The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

January

1    THE HOLY NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
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5    Sarah, Theodora, and Syncletia of Egypt, Desert Mothers, fourth-fifth century
      EVE OF THE EPIPHANY
6    THE EPIPHANY, OR THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES
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10   William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645
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12   Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
13   Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, c. 367
14   Richard Benson, Priest & Religious, 1915; Charles Gore, Bishop & Religious, 1932
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17   Antony, Abbot in Egypt, 356
       EVE OF THE CONFESSION OF SAINT PETER THE APOSTLE
18   THE CONFESSION OF SAINT PETER THE APOSTLE
19   Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095
20   Fabian, Bishop and Martyr of Rome, 250
21   Agnes and Cecilia of Rome, Martyrs, 304 and c. 230
22   Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa and Martyr, 304
23   Phillips Brooks, Bishop, 1893
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       EVE OF THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE
25   THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE
26   Timothy, Titus, and Silas, Companions of Saint Paul
27   John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407
28   Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar, 1274
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30   Charles I, King and Martyr, 1649
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February

1    Brigid, Abbess at Kildare, 523
      EVE OF THE PRESENTATION
2   THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
3    Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg and Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865
4    Cornelius the Centurion
5    The Martyrs of Japan, 1597
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10   Scholastica, Religious, 543
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13   Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818
14   Cyril, Monk, 869, and Methodius, Bishop, 885, Missionaries to the Slavs
15   Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730
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23   Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna, 156
       EVE OF SAINT MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
24   SAINT MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
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27 George Herbert, Priest, 1633  
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March

1   David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, c. 544
2   Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672
3   John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791 and 1788  
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7 Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202
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9   Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394
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12 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604
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17   Patrick, Bishop and Missionary of Ireland, 461
18   Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386
      EVE OF SAINT JOSEPH
19   SAINT JOSEPH
20   Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 687
21   Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711 
22   James DeKoven Priest, 1879  
23   Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c. 332
24   Oscar Romero, Archbishop and Martyr, 1980
        EVE OF THE ANNUNCIATION
25   THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
26   Harriet Monsell, Monastic, 1883
27   Charles Henry Brent, Bishop, 1929
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29 John Keble, Priest, 1866
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31   John Donne, Priest, 1631

April

1    Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, 1872
2   James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876
3   Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
4   Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader, 1968
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8   William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877
9   Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor and Theologian, 1945
10 William Law, Priest, 1761   
11   George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, and of Lichfield, 1878
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15   Damien, Priest, 1889, and Marianne Cope, Monastic, 1918, of Hawaii
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19   Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012
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21   Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109
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24   The Martyrs of Armenia, 1915
       EVE OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST
25   SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST
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29   Catherine of Siena, Mystic and Prophetic Witness, 1380
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       EVE OF SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES, APOSTLES

May

1    SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES, APOSTLES
2    Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373
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4    Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
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8    Dame Julian of Norwich, c. 1417
9    Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, 389   
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15   Pachomius of Tabenissi, Monastic, 348
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19   Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
20  Alcuin, Deacon and Abbot of Tours, 804  
21   Lydia of Thyatira, Coworker of the Apostle Paul
22 Helena of Constantinople, Protector of the Holy Places, 330
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24   Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870
25   Bede, the Venerable, Priest, and Monk of Jarrow, 735
26   Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
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       EVE OF THE VISITATION
31   THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

May Crowning is observed at the parish on the First Sunday in May. The First Book of Common Prayer, 1549, is appropriately observed on a weekday following the Day of Pentecost.

June

1    Justin, Martyr at Rome, c. 167
2    The Martyrs of Lyons, 177
3    The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886
4   John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 1963
5    Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to Germany, and Martyr, 754
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9    Columba, Abbot of Iona, 597
10   Ephrem of Edessa, Syria, Deacon, 373
       EVE OF SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE
11   SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE
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14   Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379
15   Evelyn Underhill, Mystic and Writer, 1941
16   Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752
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18   Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Mashonaland, 1896
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22   Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 304
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       EVE OF THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
24   THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
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28   Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202
       EVE OF SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL, APOSTLES
29   SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL, APOSTLES
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July

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2    Moses the Black, Monastic and Martyr, c. 400
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4    INDEPENDENCE DAY
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6    Jan Hus, Priest and Martyr, 1415
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8    Priscilla and Aquila, Coworkers of the Apostle Paul
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11   Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540
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15   Bonaventure, Bishop and Friar, 1274
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17   William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836
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19   Macrina, Monastic and Teacher, 379
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       EVE OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE
22   SAINT MARY MAGDALENE
23   John Cassian, Abbot at Marseilles, 433
24   Thomas à Kempis, Priest, 1471
       EVE OF SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE
25   SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE
26   The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
27   William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909
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29   Mary and Martha of Bethany
30   William Wilberforce, Abolitionist, 1833
31   Ignatius of Loyola, Priest, Monastic, and Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556

August

1    Joseph of Arimathaea
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      EVE OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
6    THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
7    John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866
8    Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221
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10   Laurence, Deacon, and Martyr at Rome, 258
11   Clare, Abbess at Assisi, 1253
12   Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
13   Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore, 1667
14 Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian and Witness for Civil Rights, 1965
       EVE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
15   THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
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20  Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153
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EVE OF THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
22   THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
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       EVE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE
24   SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE
25   Louis, King of France, 1270
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27   Henry Winter Syle, Priest, 1890, and
Thomas Gallaudet, Priest, 1902, Missioners to the Deaf
28   Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430
29   The Beheading of John the Baptist
30   Charles Chapman Grafton, Bishop and Ecumenist, 1912
31   Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651

September

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2   The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
3    Phoebe, Deacon
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      EVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
8    THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
9    Constance, Nun, 1878, and her Companions
10   Alexander Crummell, Priest, 1898
11   September 11, 2001, Requiem
12   John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
13   Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr, 258
EVE OF HOLY CROSS DAY
14   HOLY CROSS DAY
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16   Ninian, Bishop in Galloway, c. 430
17   Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, 1179
18   Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882
19   Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
20   John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions,
       Martyrs, 1871
       EVE OF SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
21   SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
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EVE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM
24   OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM
25   Sergius, Abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow, 1392
26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1626
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       EVE OF SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS
29   SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS
30   Jerome, Priest and Monk of Bethlehem, 420

October

1    Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, c. 530
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3    Thérèse of Lisieux, Monastic, 1897
4    Francis of Assisi, Friar, 1226
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6    William Tyndale, Priest, and Reformation Martyr, 1536
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9    Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, 1253
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11   Philip, Deacon and Evangelist
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13   Edward the Confessor, King, 1066
14 Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906
15   Teresa of Avila, Nun and Mystic, 1582    
16   Hugh Latimer, Bishop of London, Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of Worcester, and
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyrs
17   Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115
       EVE OF SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST
18   SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST
19   Henry Martyn, Priest, and Missionary to India and Persia, 1812
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       EVE OF SAINT JAMES OF JERUSALEM,
       BROTHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND MARTYR, c. 62
23   SAINT JAMES OF JERUSALEM,
       BROTHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND MARTYR, c. 62
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26   Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 899
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       EVE OF SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES
28   SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES
29   James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his Companions,
       Martyrs, 1885
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       EVE OF ALL SAINTS’ DAY

November

1    ALL SAINTS’ DAY
2    ALL SOULS’ DAY
      Requiem Masses are offered on the first five weekdays following All Souls’ Day
for the intentions of the parish community.
3    Richard Hooker, Priest, 1600
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6    William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1944
7    Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Missionary to Frisia, 739
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9    Richard Rolle, 1349, Walter Hilton, 1396, and Margery Kempe, c.1440, Mystics
10   Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
11   Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397
12   Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836
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14   Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, 1784
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16   Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093
17   Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  
18 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
19   Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231
20   Edmund, King of East Anglia, Martyr, 870
EVE OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
21    THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
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23   Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100
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25   James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest and Monk, 1935
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28   Kamehameha King of Hawaii, 1863, and Emma, Queen, 1885
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       EVE OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE
30   SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE
      

December

1    Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637
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4    John of Damascus, Priest, c. 760
5    Clement of Alexandria, Priest, c. 210
6    Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342
7    Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397
      EVE OF THE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
8   THE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
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12   The Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church, December 12, 1895
13   Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, c. 304
14   John of the Cross, Mystic and Monastic Reformer, 1591
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16   O Sapientia
17   O Adonaï
18   O Radix Jesse
19   O Clavis David
20   O Oriens
       EVE OF SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE
21   SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE
       O Rex gentium
22   O Emmanuel
23   O Virgo virginum   
24   EVE OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: CHRISTMAS EVE
25   THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: CHRISTMAS DAY
26   SAINT STEPHEN, DEACON AND MARTYR
27   SAINT JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
28   THE HOLY INNOCENTS
29   Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170
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31   John Wyclif, Priest, 1384
       EVE OF THE HOLY NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST