Monday, January 4, 2016

Anglican Benedictine New Monastic Calenda


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)
 
 




 

 

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