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 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
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