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Liturgical Calendar - January 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Solemnity of Mary, Sts. Basil the Great & Mother of God Gregory Nazianzen, RSA: New Year’s Day bishops & doctors World Day of Prayer for Lectionary: peace - (15 years Blessed Sundays: Cycle C {12.12.2009 – 12.1.2010 Gérard’s Pre-Primary School & Weekdays: Year II School Holidays} Crèche) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Epiphany St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Neumann, Blessed André St. Raymond of (Our Lady of Prompt St. Adrian of Canterbury, of the Lord religious (USA) (17 years bishop (USA) Bessette, religious Peñafort, priest Succour) abbot (The Most Holy Blessed Gérard’s Relief (USA) (St. Julian) Name of Jesus) Fund) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Baptism of the Lord (St. Victorian) St. Hilary, bishop & (St. Engelmar) (Sts. Maurus & Placidus, (St. Marcellus) (St. Gregory of doctor scholars of St. Benedict, Nyssa, bishop, (1st week in ordinary OSB) OSB) time) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2nd Sunday (St. Prisca) (Sts. Kanut & St. Fabian, pope & St. Agnes, virgin & St. Vincent, deacon & (St. Ildefons) in ordinary time 18 – 25 January: Week of Godfrey) martyr; St. Sebastian, martyr martyr St. Anthony, abbot prayer for Christian Unity martyr; Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi, priest 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3rd Sunday Conversion of St. Paul, Sts. Timothy & Titus, St. Angela Merici, St. Thomas Aquinas, (St. Charles) (St. Mary Ward) in ordinary time apostle bishops; (St. Robert, virgin priest & doctor; Alberich & Stephen, St. Francis de Cistercian abbots, Sales, bishop & OSB) (14 years Blessed doctor Gérard’s Disaster Relief Project) 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 31 brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard th 4 Sunday in Brotherhood P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 Phone +27 (0)32 4562743 www.bbg.org.za ordinary time of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 (0)32 4567962 [email protected] St. John Bosco, priest Pastoral Care Daily Holy Mass
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Liturgical Calendar - February 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 (St. Bridget) Presentation St. Blaise, bishop & martyr, (Sts. Gilbert & St. Agatha, virgin Sts. Paul Miki, priest & martyr of the Lord St. Ansgar, bishop, Rhabanus) & martyr & companions, martyrs (17 years Blessed Gérard’s Bursary Fund) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5th Sunday in St. Jerome Emiliani, (Sts. Alto & Julian) St. Scholastica, virgin, OSB Our Lady of Lourdes (St. Deodat) (St. Castor) ordinary time priest St. Josephine (St. Benedict of Aniane, (St. Mel) Bakhita, virgin abbot, OSB) WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 6th Sunday in (St. Siegfried) (Bl.Joseph Ash Wednesday (St. Theothon) (St. Irmgard) Dedication of the Conventual ordinary time Allemano) Seven Founders of the Church of St. John the Baptist Sts. Cyril, monk & Order of Servites, religious in Malta, SMOM Methodius, bishop 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1st Sunday of Chair of St. Peter, St. Polycarp, (Sts. Ethelbert, Mathias (Priory of Inkamana St. Alexander of (Sts. Gabriel & Leander) Lent apostle bishop & martyr Mulumba & Willigis) raised to an abbey in Alexandria, St. Peter Damian, 1982) bishop bishop & doctor (St. Victor) 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 28 brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard 2nd Sunday of Brotherhood P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 Phone +27 (0)32 4562743 www.bbg.org.za Lent of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 (0)32 4567962 [email protected] (St.Romanus)
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Liturgical Calendar - March 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 (Sts. Almarich & (St. Enrique) (St. Katharine Drexel, St. Casimir (St. Alto) (St. Coleta) Switbert) virgin) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3rd Sunday of Lent St. John of God, St. Frances of Rome, (St. Aemilius) (St. Wolfram) (St. Beatrice) (St. Paulina) Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, religious religious, (Abbey of St. Ottilien martyrs raised to the rank of an Archabbey in 1914) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 4th Sunday of Lent (St. Clement) (Sts. Herbert & Heribert) St. Patrick, bishop St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Joseph, (St. Irmgard) (Laetare Sunday) (17 years Blessed bishop & doctor, husband of Mary (St. Mathilde) Gérard’s Malnutrition Clinic) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 5th Sunday of Lent St. Deogratias, bishop St. Turibius de Mongrovejo, (St. Elias) Annunciation (St. Ludger) St. John of Egypt, Death of St. Benedict, (Sts. Damian & bishop of the Lord hermit, Octavian) (St. Ruprecht) abbot, OSB, (St. Ancilla) RSA: Public Holiday Human Rights Day, 28 29 30 31 Palm Sunday Monday of Holy Week Tuesday of Holy Week Wednesday of Holy (St. Guntram) (St. Helmut) (11 years Blessed Gérard’s Week First Aid and Emergency (Sts. Amos, Benjamin & 22.3. – 11.4. Service) Gwido) School Holiday 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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Liturgical Calendar - April 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Holy Thursday Good Friday Easter Vigil St. Nonius Alvarez Pereira, St. Francis of (St. Richard) prior, SMOM, (6 years Blessed Paola, hermit Gérard’s Hospice HAART Programme) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Easter Sunday Easter Monday Easter Tuesday Easter Wednesday Easter Thursday Easter Friday Easter Saturday St. Isidore, St. Vincent Ferrer, (4th anniversary of Clare St. John Baptist de la (St. Beate) (St. Waltraud) (St. Ezekiel) bishop & doctor priest RSA: Kalkwarf’s death) Salle, priest St. Benedict ‘the Family Day, Black’, religious 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2nd Sunday of St. Zeno of Verona St. Martin I, pope & martyr (St. Lidwina) (St. Damian de Veuster) (St. Bernadette) (Sts. Innocent & Easter (St. Julius) (St. Hermenegild) Rudolf) Divine Mercy Sunday St. Stanislaus, bishop & martyr 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3rd Sunday of (Sts. Gerold & St. Marcellinus, bishop St. Anselm, bishop & (St. Cajus) St. George, St. Fidelis of Easter Werner) Sts. Vincent & Dominicus, doctor martyr Sigmaringen, priest (St. Wigbert) (Pope Benedict missionaries (17 years (St. Adalbert, & martyr XVI elected) Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard bishop, acknowledged as Relief missionary & Organisation of the Order of martyr, OSB) Malta) 25 26 27 28 29 30 th (St. Kleto) RSA: Freedom Day St. Peter Chanel, priest St. Catherine of Siena, virgin St. Pius V, pope 4 Sunday of Easter & martyr, (St. Louis & doctor St. Mark, {Special School Mary Grignion de evangelist Holiday} Montfort, priest) 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 Brotherhood P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 Phone +27 (0)32 4562743 www.bbg.org.za of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 (0)32 4567962 [email protected]
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Liturgical Calendar - May 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 St. Joseph the worker RSA: Workers’ Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5th Sunday of Sts. Philip & James, (St. Florian) (Sts. Angelo & (Sts. Aldricus, (St. Notker / (St. Victor) apostles Godehard) Dominic & Edmar), Gernot) Easter (St. Ansfried) St. Athanasius, bishop & doctor 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 6th Sunday of (Blessed Damian (Sts. Odo, Majolus, Odilo, Sts. Nereus & Achilleus, Ascension St. Matthias, St. Isidore the farmer (USA) Easter Joseph de Veuster of Hugo & Petrus the martyrs; of the Lord apostle (17 years Blessed Gérard’s (St. Germanus) Molokai, priest) venerable, abbots of Cluny, St. Pancras, martyr (Our Lady of Fatima) Friendship Club & 9 years OSB) Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Mothers’ Day Home) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 7th Sunday of (Sts. Dietmar & St. John I, pope & martyr, (St. Celestin, St. Bernardine of (St. Christopher (St. Rita of Cascia, Easter Paschalis) Blessed Gerard Mecatti of pope & hermit, OSB) Siena, priest Magallanes, priest religious) (St. John Nepomuc) Villamagna, religious, & companions, SMOM, (St. Erich) martyrs) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Pentecost (St. Dagmar) St. Bede the Venerable, St. Philip Neri, St. Augustine of St. Ubaldesca, Blessed Joseph Gerard (St. Desiderius) priest & doctor; priest Canterbury, bishop virgin, SMOM OMI, priest (16 years Blessed St. Gregory VII, pope; Gérard’s AIDS St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin Education Programme) 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 30 31 you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard Trinity Sunday Visitation of the P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 Phone +27 (0)32 4562743 www.bbg.org.za (St. Joan of Arc) Blessed Virgin Mary Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 (0)32 4567962 [email protected]
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Liturgical Calendar - June 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 St. Justin, martyr Sts. Marcellinus & Peter, Sts. Charles Lwanga & (St. Quirin) St. Boniface, bishop & martyr 9th week in ordinary martyrs companions, martyrs time (St. Kevin) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Most Holy Body (St. Jeremias) Blessed James St. Ephrem, (St. Diana) St. Barnabas, St. Flora of Beaulieu, virgin, SMOM and Blood of Berthieu, martyr deacon & doctor apostle St. Onophrius, hermit (St. Pacificus) Christ St. Norbert, bishop 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11th Sunday in (St. Richard) (St. Vitus) (Sts. Aurelian, Benno & (St. Armando) Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ordinary time Quirinus) (Patronal feast of the Diocese of St. Anthony of Padua, Immaculate Heart Eshowe & the Missionary priest & doctor, patron of Mary Benedictines), St. Romuald, abbot of Mandeni Parish RSA: Youth Day Blessed Gerland, religious, SMOM 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 12th Sunday St. Aloysius Sts. Paulinus of (St. Edeltraud) Birth of St. John (Sts. Prosper (St. Vigilius) in ordinary time Gonzaga, Nola, bishop the Baptist, & Wilhelm) religious John Fisher, bishop (St. Novatus) patron, SMOM & martyr Fathers’ Day Thomas Moore, martyr 27 28 29 30 13th Sunday St. Irenaeus, Sts. Peter & First martyrs of the in ordinary time bishop & martyr Paul, apostles Church of Rome St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop & doctor {10.6. – 12.7. {11.6. – 11.7. (Our Mother of School Soccer World Championship Perpetual Help) Holiday} in RSA} 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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Liturgical Calendar - July 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 {11.6. – 11.7. St. Nicasius, martyr, (Sts. Mario & Martinian) St. Thomas, apostle Soccer World SMOM {10.6. – 12.7. Championship (Blessed Junípero Serra, School Holiday} in RSA} priest) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14th Sunday St. Anthony Zaccaria, St. Maria Goretti, (Sts. Walter & Willibald) Blessed Adrian Fortescue, (St. Augustine Zhao (Sts. Alexander, in ordinary priest virgin & martyr martyr, SMOM Rong, priest & Silvanus & Vitalis) companions, martyrs) time (St. Godfrey) St. Elizabeth of Portugal 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15th Sunday Blessed David St. Henry, (St. St. Camillus de Lellis, St. Bonaventure, bishop & Our Lady of Mount (Sts. Alexius, Leo & in ordinary Gunston, martyr, Eugene) priest; doctor Carmel Pambo) SMOM Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, time (St. Johannes virgin (USA) St. Benedict, Gualbert, abbot, St. Toscana, religious, abbot, OSB OSB) SMOM 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16th Sunday (St. Arsenio) (St. Apollinarius) St. Laurence of Brindisi, St. Mary Magdalene St. Bridget of Sweden, (St. Sharbel Makhluf, in ordinary priest & doctor religious priest) time (St. Arnold) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 17th Sunday St. Joachim & Anne, (Sts. Berthold & St. Victor I, pope & martyr, Sts. Martha, Maria & St. Peter Chrysologus, St. Ignatius of Loyola, in ordinary parents of the Rudolf) (St. Maximilian Kolbe) Lazarus, friends of Jesus, bishop & doctor priest Blessed Virgin Mary OSB St. Justin de Jacobis, time bishop St. James, apostle 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 Brotherhood P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 Phone +27 32 456 2743 www.bbg.org.za of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 32 456 7962 [email protected]
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Liturgical Calendar - August 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 18th Sunday St. Eusebius of (Sts. Benno & St. John Vianney, priest Dedication of the Transfiguration of Sts. Sixtus II, in ordinary time Vercelli, bishop Nicodem) Basilica of St. Mary the Lord pope & martyr & St. Alphonsus Liguori, (St. Peter Julian Major companions, martyrs bishop & doctor Eymard, priest) St. Cajetan, priest 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 19th Sunday (St. Teresa Benedicta St. Lawrence, St. Clare, virgin (St. Jane Frances de St. Pontian, pope & St. Maximilian Mary in ordinary time of the Cross (Edith deacon & martyr (St. Susanna, martyr) Chantal, religious) martyr, St. Hippolytus, Kolbe, priest & martyr St. Dominic, Stein), virgin & martyr) Blessed Isidore Bakanja, priest & martyr priest RSA: National martyr Women’s Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Assumption of St. Stephan of Hungary (St. Hyacinth) (St. Helena) St. John Eudes, priest, St. Bernard, abbot & St. Pius X, pope the Blessed (St. Bernard Toloméi, doctor Blessed Victoria abbot, OSB) Rasoamanarivo Virgin Mary 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21st Sunday St. Rose of Lima, virgin St. Bartholomew, St. Louis of France, St. (Our Lady of St. Monica St. Augustine, bishop in ordinary time apostle Joseph Calasanz, priest Czestochowa) & doctor Queenship of the Virgin Mary 29 30 31 22nd Sunday Blessed Ghebre (Sts. Aidan & in ordinary time Michael, priest & martyr Raimund) Beheading of St. John the Baptist, martyr, patron of the SMOM 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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Liturgical Calendar - September 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 (St. Ruth) (Sts. Justin & Nonnosus) St. Gregory the Great, (St. Moses) (Prefecture Apostolic of pope & doctor Zululand constituted in Death of Blessed 1921) Gérard (+1120), (14 years Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 23rd Sunday (St. Magnus) (St. Dietrich) Birthday of the St. Peter Claver, priest (St. Diethard) (St. Felix) in ordinary time Blessed Virgin Mary, (USA) (St. Maria Our Lady of Philerme, Theresia) SMOM 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24th Sunday St. John Chrysostom, Triumph of the Our Lady of Sorrows St. Cornelius, pope & St. Robert Bellarmine, (Sts. Lambert & in ordinary time bishop & doctor Holy Cross martyr; St. Cyprian, bishop & doctor Luke) (Most Holy bishop & martyr (St. Hildegard, virgin & Name of the abbess, OSB) Blessed Virgin Mary) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25th Sunday St. Andrew Kim Taegŏn, St. Matthew, apostle & St. Maurice and the St. Zachary & Elizabeth, St. Stephanie, martyr (St. Nicolas) in ordinary time priest & martyr, Sts. Paul evangelist Theban Legion, martyrs parents of St. John the (Our Lady of Ransom) St. Januarius, Chŏng Hasang & (St. Otto) Baptist, (SMOM) RSA: Heritage Day bishop & martyr companions, martyrs (St. Pio of Pietrelcina) 26 27 28 29 30 26th Sunday St. Vincent de Paul, St. Wenceslaus, martyr, Sts. Michael, Gabriel & St. Jerome, priest & in ordinary time priest (St. Laurence Ruiz & Raphael, archangels doctor Sts. Cosmas & companions, martyrs) (St. Victor) Damian, martyrs 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 P O Box 440 Phone Brotherhood www.bbg.org.za Mandeni 4490 +27 (0)32 456 2743 [email protected] of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 (0)32 456 7962
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Liturgical Calendar - October 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 St. Theresa of the Guardian Angels Child Jesus, {2. – 10.10. virgin, (St. School Holiday} Angelo) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 27th Sunday in St. Francis of Blessed Peter Pattarini of Imola, St. Bruno, priest, Blessed Our Lady of the Rosary St. Hugh, Sts. Denis, bishop & ordinary time Assisi, religious prior, SMOM, Marie Rose Durocher, virgin religious, martyr & companions, (Sts. Ewald & Udo) (St. Mary Faustina) (USA) SMOM martyrs, St. John Leonardi, priest 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 28th Sunday in (St. Bruno) (St. Wilfried) Blessed Gérard, St. Callistus I, pope & St. Teresa of St. Hedwig, religious ordinary time founder of the SMOM, martyr Avila, virgin & St. Margaret Mary St. Daniel Comboni, patron of the BBG doctor Alacoque, virgin bishop & founder of (St. Edward) the Comboni Missionaries, (St. Viktor) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29th Sunday St. Luke, St. Paul of the Cross, priest, Sts. Blessed Daudi Okelo & (St. Ursula) (St. Ingbert) St. John of Capistrano, in ordinary time evangelist John Brébeuf & Isaac Jogues, Jildro Irwa, martyrs priest, (St. Herfried) World Mission priests & martyrs & companions, (St. Wendelin) Sunday martyrs (USA), (Blessed Mother St. Ignatius of Teresa of Calcutta) Antioch, bishop & martyr 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30th Sunday in (St. Gaudence) (Sts. Evaristo & Gilbert) (St. Frumentius) Sts. Simon & Jude, (St. Narcis) St. Marcellus, martyr, apostles (St. Claudius) ordinary time th St. Anthony Claret, 18 anniversary of the bishop, (St. Felix) foundation of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard 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 31 brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard st 31 Sunday in Brotherhood P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 Phone +27 (0)32 4562743 www.bbg.org.za ordinary time of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 (0)32 4567962 [email protected] (St. Wolfgang) A Therapeutic Counsellor at his monthly adherence monitoring home visit
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Liturgical Calendar - November 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 (St. Harald) Commemoration of all St. Martin de Porres, St. Charles Borromeo, (St. Zacharia) All Saints of Africa the faithful departed: All religious bishop (18 years Brotherhood (St. Leonard) Souls of Blessed Gérard 31st week of ordinary acknowledged by the time bishop) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 All Saints (St. Godfrey) Dedication of the St. Leo the Great, pope St. Martin of Tours, St. Josaphat, bishop & St. Frances Xavier (St. Willibrord, bishop, Lateran Basilica & doctor bishop martyr, Cabrini, virgin (USA) OSB) (St. Theodore of Studion, abbot, OSB) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 33rd Sunday in St. Albert the Great, St. Margaret of St. Elizabeth of Dedication of the All Saints of the (St. Bernward) ordinary time bishop & doctor Scotland Hungary, religious Basilicas of Sts. Peter SMOM, (St. Didas) (St. Leopold) St. Gertrude, virgin St. Dionysius of & Paul, apostles (St. Mechthild, virgin, Alexandria, bishop (St. Rose Philippine OSB) Duchesne, virgin) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Jesus Christ the St. Cecilia, virgin & Sts. Clement I, pope & (Sts. Andrew Dung-Lac St. Catherine of (St. Silvester, abbot, (St. Bilhild) King martyr martyr, St. Columban, & companions, martyrs) Alexandria, virgin & OSB) (St. Maximinus) Presentation of the abbot, (Blessed Miguel martyr Blessed Virgin Mary Augustine Pro, priest & martyr) Lectionary: 28 29 30 Sundays Cycle A 1st Sunday of (St. Jolanda) St. Andrew, Weekdays I Advent apostle starts from Advent (St. Sostenes) (St. James of the Marches) 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 Brotherhood P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 Phone +27 (0)32 4562743 www.bbg.org.za of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 (0)32 4567962 [email protected] WWee wwiisshh yyoouu aa MMeerrrryy CChhrriissttmmaass!!
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Liturgical Calendar – December 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Blessed Clementine Anuarite, Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Francis St. John Damascene, virgin & martyr cause of our joy, Xavier, priest (St. priest & doctor (St. Pachomius, abbot, OSB) SMOM Zephania) (St. Barbara) WORLD AIDS DAY (St. Bibiana) International day of disabled persons 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2nd Sunday of St. Nicholas, bishop St. Ambrose, Immaculate Conception (St Juan Diego, hermit) St. Melchiades, St. Damasus I, pope Advent bishop & doctor of the Blessed Virgin pope Inkamana Abbey: (St. Sabas, abbot, Mary Anniversary of the OSB) dedication of the church (St. Gerald) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 3rd Sunday of St. Lucy, virgin & martyr St. John of the (St. Reinald) (St. Adelheid) (Sts. Lazaro & (St. Wunibald) Advent (St. Odilia, virgin, OSB, Cross, religious & RSA: Day of Sturmius) (18 years (Gaudete Sunday) patron of the Missionary doctor Reconciliation Blessed Gérard’s St. Jane Frances Benedictines) Poor Sick Fund) de Chantal, religious Our Lady of Guadalupe (USA) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4th Sunday of Blessed Scubilion, St. Peter Canisius, (St. Jutta) St. John of Kanty, Vigil of Christmas Christmas Advent religious priest & doctor priest (St. Konrad) (Sts. Abraham & Theophil) 26 27 28 29 30 31 Holy Family St. John, apostle & Holy Innocents, 5th day in the octave of 6th day in the octave of 7th day in the St. Stephen, evangelist martyrs Christmas · St. Thomas Becket, Christmas octave of first martyr Public Holiday bishop & martyr Christmas RSA: Day of St. Sylvester I, {11.12.2010 – 11.1.2001 Goodwill pope School Holiday} 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 Brotherhood P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 Phone +27 32 456 2743 www.bbg.org.za of Blessed Gérard Republic of South Africa Fax +27 32 456 7962 [email protected]
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