CQOD Liturgical Calendar for 2017

January 1	Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus
2	Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833
3	Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970
6	EPIPHANY
8	Commemoration of Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Pete Fleming, martyrs, Ecuador, 1956
11	Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915
12	Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689
13	Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603
14	Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915
17	Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932
18	Feast of the Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, 1951
19	Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095
20	Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349
21	Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304
23	Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893
24	Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622
25	Feast of the Conversion of Paul
26	Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963
28	Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
30	Commemoration of Lesslie Newbigin, Bishop, Missionary, Teacher, 1998
31	Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888
February 1	Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525
2	THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
3	Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865
4	Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189
5	Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597
10	Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543
12	Commemoration of Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (Nicolas Herman), spiritual writer, 1691
14	Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269
15	Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730
17	Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977
20	Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906
23	Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155
27	Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633
March 1	Ash Wednesday Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601
2	Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672
4	Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647
7	Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203
8	Commemoration of Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, Priest, Poet, 1929
17	Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460
19	Feast of Joseph of Nazareth
20	Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687
24	Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953
25	Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary
26	Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883
29	Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974
31	Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631
April 1	Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872
6	Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564
8	Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877
9	Palm Sunday Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945
10	Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest, Scientist, Visionary, 1955
11	Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878
13	Maundy Thursday
14	Good Friday
15	Holy Saturday
16	Easter
19	Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012
21	Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109
23	Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988
24	Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624
25	Feast of Mark the Evangelist
27	Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894
28	Commemoration of Peter Chanel, Religious, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841
29	Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380
30	Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922
May 1	Feast of Philip & James, Apostles
2	Feast of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373
4	Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation
8	Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417 Commemoration of Dallas Willard, Teacher, Spiritual Writer, 2013
12	Commemoration of Aiden Wilson Tozer, Spiritual Writer, 1963
14	Feast of Matthias the Apostle
15	Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945
16	Commemoration of Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877
19	Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
21	Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330
23	Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century
24	Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788
25	Ascension Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709
26	Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 Commemoration of Arthur John Gossip, Spiritual Writer, 1954
27	Commemoration of John Calvin, renewer of the Church, 1564
28	Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089
30	Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933
June 1	Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de Merici, Founder of the Institute of St. Ursula, 1540
3	Feast of Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, Teacher, 1910 Commemoration of Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 & 1978
4	Pentecost
5	Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754
6	Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945
8	Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711 Commemoration of Roland Allen, Mission Strategist, 1947
9	Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373
11	Trinity Sunday Feast of Barnabas the Apostle
13	Commemoration of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Apologist and Writer, 1936
14	Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691
15	Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941
16	Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752
17	Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936
19	Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929
22	Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209
23	Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678
24	Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist
28	Feast of Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200
29	Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles
July 1	Commemoration of John & Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813, 1873
3	Feast of Thomas the Apostle
6	Feast of John Huss, Reformer, Martyr, 1415 Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535
11	Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550
14	Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866
15	Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274
16	Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099
19	Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379
20	Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566
22	Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles
23	Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373
24	Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471
25	Feast of James the Apostle
27	Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901 Commemoration of John R. W. Stott, spiritual writer and teacher, 2011
28	Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750
29	Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord
30	Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
31	Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556
August 4	Feast of John Vianney, Curè d’Ars, 1859
5	Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
7	Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866
8	Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
9	Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921
10	Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258
11	Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890
13	Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912
14	Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941
20	Feast of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 Commemoration of William & Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 & 1890
23	Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617
24	Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle
27	Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
28	Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430
31	Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688
September 1	Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710
2	Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942
3	Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604
4	Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650
6	Commemoration of Allen Gardiner, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851 Commemoration of Albert Schweitzer, Teacher, Physician, Missionary, 1965
7	Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957
8	Commemoration of Søren Kierkegaard, Teacher and Philosopher, 1855
13	Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407
14	Feast of the Holy Cross
16	Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 Commemoration of Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, tractarian, 1882
17	Feast of St. Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
18	Commemoration of George MacDonald, Spiritual Writer, 1905
19	Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
20	Feast of John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, & his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
21	Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist
25	Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392
26	Commemoration of Wilson Carlile, Priest, Founder of the Church Army, 1942
27	Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660
29	Feast of Michael & All Angels
October 1	Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, 1897
3	Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958
4	Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
6	Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536
9	Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253
10	Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644
11	Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675
12	Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845
13	Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066
15	Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582
16	Commemoration of the Oxford Martyrs, Hugh Latimer, Nicolas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer, bishops and martyrs, 1555
17	Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107
18	Feast of Luke the Evangelist
19	Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812
25	Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285
26	Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664
28	Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles
29	Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885
30	Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546
31	500th Anniversary of the 95 Theses Reformation Day
November 1	Feast of All Saints
2	Feast of All Souls
3	Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639
6	Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944
7	Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739
8	Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England
9	Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433
10	Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
11	Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397
13	Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836
14	Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796
15	Commemoration of Oswald Chambers, spiritual writer, 1917
16	Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240
17	Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
19	Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280
20	Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876
22	Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963
23	Commemoration of Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100 Thanksgiving (U.S.)
25	Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century
26	Commemoration of Isaac Watts, Hymnwriter, 1748
30	Feast of Andrew the Apostle
December 1	Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916
3	Advent I Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552
4	Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637
6	Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326
7	Feast of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher, 397
10	Advent II Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968
13	Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784
14	Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591
17	Advent III Commemoration of Dorothy Sayers, Teacher and Spiritual Writer, 1957 Commemoration of Eglantyne Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of ‘Save the Children’, 1928
24	Advent IV Christmas Eve
25	CHRISTMAS DAY
26	Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr
27	Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist
28	Feast of the Holy Innocents
29	Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170
31	Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384

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