Calendars for the Church of England - 1999 to 2010

Calendar Notes
Typography:
BOLD UPPER CASE is used to denote Principal Feasts and other principal holy days.
Bold is used for Festivals and Sundays.
Lesser Festivals are printed in ordinary roman type.
Commemmorations are printed in a smaller typeface in italics.

Ember Days should be kept, under the bishop's directions, in the week before an ordination as days of prayer for those to be made deacon or priest. Traditionally, they have been observed on the Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays within the weeks before the Third Sunday of Advent, the Second Sunday of Lent, and the Sundays nearest to 29 June and 29 September.

Harvest Thanksgiving may be kept on any Sunday provided it does not supersede any Principal Feast or Festival. 

2002	January		
Tue	1	The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus	
Wed	2
	Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389
Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Spiritual Guide, 1833
Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Bishop in South India, Evangelist, 1945	
Thu	3		
Fri	4		
Sat	5		
Sun	6	THE EPIPHANY	
Mon	7	The Baptism of Christ	
Tue	8		
Wed	9		
Thu	10	William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645	
Fri	11	Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915	
Sat	12	Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689	
Sun	13	The Second Sunday of Epiphany	
Mon	14		
Tue	15		
Wed	16		
Thu	17	Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356
Charles Gore, Bishop, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932	
Fri	18		
	18-25	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity	
Sat	19	Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095	
Sun	20	The Third Sunday of Epiphany 	
Mon	21	Agnes, Child-Martyr at Rome, 304	
Tue	22	Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon, first Martyr of Spain, 304	
Wed	23		
Thu	24	Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622	
Fri	25	The Conversion of Paul	
Sat	26	Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul	
Sun	27	The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany	
Mon	28	Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274	
Tue	29		
Wed	30	Charles, King and Martyr, 1649	
Thu	31	John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
13 January Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367
     Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde and Cumbria, 603
     George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends (the Quakers), 1691
20 January Richard Rolle of Hampole, Spiritual Writer, 1349

2002	February		
Fri	1	Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 	
Sat	2	THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS)	
Sun	3	The Second Sunday Before Lent or THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS) (if transferred from 2 February)	
Mon	4	Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 
Ordinary Time starts today	
Tue	5		
Wed	6	The Martyrs of Japan, 1597	
Thu	7		
Fri	8		
Sat	9		
Sun	10	The Sunday Next Before Lent	
Mon	11		
Tue	12		
Wed	13	ASH WEDNESDAY	
Thu	14	Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885
Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269	
Fri	15	Sigfrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden, 1045
Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of the SPCK and the SPG, 1730	
Sat	16		
Sun	17	The First Sunday of Lent	
Mon	18		
Tue	19		
Wed	20		
Thu	21		
Fri	22		
Sat	23	Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155	
Sun	24	The Second Sunday of Lent	
Mon	25		
Tue	26		
Wed	27	George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633	
Thu	28		

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
3   February  Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865
10 February Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543
17 February Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977

Other dates
The Accession of Queen Elizabeth II may be observed on 6 February
Matthias may be celebrated on Monday 25 February instead of 14 May
Ember Days - see note on front page

2002	March		
Fri	1	David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601	
Sat	2	Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672	
Sun	3	The Third Sunday of Lent	
Mon	4		
Tue	5		
Wed	6		
Thu	7	Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203	
Fri	8	Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910
Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647
Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Priest, Poet, 1929	
Sat	9		
Sun	10	The Fourth Sunday of Lent - Mothering Sunday	
Mon	11		
Tue	12		
Wed	13		
Thu	14		
Fri	15		
Sat	16		
Sun	17	The Fifth Sunday of Lent 	
Mon	18	Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher of the Faith, 386	
Tue	19	Joseph of Nazareth	
Wed	20	Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687	
Thu	21	Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556	
Fri	22		
Sat	23		
Sun	24	Palm Sunday 	
Mon	25	Monday in Holy Week	
Tue	26	Tuesday In Holy Week	
Wed	27	Wednesday in Holy Week	
Thu	28	MAUNDY THURSDAY	
Fri	29	GOOD FRIDAY	
Sat	30	Easter Eve	
Sun	31	EASTER DAY 	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
17 March Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460
24 March Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Augustinian Canon, Mystic, 1396
  Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980
26 March Harriet Monsell, Founder of the Community of St John the Baptist, Clewer, 1883
31 March John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631

Other dates
Chad may be celebrated with Cedd on 26 October instead of 2 March
Cuthbert may be celebrated on 4 September instead of 20 March

2002	April		
Mon	1	Monday in Easter Week	
Tue	2	Tuesday in Easter Week	
Wed	3	Wednesday in Easter Week	
Thu	4	Thursday in Easter Week	
Fri	5	Friday in Easter Week	
Sat	6	Saturday in Easter Week	
Sun	7	The Second Sunday of Easter	
Mon	8	THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (transferred from 25 March)	
Tue	9	Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, 1945	
Wed	10	William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761
William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1347	
Thu	11	George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878	
Fri	12		
Sat	13		
Sun	14	The Third Sunday of Easter	
Mon	15		
Tue	16	Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923	
Wed	17		
Thu	18		
Fri	19	Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012	
Sat	20		
Sun	21	The Fourth Sunday of Easter 	
Mon	22		
Tue	23	George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304	
Wed	24	Mellitus, Bishop of London, first Bishop at St Paul's, 624	
Thu	25	Mark the Evangelist 	
Fri	26		
Sat	27	Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894	
Sun	28	The Fifth Sunday of Easter 	
Mon	29	Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith, 1380	
Tue	30	Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
1   April   Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1872
21 April Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1109
28 April Peter Chanel, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841

2002	May		
Wed	1	Philip and James, Apostles	
Thu	2	Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 373	
Fri	3		
Sat	4	English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era	
Sun	5	The Sixth Sunday of Easter	
Mon	6	Rogation Day	
Tue	7	Rogation Day	
Wed	8	Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c.1417 
Rogation Day	
Thu	9	ASCENSION DAY	
Fri	10		
Sat	11		
Sun	12	The Seventh Sunday of Easter (Sunday after Ascension Day)	
Mon	13		
Tue	14	Matthias the Apostle	
Wed	15		
Thu	16	Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877	
Fri	17		
Sat	18		
Sun	19	PENTECOST Whit Sunday 	
Mon	20	Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804 
Ordinary time resumes today	
Tue	21	Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330	
Wed	22		
Thu	23	Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century	
Fri	24	John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 and 1788	
Sat	25	The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735
Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, 709	
Sun	26	TRINITY SUNDAY	
Mon	27		
Tue	28	Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Scholar, 1089	
Wed	29		
Thu

	30	Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of the Holy Communion (Corpus Christi)* or Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906
Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431
Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist in Central Africa, 1933	
Fri	31	The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth	

* The Thursday after Trinity Sunday may be observed as the Day of Thanksgiving for the Holy Communion (sometimes known as Corpus Christi), and may be kept as a Festival

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer 
19 May Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988
26 May Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
                John Calvin, Reformer 1564
                Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians, Spiritual Guide, 1595

Other dates
Matthias may be celebrated on Monday 25 February instead of 14 May
The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May

2002	June		
Sat	1	Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165	
Sun	2	The First Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	3	The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 and 1978	
Tue	4		
Wed	5	Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Bishop, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754	
Thu	6	Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945	
Fri	7		
Sat	8	Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Non-Juror, Hymn Writer,1711	
Sun	9	The Second Sunday After Trinity 	
Mon	10		
Tue	11	Barnabas the Apostle 	
Wed	12		
Thu	13		
Fri	14	Richard Baxter, Puritan Divine, 1691	
Sat	15	Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941	
Sun	16	The Third Sunday After Trinity 	
Mon	17	Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 and 1936	
Tue	18	Bernard Mizeki, Apostle of the MaShona, Martyr, 1896	
Wed	19	Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu (holy man), Evangelist, Teacher of the Faith, 1929	
Thu	20		
Fri	21		
Sat	22	Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.250	
Sun	23	The Fourth Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	24	The Birth of John the Baptist	
Tue	25		
Wed	26		
Thu	27	Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444	
Fri	28	Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher of the Faith, c.200	
Sat	29	Peter and Paul, Apostles	
Sun	30	The Fifth Sunday After Trinity	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
9   June Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597
                 Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Teacher of the Faith, 373
16 June Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
                Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Philosopher, 1752
23 June Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678

Other dates
Peter the Apostle may be celebrated alone, without Paul, on 29 June or 1 July
Ember Days - see note on front page

2002	July		
Mon	1	 John and Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1779 and 1813	
Tue	2		
Wed	3	Thomas the Apostle	
Thu	4		
Fri	5		
Sat	6	Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535	
Sun	7	The Sixth Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	8		
Tue	9		
Wed	10		
Thu	11	Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550	
Fri	12		
Sat	13		
Sun	14	The  Seventh Sunday After Trinity 	
Mon	15	 Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862
Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274	
Tue	16	Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099	
Wed	17		
Thu
	18	Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of  St Andrew, 1883	
Fri	19	Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, c.394 and c.379	
Sat	20	Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th Century
Bartolomé de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566	
Sun	21	The Eighth Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	22	Mary Magdalene	
Tue	23	Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373	
Wed	24		
Thu	25	James the Apostle	
Fri	26	Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary	
Sat	27	Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901	
Sun	28	The Ninth Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	29	Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of our Lord	
Tue	30	William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833	
Wed	31	Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
14 July John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866

Other dates
The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May
Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July
Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December

2002	August		
Thu	1		
Fri	2		
Sat	3		
Sun	4	The Tenth Sunday After Trinity 	
Mon	5	Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642	
Tue	6	The Transfiguration of our Lord	
Wed	7	John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866	
Thu	8	Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221	
Fri	9	Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921	
Sat	10	Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258	
Sun	11	The Eleventh Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	12		
Tue	13	Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912	
Wed	14	Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941	
Thu	15	The Blessed Virgin Mary	
Fri	16		
Sat	17		
Sun	18	The Twelfth Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	19		
Tue	20	Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890	
Wed	21		
Thu	22		
Fri	23		
Sat	24	Bartholomew the Apostle	
Sun	25	The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	26		
Tue	27	Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387	
Wed	28	Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430	
Thu	29	The Beheading of John the Baptist	
Fri	30	John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688	
Sat	31	Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
4   August Jean-Baptist Vianney, Curé d'Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859
11 August Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
      	   John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890

Other dates
The Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated on 8 September, or transferred to Monday 9 September  instead of 15 August

2002	September		
Sun	1	The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity 	
Mon	2	The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942	
Tue	3	Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604	
Wed	4	Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650	
Thu	5		
Fri	6	Allen Gardiner, Missionary, founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851	
Sat	7		
Sun	8	The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity 	
Mon	9	Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880	
Tue	10		
Wed	11		
Thu	12		
Fri	13	John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407	
Sat	14	Holy Cross Day	
Sun	15	The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	16	Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882	
Tue	17	Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179	
Wed	18		
Thu	19	Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690	
Fri	20	John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871	
Sat	21	Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist	
Sun	22	The Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity	
Mon	23		
Tue	24		
Wed	25	Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626
Sergei of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392	
Thu	26	Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army, 1942	
Fri	27	Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660	
Sat	28		
Sun	29	Michael and All Angels or The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity	
Mon	30	Michael and All Angels (if transferred from 29 September)
Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420 	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
1   September Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710
8   September The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary 
15 September Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258

Other dates 
Cuthbert may be celebrated on 4 September instead of 20 March
The Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated on 8 September, or transferred to Monday 9 September, instead of 15 August
Ember Days - see note on front page
Harvest Thanksgiving - see note on front page

2002	October		
Tue	1	Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533
Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885	
Wed	2		
Thu	3		
Fri	4	Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226	
Sat	5		
Sun	6	The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity	
Mon	7		
Tue	8		
Wed
	9	Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions, Martyrs, c.250
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253	
Thu
	10	Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644
Thomas Traherne, Poet, Spiritual Writer, 1674	
Fri	11	Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675
James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century	
Sat	12	Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709
Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845
Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915	
Sun	13	The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity	
Mon	14		
Tue	15	Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582	
Wed	16	Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation Martyrs, 1555	
Thu	17	Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107	
Fri	18	Luke the Evangelist	
Sat	19	Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812	
Sun	20	The Twentyfirst Sunday after Trinity	
Mon	21		
Tue	22		
Wed	23		
Thu	24		
Fri	25	Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.287	
Sat	26	Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899
Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664	
Sun	27	The Last Sunday After Trinity - Bible Sunday	
Mon	28	Simon and Jude, Apostles	
Tue	29	James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885	
Wed	30		
Thu	31	Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
6   October William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536
13 October Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066

Other dates
Dedication Festival if unknown may be on 6 October or 27 October 
Chad may be celebrated with Cedd on 26 October instead of 2 March
Harvest Thanksgiving - see note on front page

2002	November		
Fri	1	ALL SAINTS' DAY	
Sat	2	Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)	
Sun	3	The Fourth Sunday Before Advent or ALL SAINTS' DAY (if transferred from 1 November)	
Mon	4		
Tue	5		
Wed	6	Leonard, Hermit, 6th century
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1944	
Thu	7	Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739	
Fri	8	The Saints and Martyrs of England	
Sat	9	Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440	
Sun	10	The Third Sunday Before Advent - Remembrance Sunday 	
Mon	11	
Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397	
Tue	12		
Wed	13	Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836	
Thu	14	Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796	
Fri	15		
Sat	16	Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093
Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240	
Sun	17	The Second Sunday Before Advent 	
Mon	18	Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231	
Tue	19	Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
Mechtild, Béguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280	
Wed	20	Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870
Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876	
Thu	21		
Fri	22	Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230	
Sat	23	Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100	
Sun	24	Christ the King - The Sunday Next Before Advent	
Mon	25	Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century
Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748	
Tue	26		
Wed	27		
Thu	28		
Fri	29	Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church	
Sat	30	Andrew the Apostle	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
3   November Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith, 1600
          Martin of Porres, Friar, 1639
10 November Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461
17 November Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200

2002	
December		
Sun	1	The First Sunday of Advent 	
Mon	2		
Tue	3	Francis Xavier, Missionary, Apostle of the Indies, 1552	
Wed	4	John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher of the Faith, c.749
Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637	
Thu	5		
Fri	6	Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326	
Sat	7	Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397	
Sun	8	The Second Sunday of Advent 	
Mon	9		
Tue	10		
Wed	11		
Thu	12		
Fri	13	Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304
Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784	
Sat	14	John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher of the Faith, 1591	
Sun	15	The Third Sunday of Advent	
Mon	16		
Tue	17	Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save The Children', 1928
O Sapientia	
Wed	18		
Thu	19		
Fri	20		
Sat	21		
Sun	22	The Fourth Sunday of Advent	
Mon	23		
Tue	24	Christmas Eve	
Wed	25	CHRISTMAS DAY	
Thu	26	Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr	
Fri	27	John, Apostle and Evangelist	
Sat	28	The Holy Innocents	
Sun	29	The First Sunday of Christmas 	
Mon	30		
Tue	31	John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384	

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
1   December Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Sahara, 1916
8   December The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
29 December Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170

Other dates
Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July
Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December
Ember Days - see note on front page