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Advent 2007 - Feast of St Andrew 2008
 

December 2007

 

 Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916    

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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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Frances Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552

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John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher of the Faith, c749

Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637

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 St Nicholas of Myra, Bishop, c326

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 St Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Doctor, 397

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 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

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SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr at Syracuse, 304

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St John of the Cross, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1591

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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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O Sapientia

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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Christmass Eve

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THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD

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St Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr.

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St John, Apostle and Evangelist

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The Holy Innocents

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Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170

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THE HOLY FAMILY

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John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384

January 2008

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THE NAMING AND CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS.

Solemnity of MARY, MOTHER OF GOD  

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 St Basil the Great & St Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379, 389

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THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

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 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645

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 Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915

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 Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167.

 Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689

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 THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD

Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367

 Kentigern(Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde and  Cumbria, 603

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Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915

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St Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356.

Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932

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Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity

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Wulstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095

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3rd SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

St Fabian and St Sebastian, Martyrs

Richard Rolle of Hampole, Spiritual Writer, 1349

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Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304

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St Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon, First Martyr of Spain, 304

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Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622

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THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL

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Timothy and Titus, Bishops, Companions of Paul

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4th SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

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Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher, 1274

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Charles, King and Martyr, 1649

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John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teacher Order, 1888

February 2008

 

 Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c525

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 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)

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 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT

Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865

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Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189

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 St Agatha, Virgin and Martyr at Catania, 3rd cent.

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 ASH WEDNESDAY

Paul Miki and the Martyrs of Japan, 1597

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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

St Scholastica, Virgin, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola, c543

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Our Lady of Lourdes

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St Cyril, Monk & St Methodius, Bishop, Missionaries to the Slavs, Patrons of Europe, 869, 885

Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c269

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Sigfrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden, 1045

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SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977

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The See of Peter the Apostle

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St Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop Martyr, 156

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THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

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George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633

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March 2008 

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 St David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c601

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 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Chad, Bishop Lichfield, Missionary, 672

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St Perpetua and St Felicity, Martyrs at Carthage, 203

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 Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910

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PASSION SUNDAY - Lent 5

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PALM SUNDAY

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Monday of Holy Week

St Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c460

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Tuesday of Holy Week

Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher of the Faith, 386

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Wednesday of Holy Week

ST JOSEPH OF NAZARETH, HUSBAND OF MARY

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Holy Week: MAUNDY THURSDAY

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Holy Week: GOOD FRIDAY

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1556

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Holy Saturday - PASCHAL VIGIL

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EASTER DAY

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EASTER MONDAY

Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980

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EASTER TUESDAY

THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (Lady Day)

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EASTER WEDNESDAY

Harriet Monsell, Founder of the Community of St John the Baptist, Clwer, 1883

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EASTER THURSDAY

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EASTER FRIDAY

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EASTER SATURDAY

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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

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 THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (Lady Day) tr.25th March

John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631

April 2008

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ST JOSEPH OF NAZARETH, HUSBAND OF MARY tr 19th March

Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1872

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THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

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John Baptist de la Salle, Educationalist, 1719

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Teacher, Martyr, 1945

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William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Treacher, 1347

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George Augustus Selwyn, 1st Bishop of New Zealand, 1878

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

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Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923

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Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012

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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

St Serf, Bishop, c. 500

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Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1109

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ST GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON OF ENGLAND, c304

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Mellitus, Bishop of London, 1st Bishop at St Paul's, 624

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St Mark the Evanglist

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SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1895

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Peter Chanel, Religious, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr 1841

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Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, Patron of Europe, 1380

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Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922

May 2008 

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 THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

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St Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandra, Teacher of the Faith, 373

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 St Philip and St James, Apostles

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SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

 English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era

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John the Apostle in Eastertide

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 Julian of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c1417

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PENTECOST

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St Matthias the Apostle

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Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer

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TRINITY SUNDAY

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Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988

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Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 820

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Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330

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CORPUS CHRISTI

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Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century

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John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1792, 1788

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FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

The Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735

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Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians, Spiritual Guide, 1595

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Augustine, 1st Archbishop of Canterbury,605

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Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089

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Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431

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The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth

June 2008

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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

St Justin of Rome, Martyr, c. 165

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 Charles Lwanga and the Martyrs of Uganda, 1886, 1978

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 Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754

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 Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Botherhood, 1945

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THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Non-Juror, Hymn Writer, 1711

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St Columba of Iona, Abbot, Missionary, 597

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St Barnabas the Apostle

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St Anthony of Padua, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 1231

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Richard Baxter, Puritan Divine, 1691

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FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941

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Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253

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Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913, and 1936

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Bernard Mizeki, Apostle to the MaShona, Martyr,1896

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Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu(holy man), Evangelist, Teacher of the Faith, 1929

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St Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c209

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Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious, 1591

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FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Martyrs, 1535

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Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c678

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THE BIRTH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST

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St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Teacher of the Faith, 444

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St Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop, Martyr, 202

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ST PETER AND ST PAUL, APOSTLES tr 30th June

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July 2008 

 

 Henry and John Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1797 and 1813

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 St Thomas the Apostle

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SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

St Palladius, Bishop, c. 430

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St Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Casino, Father of Western Monasticism, Patron of Europe, c. 550

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EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

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John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866

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Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274

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Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099

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Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883

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Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, c394 and c379

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NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th cent

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Mary Magdalene

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St Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstenna, Religious, Patron of Europe, 1373

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James the Apostle

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St Joachim and St Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901

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Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of the Lord

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William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833

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St Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, Priest, 1556

August 2008

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Alphonsus Liguori, Teacher of the Faith, 1787

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

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St John Vianney, Cure d'Ars, Priest,Spiritual Guide, 1859

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Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642

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 Transfiguration of the Lord

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John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866

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Dominic, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221

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Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), Nun, Martyr, Patron of Europe, 1942

Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921

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TWELTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

St Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258

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St Clare of Assisi, Virgin, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253

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Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667

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Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941

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THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

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St Stephen of Hungary, 1038

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FEAST SUNDAY

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

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St Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Teacher of the Faith, 1153

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Our Lady, Mother and Queen

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St Bartholomew the Apostle

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Dominic Barberi, Priest, Religious, Missionary, 1849

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Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

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St Augustine of Hippo, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 430

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The Beheading of St John the Baptist

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Magaret Clitherow and Ann Line, Married Women, and Margaret Ward, Virgin, Martyrs, 1586, 1601, 1588

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FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

St Aidan of Lindisfarne, Bishop, Missionary, 651

 September 2008

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Giles of Provence, Hermit, c710

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The Martyrs of Papua new Guinea, 1942

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 St Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604

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 Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687

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Allen Gardener, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851

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SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

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The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, Founder of the Society of the Holy Cross. 1880

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St John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407

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HOLY CROSS DAY

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Our Lady of Sorrows

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Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Pics, c432

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St Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess, Visionary, 1179

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Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

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Andrew Kim Taegon, and the Martyrs of Korea and the Pacific

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St Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist

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Our Lady of Walsingham

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Sergei of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392

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Wilson Carlile, Priest, Founder of the Church Army, 1942

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St Vincent de Paul, Priest, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660

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NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

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Michael and All Angels

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Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420

October 2008

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Therese of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, 1897

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 Holy Guardian Angels

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St Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226

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TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

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 William Tyndale, Translater of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536

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Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions, Martyrs, c258

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Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644

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Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675

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TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Wilfred of Ripon, Bishop, Missiionary, 709

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Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066

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St Teresa of Avila, Virgin, Teacher of the Faith, 1582

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Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Martyrs, 1555

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Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c107

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St Luke the Evangelist

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TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Frideswide, Abbess, Patron Saint of the city and University of Oxford, c735

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St James of Jerusalem, Martyr, c. 62

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St Crispin and St Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c287

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LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Cedd, Abbott of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664

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St Simon and St Jude, Apostles

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James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Unganda, 1885

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Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546

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 November 2008

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ALL SAINTS' DAY

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 ALL SOULS' DAY

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Martin de Porres, Friar, 1639

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Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, Educationalist,v Reformer, 1584

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 St Leonard, Hermit, 6th cent

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Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739

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The Saints and Martyrs of England

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THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT

Margery Kempe, Mystic, c1440

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St Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461

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Martin, Bishop of Tours, c397

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Josaphat Kunsevich, Archbishop of Polotsk, Martyr, 1623

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Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836

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Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796

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SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT

St Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093

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Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200

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Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231

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Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680

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Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870

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The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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St Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr at Rome, c230

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THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING

St Clement of Rome, Bishop, Martyr, c100

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 Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th cent

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Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church

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St Andrew the Apostle

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