in conversation — talking with so many “Rabbi, where do you live?” “Come and see,” he replied. Later, people — telling stories in answer to questions or to make his one of the two, Philip, found Nathanael and talked to him meaning clear — challenging, encouraging, consoling, seeing about this Jesus from Nazareth he had met. “From Nazareth?” life and lives through his eyes, getting a glimpse of how we mocked Nathanael. “Can anything good come from that place?” might be like him. Philip didn’t argue with him. He just said, “Come and see.” The Eucharist is a mirror — what we need to put right, to “Come and see.” They got to know an unusual man — not do differently, to let go, to take on. He has no body now on the typical religious man of that (or any) age. Too ordinary for earth but ours (that’s mind-blowing, isn’t it?) — so how are some, too demanding for others. Yet someone who has we supporting each other, challenging each other, comforting haunted millions of men and women, boys and girls for the last each other, nourishing each other? How do we “embody” him two thousand years. A man who railed against the religion of in our time and place, in our daily lives, in between the last his day and has been an enigma for many of his followers ever time we went to Mass and the next time? since. A man who got under the skin of the religious leaders. A May our vision of the human and the holy hand in hand man who spoke truth to Roman power. A healer, a storyteller, conjure up some possibilities. n

Spiritan / Fall 2011 3 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Photo (left) by Carl Hiebert/PWS&D

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1234567New Year’s Day First Friday

Epiphany of the Lord St. Basil the Great Mary, Mother of God and St. Gregory Nazianzen The Most Holy Name of Jesus St. St. André Bessette Orthodox Christmas 8 9 1011121314

Baptism of the Lord St. Marguerite Bourgeoys

Martin Luther King, Jr. 15 16(U.S.A) 17 18 19 20 21

2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time St. Anthony the Great St. Fabian and St. Sebastian St. Agnes

Week of Prayer Chinese New Year 22for Christian Unity 23 24 25 26 27 28

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Conversion of St. Paul St. Timothy and St. Titus St. Angela Merici St. December 2011 February 29 30 31 123 1234 45678910 567891011 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. John Bosco

www.spiritans.com January Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy. Photo (right) by Dick Loek, PhotoSensitive/CARE 2002

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

World Day for First Friday 1234Consecrated Life

Presentation of the Lord Co-founder of the Spiritans

Islam: Prophets Birthday Jewish observance: World Day of the Sick 567891011Tu B’shvat

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Paul Miki and Companions 12 13 14Valentine’s Day 15 16 17 18

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Cyril and St. Methodius St. Bernadette

Family Day Fast and Abstinence 19 20(ON, AB, SK) 21 22 23 24 25

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Ash Wednesday St.

Blessed Brottier, January March 26 27 28Spiritan 29 1234567 123 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 45678910 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1st Sunday in Lent www.spiritans.com February I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where shall come my help? My help shall come from the Lord who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

February April First Friday 1234 1234567 123 567891011 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 26 27 28 29 29 30 St. Katherine Drexel 45678910Orthodox Lent begins Jewish observance: Purim

2nd week of Lent World Day of Prayer St. Perpetua and St. Felicity St. Frances of

Daylight Saving Time 11begins 12 13 14 15 16 17

3rd week in Lent St. Benedicta St. Patrick’s Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

4th Sunday in Lent St. , Patron of 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Annunciation of Blessed Mary 5th Sunday in Lent www.spiritans.com March If I, the Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you should wash each other’s feet. John 13:14 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1234567Holy Thursday Passover begins

Holy Saturday Palm Sunday Monday of Holy Week Tuesday of Holy Week Wednesday of Holy Week Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Friday Easter Vigil 8 9 1011121314Last day of Passover Alleluia!

Easter Sunday Resurrection of the Lord Monday of Easter Week Tuesday of Easter Week Wednesday of Easter Week Thursday of Easter Week Friday of Easter Week Saturday of Easter Week 15Easter - Orthodox 16 17 18 19Yom HaShoah 20 21

2nd Sunday of Easter St. Anselm 22Earth Day 23 24 25 26 27 28

St. Mark, Evangelist 3rd Sunday of Easter St. George St. Fidelis Our Lady of Good Counsel St. Louis Marie de Montfort March May 29 30 123 12345 45678910 6789101112 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 4th Sunday of Easter Our Lady of Africa www.spiritans.com April Niagara Falls is such a powerful metaphor of the Holy Spirit being poured out upon us. Ken Newell Artwork (left): Jesus Mafa – Versailles 1993

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Yom Shoah First Friday 12345(Holocaust Memorial Day)

St. Joseph the Worker St. Athanasius St. Philip & St. James Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis 6789101112

5th Sunday of Easter Blessed Catherine Blessed Francois de Laval of St. Augustine

Mother’s Day Pentecost Novena 13 14 15 16 17 18begins 19

6th Sunday of Easter Our Lady of Fatima St. Matthias St. Isidore St. John I

Canada: Jewish 20 21Victoria Day 22 23 24 25 26 Observance: Shavuot begins

Ascension of Jesus St. Rita of Cascia Blessed Louis-Zephirin Moreau St. St. Philip Neri April June 27 28 29 30 31 1234567 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3456789 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Visitation of the 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pentecost Sunday St. Blessed Virgin Mary www.spiritans.com May Grain for the fields, scattered and grown, gathered to one for all. Photo (right) by Paul Jeffrey/PWS&D

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

May July First Friday 12345 1234567 12 6789101112 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 St. Justin St. Marcellinus and St. Peter 3456789

The Most Holy Trinity St. Boniface St. Norbert St. Ephrem of Syria 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Corpus Christi St. St. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Immaculate Heart of Mary

Father’s Day National Aboriginal Day 17 18 19 20 21(NT) 22 23

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. RomualdSt. Aloysius Gonzaga St. & St. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

St. John the Baptist/ Quebec National Day St. St. St. Peter and St. Paul of Rome www.spiritans.com June Dear mother earth who day by day Unfolds rich blessings on our way: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1234567Canada Day Independence Day (USA) First Friday

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Canada Day – Holiday St. Thomas St. Elizabeth of Portugal St. Anthony Zaccaria St. 8 9 1011121314

Blessed 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Benedict St. Henry St. Camillus of Lellis

Islam: 15 16 17 18 19 20Ramadan Begins 21

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of Mt. Carmel St. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Parents Day St. Bridget of Sweden St. James St. Joachim and St. Anne June August 29 30 31 12 1234 3456789 567891011 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. St. Ignatius of Loyola www.spiritans.com July You satisfy the hungry heart With gift of finest wheat. Come give to us, O saving Lord, The bread of life to eat. Omer Wesendorf Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

July September First Friday 1234567 1 1234 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2345678 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 101112131415 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 St. St. Peter Julian Eymard St. John Vianney 567891011Civic Holiday

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Transfiguration of the Lord St. Dominic St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross St. Lawrence St. Clare 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Assumption of the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Blessed Virgin Mary St. Stephen of Hungary 19Islam: Eid-ul-Fitr 20 21 22 23 24 25

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Bernard St. Pius X Mary, Queen of Heaven St. St. Bartholomew St. Louis of France 26 27 28 29 30 31

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Monica St. Augustine St. John the Baptist www.spiritans.com August Come to me and never be hungry… Trust in me and you will not thirst. John 6 Photo (right) by Bill Wittman

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

August October 1234 123456 1 567891011 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31

2345678Labour Day First Friday

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Gregory the Great Birth of Mary 9 101112131415

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Jacques Laval, Spiritan Holy Name of Mary St. Triumph of the Holy Cross Our Lady of Sorrows

Jewish Observance: 16 17 18Rosh Hashana begins 19 20 21 22

St. Jogues, St. John de Brebeuf, St. Andrew Kim Taegon, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Canadian Martyrs St. Paul Chong Hasang St. Matthew

Jewish Observance: 23 24 25 26Yom Kippur 27 28 29

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sts. Wenceslaus, Lawrence Ruiz St. , St. 30 Canadian Martyrs St. Vincent de Paul and companions and St. 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time www.spiritans.com September Vine, fruit of the land; Wine, work of our hands; One cup that is shared by all, The Living Cup, the Living Bread of God. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 – Bernadette Farrell Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 123456Jewish Observance: Succot First Friday

Guardian Angels Claude Poullart des Places, St. Thérèse of Lisieux Founder of the Spiritans St. St. Marie-Rose Durocher 78910111213Respect Life Sunday Columbus Day (USA)

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time World Communication Sunday Thanksgiving Day (Canada) St. Denis Our Lady of Aparecida

Vocation Awareness 14Sunday 15 16 17 18 19 20

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Teresa of Avila St. Marguerite d’Youville St. St. Luke St. Paul of the Cross 21World Mission Sunday 22 23 24 25 26Islam: Eid – al – Adha 27

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Anthony Mary Claret

Reformation Sunday Halloween September November 28 29 30 31 1 123 2345678 45678910 9 101112131415 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 St. Simon and St. Jude 30 www.spiritans.com October May we who eat be bread for others. May we who drink pour out our love. Bernadette Farrell Photo (right) by Paul Jeffrey/PWS&D

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

October December First Friday 123456 1 123 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2345678 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 101112131415 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All All Souls Day St. 45678910Daylight Savings Time Ends

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time in Rome St. Leo

Remembrance Day Islam: 11 12 13 14 15New Year - Muharram 16 17

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Margaret of Scotland Veterans Day (USA) St. Josaphat St. Cabrini St. Lawrence O’Toole St. Albert the Great & St. Gertude St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Thanksgiving Day 18 19 20 21 22(U.S.A) 23 24

St. Andrew Dung-Lac 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Presentation of Mary St. Cecilia St. Clement, St. Columban and 25 26 27 28 29 30

Christ the King St. Andrew www.spiritans.com November I am hungry… I am thirsty… I am a stranger… Will you welcome me? Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

November January 2013 123 12345 1 45678910 6789101112 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31

Jewish Observance: 2345678Hanukkah begins

1st Sunday in Advent St. Francis Xavier St. John Damascene St. Nicholas St. of Mary 9 101112131415

2nd Sunday of Advent St. Damasus St. Lucy St. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

3rd Sunday of Advent St. 23 24Christmas Eve 25Christmas Day 26Boxing Day 27 28 29

4th Sunday of Advent

New Year’s Eve 30 31 St. Stephen St. John, Evangelist Holy Innocents St. Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph www.spiritans.com December Return Address: Spiritan 121 Victoria Park Avenue Toronto, Ontario CANADA M4E 3S2 P.M.#40050389

For everyone born, a place at the table. For everyone born, clean water and bread A shelter, a space, a safe place for growing, For everyone born, a star overhead.

— From “A Place at the Table” by Shirley Evans Murray, © 1998 The Hope Publishing Company