Brotherhood of Blessed GĂŠrard years
1992—2012
Calendar for the year 2012
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Inpatient Care „Tender loving care“ as it should be
January 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Lectionary: Sundays: Cycle B, Weekdays: Year II
th
Thursday
th
Friday
Saturday
{10 December 2011 – 11 January 2012 School Holidays}
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, bishops & doctors
The Most Holy Name of Jesus
[St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious (USA)] (19 years Blessed Gérard’s Relief Fund)
[St. John Neumann, bishop (USA)]
[Blessed André Bessette, religious (USA)]
St. Raymond of Peñafort, priest
11
12
13
14
(St. Victorian)
St. Hilary, bishop & doctor
(St. Engelmar)
RSA: New Year’s Day World Day of peace (17 years Blessed Gérard’s Pre-Primary School & Crèche)
RSA: Public Holiday
8
9
10
Epiphany of the Lord
Baptism of the Lord
(Our Lady of Prompt Succour)
St. Adrian of Canterbury, abbot (St. Julian)
(St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop, OSB)
(1st week in ordinary time)
(Anniversary: Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe elevated to the Diocese of Eshowe, 1951)
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
2 Sunday in ordinary time
(St. Marcellus)
St. Anthony, abbot
(St. Prisca)
(Sts. Kanut & Godfrey)
St. Fabian, pope & martyr; St. Sebastian, martyr; Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi, priest
St. Agnes, virgin & martyr
nd
(“Back to school”)
18 – 25 January: Week of prayer for Christian Unity
(Sts. Maurus & Placidus, scholars of St. Benedict, OSB)
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23
24
25
26
27
28
3 Sunday in ordinary time
(St. Ildefons)
St. Francis de Sales, bishop & doctor
Conversion of St. Paul, apostle
Sts. Timothy & Titus, bishops; (St. Robert, Alberich & Stephen, Cistercian abbots, OSB) 16 years Blessed Gérard’s Disaster Relief Project)
St. Angela Merici, virgin
St. Thomas Aquinas, priest & doctor
30
31
(St. Mary Ward)
St. John Bosco, priest
rd
St. Vincent, deacon & martyr
29
4th Sunday in ordinary time (St. Charles)
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February 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 2 (St. Bridget)
Presentation of the Lord World Day for Consecrated Life
Friday 3
Saturday 4
St. Blaise, bishop & martyr, St. Ansgar, bishop (19 years Blessed Gérard’s Bursary Fund)
(Sts. Gilbert & Rhabanus) World Cancer Day
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
5 Sunday in ordinary time
Sts. Paul Miki, priest & martyr & companions, martyrs
(St. Mel) (Blessed Pius IX, pope)
St. Jerome Emiliani, priest St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin
(Sts. Alto & Julian)
St. Scholastica, virgin, OSB
Our Lady of Lourdes (St. Benedict of Aniane, abbot, OSB)
th
St. Agatha, virgin & martyr
World Day of the Sick
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
6 Sunday in ordinary time
(St. Castor)
Sts. Cyril, monk & Methodius, bishop (St. Valentine’s Day)
(St. Siegfried)
(Bl.Joseph Allemano)
Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, religious
(St. Theothon)
20
21
22
23
24
25
St. Peter Damian, bishop & doctor
Ash Wednesday
St. Polycarp, bishop & martyr
(Sts. Ethelbert, Mathias Mulumba & Willigis)
th
(St. Deodat) th
19
7 Sunday in ordinary time (St. Irmgard)
26 st
1 Sunday of Lent St. Alexander of Alexandria, bishop (St. Victor)
Dedication of the Conventual Church of St. John the Baptist in Malta, SMOM World Day of Social Justice
International Mother Language Day
27
28
(Sts. Gabriel & Leander)
(St. Oswald) (St. Romanus)
Chair of St. Peter, apostle
29
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March 2012
Sunday
Tuesday
Wednesday School Holiday: th th 24 March – 9 April
Thursday 1
Friday 2
Saturday 3
(Sts. Almarich & Switbert)
(St. Enrique)
(First week of Lent)
(St. Katharine Drexel, virgin)
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6
7
8
9
10
(St. Alto)
(St. Coleta)
Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, martyrs
St. John of God, religious International Women’s Day
St. Frances of Rome, religious
(St. Aemilius)
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12
13
14
15
16
17
3 Sunday of Lent
(St. Beatrice) (Abbey of St. Ottilien raised to the rank of an Archabbey in 1914)
(St. Paulina)
(St. Mathilde)
(St. Clement)
(Sts. Herbert & Heribert)
St. Patrick, bishop
2
nd
4
Monday
Sunday of Lent
St. Casimir
rd
(St. Wolfram)
18
4th Sunday of Lent St. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop & doctor
25
5th Sunday of Lent (St. Ancilla)
(19 years Blessed Gérard’s Malnutrition Clinic)
19
20
21
22
23
24
St. Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(St. Irmgard)
Death of St. Benedict, abbot, OSB RSA: Human Rights Day
St. Deogratias, bishop (Blessed Clemens August von Galen, SMOM) (Sts. Damian & Octavian) World Water Day
St. Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop
(St. Elias)
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Tuberculosis Day
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27
28
29
30
31
Annunciation of the Lord
St. John of Egypt, hermit, (St. Ruprecht)
(St. Guntram)
(St. Helmut)
(13 years Blessed Gérard’s First Aid and Emergency Service)
(Sts. Amos, Benjamin & Gwido)
(St. Ludger)
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May the light of Christ shine brightly in your heart as you have received Him in First Holy Communion
April 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday th
th
Friday
Saturday
6
7
{24 March – 9 April: School Holiday}
1
2
3
4
5
Palm Sunday
Monday of the Holy Week St. Francis of Paola, hermit
Tuesday of the Holy Week (St. Richard)
Wednesday of the Holy Week St. Isidore, bishop & doctor St. Benedict ‘the Black’, religious
Holy Thursday
11
12
13
14
St. Nonius Alvarez Pereira, prior, SMOM, (8 years Blessed Gérard’s Hospice HAART Programme)
St. Vincent Ferrer, priest
Good Friday
Easter Vigil
(6 anniversary of Clare Kalkwarf’s death)
St. John Baptist de la Salle, priest
th
World Health Day
8
9
10
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Easter Tuesday
Easter Wednesday
Easter Thursday
Easter Friday
Easter Saturday
(St. Beate)
(St. Waltraud) RSA: Family Day
(St. Ezekiel)
St. Stanislaus, bishop & martyr
St. Zeno of Verona (St. Julius)
St. Martin I, pope & martyr (St. Hermenegild)
(St. Lidwina)
{“Back to school”}
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17
18
19
20
21
(St. Bernadette)
(Sts. Innocent & Rudolf)
(St. Wigbert)
(Sts. Gerold & Werner) (Pope Benedict XVI elected)
St. Marcellinus, bishop Sts. Vincent & Dominicus, missionaries (19 years Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard acknowledged as Relief Organisation of the Order of Malta)
St. Anselm, bishop & doctor
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23
24
25
26
27
28
3 Sunday of Easter
St. George, martyr (St. Adalbert, bishop, missionary & martyr, OSB)
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest & martyr
St. Mark, evangelist
(St. Kleto)
2
nd
15 Sunday of Easter
Divine Mercy Sunday (St. Damian de Veuster)
rd
(St. Cajus)
29
4th Sunday of Easter “Good Shepherd Sunday” St. Catherine of Siena, virgin & doctor
30 St. Pius V, pope
RSA: School Holiday
RSA: Freedom Day
St. Peter Chanel, priest & martyr, (St. Louis Mary Grignion de Montfort, priest)
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May 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday 1
Wednesday 2
Thursday 3
Friday 4
Saturday 5
St. Joseph the worker RSA: Workers’ Day
St. Athanasius, bishop & doctor
Sts. Philip & James, apostles
(St. Florian)
(Sts. Angelo & Godehard)
(St. Ansfried)
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
5 Sunday of Easter
(Blessed Notker)
(St. Victor)
(St. Germanus)
(Blessed Damian Joseph de Veuster of Molokai, priest)
(Sts. Odo, Majolus, Odilo, Hugo & Petrus the venerable, abbots of Cluny, OSB)
Sts. Nereus & Achilleus, martyrs; St. Pancras, martyr International Nurses Day
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
6 Sunday of Easter
St. Matthias, apostle
[St. Isidore the farmer (USA)], (19 years Blessed Gérard’s Friendship Club & 12 years Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home) World Day of Prayer for Vocations, International Day of Families
(St. John Nepomuc)
Ascension of the Lord
St. John I, pope & martyr Blessed Gerard Mecatti of Villamagna, religious, SMOM, (St. Erich)
(St. Celestin, pope & hermit, OSB)
th
(Sts. Aldricus, Dominic & Edmar),
th
Our Lady of Fatima Mothers’ Day World Communications Day
(Sts. Dietmar & Paschalis)
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21
22
23
24
25
26
7 Sunday of Easter
(St. Christopher Magallanes, priest & companions, martyrs), World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
(St. Rita of Cascia, religious)
(St. Desiderius) (Blessed William Apor, SMOM) (18 years Blessed Gérard’s AIDS Education Programme)
(St. Dagmar)
St. Bede the Venerable, priest & doctor; St. Gregory VII, pope; St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin
St. Philip Neri, priest
th
St. Bernardine of Siena, priest
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28
29
30
31
Pentecost
St. Ubaldesca, virgin, SMOM
Blessed Joseph Gerard OMI, priest
(St. Joan of Arc)
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary World No-Tobacco Day
St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
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June 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday th
{23 June – th 5 July School Holiday}
Friday 1
Saturday 2
St. Justin, martyr International Children’s Day
Sts. Marcellinus & Peter, martyrs
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Trinity Sunday
(St. Quirin)
St. Boniface, bishop & martyr
St. Norbert, bishop
(St. Jeremias)
Blessed James Berthieu, martyr
St. Ephrem, deacon & doctor (St. Pacificus)
Sts. Charles Lwanga & companions, martyrs (St. Kevin)
10
th
(9 week in Ordinary time)
11
Anniversary: Bishop Kumalo ordained bishop in 2008
World Environment Day
12
13
14
15
16
St. Flora of Beaulieu, virgin, SMOM
St. Anthony of Padua, priest & doctor, patron of Mandeni Parish
(St. Richard)
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Patronal feast of the Diocese of Eshowe & the Missionary Benedictines), (St. Vitus)
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Sts. Aurelian, Benno & Quirinus) RSA: Youth Day
St. Barnabas, apostle th (10 week in Ordinary time)
St. Onophrius, hermit
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20
21
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23
11 Sunday in Ordinary time
(St. Armando)
St. Romuald, abbot
(St. Novatus)
St. Aloysius Gonzaga, religious
(St. Edeltraud)
Blessed Gerland, religious, SMOM
World Refugee Day
Sts. Paulinus of Nola, bishop John Fisher, bishop & martyr Thomas Moore, martyr
Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (St. Diana) th
(St. Alexander) Fathers’ Day
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Birth of St. John the Baptist, patron, SMOM
(Sts. Prosper & Wilhelm) th (12 week in Ordinary time)
(St. Vigilius) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop & doctor (Our Mother of Perpetual Help)
St. Irenaeus, bishop & martyr
Sts. Peter & Paul, apostles
First martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
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Dr. Khaya Nzimande being invested as a Dedicated Member of the Brotherhood of Blessed GĂŠrard
July 2012
Sunday
th
th
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
{23 June – 15 July School Holiday}
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
13 Sunday in ordinary time
(Sts. Mario & Martinian)
St. Thomas, apostle
St. Elizabeth of Portugal
St. Anthony Zaccaria, priest
St. Maria Goretti, virgin & martyr
(Sts. Walter & Willibald)
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9
10
11
12
13
14
14 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest & companions, martyrs
(Sts. Alexander, Silvanus & Vitalis)
St. Benedict, abbot, OSB
Blessed David Gunston, martyr, SMOM
St. Henry
World Population Day
(St. Johannes Gualbert, abbot, OSB)
St. Camillus de Lellis, priest; St. Toscana, religious, SMOM [Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin (USA)]
th
St. Nicasius, martyr, SMOM (Blessed Junípero Serra, priest) th
Blessed Adrian Fortescue, martyr, SMOM
(St. Godfrey)
(St. Eugene)
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16
17
18
19
20
21
15 Sunday in ordinary time
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
(Sts. Alexius, Leo & Pambo)
(St. Arnold)
(St. Arsenio)
(St. Apollinarius)
St. Bonaventure, bishop & doctor
St. Laurence of Brindisi, priest & doctor
{“Back to school”}
th
Mandela Day
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
16 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Bridget (of Sweden), religious
St. Sharbel Makhluf, priest
St. James, apostle
St. Joachim & Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Sts. Berthold & Rudolf)
St. Victor I, pope & martyr, (St. Maximilian Kolbe)
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31
St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor
St. Ignatius of Loyola, priest St. Justin de Jacobis, bishop
th
St. Mary Magdalene
29 th
17 Sunday in ordinary time Sts. Martha, Maria & Lazarus, friends of Jesus, OSB
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Caring without borders
August 2012
Sunday
5
18th Sunday in ordinary time Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major
12
19th Sunday in ordinary time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday 1
Thursday 2
Friday 3
Saturday 4
St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop & doctor
St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop, St. Peter Julian Eymard, priest
(Sts. Benno & Nicodem)
St. John Vianney, priest
6
7
8
9
10
11
Transfiguration of the Lord
Sts. Sixtus II, pope & martyr & companions, martyrs St. Cajetan, priest
St. Dominic, priest
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin & martyr, RSA: National Women’s Day International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
St. Lawrence, deacon & martyr
St. Clare, virgin
RSA: School Holiday
(St. Susanna, martyr) (Blessed John Henry Newman)
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14
15
16
17
18
St. Pontian, pope & martyr, St. Hippolytus, priest & martyr
St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest & martyr
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Stephan of Hungary
(St. Hyacinth)
(St. Helena)
St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious, Blessed Isidore Bakanja, martyr
<< 12 August: International Youth Day
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24
25
20 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Bernard, abbot & doctor
St. Pius X, pope Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo
Queenship of the Virgin Mary
St. Rose of Lima, virgin
St. Bartholomew, apostle
St. Louis (of France), St. Joseph Calasanz, priest
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28
29
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31
21 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Monica
St. Augustine, bishop & doctor
Passion of St. John the Baptist, martyr, patron of the SMOM
Blessed Ghebre Michael, priest & martyr (Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster O.S.B, SMOM)
(Sts. Aidan & Raimund)
th
St. John Eudes, priest, (St. Bernard Toloméi, abbot, OSB) st
(Our Lady of Czestochowa), World Day of Migrants and Refugees
(Anniversary: Prefecture Apostolic of Zululand erected in 1921)
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Inpatient Care Pastoral Care
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September 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday
Friday st
th
1 September: >> (Anniversary: Prefecture Apostolic of Zululand constituted in 1921)
th
School Holiday: 29 September – 7 October
Saturday 1 (St. Ruth),
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3
4
5
6
7
8
22 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Gregory the Great, pope & doctor, Death of Blessed Gérard (+1120), (16 years Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre & Hospice)
(St. Moses)
(St. Maria Theresia)
(St. Magnus)
(St. Dietrich)
Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Philerme, SMOM
nd
(Sts. Justin & Nonnosus)
9
23rd Sunday in ordinary time
10
11
12
13
14
15
(St. Diethard)
(St. Felix)
Most Holy Name of Mary
St. John Chrysostom, bishop & doctor
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Our Lady of Sorrows
World First Aid Day
St. Peter Claver, priest
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20
21
22
24 Sunday in ordinary time St. Cornelius, pope & martyr; St. Cyprian, bishop & martyr
St. Robert Bellarmine, bishop & doctor (St. Hildegard, virgin & abbess, OSB)
(Sts. Lambert & Luke)
St. Januarius, bishop & martyr
St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, priest & martyr, Sts. Paul Chong Ha-sang & companions, martyrs
St. Matthew, apostle & evangelist International Day of Peace
St. Maurice and the Theban Legion, martyrs (St. Otto)
th
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29
25 Sunday in ordinary time St. Zachary & Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist, (SMOM)
St. Stephanie, martyr (Our Lady of Ransom) RSA: Heritage Day
(St. Nicolas)
Sts. Cosmas & Damian, martyrs
St. Vincent de Paul, priest
St. Wenceslaus, martyr, St. Laurence Ruiz & companions, martyrs
Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, archangels
th
30
th
26 Sunday in ordinary time St Jerome, priest & doctor Social Justice Sunday
rd
<< 23 September: St. Pius of Pietrelcina
(St. Victor)
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The Feast of Blessed GĂŠrard 13th October
October 2012
Sunday
Monday 1
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 3
Thursday 4
Friday 5
Saturday 6
Holy Guardian Angels
(Sts. Ewald & Udo)
{29 September – th 7 October School Holiday}
St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin & doctor, (St. Angelo) International Day of Older Persons
St. Francis of Assisi, religious
Blessed Peter Pattarini of Imola, prior, SMOM, (St. Mary Faustina)
St. Bruno, priest, [Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, virgin (USA)]
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9
10
11
12
13
27 Sunday in ordinary time
Sts. Denis, bishop & martyr & companions, martyrs, St. John Leonardi, priest th << 8 October: {“Back to school”}
St. Daniel Comboni, bishop & founder of the Comboni Missionaries, (St. Viktor) World Mental Health Day
(Blessed John XXIII, SMOM) (St. Bruno)
(St. Wilfried)
Our Lady of the Rosary
St. Hugh, religious, SMOM (Our Lady of good remedy) World Hospice & Palliative Care Day,
Blessed Gérard, founder of the SMOM, patron of the BBG (St. Edward)
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15
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18
19
20
28 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila), virgin & doctor
St. Hedwig, religious St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop & martyr
St. Luke, evangelist
World Food Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
19 October >> (Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
St. Paul of the Cross, priest, Sts. John Brébeuf & Isaac Jogues, priests & martyrs & companions, martyrs
Blessed Daudi Okelo & Jildro Irwa, martyrs (St. Paul of the Cross) (St. Wendelin)
th
th
th
St. Callistus I, pope & martyr
World Habitat Day
th
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
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22
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24
25
26
27
29 Sunday in ordinary time
(St. Ingbert)
St. John of Capistrano, priest, (St. Herfried)
St. Anthony Mary Claret, bishop, (St. Felix)
(St. Gaudence)
(Sts. Evaristo & Gilbert)
(St. Frumentius)
29
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31
(St. Narcis)
St. Marcellus, martyr, (St. Claudius)
(St. Wolfgang)
th
World Mission Sunday (Blessed Charles of Austria, SMOM)
28
30th Sunday in ordinary time Sts. Simon & Jude, apostles, th 20 anniversary of the foundation of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard
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Caring without borders
November 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday 1 th
30 week of ordinary time
All Saints (St. Harald)
Friday 2
Saturday 3
Commemoration of all the faithful departed: All Souls
St. Martin de Porres, religious
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5
6
7
8
9
10
All Saints of Africa
(St. Willibrord, bishop, OSB)
(St. Godfrey)
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
St. Leo the Great, pope & doctor
St. Charles Borromeo, bishop
(St. Zacharia) (20 years Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard acknowledged by the bishop)
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
32 Sunday in ordinary time
(St. Didas)
St. Albert the Great, bishop & doctor (St. Leopold)
St. Margaret of Scotland St. Gertrude, virgin
St. Martin of Tours, bishop
St. Josaphat, bishop & martyr, (St. Theodore of Studion, abbot, OSB) World Pneumonia Day
[St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin (USA)]
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious St. Dionysius of Alexandria, bishop
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All Saints of the SMOM
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Cecilia, virgin & martyr
Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter & Paul, apostles
Sts. Clement I, pope & martyr, St. Columban, abbot, (Blessed Miguel Augustine Pro, priest & martyr)
St. Andrew Dung-Lac, priest & martyr, & companions, martyrs
(St. Mechthild, virgin, OSB)
(St. Bernward) World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Universal Children’s Day
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(St. Bilhild) (St. Maximinus)
(St. Sostenes) (St. James of the Marches)
(St. Jolanda)
St. Andrew, apostle
31st Sunday in ordinary time
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Jesus Christ the King St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin & martyr
(St. Silvester, abbot, OSB) th << 25 November: World Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
(St. Leonard)
World Diabetes Day
International Day of Tolerance
Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict, the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta and the African Saints brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard
Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard & Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 · Republic of South Africa Phone +27 32 4562743 · Fax +27 32 4567962 www.bbg.org.za · info@bbg.org.za
Caring without borders
We wish you a Merry Christmas! December 2012
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{8 December 2012 – 17 January 2013 School Holiday}
5 December: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
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1 December >> (St. Pachomius, abbot, OSB) World AIDS Day
Saturday 1 Blessed Clementine Anuarite, virgin & martyr
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St. Francis Xavier, priest (St. Zephania) International day of disabled persons
St. John Damascene, priest & doctor (St. Barbara)
(St. Sabas, abbot, OSB) (St. Gerald) (3 years Blessed Gérard’s Convent)
St. Nicholas, bishop
St. Ambrose, bishop & doctor
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Blessed Virgin Mary, cause of our joy, SMOM
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St. Melchiades, pope Human Rights Day th << 9 December: International AntiCorruption Day
St. Damasus I, pope
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(St Juan Diego, hermit)
Anniversary: Prefecture Apostolic of Zululand elevated to Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe in 1923
12 Our Lady of Guadalupe (St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious) th << 11 December: Inkamana Abbey: Anniversary of the dedication of the church
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St. Lucy, virgin & martyr (St. Odilia, virgin, OSB, patron of the Missionary Benedictines)
St. John of the Cross, religious & doctor
(St. Reinald)
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(Sts. Lazaro & Sturmius)
(St. Konrad)
Blessed Scubilion, religious (Sts. Abraham & Theophil) International Human Solidarity Day
St. Peter Canisius, priest & doctor
(St. Jutta)
Public Holiday
(St. Wunibald) (19 years Blessed Gérard’s Poor Sick Fund) International Migrants Day
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Vigil of Christmas
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St. Stephen, first martyr RSA: Day of Goodwill
St. John, apostle & evangelist
Holy Innocents, martyrs
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St. John of Kanty, priest
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7 day in the octave of Christmas St. Sylvester I, pope
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5 day in the octave of Christmas St. Thomas Becket, bishop & martyr
Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict, the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta and the African Saints brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard
Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard & Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 · Republic of South Africa Phone +27 32 4562743 · Fax +27 32 4567962 www.bbg.org.za · info@bbg.org.za
We at Blessed Gérard's Care Centre in Mandeni care for people living with HIV/AIDS at the hotspot of the AIDS pandemic in the world, the North Coast of Zululand in South Africa. We give information to the public relating to HIV and AIDS, namely how to avoid HIV infection and how to live positively with AIDS. This includes information about antiretroviral treatment. We send out mobile home-nursing teams, who supplement and support the family's home based care through hands-on-training and additional aids in the home situation of the respective patient. This includes the assessment of patients at home and proper medical home care.
We render a health care service to poor and needy persons by providing
hospice palliative care, counselling and Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (HAART) of persons afflicted with HIV/AIDS and terminally ill persons, including the care or counselling of their families and dependants in this regard
primary health care education
through training, home care, day care, outpatient and inpatient care.
Blessed Gérard's Children's Home: We look after, counsel and give a home to sick, neglected, abused, malnourished, abandoned, homeless and orphaned children.
Our HAART Programme comprises
Adherence Monitoring
Our Therapeutic Counsellors make monthly home visits of our paVoluntary Counselling and tients on ARVHIV-Testing (VCT) treatment to ensure that they adhere to the We promote and offer free treatment and so to and confidential HIV Tests to prevent treatment failthe general public. ure. This enables us to HAART Readiness Courses discover adverse drug reactions early and to prevent Before starting a patient problems. on the medication we Support Groups and Peer-Counselling ensure that the patient gets sufficient inforWe have several Support Groups where our HAART Pamation to give his intients meet voluntarily to encourage and support one formed consent and to another and prevent isolation. understand the vital Some of the members importance of the antiretroviral treatment for were prepared to become peer counsellors him/her. for the adherence Antiretroviral Treatment monitoring and we are about to give We provide free Highly Active them the necessary Anti-Retroviral Treatment as training. comprehensive medical care including regular medical examinations, blood monitoring, on-going prevention or treatment of opportunistic infections, medical and psychosocial counselling and dispensing of the drugs.
Motivation and Income Generation Our Therapeutic Counsellors motivate and encourage our HAART patients to engage in income generating activities instead of expecting that their families or society would have to provide for them because they are sick.
Blessed Gérard‘s Care Centre was established by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard, which is the South African Relief Organisation of the Order of Malta. Its work is financed solely through fund-raising
Thank you! It is with sincere gratitude that we send you our special calendar for 2012. The choice of pictures is not a reward for meritorious members, but we have simply chosen the best pictures of 2011.
It is printed in a low volume and given to our generous benefactors as a sign of our sincere appreciation of your continued support. Your assistance means a great deal to us and the people we help. May God bless you abundantly and reward you for your generosity!
Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard & Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre P O Box 440 · Mandeni 4490 · Republic of South Africa Phone +27 (0)32 4562743 · Fax +27 (0)32 4567962 www.bbg.org.za · info@bbg.org.za