2000

June

Sundays: Year B
Thu 1 ASCENSION DAY
I, Sunday Office, propers, p 389
Fri 2 Monday Office; PENTECOST season begins, pp 390-2
Sat 3 Monday Office; EP Collect of morrow
The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 and 1978
Sun 4 The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Sunday after Ascension Day
Monday Office, Office Week 7, p 391; Weekday readings, p 392
Mon 5 Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Bishop, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754
III, Monday Office,
of Martyrs, p 449
Tue 6 Monday Office
Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945
Wed 7 Monday Office
Thu 8 Monday Office
Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Non-Juror, Hymn Writer,1711
Fri 9 Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597
III, Monday Office, of Missionaries, p 449
Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Teacher of the Faith, 373
Sat 10 Monday Office; Eve of morrow, p 393
Sun 11 PENTECOST (Whit Sunday)
I, Monday Office, p 393
Mon 12 Barnabas the Apostle (transferred from 11 June)
II, Monday Office, of Apostles, p 450
Ordinary time resumes today
AFTER PENTECOST begins, Office Week 7 (repeated)
Tue 13 Tuesday Office
RC Daily Eucharistic Lectionary Week 10, Daily Cycle 2, begins
Wed 14 Wednesday Office
Richard Baxter, Puritan Divine, 1691
Thu 15 Thursday Office
Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941
Fri 16 Friday Office
Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Philosopher, 1752
Sat 17 Saturday Office; Eve of morrow, p 395
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 and 1936
Sun 18 TRINITY SUNDAY
I, Sunday Office, propers p 395, Office Week 1
Mon 19 Monday Office
Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu (holy man), Evangelist, Teacher of the Faith, 1929
Tue 20 Tuesday Office
Wed 21 Wednesday Office
Thu 22 DAY OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE INSTITUTION OF THE HOLY COMMUNION (Corpus Christi)*
I, Wednesday Office, propers, p 397
Fri 23 Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.250 (transferred from 22 June)
II, Friday Office, of Martyrs, p 451; Eve of the day
Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678
Sat 24 The Birth of John the Baptist
I, Tuesday Office, propers, p 452; Eve of the day
Sun 25 The First Sunday After Trinity
Sunday Office, Office Week 2, p 398
RCL Proper 7, Trinity 1
Mon 26 Monday Office
Tue 27 Tuesday Office
Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444
Wed 28 Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher of the Faith, c.200
III, Wednesday Office,
of Teachers, p 453
Thu 29 Peter and Paul, Apostles
II, Monday Office, of Apostles, p 453
Fri 30 Friday Office

* 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

1   June Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165
18 June Bernard Mizeki, Apostle of the MaShona, Martyr, 1896

Other dates

Peter the Apostle may be celebrated alone, without Paul, on 29 June
Ember Days -
see note


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