Calendar for the year 2017 Inpatient Care „Tender loving care“ as it should be We care in any case January 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mary, Mother of God Sts. Basil the Great & The Most Holy (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) (St. John Neumann, (St. André St. Raymond of RSA: New Year’s Gregory Nazianzen, Name of Jesus 24 years Blessed Gérard’s Relief bishop) Bessette) Peñafort, priest Day bishops & doctors Fund World Day of prayer RSA: Public holiday for peace 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Epiphany of the Lord Baptism of the Lord (St. Gregory of (Blessed William Carter) (St. Marguerite St. Hilary, bishop (St. Felix of (St. Severinus) St. Adrian of Canterbury, Nyssa, bishop, Anniversary: Vicariate Apostolic Bourgeoys) & doctor Nola) abbot OSB) of Eshowe elevated to the (St. Julian, martyr) Diocese of Eshowe, 1951 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2nd Sunday in (St. Bernard & St. Anthony, (St. Prisca) (St. Canute) St. Fabian, pope St. Agnes, virgin ordinary time companions) abbot 18 – 25 January: Week of & martyr; & martyr (Sts. Maurus & World Day of prayer for Christian Unity St. Sebastian, Placidus, scholars of Migrants and martyr; St. Benedict, OSB) Refugees Blessed Cyprian (St. Isidore of Michael Tansi, Alexandria) priest 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3rd Sunday in (St. Marianne Cope & St. St. Francis de Conversion of St. Paul, the Sts. Timothy & Titus, St. Angela St. Thomas ordinary time Vincent, martyr) Sales, bishop & Apostle bishops; Merici, virgin Aquinas, priest & St. Vincent of doctor (St. Robert, Alberich & Holocaust doctor Saragozza, deacon & Stephen, Cistercian Memorial Day martyr abbots, OSB) 21 years Blessed Gérard’s Disaster Relief Project 29 30 31 Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard th 4 Sunday in (St. Martina, virgin & St. John Bosco, P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 · Republic of South Africa ordinary time martyr) priest Phone +27 82 4924043 · Fax +27 86 6938940 · www.bbg.org.za · [email protected] (St. Gildas the Wise, World Day of abbot) Leprosy Lectionary: Sundays: Cycle A, Weekdays: Year 1 Caring without borders February 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 (St. Brigid of Presentation of St. Blaise, bishop & (St. John de Britto) Ireland) the Lord martyr, World Cancer Day World Day for St. Ansgar, bishop Consecrated Life (24 years Blessed Gérard’s Bursary Fund) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5th Sunday in Sts. Paul Miki, priest & martyr & (St. Moses) St. Josephine (St. Apollonia) St. Scholastica, virgin, Our Lady of Lourdes ordinary time companions, martyrs: “Twentiy-six Bakhita, virgin OSB (St. Benedict of St. Agatha, virgin & martyrs of Japan” St. Jerome Aniane, abbot, OSB) martyr Emiliani, priest World Day of the Sick 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6th Sunday in (St. Catherine de Ricci) Sts. Cyril, monk & (St. Faustinus) (St. Juliana of Seven Founders of the (St. Simeon, bishop ordinary time Methodius, bishop Cumae, martyr) Order of Servites, & martyr) (St. Damian) St. Valentine’s Day religious 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 7th Sunday in Dedication of the Conventual St. Peter Damian, The Chair of St. St. Polycarp, (St. Sergius) (St. Ethelbert of ordinary time Church of St. John the Baptist in bishop & doctor Peter, apostle bishop & martyr Kent) (St. Boniface of Malta, SMOM International Priory of Inkamana Lausanne) World Day of Social Justice Mother Language raised to an abbey in Day 1982 26 27 28 8th Sunday in (St. Gabriel of Our Lady of (St. Hilary, pope) Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard ordinary time Sorrows) P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 · Republic of South Africa St. Alexander of Phone +27 82 4924043 · Fax +27 86 6938940 Alexandria, bishop www.bbg.org.za · [email protected] (St. Victor of Plancy,hermit) Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict, the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta and the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of South Africa + the African Saints brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard We care in any case Home Care March 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard 1 2 3 4 Ash Wednesday Thursday after Ash Friday after Ash St. Casimir of P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 · Republic of South Africa (St. David of Wales) Wednesday Wednesday Poland Phone +27 82 4924043 · Fax +27 86 6938940 (St. Agnes of (St. Katherine World Day of www.bbg.org.za · [email protected] Bohemia) Drexel) Prayer 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1st Sunday of Lent (St. Colette) Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, St. John of God, St. Frances of Rome, (St. John (St. Constantine, (St. Kieran, bishop) martyrs religious religious Ogilvie, martyr) martyr) International Women’s Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2nd Sunday of Lent (Bl. Agnello of Pisa) (St. Maud) (St. Louise de (St. Herbert) St. Patrick, St. Cyril of (St. Seraphina) Commonwealth Day Marillac) bishop Jerusalem, Abbey of St. Ottilien 24 years Blessed bishop & doctor raised to the rank of an Gérard’s Malnutrition Archabbey in 1914 Clinic 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3rd Sunday of Lent St. Joseph, Death of St. Benedict, Blessed Clemens St. Turibius de (St. Aldemar) Annunciation of spouse of the abbot, OSB August von Galen, Mogrovejo, bishop World the Lord Blessed Virgin RSA: Human Rights Day SMOM Tuberculosis Mary International Day for the St. Deogratias, Day March equinox Elimination of Racial bishop Discrimination World Water Day 26 27 28 29 30 31 4th Sunday of Lent St. John of Egypt, (St. Venturino of Bergamo) (St. Jonas & (St. John Climacus, (St. Benjamin, “Laetare” hermit Barachisius, martyrs) abbot) martyr) 18 years Blessed Gérard’s First Aid & Emergency Service Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict, the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta and the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of South Africa + the African Saints brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard We care in any case April 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard St. Nonius Alvarez Pereira, prior, P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 · Republic of South Africa SMOM Phone +27 82 4924043 · Fax +27 86 6938940 13 years Blessed www.bbg.org.za · [email protected] Gérard’s Hospice HAART Programme 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5th Sunday of (St. Richard of St. Isidore, St. Vincent Ferrer, (St. Celestino I, pope St. John Baptist (St. Walter of Lent Wyche) bishop & doctor priest St. Peter of Verona) de la Salle, priest Pontnoise, abbot) St. Francis of St. Benedict ‘the 11th anniversary of Clare World Health Day Paola, hermit Black’, religious Kalkwarf’s death 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Palm Sunday Monday of Holy Tuesday of Wednesday of Holy Thursday Good Friday Easter Vigil (St. Mary of Week Holy Week Holy Week St. Martin I, (St. Maximus, (St. Hunna) Cleophas) (St. Michael de St. Stanislaus, St. Zeno of Verona, pope & martyr martyr) Sanctis) bishop & martyr bishop 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Easter Sunday Monday in the Tuesday in the Wednesday in Thursday in the Octave of Friday in the Saturday in the (St. Bernadette Octave of Easter Octave of the Octave of Easter Octave of Octave of Easter Soubirous, World Day of Easter Easter St. Marcellinus, bishop Easter (St. Alexander, religious) Prayer for (Blessed Marie- (Leo IX, pope) Sts. Vincent & Dominicus, St. Anselm, martyr) Vocations Anne Blondin) missionaries bishop & doctor RSA: Family Day 24 years Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard acknowledged as Relief Organisation of the Order of Malta 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2nd Sunday of St. Fidelis of St. Mark, (St. Cletus) (St. Zita) St. Peter Chanel, St. Catherine of Easter “Divine Sigmaringen, priest evangelist RSA: Freedom Day priest & martyr, Siena, virgin & Mercy Sunday” & martyr St. Louis Mary doctor St. George, martyr Grignion de (St. Adalbert, Montfort, priest, bishop, missionary St. Pius V., pope & martyr, OSB) 30 3rd Sunday of Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict, the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta Easter and the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of South Africa + the African Saints Our Lady, Mother brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard of Africa Inpatient Care „Tender loving care“ as it should be We care in any case May 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 St. Joseph the St. Athanasius, bishop Sts. Philip & James, (Blessed Martyrs of England (St. Asaph, (St. Dominic Savio) worker & doctor apostles and Wales) bishop) RSA: Workers’ Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4th Sunday of Easter (St. George Preca) (St. Damien de (Sts. Odo, Majolus, Odilo, Sts. Nereus & Our Lady of Fatima (St. John of Beverley, Veuster of Moloka’i) Hugo & Petrus the venerable, Achilleus, World bishop) abbots of Cluny, OSB) martyrs; Communications St. Pancras, Day martyr International Nurses Day 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5th Sunday of Easter (St. Dymphna) (St. Brendan, (St. Paschal Baylon) St. John I, pope & martyr (St. Celestin, St. Bernardine of St. Matthias, apostle World Day of abbot) Blessed Gerard Mecatti of pope & hermit, Siena, priest RSA: Mothers’ Day Prayer for Villamagna, OSB) Vocations, religious, SMOM (St. Dunstan, International Day archbishop) of Families 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 6th Sunday of Easter St. Rita of Cascia, Blessed William Apor, The Blessed Virgin St. Bede the Venerable, St. Philip Neri, St. Augustine of St. Christopher religious bishop & martyr, Mary, Help for priest & doctor; priest Canterbury, Magallanes, priest & SMOM Christians St. Gregory VII, pope; bishop companions, martyrs 23 years Blessed St.