2000

May

Sundays: Year B
Mon 1 Philip and James, Apostles
II, Monday Office, of Apostles, p 445
Tue 2 George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 (transferred from 23 April)
II, Friday Office, of Martyrs, p 443
Wed 3 Mark the Evangelist (transferred from 25 April)
II, Monday Office, of Evangelists, p 444
Thu 4 Sunday Office
English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era
Fri 5 Sunday Office
Sat 6 Sunday Office
Sun 7 The Third Sunday of Easter
Sunday Office, Office Week 3, p 385
Mon 8 Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c.1417
III, Sunday Office,
of Religious, p 446
Tue 9 Sunday Office
Wed 10 Sunday Office
Thu 11 Sunday Office
Fri 12 Sunday Office
Sat 13 Sunday Office; EP Collect of morrow
Sun 14 The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Sunday Office, Office Week 4, p 386
Mon 15 Matthias the Apostle (transferred from 14 May)
II, Monday Office, of Apostles, p 446
Tue 16 Sunday Office
Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877
Wed 17 Sunday Office
Thu 18 Sunday Office
Fri 19 Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988
Sunday Office, of Bishops, p 447
Sat 20 Sunday Office; EP Collect of morrow
Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804
Sun 21 The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sunday Office, Office Week 5, p 387
Mon 22 Sunday Office
Tue 23 Sunday Office
Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century (or on 4 June)
Wed 24 John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 and 1788
III, Sunday Office,
of Missionaries, p 447
Thu 25 The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735
III, Sunday Office,
of Teachers, p 447
Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, 709
Fri 26 Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
II, Monday Office, of Missionaries, p 448
John Calvin, Reformer 1564
Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians, Spiritual Guide, 1595
Sat 27 Sunday Office; EP collect of morrow
Sun 28 The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sunday Office, Office Week 6, p 388
Mon 29 Sunday Office
Rogation Day
Tue 30

Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906
III, Su
nday Office
Rogation Day

Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431
Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist in Central Africa, 1933

Wed 31 The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
II, Wed Office, of the BVM, p 448 Eve of morrow, p 389
Rogation Day

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer

2 May  Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 373
21 May Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330
28 May Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Scholar, 1089

Other dates

Matthias may be celebrated on 24 February instead of 14 May
The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July or transferred to Tuesday 4 July  instead of 31 May


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