2000 |
December |
Sundays: Year B; From Advent Sunday: Year C |
Fri | 1 | Saturday Office Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Sahara, 1916 |
Sat | 2 | Saturday Office; Eve of morrow: Tuesday Office; Advent Prose |
Sun | 3 | The First Sunday of Advent Tuesday Office, Office Week 1, pp 341-2 Sundays: Year C begins today |
Mon | 4 | Tuesday Office John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher of the Faith, c.749 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637 |
Tue | 5 | Tuesday Office |
Wed | 6 | Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 III, Tuesday Office, of Bishops, p 478 |
Thu | 7 | Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397 III, Tuesday Office, of Teachers, p 478 |
Fri | 8 | The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary II, Wednesday Office, of the BVM, p 479 |
Sat | 9 | Tuesday Office; EP Collect of morrow |
Sun | 10 | The Second Sunday of Advent Tuesday Office, Office Week 2, p 343 |
Mon | 11 | Tuesday Office |
Tue | 12 | Tuesday Office |
Wed | 13 | Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 III, Tuesday Office, of Martyrs, p479 Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784 |
Thu | 14 | John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher of the Faith, 1591 III, Tuesday Office, of Teachers, p 480 |
Fri | 15 | Tuesday Office |
Sat | 16 | Tuesday Office; EP Collect of morrow |
Sun | 17 | The Third Sunday of Advent Tuesday Office, Office Week 3, p 344 O Sapientia & ff., pp 346-7 |
Mon | 18 | Tuesday Office |
Tue | 19 | Tuesday Office |
Wed | 20 | Tuesday Office |
Thu | 21 | Tuesday Office |
Fri | 22 | Tuesday Office |
Sat | 23 | Tuesday Office; EP Collect of morrow |
Sun | 24 | The Fourth Sunday of Advent Tuesday Office, Office Week 4, p 345 EP of Christmas Eve, Wednesday Office, propers, p 348 |
Mon | 25 | CHRISTMAS DAY I, Wednesday Office, pp 349-350 Propers of Christmas until 5 Jan (except 1 Jan) |
Tue | 26 | Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr II, Wednesday Office, p 352 |
Wed | 27 | John, Apostle and Evangelist II, Wednesday Office, p 352 |
Thu | 28 | The Holy Innocents II, Wednesday Office, p 353 |
Fri | 29 | Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 III, Wednesday Office, p 353 |
Sat | 30 | Wednesday Office |
Sun | 31 | The First Sunday of Christmas Wednesday Office, Office Week 5, p 351 Eve of morrow, p 355 |
Lesser Festivals and Commemorations omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
3 Dec Francis Xavier, Missionary,
Apostle of the Indies, 1552
17 Dec Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save The Children', 1928
31 Dec John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384
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
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