DOMINICAN ORDO PROVINCE OF THE ASSUMPTION Early depiction of the Crucifixion of Christ on the door of Santa Sabina, Rome JULY -DECEMBER 2017 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS CALENDAR CE: Ceremoniale episcoporum (1984). CR: Normæ Universales de Anno Liturgico et de Calendario (1969, as amended). DPPL: Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2001). GILH: General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours (1971). GIRM: General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2002). PS: Paschale Sollemnitatis Congregation for Divine Worship (1988). RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (1972). Scriptural books as in the Jerusalem Bible. The symbol indicates the day of the lunar month (for the Martyrology). SPECIAL INDULGENCES FOR THE ORDER A plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, may be gained by a brother who makes or renews, at least privately, his intention to fulfil faithfully the duties of his vocation: For the whole Order: on the feasts of the Birth of the Lord, Easter, Annunciation, Assumption of B. V. Mary, St Dominic, St Thomas Aquinas, St Catherine of Siena and All Saints of the Order; on the occasion of a General Chapter. For the individual houses: on the feast of the principal patron of the house; on the feast of saints or blesseds whose body or principal relics are kept there; at the end of regular visitation. For individual brothers: on the day of entering the novitiate on the day of first profession and the day of solemn profession; on the 25th, 50th, 60th and 75th anniversary of first profession. (cf. Decree of S. Apostolic Penitentiary, 25 Oct, 1967) VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2017 Dominical Letter A Golden Number 4 Epact ii Solar Cycle 10 Letter of the Martyrology b Roman Year of Indiction 9 Year of the Julian Period 6730 Years since the confirmation of the Order 801 Years since the passing of our Holy Father Dominic 796 Sunday Readings Cycle A Weekday Readings Year I Easter Sunday (both Catholic and Orthodox) April 16 JULY Jul 1 Saturday 7 Saturday of the Twelfth Week Gn 18:1-15; Lk 1:46-47, 48-49, 50, 53, 54-55; Mt 8:5-17. Hours of the memorial. First Vespers of Sunday. Jul 2 Sunday Psalter Week 1 green Thirteenth Sunday of the Year 8 Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. 2Kg 4:8-11, 14-16; Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19; Rm 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42. Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Jul 3 Monday 9 red St Thomas, apostle Feast Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. Ep 2:19-22; Ps 116: 1; 2 Jn 20: 24-29. Hours of the feast; Te Deum Jul 4 Tuesday 10 green Tuesday of the thirteenth week. Mass of the day. Gn 19:15-29; Ps 26:2-3, 9-10, 11-12; Mt 8:23-27. Hours of the day. white St Elizabeth of Portugal Optional white Bl. Catherine Jarrige, virgin white Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, lay Dominican Jul 5 Wednesday 11 green Wednesday of the thirteenth week. Mass of the day. Gn 21:5, 8-20; Ps 34:7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Mt 8:28-34. Hours of the day. white St Anthony Zaccaria, priest Optional Anniversary of fr. Martin Reginald (Rex) Keogh (2005) Jul 6 Thursday 12 green Thursday of the thirteenth week. Mass of the day. Gn 22:1-19; Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8. Hours of the day. red St Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Optional Obit. Anniversary of fr. John du Feynier, 42nd Master of the Order (1538). 3 Jul 7 Friday 13 green Friday of the thirteenth week. Mass of the day. Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67; Ps 106:1-2, 3-4, 4-5; Mt 9:9-13. Hours of the day. white Bl. Benedict XI, friar and pope Australia red Bl. Peter To Rot, martyr. Optional Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands red Bl. Peter To Rot, martyr. Feast Mass of the Saint (Common of One Martyr); Gloria, Preface of Martyrs. Hours of the Saint. Te Deum. also, Independence Day in the Solomon Islands. Jul 8 Saturday 14 green Saturday of the thirteenth week. Mass of the day. Gn 27:1-5, 15-29; Ps 135:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mt 9:14-17. Hours of the day. First Vespers of Sunday. white / green Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Optional OP Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper red Bl. Adrian Fortescue, lay Dominican, husband and martyr Jul 9 Sunday Psalter Week 2 green Fourteenth Sunday of the Year 15 Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. Zc 9:9-10; Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14; Rm 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30. Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Obit. Anniversary of fr. Thomas Hyacinth Cipolletti of Ascoli, 70th Master of the Order (1850). Anniv Anniversary of fr. Edmund John Crane (1992) Jul 10 Monday 16 Monday of the Fourteenth Week Gn 28:10-22; Ps 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15; Mt 9:18-26. Hours of the memorial Adelaide Anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Most Rev. Philip Wilson (1996). The Restoration of the Martyrology As the centuries passed, the Martyrology was renewed many times, and most recently its restoration by the decree of the Sacred Ecumenical Council of Vatican II, along with the promulgation of the other restored liturgical books, required that the Martyrology too, after the necessary historical research, should again integrate appropriately with the other books of the Roman Rite. Introduction to the Roman Martyrology (2004), n.25 4 Jul 11 Tuesday 17 white St Benedict, abbot Memorial Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. Gn 32:23-33; Ps 17:1, 2-3, 6-7, 8, 15; Mt 9:32-38. Hours of the memorial Adelaide white Anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral (1996) Feast Mass of the feast, gloria, preface of the Dedication of a Church II. 1 Kg 8: 22-23, 27-30; Ps 84: 3-5, 10-11; Mt 16: 13-19. Other readings may be chosen ad libitum from the Common. Hours of the Feast. Anniv Anniversary of fr. A. Benedict Tickell (1905) Jul 12 Wednesday 18 Wednesday of the thirteenth week Mass of the day. Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7, 17-24; Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Mt 10:1-7. Hours of the memorial. Jul 13 Thursday 19 green Thursday of the fourteenth week. Mass of the day. Gn 44:18-21, 23-29; 45:1-5; Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Mt 10:7-15. Hours of the day. white St Henry Optional white Bl. James of Varazze, friar and bishop Anniv Anniversary of fr. Vincent William Candler (1948) Jul 14 Friday 20 green Friday of the fourteenth week. Mass of the day. Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mt 10:16-23. Hours of the day. white St Camillus de Lellis, priest Optional Anniversary of fr. Humbert of Romans, called "Blessed", 5th Master of the Order (1277) and Obit. Vincent de Couesnongle, 83rd Master of the Order (1992). Jul 15 Saturday 21 white St Bonaventure, bishop and doctor Memorial Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. Gn 49:29-33; 50:15-24; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7; Mt 10:24-33. Hours of the memorial. First Vespers of Sunday. 5 Jul 16 Sunday Psalter Week 3 green Fifteenth Sunday of the Year 22 Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14; Rm 8:18-23 Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9. Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Anniv Anniversary of fr. Bonaventure Cornelius Leahy (1990) Jul 17 Monday 23 green Monday of the fifteenth week. Mass of the day. Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1-3, 4-6, 7-8; Mt 10:34-11:1. Hours of the day. white Bl. Ceslaus of Poland, friar and priest Optional Jul 18 Tuesday 24 green Tuesday of the fifteenth week. Mass of the day. Ex 2:1-15; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24. Hours of the day. white Bl. Bartholemew Fernandes dos Mártires, friar and bishop Jul 19 Wednesday 25 Wednesday of the fifteenth week. Mass of the day. Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103; 1-2, 3-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27. Hours of the memorial. Jul 20 Thursday 26 green Thursday of the fifteenth week. Mass of the day. Ex 3:11-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-25, 26-27; Mt 11:28-30. Hours of the day. red St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr Optional Obit. Anniversary of fr. Francis Romeo, 45th Master of the Order (1552). Jul 21 Friday green Friday of the fifteenth week. Mass of the day. Ex 11:10-12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8. Hours of the day. white St Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor Optional Brisbane Anniversary of the death of Most Rev. Francis Rush (2001) 6 Jul 22 Saturday white St Mary Magdalene, patroness of the Order Feast Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. Sg 3: 1-4 or 2 Cor 5: 14-17; Ps 62: 2-6, 8-9; r.