Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites
Community of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Teresa of Jesus
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Secular Discalced Carmelites Calendar
2018 OCDS Calendar of Saints and Events
January 2018
January 3: St. Kuriakos Elias Chavara, priest, optional memorial
January 8: St. Peter Thomas, bishop, optional memorial
January 9: St. Andrew Corsini, bishop, optional memorial
January 27: St. Henry de Osso y Cervello, priest, optional memorial
January 28:
Regular monthly meeting
February
February 25:
Regular monthly meeting
March
March 19: St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary, principal protector of our Order
Solemnity
March 25:
Regular monthly meeting
April
April 1: Bl. Nuno Alvares Pereira, religious, optional memorial
April 17: Bl. Baptiste Spagnoli of Mantua, priest, optional memorial
April 18: Bl. Mary of the Incarnation, religious, optional memorial
April 22:
Regular monthly meeting
April 23: Bl. Teresa Mary of the Cross Manetti, virgin, optional memorial
May
May 16: St. Simon Stock, religious, optional memorial
May 22: St. Joachina de Vedruna de Mas, religious, optional memorial
May 25: St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, virgin, Memorial
May 27:
Regular monthly meeting
June
June 7: Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew, virgin, Memorial
June 12: Bl. Alphonsus Mary Mazurek OCD, priest and martyr, optional memorial
June 14: Bl. Maria Candida, optional memorial
June 24:
Regular monthly meeting
July
July 13: St. Teresa of Jesus de Los Andes, virgin, optional memorial
July 14: Fast Day for OCDS (may be anticipated; no fasting on Sundays)
July 16: Solemn Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, Solemnity
July 17: Bls. Teresa of St. Augustine and Companions, virgins and martyrs, optional memorial
July 19: Fast Day for OCDS
July 20: St. Elijah, Prophet and our Father, Feast
July 23: Our Lady, Mother of Divine Grace, Memorial
July 24: Bls. Maria Pilar, Teresa, and Maria Angeles, virgins and martyrs, optional memorial
July 24: Bl. Maria Mercedes Prat, virgin and martyr, optional memorial
July 26: Sts. Joachim and Anne, parents of the Virgin Mary, secondary protectors of our Order,
optional memorial
July 27: Bl. Titus Brandsma, priest and martyr, optional memorial
July 28 (for OCD): Bl. John Soreth, priest, optional memorial
August
August 7: St. Albert of Trapani, priest, Memorial
August 9: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), martyr, optional memorial
August 16: Bl. Maria Sagrario of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, virgin and martyr, optional memorial
August 18: OCD Martyrs of the French Revolution, priests, optional memorial
Bl. John-Baptist Duvernell
Bl. Michael Aloysius Brulard
Bl. James Gagnot
August 25: St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, virgin, optional memorial
August 26: St. Teresa of Jesus' Transverberation, optional memorial for OCDS
August 26:
Regular monthly meeting
September
September 1: St. Teresa Margaret Redi, virgin, Memorial
September 12: Bl. Mary of Jesus, virgin, Memorial
September 17: St. Albert of Jerusalem, bishop and lawgiver of Carmel, Feast
September 23:
Regular monthly meeting
September 29: Fast Day for OCDS (may be anticipated; no fasting on Sundays)
October
October 1: St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, virgin and doctor, Feast
October 13: Fast Day for OCDS (may be anticipated; no fasting on Sundays)
October 15: St. Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor, Solemnity
October 1: St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, virgin and doctor, Feast
October 13: Fast Day for OCDS (may be anticipated; no fasting on Sundays)
October 15: St. Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor, Solemnity
October 18 - 21: OCDS Congress, Polaris Hilton, Columbus, OH (Event is full.)
October 28: Regular monthly meeting
November
November 2: Bl. Luke of St. Joseph and Companions, priests and martyrs,
(31 Carmelites out of 498 Spanish martyrs beatified in 2007 by
Pope Benedict XVI), optional memorial
November 5: Bl. Frances d'Amboise, religious, optional memorial
November 6: Bl. Josepha Naval Grbes, virgin, optional memorial
November 7: Bl. Francis Palau y Quer, priest, optional memorial
November 8: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, virgin, memorial
November 13: Fast Day for OCDS
November 14: All Carmelite Saints, Feast
November 15: All Carmelite Souls, Commemoration
November 18: Annual Day of Recollection, Rites of Initiation and Advancement
Archbishop Leibold Home, Little Sisters of the Poor, Riddle Road, Cincinnati, Ohio
8:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. (Visitors are welcome to attend and must register with
October 28: Regular monthly meeting
November
November 2: Bl. Luke of St. Joseph and Companions, priests and martyrs,
(31 Carmelites out of 498 Spanish martyrs beatified in 2007 by
Pope Benedict XVI), optional memorial
November 5: Bl. Frances d'Amboise, religious, optional memorial
November 6: Bl. Josepha Naval Grbes, virgin, optional memorial
November 7: Bl. Francis Palau y Quer, priest, optional memorial
November 8: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, virgin, memorial
November 13: Fast Day for OCDS
November 14: All Carmelite Saints, Feast
November 15: All Carmelite Souls, Commemoration
November 18: Annual Day of Recollection, Rites of Initiation and Advancement
Archbishop Leibold Home, Little Sisters of the Poor, Riddle Road, Cincinnati, Ohio
8:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. (Visitors are welcome to attend and must register with
Mrs. Edie Bennett, President (513-324-1275).
November 19: St. Raphael Kalinowski of St. Joseph, priest, Memorial
November 29: Bls. Denis and Redemptus, martyrs, Memorial
December
December 9:
Regular monthly meeting
December 11: St. Maria Maravillas of Jesus, OCD, virgin, optional memorial
December 13: Fast Day for OCDS
December 14: St. John of the Cross, priest and doctor, Solemnity
December 16: Bl. Mary of the Angels, virgin, optional memorial