St Thérèse Calendar 2021

St. Thérèse Calendar 2021 Below: Gold monstrance Below: Silver monstrance holding the Relic of holding the Relic of Ss. Zélie & Louis Martin. St. Thérèse. “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. “I give thanks to my Jesus for making me walk in darkness and in this darkness I enjoy a profound peace. I only desire that my darkness may obtain light for sinners.” St Thérèse of Lisieux

2020 has been a difficult year for many people. It is fair to say that none of us has been unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Some have been sick or had a loved one sick with the virus. Others have experienced isolation or loneliness. A key element of our vocation as Carmelites is to accompany people through the significant moments of life, including births, weddings and deaths. We have seen first-hand the impact of this virus on families and friends who cannot come together to mark the passing of a loved one.

Throughout this period, I have found a new appreciation for the words of St. Thérèse. She was a young woman who encountered so many hardships in her short life. She knew the worry of having an ill relative whom she could not visit; her father. She knew the pain of isolation and loneliness at the death of her mother, in challenging moments in community and in her own illness. Yet, through all this, St. Thérèse remained a person of hope. For her, suffering did not lead to self-pity but rather opened a door to empathy. In experiencing hardships, St. Thérèse grew in faith. She prayed ever more fervently, not for herself but for others. St. Thérèse is the patron saint of missionaries because she spent her life praying for the world, for people she would never meet but for whom she felt a great love and empathy. This is an example we can follow. In moments when we cannot be physically present to each other, we can offer our prayers and a word of hope and encouragement.

We must be people of hope. As we approach 2021, let us hope that this year we will not ‘return to normal’ but instead will begin again. Let us begin again with a new appreciation of the loved ones in our lives and of all those little moments which we once took for granted. Let us begin again and rejoice in the little things.

May God continue to bless you and keep you safe,

Michael Troy, Prior Provincial

St Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel: (01) 478 9647 / 086 819 8186 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sttherese.com St Thérèse Relics arriving in Lough Derg, 2001, accompanied by Fr. Eugene McCaffrey.

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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

Carmelite Church, Whitefriar Street, Dublin. Colour key for dates Red: Our Lord 01 JANUARY Blue: Our Lady Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days Holy Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FIRST FRIDAY 31 2 January 1873: Birth of Thérèse Martin in Alençon. 1 2 4 January 1873: Baptism of Thérèse at Notre-Dame, Alençon. 10 January 1889: Thérèse receives the Carmelite habit. Saints Basil the Great and 19 January 1940: Death of Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Gregory Nazianzen (Marie, eldest sister and God-mother of St. Thérèse). MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER Bishops and Doctors of the FOURTH SUNDAY OF GOD Church 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

SECOND SUNDAY St Charles of THE EPIPHANY OF CHRISTMAS St Andrew OF THE LORD St Raymond of Penyafort St Peter Thomas St Andrew Corsini 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

St Hilary THE BAPTISM Bishop and Doctor of the St Ita St Fursa OF THE LORD Church Virgin Abbot and Missionary 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Bl Angelo Paola St Fabian SECOND SUNDAY Pope and Martyr St Agnes St Vincent IN ORDINARY TIME St Sebastian, Martyr Virgin and Martyr Deacon and Martyr 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 St Aidan, Bishop The Conversion of St Thomas Aquinas Bls Margaret Ball THIRD SUNDAY St Paul Saints Timothy and Titus Priest and Doctor of the and Francis Taylor IN ORDINARY TIME Apostle Bishops St Angela Merici Church Bl Archangela Girlani Martyrs

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com Pope Francis, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Five year old Michael Byrne venerating the Relics in Liscooly, Co. Donegal. 12 February 1889: Illness of St. Louis Martin, who is taken to the 02 FEBRUARY Bon Sauveur Hospital in Caen. 25 February 1959: Death of Sr. Geneviève of the Holy Face 2021 (Céline Martin) at Lisieux Carmel. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 FIRST FRIDAY 6

St Brigid St Blaise Saints Paul Miki Abbess, Secondary Patron THE PRESENTATION Bishop and Martyr St Agatha and Companions of Ireland OF THE LORD St Ansgar, Bishop Virgin and Martyr Martyrs 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

St Jerome Emiliani Our Lady of Lourdes FIFTH SUNDAY St Josephine Bakhita St Scholastica St Gobnait IN ORDINARY TIME Virgin Virgin Virgin 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

SIXTH SUNDAY Saints Francisco and IN ORDINARY TIME The Holy Face ASH WEDNESDAY Jacinta Marto 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

FIRST SUNDAY The Chair of St Peter St Polycarp OF LENT Apostle Bishop and Martyr 28 I have always wanted to be a saint... I want to seek out a SECOND SUNDAY St. Thérèse of Lisieux OF LENT means of going to Heaven by a little way...

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). Colour key for dates Red: Our Lord 03 MARCH Blue: Our Lady Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days Holy Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 FIRST FRIDAY 6

St David St Casimir St Kieran Bishop NOVENA OF GRACE BEGINS Bishop 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

St John of God THIRD SUNDAY Religious St Frances of Rome St Aengus OF LENT St Senan, Bishop Religious Bishop and Abbott 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ST JOSEPH Spouse of the ST PATRICK St Cyril of Jerusalem Blessed Virgin Mary FOURTH SUNDAY Bishop, Principal Bishop and Doctor of Principal Protector, OF LENT Patron of Ireland the Church Carmelite Order Bl Francis Palau y Quer 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

FIFTH SUNDAY St Turibius of Mongrovejo St Macartan THE ANNUNCIATION OF LENT Bishop Bishop OF THE LORD 28 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. 26 March 1994: Louis and Zélie are declared “Venerable”. PALM SUNDAY OF THE MONDAY IN TUESDAY IN WEDNESDAY IN LORD’S PASSION HOLY WEEK HOLY WEEK HOLY WEEK

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. Colour key for dates 9 April 1888: Thérèse enters Carmel. Red: Our Lord 04 APRIL 29 April 1923: Beatification of St. Thérèse of the Blue: Our Lady Child Jesus by Pope Pius XI. Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 FIRST FRIDAY 3 Ah! How many things I have to thank Jesus for: St. Thérèse of Lisieux He answers all my requests! HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION EASTER MONDAY EASTER TUESDAY EASTER WEDNESDAY EASTER THURSDAY EASTER FRIDAY EASTER SATURDAY 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Divine Mercy Sunday 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

St Anselm St George, Martyr St Fidelis of THIRD SUNDAY Bishop and Doctor of St Adalbert of Prague Sigmaringen OF EASTER the Church Bishop and Martyr Priest and Martyr 25 26 27 28 29 30 St Peter, Chanel St Catherine of Siena Priest and Martyr Virgin and Doctor FOURTH SUNDAY Our Lady of St Louis Marie of the Church St Pius V OF EASTER Good Counsel St Asicus, Bishop Grignion de Montfort, Priest Patron of Europe Pope

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com ACT OF OBLATION O My God, O Most Blessed to God’s Merciful Love Trinity, that my life may be an act of perfect love, I offer made by myself as victim of holocaust St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus to thy merciful love, imploring Thee to consume me unceasingly, letting the floodtide of infinite tenderness gathered up in Thee flow into my soul, that so I may become a martyr to Thy Love, O my God! May this martyrdom, having prepared me to appear before Thee, break life’s thread at last, and may my soul take its flight, unhindered to the eternal embrace of Thy Merciful Love. I desire, O my Beloved, at each heart-beat, to renew this oblation an infinite number of times, till the shadows fade away and I can tell Thee my love eternally face to face! Blessed Titus Brandsma Colour key for dates Red: Our Lord 05 MAY Blue: Our Lady Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 30 31 3 May 1944: Pope Pius XII proclaims Thérèse second Patron Saint of France. 1 8 May 1884: Thérèse’s First Communion. 13 May 1883: The Holy Virgin smiles at Thérèse. 17 May 1925: Thérèse is canonised by Pope Pius XI The Visitation of the THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Blessed Virgin Mary St Joseph the Worker 2 3 4 5 6 7 FIRST FRIDAY 8

Bl Angel Prat I Hostench St Angelus of Jerusalem Bl Aloysius Rabata FIFTH SUNDAY Ss Philip and James and Companions Bl Edmund Rice Bl John Sullivan OF EASTER Apostles St Conleth, Bishop Religious Priest 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Saints Nereus and SIXTH SUNDAY St Comgall Achilleus, Martyrs St Matthias St Carthage OF EASTER Abbot St Pancras, Martyr Our Lady of Fatima Apostle Bishop 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Saints Christopher St Joachina de Magallánes Vedruna de Mas THE ASCENSION St John I St Bernadine of Siena Priest & Companions St Rita of Cascia OF THE LORD Pope and Martyr Priest Martyrs Religious 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 St Mary Magdalene Blessed Virgin Mary de’ Pazzi, Virgin St Augustine PENTECOST Mother of the Church St Bede the Venerable St Philip Neri of Canterbury St Paul VI SUNDAY Our Lady Help of Christians St Gregory VII, Pope Priest Bishop Pope

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com Veneration of the Relics, White Abbey, Kildare, 2018. Colour key for dates Red: Our Lord 06 JUNE Blue: Our Lady Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 FIRST FRIDAY 5

Saints Marcellinus Saints Charles Lwanga and St Justin and Peter St Kevin Companions St Boniface Martyr Martyrs Abbot Martyrs Bishop and Martyr 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Bl Anne of St Columba (Colum Cille) THE MOST SACRED THE MOST HOLY BODY St Bartholomew Abbot and Missionary St Ephrem HEART OF JESUS The Immaculate Heart of AND BLOOD OF CHRIST St Colman Secondary Patron of Deacon and Doctor St Barnabas the Blessed Virgin Mary (Corpus Christi) Bishop Ireland of the Church Apostle Bl Hilary Januzewski 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

St Elisha ELEVENTH SUNDAY St Davnet St Romuald IN ORDINARY TIME Virgin Abbot 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

St Paulinus of Nola, Bishop TWELFTH SUNDAY St Aloysius Gonzaga Saints John Fisher, Bishop THE NATIVITY OF IN ORDINARY TIME Religious and Thomas More, Martyrs ST JOHN THE BAPTIST

27 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 St Irenaeus 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 Bishop and Martyr Apostles Holy Roman Church at the Visitation Monastery in Caen.

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.

Colour key for dates Red: Our Lord 07 JULY Blue: Our Lady Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days 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 11 July 1954: Consecration of Lisieux Basilica. 13 July 1858: Marriage of Louis & Zélie Martin at Notre-Dame Church, Alençon. 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 30 July 1897: Thérèse receives the Anointing of the Sick. Bishop and Martyr Apostle 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bl Jane Scopelli St Maria Goretti Saints Augustine Zhao Virgin and Martyr Rong, Priest, and FOURTEENTH SUNDAY St Anthony Zachariah St Monnine St Maelruain St Kilian Companions IN ORDINARY TIME Priest Virgin Bishop and Abbot Bishop and Martyr Martyrs 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

St Teresa of Jesus of St Bonaventure FIFTEENTH SUNDAY Saints Louis and Los Andes St Camilleus de Lellis Bishop and Doctor Our Lady of Bls Teresa of Augustine IN ORDINARY TIME Zélie Martin St Henry Priest of the Church Mount Carmel and Companions 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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 IN ORDINARY TIME Bishop and Martyr the Church St Mary Magdalene Patron of Europe St Declan, Bishop 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Saints Joachim and Anne St Peter Chrysologus SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY Parents of the Bl Titus Brandsma Bishop and Doctor St Ignatius of Loyola IN ORDINARY TIME Blessed Virgin Mary Martyr St Martha of the Church Priest

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com Arrival of the Relics of St Thérèse to Rosslare Harbour, 15th April 2001. Colour key for dates Red: Our Lord 08 AUGUST Blue: Our Lady Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 FIRST FRIDAY 7 St Albert of Trapani St Eusebius Vercelli Saints Sixtus II, Pope Bishop The Dedication THE and Companions EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY St Peter Julian Eymard St John Mary Vianney of the Basilica TRANSFIGURATION Martyrs IN ORDINARY TIME Priest Priest of St Mary Major OF THE LORD St Cajetan, Priest 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

St Teresa Benedicta of Bl Isidore Bakanja Saints Pontian, Pope the Cross (Edith Stein) St Jane Frances de Chantal and Hippolytus, Priest NINETEENTH SUNDAY Virgin and Martyr St Lawrence St Clare St Lelia, St Attracta Martyrs St Maximilian Kolbe IN ORDINARY TIME Patron of Europe Deacon and Martyr Virgin St Muredach St Fachtna, Bishop Priest and Martyr 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

THE ASSUMPTION Our Lady of Knock St Bernard of Clairvaux Our Lady of Consolation OF THE BLESSED Bl Angelinus Augustine St John Eudes Abbot and Doctor St Pius X VIRGIN MARY St Stephen of Hungary Mazzinghi Priest of the Church Pope 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

St Rose of Lima St Mary of Jesus Crucified Virgin St Louis of France St Augustine TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY St Eugene St Bartholomew St Joseph Calasanz Bishop and Doctor IN ORDINARY TIME Bishop Apostle Priest Bl Jacques Retouret St Monica of the Church 29 30 31 9 & 10 August 1917: Second exhumation of the remains of Thérèse. 19 August 1897: Last Communion of Thérèse. St Aidan of Lindisfarne 22 August 1823: Birth of Louis Martin. TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY St Fiachra Bishop and 28 August 1877: Death of Zélie Martin in Alençon. IN ORDINARY TIME Monk Missionary

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com Basilica in Lisieux on the feast day of St. Thérèse. Colour key for dates Red: Our Lord 09 SEPTEMBER Blue: Our Lady Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 September 1887: Thérèse reads in La Croix newspaper about Pranzini’s FIRST FRIDAY conversion for which she had prayed very much. 1 2 3 4 6 September 2010: First exhumation of the remains of Thérèse. 8 September 1890: Religious Profession of Thérèse. St Gregory the Great 24 September 1890: Thérèse receives the Veil. St Teresa Margaret Pope and Doctor St Mac Nissi 30 September 1890: Death of Thérèse. Redi of the Church Bishop 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

The Nativity of the TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY Blessed Virgin Mary St Ciaran St Peter Claver IN ORDINARY TIME Our Lady of Dublin Abbot Priest 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 St Robert Bellarmine St Albert of Jerusalem St John Chrysostom Saints Cornelius, Pope Bishop and TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY Bishop and Doctor The Exaltation and Cyprian, Bishop Lawgiver of Carmel IN ORDINARY TIME of the Church of the Holy Cross Our Lady of Sorrows Martyrs St Hildegard of Bingen 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, Paul St Pius of Pietrelcina TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY Chŏng Ha-sang and St Matthew (Padre Pio) St Finbarr IN ORDINARY TIME Companions, Martyrs Apostle and Evangelist St Eunan Bishop 26 27 28 29 30 St Wenceslaus, Martyr Saints Lawrence Ruiz Saints Michael, Gabriel St Jerome TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY St Vincent de Paul and Companions and Raphael Priest and Doctor IN ORDINARY TIME Priest Martyrs Archangels of the Church

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com Fr. Aidan Carberry PP receiving the Relics to the Parish Church KIldare. 10 OCTOBER What a grace it is to have Faith! 2021 St. Thérèse of Lisieux SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 31 18 October 2015: Canonisation of Louis & Zélie Martin. 1 FIRST FRIDAY 2 19 October 1997: Proclamation of St. Thérèse as Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II. St Thérèse of the Child 19 October 2008: Beatification of Louis & Zélie Martin. Jesus THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY 31 October 1887: Thérèse visits Bishop Hugonin in Bayeux. Virgin and Doctor IN ORDINARY TIME of the Church The Guardian Angels 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Ss Denis, Bishop and Companions, Martyrs TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY St Faustina Kowalska St Bruno Our Lady of the St John Leonardi, IN ORDINARY TIME St Francis of Assisi Virgin Priest Most Holy Rosary St John Henry Newman 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 St Hedwig St John XXIII St Margaret Mary Pope St Teresa of Jesus Avila Alacoque, Virgin TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY St Canice St Callistus I Virgin and Doctor St Gall, Abbot and IN ORDINARY TIME Abbot Pope and Martyr of the Church Missionary 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Ss John Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Priests, TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY St Luke and Companions, Martyrs St John Paul II St John of Capistrano IN ORDINARY TIME Evangelist St Paul of the Cross Pope Priest 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

THIRTIETH SUNDAY Bl Thaddeus MacCarthy St Otteran Saints Simon and Jude St Colman IN ORDINARY TIME Bishop Monk Apostles Bishop

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com Prayers as the graves of Frs. Staples, A. Bowe, J. Linus Ryan, Alan Fitzpatrick Aloysius Ryan and John Lawlor, White Abbey, Kildare. 4 November 1887: Thérèse’s Pilgrimage to Colour key for dates Rome with Louis and Céline. Red: Our Lord 11 NOVEMBER Blue: Our Lady 20 November 1887: The 15 year old Thérèse seeks, during an audience in Rome, Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Pope Leo XIII’s permission to enter Carmel. Black: Feast Days Holy Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 FIRST FRIDAY 6

THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL Bl Frances D’Amboise Bl St Nuno DEPARTED St Malachy St Charles Borromeo St Martin de Porres Alvarez Pereira ALL SAINTS (All Souls’ Day) Bishop Bishop Religious All the Saints of Ireland 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

St Leo the Great THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY St Elizabeth The Dedication of the Pope and Doctor St Martin of Tours St Josaphat IN ORDINARY TIME of the Trinity Lateran Basilica of the Church Bishop Bishop and Martyr Bl Maria Teresa Scrilli 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 All Souls THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY of the Carmelite Order IN ORDINARY TIME St Albert the Great St Margaret of Scotland The Dedication of the (All Saints of the Bishop and Doctor St Gertrude St Elizabeth of Hungary Basilicas of Carmelite Order) of the Church Virgin Religious Saints Peter and Paul St Raphael Kalinowski 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Our Lady of the OUR LORD Ss Andrew Dŏng-Lac. St Catherine of Alexandria Miraculous Medal JESUS CHRIST St Cecilia St Columban Priest and St Clement 1 St Fergal KING OF THE UNIVERSE Virgin and Martyr Abbot and Missionary Companions, Martyrs St Colman, Bishop Bishop and Missionary 28 29 30 The only happiness on earth is to apply oneself in always Bls Denis and St Andrew FIRST SUNDAY Redemptus Apostle St. Thérèse of Lisieux OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT ﬁnding delightful the lot Jesus is giving us.

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com Hand crafted crib by the Irish Wheelchair Association, Athy, this crib is on display each year in Lisieux. Colour key for dates Red: Our Lord 12 DECEMBER Blue: Our Lady Brown: Carmelite Feast Days 2021 Black: Feast Days Holy Days SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FIRST FRIDAY 2 December 1887: Thérèse returns from Rome. 1 2 3 4 14 December 1927: Pope Pius XI proclaims St. Thérèse, Patron Saint of Missions. 23 December 1831: Birth of Zélie Martin. St John Damascene 25 December 1886: Special Christmas Grace for Thérèse St Francis Xavier Priest and Doctor who receives the grace of her complete conversion. Priest of the Church 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 1st WEEK OF ADVENT 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

St Ambrose St Nicholas Bishop and Doctor THE IMMACULATE St Juan Diego St Damasus I SECOND SUNDAY Bishop of the Church CONCEPTION OF THE Cuauhtlatoatzin Our Lady of Loreto Pope OF ADVENT 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT 2nd WEEK OF ADVENT 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

St John of the Cross St Lucy Priest and Doctor St Flannan THIRD SUNDAY Virgin and Martyr of the Church Bishop OF 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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

St Peter Canisius St Fachanan Priest and Doctor St John of Kanty THE NATIVITY FOURTH SUNDAY Bishop of the Church Priest OF THE LORD OF ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT 4th WEEK OF ADVENT (CHRISTMAS) 26 27 28 29 30 31

THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND St John The Holy Innocents St Thomas Becket St Sylvester I JOSEPH Apostle and Evangelist Martyrs Bishop and Martyr Pope

St. Thérèse National Office, Whitefriar Street Church, T: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 E: [email protected] 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. M: 086 8198 186 W: www.sttherese.com Charity was the key to my vocation. The Church must have a heart, a heart burning with love; it is love alone that imparts life to all its members. I realised that love included every vocation, that love is in all things, that love is eternal, reaching down through the ages and stretching to the utmost limits of the earth. Beside myself with joy, I cried out: ‘Jesus my love, my vocation at last I have found it, my vocation is love’. I have found my place in the Church, and this place, Jesus, you have given me yourself; in the heart of the Church, my Mother, I will be in love. St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus

Carmelite Convent, LIsieux. Pilgrimage Group, Lisieux 2018

Rose Girls, Orla and Grainne, THÉRÈSIAN daughters of Paddy & Nancy Beirne PARIS

by Michael O’Connell due early 2021.

Michael O’Connell, Photo by Ria Author of The Martins of Lisieux Roisin and Sheila, Knights of St. Thérèse 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.