Liturgical Year
Part 5 Saints
Chapter 54 Calendar for the USA
Preliminary QuestionsBibliographyJanuaryFebruaryMarch |
AprilMayJuneJulyAugust |
SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberTo Think About |
Preliminary Questions
Bibliography
Particular Calendars.
BCLNews letter gives dates for changing several memorials atc. August 1990 page 29.
January
January 4 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious Memorial
January 5 Saint John Neumann, bishop Memorial
January 6 Blessed Andre Bessett, religious (Optional)
February
March
March 3 Blessed Katharine Drexel, virgin (Optional)
See Notitiae, Number 269 (December 1988) pp 947-949
See BCL Newsletter XXV March/April 1989 p 15
April
April 15 Blessed Damien de Veuster (Optional)
See BCL Newsletter XXXVI February 2000 p 5
May
May 15 Saint Isidore (Optional)
June
July
July 1 Blessed Junipero Serra, priest (Optional)
See Notitiae, Number 269 (December 1988) pp 927-929
See BCL Newsletter XXV March/April 1989 p 15
July4 Independence Day (Optional)
July 14 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin Memorial
August
August 18 Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, virgin (Optional)
See BCL Newsletter XXV March/April 1989 p 15
September
September 9 Saint Peter Claver, priest Memorial
October
October 10 Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, virgin (Optional)
October 19 Saints Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf, priests and martyrs, and companions, martyrs Memorial
October 20 Paul of the Cross, priest (Optional)
November
November 13 Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini, virgin Memorial
November 18 Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin (Optional)
See BCL Newsletter XXV March/April 1989 p 15
November 23 Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, priest and martyr (Optional)
Fourth Thursday - Thanksgiving Day (Optional)
December
December 9 Blessed Juan Diego (Optional)
December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast
See BCL Newsletter XXV Feb 1988 pp 5-6 for the decree and texts for Mass and BCL Newsletter XXV March/April 1989 pp 10-15 for the texts for the Liturgy of the Hours.
This list was reprinted in the NCCB Committe in the Newsletter, February 1992, pp 6-7.
To Think About
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