The first work in developing a liturgical body for a community starts with a Calendar. This Calendar began with Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2006 of the Episcopal Church. Added to this calendar are the feasts of Benedictine Saints along with Saints included in the Litany of the Saints used at Solemn Professions in the Companions of St. Luke. A final level of Saints comes from holy persons who develop and practiced the New Monasticism. This final level of veneration and celebration coincides with the pattern established at the 2015 General Convention of the Episcopal Church where the recognition of holiness begins at the local church level.
January
1 A The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2 b Basil the Great, Monk, Author of a Monastic
Rule, Bishop of Caesarea, Doctor, 379
3 c
4 d Elizabeth Seton, Professed Religious, Founder
of the American Sisters of Charity, 1821
5 e
6 f The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
7 g
8 A Harriet
Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary, 1969
9 b Julia Chester
Emery, 1922
10 c William
Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645
11 d
12 e Aelred, Monk,
Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
13 f Hilary,
Bishop of Poitiers and Doctor, 367
14 g
15 A Maur and Placid, Disciples of St. Benedict
16 b Richard Meux Benson, Professed Religious, Founder
of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Religious, 1915
17 c Antony,
Abbot in Egypt, 356
18 d The
Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle
19 e Wulfstan,
Bishop of Worcester, 1095
20 f Richard Rolle, 1349, Walter Hilton, 1396,
and Margery Kempe, c. 1440, Mystics
21 g Agnes,
Martyr at Rome, 304
22 A Vincent,
Deacon of Saragossa, Martyr, 304
23 b Phillips
Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893
24 c Ordination
of Florence Li Tim-Oi, First Woman Priest in the Anglican Communion, 1944
25 d The
Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
26 e Robert of Molesme, Alberic and Stephen
Harding, Founders of the Cistercian Order
27 f Timothy and
Titus, Companions of Saint Paul
28 g Thomas
Aquinas, Priest, Friar and Doctor 1274
29 A
30 b
31 c
February
1 d Brigid
(Bride), 523
2 e The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
3 f Anskar,
Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865
4 g Cornelius the
Centurion
5 A The Martyrs
of Japan, 1597
6 b
7 c
8 d
9 e Anne Ayers, Founder of the Sisterhood of the
Holy Communion, Religious, 1896
10 f Scholastica, Nun
and Sister of Benedict, 542
11 g Benedict of Aniane, Abbot. 821
12 A
13 b Absalom
Jones, Priest, 1818
14 c Cyril, Monk,
and Methodius, Bishop, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869, 885
15 d Thomas Bray,
Priest and Missionary, 1730
16 e Gilbert of Sempringham Abbot
and Founder of Double Monastery of Canons Regular and Nuns, 1190
17 f Janani
Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, and Martyr, 1977
18 g Martin
Luther, 1546
19 A Sister Brigitta, CSMV, (Julia Brigitte Von
Loesch) Member of Christa Prema Seva
Ashram, 2005
20 b
21 c Peter Damian, Monk & Bishop, 1072
22 d
23 e Polycarp,
Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna, 156
24 f Saint Matthias the Apostle
25 g Walburga, Abbess of Double Monastery of Heidenheim,
c 777
26 A
27 b George
Herbert, Priest, 1633
28 c Oswald, Monk, Restorer of Monastic Life,
Archbishop of York, 992
29
March
1 d David, Bishop
of Menevia, Wales, c. 544
2 e Chad, Bishop
of Lichfield, 672
3 f John and
Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788
4 g
5 A
6 b
7 c Perpetua,
Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202
8 d
9 e Frances of Rome, Married Woman, Religious
Founder, Benedictine Oblate, 1440
10 f
11 g
12 A Gregory the
Great, Monk and Bishop of Rome, 604
13 b James
Theodore Holly, Bishop of Haiti, and of the Dominican Republic, 1911
14 c
15 d
16 e
17 f Patrick, Bishop
and Missionary of Ireland, 461
18 g Cyril,
Bishop of Jerusalem, 386
19 A Saint Joseph
20 b Cuthbert, Monk,
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 687
21 c Transitus of our
Holy Father St. Benedict
22 d James De
Koven, Priest, 1879
23 e Gregory the
Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c. 332
24 f Óscar
Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, and the Martyrs of San Salvador, 1980
25 g The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed
Virgin Mary
26 A
27 b Charles
Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, and of Western New York, 1929
28 c
29 d John Keble,
Priest, 1866
30 e
31 f John Donne,
Priest, 1631
April
1 g Frederick
Denison Maurice, Priest, 1872
13 2 A James
Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876
2 3 b Richard,
Bishop of Chichester, 1253
4 c Martin Luther
King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader, 1968
5 d
6 e
7 f Tikhon,
Patriarch of Russia, Confessor and Ecumenist, 1925
8 g William
Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877
9 A Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, Theologian and Martyr 1945
10 b William Law,
Priest, 1761
11 c George
Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, and of Lichfield, 1878
12 d
13 e
14 f
15 g
16 A
17 b
18 c
19 d Alphege,
Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012
20 e
21 f Anselm,
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109
22 g
23 A George, Soldier and Martyr, c. 304
24 b
25 c Saint Mark the Evangelist
26 d
27 e
28 f
29 g Catherine of
Siena, Doctor, 1380
30 A The Holy Abbots of Cluny: Odo, Mayeul, Odilo, and Hugh, and Peter the
Venerable
May
1 b Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles
2 c Athanasius,
Bishop of Alexandria and Doctor, 373
3 d
4 e Monnica,
Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
5 f
6 g
7 A Harriet Starr Cannon, Founder of the
Community of St. Mary, Religious , 1896
8 b Dame Julian
of Norwich, Hermit and Mystic, c. 1417
9 c Gregory of
Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, 389
10 d
11 e
12 f
13 g
14 A Pachomius, Abbot, 348
15 b
16 c The Martyrs
of the Sudan
17 d
18 e
19 f Dunstan,
Archbishop of Canterbury and Restorer of the Monastic Life, 988
20 g Alcuin,
Deacon, and Abbot of Tours, 804
21 A Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330
22 b The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas, 1996
23 c
24 d Jackson
Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870
25 e Bede, the
Venerable, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Doctor, 735
26 f Augustine,
First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
27 g
28 A
29 b
30 c
31 d The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The First Book of
Common Prayer, 1549, is appropriately observed on a weekday following the Day
of Pentecost.
June
1 e Justin,
Martyr at Rome, c. 167
2 f The Martyrs
of Lyons, 177
3 g The Martyrs
of Uganda, 1886
4 A
5 b Boniface, Monk,
Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to Germany, Martyr, 754
6 c
7 d
8 e
9 f Columba,
Abbot of Iona, 597
10 g Ephrem of
Edessa, Syria, Deacon and Doctor 373
11 A Saint Barnabas the Apostle
12 b Enmegahbowh,
Priest and Missionary, 1902
13 c
14
d The Founding of the Companions of St.
Luke
15 e Evelyn
Underhill, Writer and Mystic 1941
16 f Joseph
Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752
17 g
18 A Bernard
Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Rhodesia, 1896
19 b Romuald, Abbot, Religious Founder, 1027
20 c
21 d
22 e Alban, First
Martyr of Britain, c. 304
23 f
24 g The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
25 A
26 b
27 c
28 d Irenaeus,
Bishop of Lyons, c. 202
29 e Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles
30 f
July
1 g
2 A
3 b Saint Thomas the Apostle
4 c Independence
Day
5 d Elizabeth, the New Martyr, Nun and Martyr,
1918
6 e
7 f
8 g
9 A
10 b
11 c Our Holy Father Saint Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte
Cassino, c. 540
12 d
13 e Henry, Holy Roman Emperor and Benedictine
Oblate, 1023
14 f
15 g
16 A
17 b William
White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836
18 c
19 d Macrina,
Monastic and Teacher, 379 and Gregory,
Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394
20 e Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman
21 f
22 g Saint Mary Magdalene
23 A John Cassian, Abbot at Marseilles, 433
24 b Thomas a
Kempis, Priest, 1471
25 c Saint James the Apostle
26 d The Parents
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
27 e William Reed
Huntington, Priest, 1909
28 f
29 g Mary, Martha
and Lazarus of Bethany, Hosts and Friends of our Lord
30 A William
Wilberforce, 1833
31 b Ignatius of
Loyola, 1556
August
1 c Joseph of
Arimathaea
2 d
3 e
4 f
5 g
6 A The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
7 b John Mason
Neale, Priest, 1866
8 c Dominic,
Priest and Friar, 1221
9 d Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Nun and
Martyr, 1942
10 e Laurence,
Deacon, and Martyr at Rome, 258
11 f Clare,
Abbess at Assisi, 1253
12 g Florence
Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
13 A Jeremy
Taylor, Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore, 1667
14 b Jonathan
Myrick Daniels, Seminarian, Martyr and Witness for Civil Rights, 1965
15 c Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ
16 d Brother Robert Schutz, Founder of Taize,
2005
17 e
18 f William
Porcher DuBose, Priest, 1918
19 g
20 A Bernard,
Abbot of Clairvaux and Doctor, 1153
21 b
22 c
23 d Martin de
Porres, 1634 and Rose of Lima, 1617
24 e Saint
Bartholomew the Apostle
25 f Louis, King
of France, 1270
26 g Raimon Panikkar, Theologian of the New
Monasticism, 2010
27 A Thomas
Gallaudet, 1902 with Henry Winter Syle, 1890
28 b Augustine,
Bishop of Hippo and Doctor, 430
29 c Moses the Black, Desert Father and Martyr,
400
30 d
31 e Aidan,
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651
September
1 f David
Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon and Missionary, 1931
2 g The Martyrs
of New Guinea, 1942
3 A
4 b Paul Jones,
Bishop and Prophetic Witness, 1941
5 c
6 d
7 e
8 f
9 g Constance,
Nun, and her Companions, Martyrs 1878
10 A Alexander
Crummell, Priest, Prophetic Witness and
Founder of the Union of Black Episcopalians 1898
11 b
12 c John Henry
Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
13 d John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople
and Doctor, 407
14
e Holy Cross Day
15 f Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr of Carthage, 258
16 g Ninian,
Bishop in Galloway, c. 430
17 A Hildegard, Abbess and Doctor, 1179
18 b Edward
Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882
19 c Theodore of
Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
20 d John
Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
21 e Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
22 f Philander
Chase, Bishop of Ohio, and of Illinois, 1852
23 g
24 A
25 b Sergius,
Abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow, 1392
26 c Lancelot
Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1626
27 d
28 e Lioba, Abbess and Colleague of Boniface, 782
29 f Saint Michael and All Angels
30 g Jerome,
Priest, Monk of Bethlehem and Doctor, 420
October
1 A Remigius,
Bishop of Rheims, c. 530
2 b
3 c
4 d Francis of
Assisi, Friar, 1226
5 e
6 f Bruno, Hermit, Founder 1101
7 g William Tyndale, Priest, 1536
8 A
9 b Robert
Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, 1253
10 c Vida Dutton
Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace, 1954
11 d Philip,
Deacon and Evangelist
12 e
13 f
14 g Samuel Isaac
Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906
15 A Teresa of
Avila, Nun, Founder and Doctor, 1582
16 b Hugh Latimer
and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops, 1555 and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of
Canterbury, 1556
17 c Ignatius,
Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115
18 d Saint Luke the Evangelist, Patron of the Companions of
St. Luke
19 e Frideswide, Abbess of Double Monastery at
Oxford, 727
20 f Henry
Martyn, Priest, and Missionary to India and Persia, 1812
21 g
22 A
23 b Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus
Christ, and Martyr, c. 62
24 c
25 d
26 e Alfred the
Great, King of the West Saxons, 899
27 f
28 g Saint Simon
and Saint Jude, Apostles
29 A James
Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his Companions, Martyrs,
1885
30 b
31 c
November
1 d All Saints
2 e Commemoration
of All Faithful Departed
3 f Richard
Hooker, Priest, 1600
4 g
5 A
6 b William
Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1944
7 c Willibrord, Monk,
Archbishop of Utrecht, Missionary to Frisia, 739
8 d
9 e
10 f Leo the
Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
11 g Martin, Monk,
Bishop of Tours, 397
12 A Charles
Simeon, Priest, 1836
13 b All Saints of the Benedictine Order
14 c Consecration
of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, 1784
15 d All the Faithful Departed of the Benedictine
Order
16 e Gertrude the Great, Nun and Abbess, 1302
17 f Hugh, Carthusian
Monk and Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
18 g Hilda,
Abbess of Whitby, 680
19 A Mechtild, Nun, 1298
20 b Edmund, King
of East Anglia, 870
21 c Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093 &
Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231
22 d Clive
Staples Lewis, Apologist and Spiritual Writer, 1963 (Cecelia, Virgin and Martyr, 230)
23 e Clement,
Bishop of Rome, c. 100
24 f
25 g James Otis
Sargent Huntington, Priest and Monk, Founder of the Community of the Holy Cross,
1935
26 A
27 b
28 c Kamehameha
and Emma, King and Queen of Hawaii, 1864, 1885
29 d Dorothy Day, Founder of Catholic Worker, Obl
OSB and Prophetic Witness 1980
30 e Saint Andrew the Apostle
December
1 f Charles de Foucauld, Hermit and Martyr in
the Sahara, 1916
2 g
3 A
4 b Nicholas
Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of Little Gidding, 1637
5 c Clement of
Alexandria, Priest and Doctor, c. 210 (Saba,
Abbot)
6 d Nicholas,
Bishop of Myra, c. 342
7 e Ambrose,
Bishop of Milan and Doctor, 397
8 f
9 g
10 A Thomas Merton, Monk, 1968
11 b
12 c
13 d Lucy, Virgin and Martyr, 304
14 e John of the Cross, Friar, Mystic and Doctor, 1591
15 f
16 g O Sapientia
17 A O Adonai
18 b O Radix
19 c O Clavis
20 d O Oriens
21 e
O Rex
22 f O Emmanuel
23 g O Virgo virginum
24 A
25 b The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
26 c Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr
27 d Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
28 e The Holy Innocents
29 f Thomas
Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury & Martyr, 1170
30 g Frances
Joseph Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer, 1934
31 A
A Theological and Liturgical explanation of the proposed Calendar:
This proposed CSL Calendar is based on Lesser Feasts and
Fasts 2006. People have been added or
dropped to make it into a calendar that is Benedictine, Anglican and New
Monastic. I have drawn from the
Benedictine Ordo, A Great Cloud of Witnesses, the Calendar of the Church of
England, the Litany for Solemn Profession in the CSL Ritual as well as
developed some New Monastic Saints.
The following are the changes from the LFF 2006 Calendar:
January:
2 Move from June 14
Basil the Great, Monk, Author of a Monastic Rule, Bishop of Caesarea,
379 ( Following COE)
4 Add Elizabeth Seton, Founder of the American Sisters of
Charity, 1821 (From A Great Cloud of Witnesses)
15 Add Maur and
Placid (From the Benedictine Ordo)
16 Add Richard Meux Benson, founder of the Society of St.
John the Evangelist, Religious, 1915 (From A Great Cloud of Witnesses)
20 Add
Richard Rolle, 1349, Walter Hilton, 1396, and Margery Kempe, c. 1440,
Mystics (While this group comes from A Great Cloud of Witnesses, the date is
taken from the COE which remembers Richard Rolle on this day.)
Drop Fabian,
Bishop and Martyr of Rome, 250
26 Add Robert,
Alberic and Stephen (From the Benedictine Ordo)
27 Add Timothy and
Titus from Jan 26 (Following the
Benedictine Ordo)
27 Move to
September 13 John Chrysostom, Bishop of
Constantinople, 407 (the date chosen from A Great Cloud of Witnesses)
29 Add Francis de
Sales, Bishop and Doctor, 1622
February
9 Add Anne Ayers, Founder of the Sisterhood of the Holy
Communion, Religious, 1896
10 Add Scholastica,
Nun and Sister of Benedict, 542 (From Benedictine Ordo)
11 Add Benedict of Aniene (From Benedictine Ordo)
16Add Gilbert of Sempringham Abbot of Double Monastery of Canons Regular and Nuns, 1190 (From CSL
Profession Litany)
19 Add Sister
Brigitta, CSMV, (Julia Brigitte Von Loesch)
Member of Christa Prema Seva Ashram, 2005 (New for CSL’s New Monastic
Saints)
21 Add Peter Damian, Monk, Bishop, Doctor (From the Benedictine
Ordo)
25 Add Walburga,
Abbess of Double Monastery of Heidenheim, c 777 (From the Benedictine Ordo and the CSL Profession Litany)
28 Add Oswald,
Monk, Restorer of Monastic Life, Archbishop of York, 992 (Included in CSL
Profession Litany)
28 Drop Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator, 1964
March
9 Add Frances of Rome, Married Woman, Religious Founder,
Benedictine Oblate, 1440 (From the Benedictine Ordo)
9 Move Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394 to July
19 with Macrina (Following COE)
21 Add Transitus of our Holy Father St. Benedict
(From the Benedictine Ordo)
21 Drop Thomas
Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711
April
8 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877 & Anne
Ayers, Founder of the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion, Religious, 1896 (Add Anne Ayers from A Great Cloud of
Witnesses)
23 Add George,
Soldier and Martyr, c. 304 ( Patron Saint of England for CSL in the UK)
30 Add The Holy
Abbots of Cluny: Odo, Mayeul, Odilo,
Hugh, and Peter the Venerable (From the Benedictine Ordo)
May
7 Add Harriet
Starr Cannon, Founder of the Community of St. Mary, Religious , 1896 (From A
Great Cloud of Witnesses)
14 Add Pachomius,
Abbot (From the Benedictine Ordo)
16 Add The Martyrs
of the Sudan (From A Great Cloud of Witnesses)
19 Add title
Restorer of the Monastic Life following COE to Dunstan, Archbishop of
Canterbury and Restorer of the Monastic Life, 988
21 Add Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330 (From the
CSL Profession Litany)
June
14 Add The
Founding of the Companions of St. Luke (Proper for CSL)
14 Move to
January 2 Basil the Great, Monk, Author of a Monastic Rule, Bishop of Caesarea,
379
19 Add 19 b Romuald,
Abbot, Founder (From the Benedictine Ordo)
July
5 Add Elizabeth, the New Martyr, Nun and Martyr, 1918 (From
the CSL Profession Litany)
13 Add Henry, Holy Roman Emperor and Benedictine Oblate,
1023 (From the Benedictine Ordo)
19 Add Gregory,
Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394 to July 19 with Macrina (Following COE)
29 Add Lazarus to Mary,
Martha and Lazarus of Bethany, Hosts and Friends of our Lord
August
9 Add Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Nun and Martyr (From
the CSL Profession Litany)
16 Add Brother
Roger Schutz, Founder of Taize, 2005 (CSL New Monastic Saint)
26 Add Raimon Panikkar, Theologian of the New
Monasticism, 2010 (CSL New Monastic
Saint)
29 Add Moses the Black, Desert Father and Martyr, 400 (Transfer
from August 28 in A Great Cloud of Witnesses)
September
13 Add John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople,
407
28 Lioba, Abbess
and Colleague of Boniface, 782 (From the CSL Profession Litany)
October
6 Add Bruno,
Hermit, Founder 1101
Transfer
William Tyndale, Priest, 1536 (While Fox gives October 6 as the memorial day
for Tyndale, he does not record the date of his martyrdom. Some sources place the martyrdom at an
earlier date in 1536. Since Bruno is the
earlier festival, Tyndale is moved to Oct. 7)
7 Transferred to
first available day: William Tyndale,
Priest, 1536
19 Frideswide, Abbess of Double Monastery at Oxford, 727 (From
the CSL Profession Litany)
20 Moved from October 19 Henry Martyn, Priest, and
Missionary to India and Persia, 1812
November
13 Add All Saints of the Benedictine Order (From the Benedictine
Ordo)
15 Add All the Faithful Departed of the Benedictine
Order (From the Benedictine Ordo)
16 Add Gertrude
the Great (From the Benedictine Ordo)
16 Move Margaret
of Scotland to November with Elizabeth of Hungary
17 Hugh,
Carthusian Monk and Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 ( Add Carthusian Monk to
title)
19 Add Mechtild, Nun, 1298 (From the
Benedictine Ordo)
19 Move Elizabeth of Hungary to November 21 (First Open
Day)
21 Add from other
days: Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093
& Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231
29 Add Dorothy
Day, Founder of Catholic Worker and Prophetic Witness, 1980 (CSL New Monastic
Saints)
December
1 Add Charles de
Foucauld, Hermit and Martyr in the Sahara, 1916
(CSL New
Monastic Saint and COE Calendar)
Remove Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop in
China and Japan, 1910
4 Transfer Nicholas Ferrer from December 1 to December 4,
the date of his death (Common Worship) and dropping John of Damascus.
10 Thomas Merton,
Trappist Monk, 1968 (From A Great Cloud of Witnesses and the CSL Profession
Litany)
