Solemnities equal Principal Feasts; Feasts equal Festivals, and Memorials equal Commemorations

JANUARY

  1^st   The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus (Feast)

  2^nd   Basil and Gregory, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith (Memorial)

  6^th   THE EPIPHANY (Solemnity)

10^th   William Laud, Bishop, (Memorial)

12^th   Ælred of Hexham, Abbot (Memorial)

13^th   Hilary of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

15^th   Maurus and Placid (Memorial)

17^th   Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot (Memorial)

21^st   Agnes, Child-Martyr (Memorial)

            & Commemoration of the Monks of Engelszell, Austria,

             who perished at Dachau in 1940 (Memorial)

24^th   Francis de Sales, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

25^th   The Conversion of St Paul (Feast)

26^th   ROBERT, ALBERIC AND STEPHEN, Abbots of Cîteaux (Solemnity)

27^th   Timothy & Titus, companions of Paul (Memorial)

28^th   Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

30^th   The siblings Löb, Cistercian Trappists at Berkel-Enschot (Tilburg), The

             Netherlands, killed in Auschwitz (Father Ignatius [1942], Father Nivard

             [+13 June 1943], Brother Linus [+6 Sept 1942], Sister Hedwigis and Sister

             Maria-Theresia  [+9 August] (Memorial)

 

FEBRUARY

  2^nd  The Presentation of the Lord – Candlemas (Feast)

  3^rd  Anskar, Archbishop and Missionary (Memorial)

  9^th  John Hooper, Bishop, Reformation Martyr (Memorial)

10^th  Scholastica, Sister of St Benedict (Memorial)

12^th  Humbeline, Sister of St Bernard of Clairvaux, Benedictine Abbess of

           Jully-les-Nonnais, France [+1141] (Memorial)

14^th  Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop, Missionaries (Memorial)

 

MARCH

  1^st   David (Feast)

  2^nd  Chad, Bishop (Memorial)

  3^rd  Ælred of Rievaulx, Abbot (Memorial)

7^th    Perpetua and Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs (Memorial)

17^th  Patrick, Bishop, Missionary (Memorial)

19^th  JOSEPH OF NAZARETH (Solemnity)

20^th  Cuthbert, Bishop (Memorial)

21^st   PASSING OF OUR HOLY FATHER BENEDICT (Solemnity)

          The Founding of the ‘New Monastery’ at Cîteaux on Palm Sunday, 1098

          (Dedication)

         Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (Memorial)

25^th  THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

         (Solemnity)

 

APRIL

  9^th Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Pastor (Memorial)

17^th Stephen Harding, Abbot (Memorial)

19^th Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (Memorial)

21^st Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

22^nd Maria Gabriella Sagheddu OCSO (Memorial)

23^rd George, Martyr (Feast)

25^th Mark the Evangelist (Feast)

27^th Rafaël Armaiz Baron Obl.OCSO (Memorial)

29^th Robert of Molesme (Memorial)

            Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

 

MAY

  1^st   Philip and James, Apostles (Feast)

  4^th   English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era (Memorial)

11^th   Odo, Maieul, Odilo, Hugh the Great and Peter the Venerable,

         Abbots of Cluny (Memorial)

12^th  Founding Day of Anglican Order of Cistercians (Memorial)

14^th  Matthias the Apostle (Feast)

19^th  Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (Memorial)

25^th  The Venerable Bede, Scholar, Historian (Memorial)

26^th   Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury (Memorial)

            John Calvin, Reformer (Memorial)

31^st The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (Feast)

 

JUNE

  1^st   Justin, Martyr (Memorial)

  5^th   Boniface (Wynfrith), Monk, Archbishop, Missionary, Martyr (Memorial)

  9^th   Columba, Abbot, Missionary (Memorial)

11^th   Barnabas, Apostle (Feast)

            Richard, Bishop of Chichester (Memorial)

22^nd  Alban, first Martyr of Britain (Memorial)

23^rd  Etheldreda (Audrey), Abbess (Memorial)

24^th  THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Solemnity)

29^th  PETER, APOSTLE (Solemnity)

 

JULY

  3^rd   Thomas the Apostle (Feast)

  8^th   Eugene III, Abbot, Bishop of Rome (Memorial)

11^th   OUR HOLY FATHER BENEDICT, Patron Of Europe (Solemnity)

16^th   The Martyred Cistercian Nuns of Justamont, 1794 (Memorial)

22^nd   Mary Magdalene, Disciple of the Lord (Feast)

25^th   James the Apostle (Feast)

26^th   Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial)

             & we remember the Monks and Nuns of our Order in France who suffered

             martyrdom during the political upheaval at the close of the 18^th century

             (Memorial)

29^th  Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord (Memorial)

 

AUGUST

  5^th   Oswald, Martyr (Memorial)

  6^th   The Transfiguration of Our Lord (Feast)

  8^th   Dominic (Memorial)

10^th   Laurence, Deacon, Martyr (Feast)

11^th   Clare of Assisi (Memorial)

15^th   THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY,  Patroness of the Cistercian Order (Solemnity)

19^th   Guerric of Igny OCSO, Abbot (Memorial)

20^th   BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (Solemnity)

24^th   Bartholomew the Apostle (Feast)

27^th   Monica (Memorial)

28^th   Augustine, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

29^th   The Beheading of John the Baptist (Memorial)

             Bl. Beatrice of Nazareth [c. 1200-1268], Cistercian Prioress & Mystic                       (Memorial)

31^st   Aidan, Bishop, Missionary (Memorial)

 

SEPTEMBER

  3^rd   Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Religious, Teacher of  the Faith

          (Memorial)

  8^th   The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Feast)

          Bl. William of St Thierry [+1148], Cistercian Monk (Memorial)

14^th   Holy Cross Day (Feast)

15^th   Cyprian, Bishop Martyr (Memorial)

16^th   Ninian, Bishop (Memorial)

17^th   Hildegard, Abbess, Visionary (Memorial)

18^th.   Commemorations of Members, Relatives, Friends, and Benefactors of

            the Cistercian Order who died during the year (Memorial)

21^st   Matthew the Apostle (Feast)

25^th   Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer [1626]

             (Memorial)

29^th   Michael and all Angels (Feast)

 

OCTOBER

  4^th   Francis of Assisi, Friar (Memorial)

  6^th  William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr [1536]

         (Memorial)

  9^th   Denys, Bishop of Paris, Martyr (Memorial)

10^th   Paulinus, Bishop (Memorial)

12^th.  Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary (Memorial)

          Edward the Confessor (Memorial)

13^th   OUR LADY OF CLAIRVAUX, Patroness of our Order (Solemnity)

15^th   Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

16^th   Nicolas Ridley & Hugh Latimer, Reformation Martyrs (Memorial)

17^th.  Ignatius, Bishop, Martyr (Memorial)

18^th   Luke the Evangelist (Feast)

19^th   Frideswide, patron saint of Oxford (Memorial)

28^th   Simon and Jude, Apostles (Feast)

31^st   Martin Luther, Reformer [1546] (Memorial)

 

NOVEMBER

  1^st   ALL SAINTS DAY (Solemnity)

  2^nd  Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (Memorial)

  3^rd   Hubertus of Liège (Memorial)

  7^th   Willibrord, Bishop, Missionary (Memorial)

 9^th    Denys, Bishop of Paris, Martyr (Memorial)

10^th   Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

11^th   Martin Bishop of Tours, Bishop (Feast)

13th  All Saints of the Benedictine & Cistercian Orders,

                and those who live under the Rule of St Benedict (Feast)

14^th   All Souls of the Benedictine Order and those who lived under

               the Rule of Saint Benedict (Memorial)

16^th.   Gertrude of Helfta (Gertrude the Great), Mystic (Memorial)    

17^th    Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop (Memorial)

18^th.   Elizabeth of Hungary (Memorial)

19^th    Hilda, Abbess (Memorial)

20^th    Edmund, King, Martyr (Memorial)

22^nd.   Cecilia, Martyr (Memorial)

23^rd    Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr (Memorial)

30^th    Andrew the Apostle (Feast)

 

DECEMBER

  6^th   Nicholas, Bishop (Memorial)

  7^th   Ambrose, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

  8^th   THE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Solemnity)

13^th.   Lucy, Martyr (Memorial)

14^th   John of the Cross, Teacher of the Faith (Memorial)

          (17-23 December) The Great “O” Antiphons)

25^th    THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD (Solemnity)

26^th    Stephen, Deacon, Martyr (Feast)

27^th    John, Apostle, and Evangelist (Feast)

28^th    The Holy Innocents (Feast)

29^th    Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr [1170] (Memorial)   

31^st     John Wycliffe, Reformer [1384] (Memorial)