Calendar for the year 2013
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday 1
Lectionary: Sundays: Cycle C, Weekdays: Year I
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
January 2013 Wednesday Thursday 2 3 Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, bishops & doctors
The Most Holy Name of Jesus
RSA: New Year’s Day World Day of peace (18 years Blessed Gérard’s Pre-Primary School & Crèche)
Friday 4
Saturday 5
[St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious (USA)] (20 years Blessed Gérard’s Relief Fund)
[St. John Neumann, bishop (USA)]
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Epiphany of the Lord
St. Raymond of Peñafort, priest
(Our Lady of Prompt Succour)
St. Adrian of Canterbury, abbot (St. Julian)
(St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop, OSB)
(Anniversary: Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe elevated to the Diocese of Eshowe, 1951)
(St. Victorian)
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(Sts. Maurus & Placidus, scholars of St. Benedict, OSB)
(St. Marcellus)
St. Anthony, abbot
(St. Prisca)
(Sts. Kanut & Godfrey)
[Blessed André Bessette, religious (USA)]
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Baptism of the Lord
(St. Engelmar) (1 week in ordinary time)
St. Hilary, bishop & doctor
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18 – 25 January: Week of prayer for Christian Unity
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St. Agnes, virgin & martyr
St. Vincent, deacon & martyr
(St. Ildefons)
St. Francis de Sales, bishop & doctor
Conversion of St. Paul, apostle
Sts. Timothy & Titus, bishops; (St. Robert, Alberich & Stephen, Cistercian abbots, OSB) 17 years Blessed Gérard’s Disaster Relief Project)
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3 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Thomas Aquinas, priest & doctor
(St. Charles)
(St. Mary Ward)
St. John Bosco, priest
2nd Sunday in ordinary time St. Fabian, pope & martyr; St. Sebastian, martyr; Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi, priest rd
St. Angela Merici, virgin
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Sunday
Monday
February 2013 Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday
Friday 1
Saturday 2
(St. Bridget)
Presentation of the Lord World Day for Consecrated Life
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4 Sunday in ordinary time
(Sts. Gilbert & Rhabanus)
St. Agatha, virgin & martyr
Sts. Paul Miki, priest & martyr & companions, martyrs
(St. Mel) (Blessed Pius IX, pope)
St. Jerome Emiliani, priest St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin
(Sts. Alto & Julian)
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St. Blaise, bishop & martyr, St. Ansgar, bishop (20 years Blessed Gérard’s Bursary Fund)
World Cancer Day
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5 Sunday in ordinary time
Our Lady of Lourdes (St. Benedict of Aniane, abbot, OSB)
(St. Deodat)
Ash Wednesday
Sts. Cyril, monk & Methodius, bishop (St. Valentine’s Day)
(St. Siegfried)
(Bl.Joseph Allemano)
th
St. Scholastica, virgin, OSB
(St. Castor)
World Day of the Sick
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1 Sunday of Lent
(St. Theothon)
(St. Irmgard)
Dedication of the Conventual Church of St. John the Baptist in Malta, SMOM World Day of Social Justice
St. Peter Damian, bishop & doctor
Chair of St. Peter, apostle
St. Polycarp, bishop & martyr
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Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, religious
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Sunday of Lent
(Sts. Ethelbert, Mathias Mulumba & Willigis)
25 (Priory of Inkamana raised to an abbey in 1982)
International Mother Language Day
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St. Alexander of Alexandria, bishop (St. Victor)
(Sts. Gabriel & Leander)
(St. Oswald) (St. Romanus)
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Blessed Gérard‘s Pre-Primary School & Crèche
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3 Sunday of Lent
Monday
March 2013 Wednesday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday 1
Saturday 2
(Sts. Almarich & Switbert)
(St. Enrique)
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St. Casimir
(St. Alto)
(St. Coleta)
Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, martyrs
St. John of God, religious International Women’s Day
St. Frances of Rome, religious
(St. Katharine Drexel, virgin)
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4 Sunday of Lent
(St. Wolfram)
(St. Beatrice) (Abbey of St. Ottilien raised to the rank of an Archabbey in 1914)
(St. Paulina)
(St. Mathilde)
(St. Clement)
(Sts. Herbert & Heribert)
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(St. Aemilius)
(20 years Blessed Gérard’s Malnutrition Clinic)
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5 Sunday of Lent
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop & doctor
St. Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(St. Irmgard)
Death of St. Benedict, abbot, OSB RSA: Human Rights Day International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
St. Deogratias, bishop (Blessed Clemens August von Galen, SMOM) (Sts. Damian & Octavian) World Water Day
St. Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop
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Palm Sunday
Monday of the Holy Week (St. Ancilla)
Tuesday of the Holy Week (St. Ludger)
Wednesday of the Holy Week St. John of Egypt, hermit, (St. Ruprecht)
Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Vigil
(St. Guntram)
(St. Helmut)
(14 years Blessed Gérard’s First Aid and Emergency Service)
th
St. Patrick, bishop
(St. Elias) World Tuberculosis Day
31 Easter Sunday (Sts. Amos, Benjamin & Gwido)
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Sunday
Monday 1
Tuesday 2
April 2013 Wednesday Thursday Friday 3 4 5
Easter Monday
Easter Tuesday
Easter Wednesday
Easter Thursday
St. Nonius Alvarez Pereira, prior, SMOM,
St. Francis of Paola, hermit
(St. Richard)
St. Isidore, bishop & doctor St. Benedict ‘the Black’, religious
St. Vincent Ferrer, priest
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(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)
(9 years Blessed Gérard’s Hospice HAART Programme)
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7 Sunday of Easter
Divine Mercy Sunday St. John Baptist de la Salle, priest World Health Day
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3rd Sunday of Easter
Easter Friday
Saturday 6 Easter Saturday
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(7 anniversary of Clare Kalkwarf’s death)
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(St. Damian de Veuster)
(St. Bernadette)
(Sts. Innocent & Rudolf)
(St. Wigbert)
(Sts. Gerold & Werner) (Pope Benedict XVI elected)
St. Marcellinus, bishop Sts. Vincent & Dominicus, missionaries (20 years Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard acknowledged as Relief Organisation of the Order of Malta)
(St. Lidwina)
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4 Sunday of Easter
(St. Cajus)
St. George, martyr (St. Adalbert, bishop, missionary & martyr, OSB)
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest & martyr
St. Mark, evangelist
(St. Kleto)
RSA: Freedom Day
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St. Catherine of Siena, virgin & doctor
St. Pius V, pope
th
“Good Shepherd Sunday” St. Anselm, bishop & doctor
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5th Sunday of Easter St. Peter Chanel, priest & martyr, (St. Louis Mary Grignion de Montfort, priest)
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
May 2013 Wednesday 1
Thursday 2
Friday 3
Saturday 4
St. Joseph the worker RSA: Workers’ Day
St. Athanasius, bishop & doctor
Sts. Philip & James, apostles
(St. Florian)
(St. Ansfried)
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6 Sunday of Easter
(Sts. Aldricus, Dominic & Edmar),
(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)
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(Sts. Angelo & Godehard)
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7 Sunday of Easter
Our Lady of Fatima Mothers’ Day World Communications Day
St. Matthias, apostle
[St. Isidore the farmer (USA)], (20 years Blessed Gérard’s Friendship Club & 13 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)
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Pentecost
St. Bernardine of Siena, priest
(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) (19 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
th
Sts. Nereus & Achilleus, martyrs; St. Pancras, martyr International Nurses Day
(St. Celestin, pope & hermit, OSB)
(Sts. Dietmar & Paschalis)
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Trinity Sunday
St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
St. Ubaldesca, virgin, SMOM
Blessed Joseph Gerard OMI, priest
(St. Joan of Arc)
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary World No-Tobacco Day
St. Philip Neri, priest
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
June 2013 Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday 1 St. Justin, martyr International Children’s Day
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Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Sts. Charles Lwanga & companions, martyrs (St. Kevin)
(St. Quirin)
St. Boniface, bishop & martyr
St. Norbert, bishop
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Patronal feast of the Diocese of Eshowe & the Missionary Benedictines), (St. Jeremias) Anniversary: Bishop Kumalo ordained bishop in 2008
Immaculate Heart of Mary Blessed James Berthieu, martyr
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10 Sunday in Ordinary time
(St. Diana)
St. Barnabas, apostle th (10 week in Ordinary time)
St. Flora of Beaulieu, virgin, SMOM
St. Anthony of Padua, priest & doctor, patron of Mandeni Parish
(St. Richard)
(St. Vitus)
Sts. Marcellinus & Peter, martyrs
th
St. Ephrem, deacon & doctor (St. Pacificus)
World Environment Day
St. Onophrius, hermit
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11 Sunday in Ordinary time
(St. Alexander) Fathers’ Day
(St. Armando)
St. Romuald, abbot
(St. Novatus)
St. Aloysius Gonzaga, religious
Blessed Gerland, religious, SMOM
World Refugee Day
Sts. Paulinus of Nola, bishop John Fisher, bishop & martyr Thomas Moore, martyr
th
(Sts. Aurelian, Benno & Quirinus) RSA: Youth Day
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12 Sunday in Ordinary time
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
th
(St. Edeltraud)
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13th Sunday in Ordinary time First martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
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Maresi and Hans Peter Rehder being invested as Honorary Dedicated Members of the Brotherhood of Blessed GĂŠrard
Sunday
Monday 1 St. Nicasius, martyr, SMOM (Blessed Junípero Serra, priest)
July 2013 Tuesday Wednesday 2 3 (Sts. Mario & Martinian)
Thursday 4
Friday 5
Saturday 6
St. Thomas, apostle
St. Elizabeth of Portugal
St. Anthony Zaccaria, priest
St. Maria Goretti, virgin & martyr
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14 Sunday in ordinary time
Blessed Adrian Fortescue, martyr, SMOM
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)
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(Sts. Walter & Willibald)
(St. Godfrey)
(St. Eugene)
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15 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Bonaventure, bishop & doctor
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
(Sts. Alexius, Leo & Pambo)
(St. Arnold)
(St. Arsenio)
(St. Apollinarius)
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Mandela Day
St. Camillus de Lellis, priest; St. Toscana, religious, SMOM [Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin (USA)]
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16 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Mary Magdalene
St. Bridget (of Sweden), religious
St. Sharbel Makhluf, priest
St. James, apostle
St. Joachim & Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Sts. Berthold & Rudolf)
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Sts. Martha, Maria & Lazarus, friends of Jesus, OSB
St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor
St. Ignatius of Loyola, priest St. Justin de Jacobis, bishop
th
St. Laurence of Brindisi, priest & doctor
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17 Sunday in ordinary time St. Victor I, pope & martyr, (St. Maximilian Kolbe)
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Blessed Gérard‘s Pre-Primary School & Crèche
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Sunday
Monday
August 2013 Tuesday Wednesday
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Thursday 1
Friday 2
Saturday 3
St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop & doctor
St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop, St. Peter Julian Eymard, priest
(Sts. Benno & Nicodem)
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18 Sunday in ordinary time
Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major
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
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St. John Vianney, priest
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19 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious, Blessed Isidore Bakanja, martyr International Youth Day
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)
th
St. Clare, virgin (St. Susanna, martyr) (Blessed John Henry Newman)
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20th Sunday in ordinary time
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St. John Eudes, priest, (St. Bernard Toloméi, abbot, OSB)
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. Helena)
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21st Sunday in ordinary time St. Louis (of France), St. Joseph Calasanz, priest
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(Our Lady of Czestochowa), World Day of Migrants and Refugees
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)
(Anniversary: Prefecture Apostolic of Zululand erected in 1921)
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Sunday 1
Monday 2
(St. Ruth),
(Sts. Justin & Nonnosus)
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23 Sunday in ordinary time
22nd Sunday in ordinary time
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September 2013 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 3 4 5
Friday 6
Saturday 7
St. Gregory the Great, pope & doctor, Death of Blessed Gérard (+1120), (17 years Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre & Hospice)
(St. Moses)
(St. Maria Theresia)
(St. Magnus)
(St. Dietrich)
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St. Peter Claver, priest
(St. Diethard)
(St. Felix)
Most Holy Name of Mary
St. John Chrysostom, bishop & doctor
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
World First Aid Day
Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Philerme, SMOM
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24 Sunday in ordinary time Our Lady of Sorrows
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 Taegŏn, priest & martyr, Sts. Paul Chŏng Hasang & companions, martyrs
St. Matthew, apostle & evangelist International Day of Peace
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25 Sunday in ordinary time St. Maurice and the Theban Legion, martyrs (St. Otto)
St. Zachary & Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist, (SMOM) St. Pius of Pietrelcina
St. Stephanie, martyr (Our Lady of Ransom)
(St. Nicolas)
Sts. Cosmas & Damian, martyrs
St. Vincent de Paul, priest
St. Wenceslaus, martyr, St. Laurence Ruiz & companions, martyrs
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26 Sunday in ordinary time Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, archangels (St. Victor)
St. Jerome, priest & doctor Social Justice Sunday
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RSA: Heritage Day
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28 October Anniversary of the foundation of the
Brotherhood of Blessed GĂŠrard
Sunday
Monday
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27th Sunday in ordinary time
Tuesday 1 St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin & doctor, (St. Angelo) International Day of Older Persons
October 2013 Wednesday 2
Thursday 3
Friday 4
Saturday 5
Holy Guardian Angels
(Sts. Ewald & Udo)
St. Francis of Assisi, religious
Blessed Peter Pattarini of Imola, prior, SMOM, (St. Mary Faustina)
World Habitat Day
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Our Lady of the Rosary
St. Hugh, religious, SMOM (Our Lady of good remedy) World Hospice & Palliative Care Day,
Sts. Denis, bishop & martyr & companions, martyrs, St. John Leonardi, priest
St. Daniel Comboni, bishop & founder of the Comboni Missionaries, (St. Viktor) World Mental Health Day
(Blessed John XXIII, SMOM) (St. Bruno)
(St. Wilfried) International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
St. Bruno, priest, [Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, virgin (USA)]
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28 Sunday in ordinary time
St. Callistus I, pope & martyr
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
St. Paul of the Cross, priest, Sts. John Brébeuf & Isaac Jogues, priests & martyrs & companions, martyrs, (Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
th
Blessed Gérard, founder of the SMOM, patron of the BBG (St. Edward)
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29 Sunday in ordinary time
(Blessed Charles of Austria, SMOM)
(St. Ingbert)
St. John of Capistrano, priest, (St. Herfried)
(St. Gaudence)
(Sts. Evaristo & Gilbert)
World Mission Sunday Blessed Daudi Okelo & Jildro Irwa, martyrs
St. Anthony Mary Claret, bishop, (St. Felix)
<< 20 October: (St. Paul of the Cross) (St. Wendelin)
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30 Sunday in ordinary time
Sts. Simon & Jude, apostles, st 21 anniversary of the foundation of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard
(St. Narcis)
St. Marcellus, martyr, (St. Claudius)
(St. Wolfgang)
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(St. Frumentius)
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Sunday
Monday
November 2013 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday 1
Saturday 2
All Saints
Commemoration of all the faithful departed: All Souls
(St. Harald)
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31st Sunday in ordinary time
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St. Charles Borromeo, bishop
(St. Zacharia) (21 years Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard acknowledged by the bishop)
All Saints of Africa
(St. Willibrord, bishop, OSB)
(St. Godfrey)
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
St. Martin de Porres, religious
(St. Leonard)
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32 Sunday in ordinary time
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. Didas)
St. Albert the Great, bishop & doctor (St. Leopold)
St. Margaret of Scotland St. Gertrude, virgin
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St. Leo the Great, pope & doctor
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World Diabetes Day
International Day of Tolerance
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Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter & Paul, apostles
All Saints of the SMOM
(St. Bernward) World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Universal Children’s Day
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Cecilia, virgin & martyr
Sts. Clement I, pope & martyr, St. Columban, abbot, (Blessed Miguel Augustine Pro, priest & martyr)
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Jesus Christ the King
St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin & martyr World Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
(St. Silvester, abbot, OSB)
(St. Bilhild) (St. Maximinus)
(St. Sostenes) (St. James of the Marches)
(St. Jolanda)
St. Andrew, apostle
33rd Sunday in ordinary time St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious St. Dionysius of Alexandria, bishop
St. Andrew DungLac, priest & martyr, & companions, martyrs
(St. Mechthild, virgin, OSB)
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 wish you a Merry Christmas!
Caring without borders
Sunday 1 1st Sunday of Advent
Blessed Clementine Anuarite, virgin & martyr
Monday 2
Tuesday 3
Blessed Virgin Mary, cause of our joy, SMOM
St. Francis Xavier, priest (St. Zephania) International day of disabled persons
December 2013 Wednesday Thursday 4 5 St. John Damascene, priest & doctor (St. Barbara)
(St. Sabas, abbot, OSB) (St. Gerald) (4 years Blessed Gérard’s Convent) International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Friday 6
Saturday 7
St. Nicholas, bishop
St. Ambrose, bishop & doctor
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2 Sunday of Advent
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Melchiades, pope Human Rights Day
St. Damasus I, pope Anniversary: Prefecture Apostolic of Zululand elevated to Vicariate Apostolic of Eshowe in 1923 Inkamana Abbey: Anniversary of the dedication of the church
Our Lady of Guadalupe (St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious)
St. Lucy, virgin & martyr (St. Odilia, virgin, OSB, patron of the Missionary Benedictines)
St. John of the Cross, religious & doctor
nd
(St Juan Diego, hermit) International AntiCorruption Day
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3 Sunday of Advent
(St. Adelheid) RSA: Day of Reconciliation
(Sts. Lazaro & Sturmius)
(St. Wunibald) (21 years Blessed Gérard’s Poor Sick Fund) International Migrants Day
(St. Konrad)
Blessed Scubilion, religious (Sts. Abraham & Theophil) International Human Solidarity Day
St. Peter Canisius, priest & doctor
rd
(Gaudete Sunday) (St. Reinald)
Public Holiday
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4 Sunday of Advent
St. John of Kanty, priest
Vigil of Christmas
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(St. Jutta)
29 Holy Family th
5 day in the octave of Christmas St. Thomas Becket, bishop & martyr
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6 day in the octave of Christmas
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7 day in the octave of Christmas St. Sylvester I, pope
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Christmas
St. Stephen, first martyr RSA: Day of Goodwill
St. John, apostle & evangelist
Holy Innocents, martyrs
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 2013. The choice of pictures is not a reward for meritorious members, but we have simply chosen the best pictures of 2012.
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