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Calendar > The Coming Year 2012
JANUARY
Sunday 1st NEW YEARS DAY SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
Exposition and prayer for peace 1.00-5.45 pm
Monday 2nd SS Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen Bank Holiday
Tuesday 3rd
Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th
Friday 6th
Saturday 7th
Sunday 8th EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Monday 9th BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Christmas Season ends
Tuesday 10th
Wednesday 11th St Aelred
Thursday 12th St. Benet Biscop
Friday 13th
Saturday 14th
Sunday 15th 2nd Sunday In Ordinary Time
Monday 16th
Tuesday 17th St Antony of Egypt
Wednesday 18th Octave of Prayer for Christian unity begins today
Thursday 19th St Wulstan
Saturday 21st St Agnes
Sunday 22nd 3rd Sunday In Ordinary Time
Tuesday 24th St Francis de Sales
Wednesday 25th CONVERSION OF ST PAUL
Conclusion of the octave of prayer for Christian unity
Friday 27th SS Timothy & Titus, bishops
Saturday 28th St Thomas Aquinas
Sunday 29th 4th Sunda in Ordinary Time
Monday 30th St John Bosco
Tuesday 31st St Alban Roe
FEBRUARY
Wednesday 1st
Thursday 2nd PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
Blessing of candles & procession before all Masses
Friday 3rd Blessing of St Blaise after all masses
Saturday 4th
Sunday 5th 5th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Monday 6th St Paul Miki & Comp
Tuesday 7th
Wednesday 8th
Thursday 9th
Friday 10th St. Scholastica
Saturday 11th Our Lady of Lourdes
11.00 am Mass with anointing of the Sick
Sunday 12th 6th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Tuesday 14th SS Cyril, monk & Methodius
Wednesday 15th
Thursday 16th
Friday 17th
Saturday 18th
Sunday 19th 7th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Monday 20th
Tuesday 21st St Peter Damian
Wednesday 22nd ASH WEDNESDAY
Blessing and imposition of ashes. Lent begins
Thursday 23rd
Friday 24th
Saturday 25th
Sunday 26th 1st Sunday of Lent
Mon 27th Blessed Mark Barkworth
Tuesday 28th
Wednesday 29th
MARCH
Thursday 1st ST DAVID
Friday 2nd Lent Fast Day Women’s World Day of Prayer
Saturday 3rd
Sunday 4th 2nd Sunday of Lent
Monday 5th
Tuesday 6th
Wednesday 7th
Thursday 8th
Friday 9th
Saturday 10th
Sunday 11th 3rd Sunday of Lent
Monday 12th
Tuesday 13th
Wednesday 14th
Thursday 15th
Friday 16th
Saturday 17th ST PATRICK
Sunday 18th 4th Sunday of Lent
Monday 19th St Joseph
Tuesday 20th
Wednesday 21st PASSING OF ST BENEDICT
Thursday 22nd
Friday 23rd
Saturday 24th
Sunday 25th 5th Sunday of Lent Clocks go forward
Monday 26th ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
Tuesday 27th
Wednesday 28th
Thursday 29th
Friday 30th
Saturday 31st
APRIL
Sunday 1st PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION
Blessing of palms and Procession
Monday 2nd Monday of Holy Week
Tuesday 3rd Tuesday of Holy Week Chrism Mass at Cathedral at 12 noon
Wednesday 4th Wednesday of Holy Week
Thursday 5th Thursday of Holy Week
6.30 pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Watching before the Blessed Sacrament in theNewman Chapel until midnight.
Friday 6th GOOD FRIDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION
10am Ecumenical Procession,
12 noon Children’s Liturgy,
3pm Solemn Liturgy,
8pm Stations of the Cross. Fasting and abstinence. Public Holiday
Saturday 7th HOLY SATURDAY, PASCHAL VIGIL begins on the Abbey steps at 9.00 pm
Sunday 8th SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION
Monday 9th Monday of Easter Octave Bank Holiday
Tuesday 10th Tuesday of Easter Octave
Wednesday 11th Wednesday of Easter Octave
Thursday 12th Thursday of Easter Octave
Friday 13th Friday of Easter Octave
Saturday 14th Saturday of Easter Octave
Sunday 15th 2nd Sunday of Easter Octave Day of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday
Monday 16th
Tuesday 17th
Wednesday 18th
Thursday 19th
Friday 20th
Saturday 21st St Anselm
Sunday 22nd 3rd Sunday of Easter
Monday 23rd ST GEORGE
Tuesday 24th St Melitus
Wednesday 25th St Mark
Thursday 26th
Friday 27th
Saturday 28th
Sunday 29th 4th Sunday of Easter World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Mon 30th St Erconwald
MAY
Tuesday 1st
Wednesday 2nd St Athanasius
Thursday 3rd SS Philip and James
Friday 4th SS John Houghton, Richard Reynolds and All Martyrs of England & Wales
Saturday 5th
Sunday 6th 5th Sunday of Easter
Monday 7th Bank Holiday
Tuesday 8th
Wednesday 9th Blessed Thomas Pickering
Thursday 10th
Friday 11th Holy Abbots of Cluny
Saturday 12th
Sunday 13th 6th Sunday of Easter
Monday 14th St Matthais
Tuesday 15th St Pachomius
Wednesday 16th
Thursday 17th
Friday 18th
Saturday 19th SS Dunstan, Oswald & Ethelwold
Sunday 20th ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Monday 21st
Tuesday 22nd
Wednesday 23rd
Thursday 24th
Friday 25th St Bede the Venerable
Saturday 26th Confirmations
Sunday 27th SUNDAY OF PENTECOST Confirmations
Monday 28th St Augustine of Canterbury
Tuesday 29th
Wednesday 30th Blessed Maurus Scott
Thursday 31st VISITATION OF OUR LADY
JUNE
Friday 1st St Justin
Saturday 2nd
Sunday 3rd MOST HOLY TRINITY
Monday 4th Bank Holiday
Tuesday 5th St Boniface Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Bank Holiday
Wednesday 6th
Thursday 7th
Friday 8th
Saturday 9th St Columba
Sunday 10th CORPUS CHRISTI Blessed Sacrament Procession
Monday 11th St Barnabas
Tuesday 12th
Wednesday 13th
Thursday 14th
Friday 15th SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Saturday 16th Immaculate Heart of Mary
Sunday 17th 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 18th
Tuesday 19th St Romuald
Wednesday 20th St Alban
Thursday 21st St Aloysius Gonzaga
Friday 22nd ST JOHN FISHER, bishop & ST THOMAS MORE
Saturday 23rd SS Etheldreda, Mildred & Holy Nuns of England
Sunday 24th BIRTHDAY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Monday 25th
Tuesday 26th
Wednesday 27th
Thursday 28th St Irenaeus
Friday 29th SS PETER & PAUL Holiday of Obligation
Saturday 30th Bl Philip Powell
JULY
Sunday 1st 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 2nd
Tuesday 3rd ST THOMAS
Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th
Friday 6th
Saturday 7th
Sunday 8th 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 9th
Tuesday 10th
Wednesday 11th ST BENEDICT
Thursday 12th
Friday 13th
Saturday 14th
Sunday 15th 15th Sunday in Ordinary time
Monday 16th
Tuesday 17th
Wednesday 18th
Thursday 19th
Saturday 21st
Sunday 22nd 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 23rd ST BRIDGET OF SWEDEN
Tuesday 24th
Wednesday 25th ST JAMES
Thursday 26th SS Joachim & Anne
Friday 27th
Saturday 28th
Sunday 29th 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 30th
Tuesday 31st St Ignatius of Loyola
AUGUST
Wednesday 1st St Alphonsus M. Di Liguori
Thursday 2nd Portiuncula Indulgence available today
Friday 3rd
Saturday 4th St John M. Vianney
Sunday 5th 18th Sunday in Ordinary time
Monday 6th TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD
Tuesday 7th
Wednesday 8th St Dominic
Thursday 9th ST TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS
Friday 10th ST LAURENCE
Saturday 11th St Clare of Assisi
Sunday 12th 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 13th
Tuesday 14th St Maximilian Kolbe
Wednesday 15th ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY Holyday of Obligation
Thursday 16th
Friday 17th
Saturday 18th
Sunday 19th 20th Sunday in Ordianry Time
Monday 20th St Bernard
Tuesday 21st St Pius X
Wednesday 22nd
Thursday 23rd
Friday 24th ST BARTHOLOMEW
Saturday 25th
Sunday 26th 21st Sunday in Ordinary time
Monday 27th St Monica Bank Holiday
Tuesday 28th St Augustine of Hippo
Wednesday 29th Beheading of St John the Baptist
Thursday 30th SS Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line & Margaret Ward
Friday 31st
SEPTEMBER
Saturday 1st
Sunday 2nd 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 3rd ST GREGORY THE GREAT
Tuesday 4th St Cuthbert
Wednesday 5th
Thursday 6th
Friday 7th
Saturday 8th BIRTHDAY OF OUR LADY
Sunday 9th 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 10th
Tuesday 11th
Wednesday 12th
Thursday 13th St John Chrysostom
Friday 14th TRIUMPH OF THE HOLY CROSS
Saturday 15th Our Lady of Sorrows
Sunday16th 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 17th
Tuesday 18th
Wednesday 19th SS Theodore, bishop & Adrian
Thursday 20th SS Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang & Comp
Friday 21st ST MATTHEW
Saturday 22nd
Sunday 23rd 25th Sunday in Ordinary time
Monday 24th Our Lady of Walsingham 11am Mass with Anointing of the sick
Tuesday 25th
Wednesday 26th
Thursday 27th St Vincent de Paul
Friday 28th
Saturday 29th ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS
Sunday 30th 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
OCTOBER
Monday 1st St Teresa of the Child Jesus
Tuesday 2nd Guardian Angels
Wednesday 3rd Bl Columba Marmion
Thursday 4th St Francis of Assisi
Friday 5th Harvest Fast Day
Saturday 6th St Bruno
Sunday 7th 27th Sunday in Ordinary time
Monday 8th
Tuesday 9th SS John Roberts & Ambrose Barlow (Bl John Henry Newman)
Wednesday 10th SS Paulinus, Laurence, Justus & Honorius
Thursday 11th
Friday 12th
Saturday 13th St Edward the Confessor
Sunday 14th 28th Snday in Ordinary Time
Monday 15th St Teresa of Avila
Tuesday 16th
Wednesday 17th St Ignatius of Antioch
Tuesday 18th ST LUKE
Friday 19th
Saturday 20th
Sunday 21st 29th Sunday in Ordinary time
Monday 22nd
Tuesday 23rd
Wednesday 24th
Thursday 25th
Friday 26th
Saturday 27th
Sunday 28th 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Clocks go back
Monday 29th
Tuesday 30th
Wednesday 31st
NOVEMBER
Thursday 1st ALL SAINTS Holyday of Obligation
Friday 2nd COMMEMORATION OF ALL SOULS
Saturday 3rd
Sunday 4th 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 5th Commemoration of Deceased Relatives and Benefactors of the English
Benedictine Congregation
Tuesday 6th
Wednesday 7th
Thursday 8th
Friday 9th DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA
Saturday 10th St Leo the Great
Sunday 11th 32 Sunday in Ordinary Time Remembrance Day
Monday 12th
Tuesday 13th ALL SAINTS OF THE ORDER OF ST BENEDICT
Wednesday 14th
Thursday 15th Bl Richard Whiting, Hugh Faringdon, John Beche & Comp
Friday 16th St Gertrude the Great
Saturday 17th
Sunday 18th 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday 19th
Tuesday 20th St Edmund
Wednesday 21st Presentation of Our Lady
Thursday 22nd St Cecilia
Friday 23rd
Saturday 24th St Andrew Dung-Lac, priest & Comp
Sunday 25th CHRIST THE UNIVERSAL KING Youth Sunday
Monday 26th
Tuesday 27th
Wednesday 28th
Thursday 29th
Friday 30th ST ANDREW
DECEMBER
Saturday 1st
Sunday 2nd 1st Sunday of Advent
Monday 3rd St Francis Xavier
Tuesday 4th
Wednesday 5th
Thursday 6th
Friday 7th St Ambrose
Saturday 8th IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF OUR LADY
Sunday 9th 2nd Sunday of Advent
Monday 10th
Tuesday 11th
Wednesday 12th
Thursday 13th St Lucy
Friday 14th St John of the Cross
Saturday 15th
Sunday 16th 3rd Sunday of Advent
Monday 17th Penitential Services at 2.15 and 8.00 pm
Tuesday 18th Confessions from 5.30 pm - 6.00pm
Wednesday 19th Confessions from 5.30 pm - 6.00pm
Thursday 20th Confessions from 5.30 pm - 6.00pm
Friday 21st Confessions from 5.30 pm - 6.00pm
Saturday 22nd Confessions at the usual times
Sunday 23rd 4th Sunday of Advent
Monday 24th Opening of the crib at 3.00 pm.
Vespers 6.00 pm (time subject to change)
First Mass of Christmas at 8.00 pm with carols from 7.30 pm
(come early to be sure of a seat)
Matins at 11.00 pm Carols at 11.30 pm
Mass at Midnight (come early to be sure of a seat)
Tuesday 25th BIRTHDAY OF THE LORD Holyday of Obligation Public Holiday
Masses at 8.00, 9.00, 10.15 (in the hall)for families with very young children,
10.30, 12.15. Vespers at 6.00 pm. Please note not evening Mass
Wednesday 2th ST STEPHEN Bank Holiday
Thursday 27th ST JOHN
Friday 28th HOLY INNOCENTS
Saturday 29th ST THOMAS BECKET
Sunday 30th HOLY FAMILY
Monday 31st Seventh Day of Octave