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St. Thérèse Calendar 2020 Below: Gold monstrance Below: Silver monstrance holding the Relic of holding the Relic of Ss. Zélie & Louis Martin. St. Thérèse. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 2

“Irish Reliquary”, donated on behalf of the Irish people which contains the mortal remains of Blessed Louis and Zélie Martin, was first unveiled at their Beatification in Lisieux, Mission Sunday, October 19th 2008. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 3

Dear Friend, The Carmelite Family is very blessed to have a Family of Saints associated with us: Saints Louis and Zélie Martin and their daughter, St. Thérèse of Lisieux. We believe that the Martin Family embody what is best in family life and offer a wonderful example of what a family can become. Consequently, in conjunction with its organisers, we arranged that the Relics of these three extraordinary Saints would be in Ireland for the World Meeting of Families. They travelled around the country so that as many people as possible could visit them and, of course, they were present at the Papal Mass in the Phoenix Park. We were delighted with the positive and warm reception that the Relics received over the five weeks they were in Ireland. I take this opportunity to thank again all those who were involved in this great event. Louis and Zélie were canonized by Pope Francis in 2015, the first couple to be canonized. This was a recognition that married life and parenting are a very special and important vocation. It was also a recognition that in the ordinary everyday moments of life, there are moments of beauty, of simplicity and of God-given grace. We are all called to sainthood. I hope you find this Calendar for 2020 to be a useful, and perhaps even meditative journey through the year. During the year, let us continue to ask God to bless our families, make them all holy, and to make them life-giving for all their members. Richard Byrne, O.Carm.

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St Thérèse Relics arriving in Lough Derg, 2001, accompanied by Fr. Eugene McCaffrey. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 5

Pope Benedict XVI Venerates the Relics of St. Thérèse in the Private Chapel of his Vatican Apartments.

Lough Derg

Margaret & Michael Doyle, on a recent visit to Lisieux.

Lisieux Pilgrimage 2018, Fr. Pat Keenan, OCD; Fr. Dan Callaghan, O.Carm and Bishop Brendan Comiskey, DD. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 6

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

O Jesus, send labourers into Your ﬁelds which are awaiting holy apostles, saintly priests, heroic missionaries and dedicated brothers and sisters. Enkindle in the hearts of men and women the spark of avocation. Grant that Christian families may desire to give Your Church helpers in the work of tomorrow. Amen.

Pope St John Paul II

Pat Sweeney greets Mairtin O Conaire, Aran Islands, Co. Galway on the occasion of the visit of the Relics of St. Thérèse and Louis & Zélie Martin, accompanied by Joe Fitzpatrick (Knight). St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 7 01 JANUARY 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FIRST FRIDAY 2 January 1873: Birth of Thérèse Martin in Alençon. 1 2 3 4 4 January 1873: Baptism of Thérèse at Notre-Dame, Alençon. Ss Basil the Great and The Most 10 January 1889: Thérèse receives the Carmelite habit. Gregory Nazianzen Holy Name of Jesus 19 January 1940: Death of Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER Bishops and Doctors of St Kuriakos Elias Chavara (Marie, eldest sister and God-mother of St. Thérèse). OF GOD the Church St Munchin, Bishop 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

SECOND SUNDAY THE EPIPHANY St Raymond of OF CHRISTMAS OF THE LORD Penyafort St Peter Thomas St Andrew Corsini 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

St Hilary THE BAPTISM Bishop and Doctor of the St Ita St Fursa [Saturday Mass of the OF THE LORD Church Virgin Abbot and Missionary St Anthony, Abbot Blessed Virgin Mary] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Bl Angelo Paoli St Fabian St Francis de Sales The Conversion of SECOND SUNDAY Pope and Martyr St Agnes St Vincent Bishop and Doctor of the St Paul IN ORDINARY TIME St Sebastian, Martyr Virgin and Martyr Deacon and Martyr Church Apostle 26 27 28 29 30 31 St Thomas Aquinas THIRD SUNDAY St Angela Merici Priest and Doctor of the St John Bosco IN ORDINARY TIME Virgin Church Bl Archangela Girlani St Aidan, Bishop Priest

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Pope Francis, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Five year old Michael Byrne venerating the Relics in Liscooly, Co. Donegal. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 9 02 FEBRUARY 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 I have always wanted to be a saint... I want to seek out a St Brigid St. Thérèse of Lisieux Abbess, Secondary means of going to Heaven by a little way... Patron of Ireland 2 3 4 5 6 7FIRST FRIDAY 8

St Blaise Ss Paul Miki THE PRESENTATION Bishop and Martyr St Agatha and Companions St Mel [Saturday Mass of the OF THE LORD St Ansgar, Bishop Virgin and Martyr Martyrs Bishop Blessed Virgin Mary] 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Our Lady of Lourdes St Valentine FIFTH SUNDAY St Scholastica St Gobnait Ss Cyril and Methodius [Saturday Mass of the IN ORDINARY TIME Virgin Virgin Patrons of Europe Blessed Virgin Mary] 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

St Fintan, Abbot St Peter Damian SIXTH SUNDAY Seven Holy Founders Ss Francisco and Bishop and Doctor The Chair of St Peter IN ORDINARY TIME of the Servite Order Jacinta Marto of the Church Apostle 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Holy Face Ash Wednesday

NOVENA PRAYER TO THE SERVANT OF GOD, SISTER FRANÇOISE-THÉRÈSE (LÉONIE MARTIN)

Lord our God, Through the example of Sister Françoise-Thérèse, Leonie Martin, You have given us an understanding of the mercy and the tenderness of Your Love. You watched over her fragile health from the first hours of her life. You supported her in the difficult times of her childhood and adolescence. You called her to the consecrated life, and You sustained her on the delicate path of her response. You inspired her to lead a hidden and humble life, to accept her limitations and to offer herself as a gift to your Love, as a Visitation nun at Caen. Lord, if such is your will, deign to grant us the grace that we ask of you (...) through the intercession of the Sister Françoise-Thérèse. May she, one day, be counted among the Venerables of your Church. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Servant of God Sr. Françoise-Thérèse (Léonie Martin). St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 11 03 MARCH 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6FIRST FRIDAY 7

St Perpetua and FIRST SUNDAY St Kieran St Felicity OF LENT St David of Wales St Casimir Bishop Martyrs 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

SECOND SUNDAY St Frances of Rome St Aengus OF LENT Religious St John Ogilvie Bishop and Abbot

15 16 17 18 19ST JOSEPH 20 21 Spouse of the ST PATRICK St Cyril of Jerusalem Blessed Virgin Mary THIRD SUNDAY Bishop, Principal Bishop and Doctor Principal Protector, St Enda OF LENT Patron of Ireland of the Church Carmelite Order Bl Francis Palau y Quer Abbot 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

St Turibius of FOURTH SUNDAY Mongrovejo St Macartan THE ANNUNCIATION OF LENT Bishop Bishop OF THE LORD 29 30 31 26 March 1923: Transfer of the remains of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus from the cemetery to the Carmel of Lisieux. FIFTH SUNDAY 26 March 1994: Louis and Zélie are declared “Venerable”. OF LENT

Prayer to St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus

Little Thérèse of the Child Jesus Owho during your short life on earth became a mirror of angelic purity, of love strong as death and of wholehearted abandonment to God. Now that you rejoice in the reward of your virtues, cast a glance of pity on me and listen to my prayer. I leave everything in your hands. Make my troubles your own. Speak a word for me to Our Lady Immaculate – to the Queen of Heaven “who smiled on you at dawn of life”. Beg her as Queen of the Heart of Jesus to obtain for me by her powerful intercession the grace I yearn for so ardently at this moment. And beg her to join with it a blessing that may strenthen me during life, defend me at the hour of death and lead me to a happy eternity. Amen. St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 13 04 APRIL 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3FIRST FRIDAY 4 Ah! How many things I have to thank Jesus for: St Isidore He answers all my requests! St. Thérèse of Lisieux St Ceallach (Celsius) St Francis of Paola Bishop and Doctor Bishop Hermit of the Church 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

PALM SUNDAY OF THE MONDAY IN TUESDAY IN WEDNESDAY IN LORD’S PASSION HOLY WEEK HOLY WEEK HOLY WEEK HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION EASTER MONDAY EASTER TUESDAY EASTER WEDNESDAY EASTER THURSDAY EASTER FRIDAY EASTER SATURDAY 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

SECOND SUNDAY St Anselm St George, Martyr St Fidelis of OF EASTER Bishop and Doctor of the St Adalbert of Prague Sigmaringen St Mark Divine Mercy Sunday Church Bishop and Martyr Priest and Martyr Evangelist 26 27 28 29 30

St Peter Chanel 9 April 1888: Thérèse enters Carmel. THIRD SUNDAY St Asicus St Louis Marie Grignion St Pius V 29 April 1923: Beatification of St. Thérèse of OF EASTER Bishop de Montfort St Catherine of Siena Pope the Child Jesus by Pope Pius XI.

White Abbey Kildare and Parish – Relics visit 2018. Fr. John McGrath, O.Carm; Fr. John Fitzpatrick, PP; Fr. Barry Larkin; Fr. Peter Keogh; Fr. Gasper Habara; Fr. Anthony, Prior White Abbey & Adrian Carberry, Parish Priest. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 15 05 MAY 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 31 3 May 1944: Pope Pius XII proclaims Thérèse second Patron Saint of France. 1FIRST FRIDAY 2 8 May 1884: Thérèse’s First Communion. 13 May 1883: The Holy Virgin smiles at Thérèse. PENTECOST SUNDAY St Athanasius 17 May 1925: Thérèse is canonised by Pope Pius XI (The Visitation of the Bishop and Doctor Blessed Virgin Mary) St Joseph the Worker of the Church 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

St Angelus Bl Aloysius Rabata FOURTH SUNDAY Bl Edmund Rice Bl John Sullivan OF EASTER St Conleth, Bishop Religious Priest St George Preca 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Ss Nereus and FIFTH SUNDAY Achilleus, Martyrs St Matthias St Carthage St Simon Stock OF EASTER St Pancras, Martyr Our Lady of Fatima Apostle Bishop St Brendan, Abbot 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Ss Christopher St Joachina de Magallánes Vedruna de Mas SIXTH SUNDAY St John I St Bernadine of Siena Priest and Companions St Rita of Cascia OF EASTER Pope and Martyr Priest Martyrs Religious 24 THE 25St Mary 26 27 28 29 30 ASCENSION Magdalen OF THE LORD de’ Pazzi, Virgin St Augustine (Our Lady Help of St Bede the Venerable of Canterbury St Paul VI Christians) St Gregory VII, Pope St Philip Neri, Priest Bishop Pope

Veneration of the Relics. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 17 06 JUNE 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5FIRST FRIDAY 6 St Norbert, Bishop Ss Marcellinus Ss Charles Lwanga St Jarlath, Bishop Blessed Virgin Mary and Peter St Kevin and Companions St Boniface [Saturday Mass of the Mother of the Church Martyrs Abbot Martyrs Bishop and Martyr Blessed Virgin Mary]

7 8 9St Columba 10 11 12 13 (Colum Cille) Abbot and Missionary St Ephrem St Anthony of Padua THE MOST HOLY Secondary Patron of Deacon and Doctor St Barnabas Priest and Doctor of TRINITY Ireland of the Church Apostle Bl Hilary Januszewski the Church 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

THE MOST HOLY BODY Death of Servant of God, The Immaculate Heart of AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Léonie, THE MOST SACRED the Blessed Virgin Mary (Corpus Christi) Sr Françoise Thérèse HEART OF JESUS The Irish Martyrs

21 22St Paulinus 23 24 25 26 27 of Nola, Bishop Ss John Fisher, Bishop St Cyril of Alexandria TWELFTH SUNDAY and THE NATIVITY OF [Saturday Mass of the IN ORDINARY TIME Thomas More, Martyrs ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Blessed Virgin Mary]

28 29 30 3 June 1863: Birth of the Servant of God, Sr. Françoise-Thérèse (Léonie Martin). 9 June 1895: St. Thérèse’s Act of Oblation to the Merciful love of God. 14 June 1884: Thérèse receives the Sacrament of Confirmation. THIRTEENTH SUNDAY SS PETER AND PAUL The First Martyrs of the 17 June 1941: Death of the Servant of God, Sr. Françoise-Thérèse (Léonie) IN ORDINARY TIME Apostles Holy Roman Church at the Visitation Monastery in Caen.

PRAYER FOR OUR FAMILY

God our almighty Father, we ask you to bless our family. Following the example of the Martin Family, may we never give up when life is difficult, may we have your strength and healing when health is poor, may the Eucharist be the summit of our lives, may prayer be our daily strength, may the Trinity be the source of our love. May our family remain united throughout the years, especially when we are far from each other. We ask this with faith and confidence through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saints Louis, Zélie and Thérèse, pray for us.

© Fr. P Breen, O.Carm. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 19 07 JULY 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 8 July 1897: Thérèse, ill, is taken from her cell to the infirmary. FIRST FRIDAY 11 July 1937: Blessing of Lisieux Basilica by Cardinal Pacelli. 1 2 3 4 11 July 1954: Consecration of Lisieux Basilica. Bl Maria Crocifissa Curcio 13 July 1858: Marriage of Louis & Zélie Martin at Notre-Dame Church, Alençon. St Elizabeth of Portugal 28 July 1951: Death of Mother Agnes of Jesus (Pauline Martin) at Lisieux Carmel. 29 July 1894: Death of Louis Martin at La Musse (Eure). St Oliver Plunkett St Thomas [Saturday Mass of the 30 July 1897: Thérèse receives the Anointing of the Sick. Bishop and Martyr Apostle Blessed Virgin Mary] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bl Jane Scopelli St Maria Goretti Ss Augustine Zhao Rong, FOURTEENTH SUNDAY Virgin and Martyr St Maelruain St Kilian Priest, and Companions St Benedict, Abbot IN ORDINARY TIME St Monnine, Virgin Bishop and Abbot Bishop and Martyr Martyrs Patron of Europe 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME St Teresa of Jesus of St Bonaventure Bls Teresa of (Ss Louis and Los Andes St Camilleus de Lellis Bishop and Doctor Our Lady of Augustine [Saturday Mass of the Zélie Martin) St Henry Priest of the Church Mount Carmel and Companions Blessed Virgin Mary] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 St Elijah, Prophet Our Lady Mother of Bl John Soreth Father of Carmelites St Lawrence of Brindisi Divine Grace St Sharbel Makhlüf SIXTEENTH SUNDAY St Apollinaris Priest and Doctor of St Bridget of Sweden Priest St James, Apostle IN ORDINARY TIME Bishop and Martyr the Church St Mary Magdalene Patron of Europe St Declan, Bishop St Christopher 26 27 28 29 30 31 St Peter Chrysologus SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY Bl Titus Brandsma Bishop and Doctor St Ignatius of Loyola IN ORDINARY TIME Martyr St Martha of the Church Priest

Arrival of the Relics of St Thérèse to Rosslare Harbour, 15th April 2001. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 21 08 AUGUST 2020 Holy Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 30 31 9 & 10 August 1917: Second exhumation of the remains of Thérèse. 1 19 August 1897: Last Communion of Thérèse. TWENTY-SECOND 22 August 1823: Birth of Louis Martin. St Alphonsus Liguori SUNDAY IN St Aidan of Lindisfarne 28 August 1877: Death of Zélie Martin in Alençon. Bishop and Doctor ORDINARY TIME Bishop and Missionary of the Church 2 3 4 5 6 7FIRST FRIDAY 8 St Albert of Trapani The Dedication THE Ss Sixtus II, Pope and EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY St John Mary Vianney of the Basilica TRANSFIGURATION Companions, Martyrs St Dominic IN ORDINARY TIME Priest of St Mary Major OF THE LORD St Cajetan, Priest Priest 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ss Pontian, Pope and Bl Isidore Bakanja Hippolytus, Priest THE ASSUMPTION NINETEENTH SUNDAY St Lawrence St Clare St Lelia, St Attracta Martyrs St Maximilian Kolbe OF THE BLESSED IN ORDINARY TIME Deacon and Martyr Virgin St Muredach St Fachtna, Bishop Priest and Martyr VIRGIN MARY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Our Lady of Knock St Bernard of Clairvaux The Queenship of the TWENTIETH SUNDAY Bl Angelinus Augustine St John Eudes Abbot and Doctor St Pius X Blessed Virgin Mary IN ORDINARY TIME Mazzinghi Priest of the Church Pope Our Lady of Consolation 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 St Mary of Jesus Curcified St Augustine TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY St Bartholomew St Louis of France Bishop and Doctor The Passion of IN ORDINARY TIME Apostle St Joseph Calasanz Bl Jacques Retouret St Monica of the Church St John the Baptist

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St Gregory the Great Pope and Doctor [Saturday Mass of the St Teresa Margaret Redi of the Church St Mac Nissi, Bishop Blessed Virgin Mary] 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The Most Holy Name TWENTY-THIRD The Nativity of Mary SUNDAY IN of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Saturday Mass of the ORDINARY TIME Our Lady of Dublin St Ciaran, Abbot St Peter Claver, Priest Blessed Virgin Mary] 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 St Albert of Jerusalem St Januarius TWENTY-FOURTH Ss Cornelius, Pope Bishop and Bishop and Martyr SUNDAY IN The Exaltation of the and Cyprian, Bishop Lawgiver of Carmel [Saturday Mass of the ORDINARY TIME Holy Cross Our Lady of Sorrows Martyrs St Hildegard of Bingen Blessed Virgin Mary] 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Ss Cosmas and Damian TWENTY-FIFTH Martyrs SUNDAY IN St Matthew St Pius of Pietrelcina [Saturday Mass of the ORDINARY TIME Apostle and Evangelist (Padre Pio) St Finbarr, Bishop Blessed Virgin Mary] 1 September 1887: Thérèse reads in La Croix newspaper about Pranzini’s 27 28 29 30 conversion for which she had prayed very much. 6 September 2010: First exhumation of the remains of Thérèse. TWENTY-SIXTH St Wenceslaus, Martyr Ss Michael, Gabriel St Jerome 8 September 1890: Religious Profession of Thérèse. SUNDAY IN Ss Lawrence Ruiz and and Raphael Priest and Doctor 24 September 1890: Thérèse receives the Veil. ORDINARY TIME Companions, Martyrs Archangels of the Church 30 September 1890: Death of Thérèse.

Fr. Aidan Carberry PP receiving the Relics to the Parish Church KIldare. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 25 10 OCTOBER 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 18 October 2015: Canonisation of Louis & Zélie Martin. 1 2FIRST FRIDAY 3 19 October 1997: Proclamation of St. Thérèse as Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II. What a grace it is to have 19 October 2008: Beatification of Louis & Zélie Martin. Bl Columba Marmion St. Thérèse of Lisieux St Thérèse of the Child [Saturday Mass of the 31 October 1887: Thérèse visits Bishop Hugonin in Bayeux. Faith! Jesus The Guardian Angels Blessed Virgin Mary] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN Our Lady of the St John Leonardi [Saturday Mass of the ORDINARY TIME St Faustina St Bruno, Priest Most Holy Rosary St John Henry Newman Blessed Virgin Mary] 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

TWENTY-EIGHTH St Hedwig SUNDAY IN St Callistus I St Teresa of Jesus St Margaret Mary St Ignatius of Antioch ORDINARY TIME Pope and Martyr of Avila Alacoque, Virgin Bishop and Martyr 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN St John Paul II St John of Capistrano [Saturday Mass of the ORDINARY TIME St Paul of the Cross Pope Priest Blessed Virgin Mary] 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN St Otteran Ss Simon and Jude St Colman [Saturday Mass of the ORDINARY TIME Monk Apostles Bishop Blessed Virgin Mary]

Prayers as the graves of Frs. Staples, A. Bowe, J. Linus Ryan, Alan Fitzpatrick and Aloysius Ryan. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 27 11 NOVEMBER 2020 Holy Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6FIRST FRIDAY 7 St Willibrord Bishop and Missionary St Charles Borromeo Bl Frances D’Amboise St Nuno, Alvarez Pereira [Saturday Mass of the ALL SAINTS All Souls’ Day St Malachy, Bishop Bishop St Martin de Porres All the Saints of Ireland Blessed Virgin Mary] 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 All Saints of the THIRTY-SECOND St Leo the Great Carmelite Order SUNDAY The Dedication of the Pope and Doctor St Martin of Tours St Josaphat [Saturday Mass of the IN ORDINARY TIME Lateran Basilica of the Church Bishop Bishop and Martyr Bl Maria Teresa Scrilli Blessed Virgin Mary] 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Dedication of the 4 November 1887 The Presentation (All Souls of the St Margaret of Scotland St Elizabeth of Hungary Basilicas St Thérèse’s of the Carmelite Order) St Gertrude, Virgin Religious of Ss Peter and Paul St Raphael Kalinowski Pilgrimage to Rome Blessed Virgin Mary 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 St Clement 1 Our Lady of the OUR LORD Ss Andrew D ng-Lac St Catherine of Miraculous Medal St Catherine Labourè JESUS CHRIST St Columban Priest and Alexandria St Fergal [Saturday Mass of the KING OF THE UNIVERSE Abbot and Missionary Companions, Martyrs St Colman, Bishop Bishop and Missionary Blessed Virgin Mary] 29 30 The only happiness on earth is to apply oneself in always ﬁnding delightful FIRST SUNDAY OF St. Thérèse of Lisieux ADVENT St Andrew, Apostle the lot Jesus is giving us.

Hand crafted crib by the Irish Wheelchair Association, Athy, this crib is on display each year in Lisieux. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 29 12 DECEMBER 2020 Holy Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4FIRST FRIDAY 5

St Francis Xavier, Priest Bl Bartholomew Fanti 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

THE IMMACULATE St Juan Diego SECOND SUNDAY OF St Ambrose CONCEPTION OF THE Cuauhtlatoatzin St Damasus I, Pope Our Lady of Guadalupe ADVENT 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

THIRD SUNDAY OF St John of the Cross St Flannan, Bishop ADVENT 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

THE NATIVITY FOURTH SUNDAY OF St Peter Canisius St John of Kanty, Priest OF THE LORD St Stephen ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT (CHRISTMAS) First Martyr 2 December 1887: Thérèse returns from Rome. 27 28 29 30 31 14 December 1927: Pope Pius XI proclaims St. Thérèse, Patron Saint of Missions. THE HOLY FAMILY OF 23 December 1831: Birth of Zélie Martin. JESUS, MARY AND The Holy Innocents St Thomas Becket St Sylvester I 25 December 1886: Special Christmas Grace for Thérèse JOSEPH Martyrs Bishop and Martyr Pope who receives the grace of her complete conversion.

Newly renovated Carmelite Convent, LIsieux. St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 31

Pilgrimage Group, Lisieux 2018

Fr. Michael McGoldrick

Michael O’Connell, Author of The Martins of Lisieux. Roisin and Sheila, Knights of St. Thérèse St Therese Calendar 2020_Layout 1 01/10/2019 08:18 Page 32

When I have a problem I ask St. Thérèse, not to solve it, but to take it in her hands and help me accept it. Pope Francis

The icon was written by Paolo Orlando for the parish of Marcallo in the Archdiocese of Milan, Italy. It can be visited at Chiesa Parrocchiale Santi Nazaro e Celso, Piazza Italia, 70, 20010 Marcallo con Casone MI, Italy.