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Liturgical Calendar - June 2011

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Including the General Roman Calendar, the Proper Calendar of the Order of St. Benedict , the Proper Calendar of the Order of Malta and the African Saints brought to you by the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard

Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard & Blessed Gérard’s Care CentreP.O. Box 440, Mandeni, 4490, Republic of South Africa • Phone: +27 (0)32 4562743 • Fax: +27 (0)32 4567962 • www.bbg.org.za • [email protected]

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Lectionary: Sundays: Cycle A Weekdays: Year I

{11th December 2010 – 18th January 2011School Holidays}

1Solemnity of Mary,

Mother of GodRSA: New Year’s Day

World Day of Prayer for peace (16 years Blessed Gérard’s

Pre-Primary School & Crèche)

2Epiphany of the Lord

Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, bishops & doctors

3(The Most Holy Name of Jesus)

4St. Elizabeth Ann Seton,

religious (USA) (18 years Blessed Gérard’s

Relief Fund)

5St. John Neumann, bishop

(USA)

6Blessed André Bessette,

religious (USA)

7St. Raymond of Peñafort,

priest

8(Our Lady of Prompt Succour)

9Baptism of the Lord

St. Adrian of Canterbury, abbot (St. Julian)

10(St. Gregory of Nyssa,

bishop, OSB)(1st week in ordinary time)

11(60th anniversary of the

erection of the Diocese of Eshowe)

12(St. Victorian)

13St. Hilary, bishop & doctor

14 (St. Engelmar)

15(Sts. Maurus & Placidus,

scholars of St. Benedict, OSB)

162nd Sunday in ordinary time

(St. Marcellus)

17St. Anthony, abbot

18(St. Prisca)

18 – 25 January: Week of prayer for Christian Unity

19(Sts. Kanut & Godfrey)

(“Back to school”)

20St. Fabian, pope & martyr;

St. Sebastian, martyr; Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi,

priest

21St. Agnes, virgin & martyr

22St. Vincent, deacon & martyr

233rd Sunday in ordinary time

(St. Ildefons)

24St. Francis de Sales,

bishop & doctor

25Conversion of St. Paul, apostle

26Sts. Timothy & Titus, bishops;

(St. Robert, Alberich & Stephen, Cistercian abbots, OSB)

(15 years Blessed Gérard’s Disaster Relief Project)

27St. Angela Merici, virgin

28St. Thomas Aquinas,

priest & doctor

29(St. Charles)

304th Sunday in ordinary time

(St. Mary Ward)

31St. John Bosco, priest

Children of Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home with their educator Sr. Edith Zulu O.S.B.

Liturgical Calendar - January 2011

Caring without borders

2011



Liturgical Calendar - February 2011

Inpatient Care - A patient being admitted


1(St. Bridget)

2Presentation of the Lord

World Day of Consecrated Life

3St. Blaise, bishop & martyr,

St. Ansgar, bishop, (18 years Blessed Gérard’s

Bursary Fund)

4 (Sts. Gilbert & Rhabanus)

5St. Agatha, virgin & martyr

65th Sunday in ordinary timeSts. Paul Miki, priest & martyr

& companions, martyrs

7(St. Mel)

(Blessed Pius IX, pope)

8St. Jerome Emiliani, priest

St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin

9(Sts. Alto & Julian)

10St. Scholastica, virgin, OSB

11Our Lady of Lourdes

(St. Benedict of Aniane, abbot, OSB)

WORLD DAY OF THE SICK

12(St. Deodat)


(St. Castor)

14Sts. Cyril, monk & Methodius, bishop

(St. Valentine’s Day)

15(St. Siegfried)

16(Bl.Joseph Allemano)

17Seven Founders of the Order

of Servites, religious

18 (St. Theothon)

19(St. Irmgard)

207th Sunday in ordinary timeDedication of the Conventual Church of St. John the Baptist

in Malta, SMOMWorld Day of Social Justice

21St. Peter Damian, bishop & doctor

International Mother Language Day

22Chair of St. Peter, apostle

23St. Polycarp, bishop & martyr

24(Sts. Ethelbert, Mathias

Mulumba & Willigis)

25(Priory of Inkamana raised to

an abbey in 1982)

26St. Alexander of Alexandria,

bishop(St. Victor)


(Sts. Gabriel & Leander)

28(St. Oswald)

(St. Romanus)

We care in any case

2011Eternal rest

grant unto her, o Lord, and may

perpetual light shine upon her. May she

rest in peace!



Liturgical Calendar - March 2011

Home Care - A patient being examined


1(Sts. Almarich & Switbert)

2(St. Enrique)

3(St. Katharine Drexel, virgin)

4St. Casimir

5(St. Alto)


(St. Coleta)

7Sts. Perpetua & Felicity,

martyrs

8St. John of God, religious

International Women’s Day

9Ash Wednesday

St. Frances of Rome, religious

10(St. Aemilius)

11 (St. Wolfram)

12(St. Beatrice)

(Abbey of St. Ottilien raised to the rank of an Archabbey

in 1914)

131st Sunday of Lent

(St. Paulina)

14(St. Mathilde)

15(St. Clement)

(18 years Blessed Gérard’s Malnutrition Clinic)

16(Sts. Herbert & Heribert)

17St. Patrick, bishop

18St. Cyril of Jerusalem,

bishop & doctor

19St. Joseph,

husband of Mary

202nd Sunday of Lent

(St. Irmgard)

21Death of St. Benedict,

abbot, OSB RSA: Human Rights DayInternational Day of the

Elimination of Racial Discrimination

22St. Deogratias, bishop

(Blessed Clemens August von Galen, SMOM)

(Sts. Damian & Octavian)World Water Day

23St. Turibius de Mongrovejo,

bishop

24(St. Elias)

25Annunciation of the Lord

(St. Ancilla)

26(St. Ludger)

273rd Sunday of Lent

St. John of Egypt, hermit, (St. Ruprecht)

28(St. Guntram)

29(St. Helmut)

30(12 years Blessed Gérard’sFirst Aid and Emergency

Service)

31(Sts. Amos, Benjamin & Gwido)

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2011




{2nd – 10th April: School Holiday}

1St. Nonius Alvarez Pereira,

prior, SMOM, (7 years Blessed Gérard’s

Hospice HAART Programme)

2St. Francis of Paola, hermit

34th Sunday of Lent(Laetare Sunday)

(St. Richard)

4St. Isidore, bishop & doctor

St. Benedict ‘the Black’, religious

5 St. Vincent Ferrer, priest

6(5th anniversary

of Clare Kalkwarf’s death)

7St. John Baptist de la Salle,

priestWorld Health Day

8(St. Beate)

9(St. Waltraud)

105th Sunday of Lent

(St. Ezekiel)

11St. Stanislaus, bishop & martyr

{“Back to school”}

12St. Zeno of Verona

(St. Julius)

13St. Martin I, pope & martyr

(St. Hermenegild)

14(St. Lidwina)

15(St. Damian de Veuster)

16(St. Bernadette)

17Palm Sunday

(Sts. Innocent & Rudolf)

18Monday of the Holy Week

(St. Wigbert)

19Tuesday of the Holy Week

(Sts. Gerold & Werner)(Pope Benedict XVI elected)

20Wednesday of the Holy Week

St. Marcellinus, bishop Sts. Vincent & Dominicus,

missionaries (18 years Brotherhood

of Blessed Gérard acknowledged as Relief

Organisation of the Order of Malta)

21Holy Thursday

St. Anselm, bishop & doctor

22Good Friday

(St. Cajus)

23Easter Vigil

St. George, martyr(St. Adalbert, bishop,

missionary & martyr, OSB)

24Easter Sunday

St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest & martyr

25Easter Monday

St. Mark, evangelistRSA: Family Day

26Easter Tuesday

(St. Kleto)(RSA: School Holiday)

27Easter WednesdayRSA: Freedom Day

28Easter Thursday

St. Peter Chanel, priest & martyr, (St. Louis Mary

Grignion de Montfort, priest)

29Easter Friday

St. Catherine of Siena, virgin & doctor

30Easter SaturdaySt. Pius V, pope

Our youngest child getting a treat with Father Gérard

Liturgical Calendar - April 2011


2011



Everybody gets their turn at Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home

Liturgical Calendar - May 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

12nd Sunday of EasterDivine Mercy SundaySt. Joseph the worker

RSA: Workers’ Day

2St. Athanasius, bishop & doctor

RSA: Public Holiday

3Sts. Philip & James, apostles

(St. Ansfried)

4(St. Florian)

5(Sts. Angelo & Godehard)

6(Sts. Aldricus,

Dominic & Edmar)

7(Blessed Notker)

83rd Sunday of Easter

(St. Victor)Mothers’ Day

9 (St. Germanus)

10(Blessed Damian Joseph de Veuster of Molokai, priest)

11(Sts. Odo, Majolus, Odilo,

Hugo & Petrus the venerable, abbots of Cluny, OSB)

12Sts. Nereus & Achilleus,

martyrs; St. Pancras, martyr

13(Our Lady of Fatima)

14St. Matthias, apostle

154th Sunday of Easter

“Good Shepherd Sunday”World Day of Prayer

for VocationsSt. Isidore the farmer (USA)

(18 years Blessed Gérard’s Friendship Club & 11

years Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home)

International Day of Families

16 (St. John Nepomuc)

17(Sts. Dietmar & Paschalis)

18St. John I, pope & martyr,

Blessed Gerard Mecatti of Villamagna, religious, SMOM,

(St. Erich)

19(St. Celestin,

pope & hermit, OSB)

20St. Bernardine of Siena, priest

21(St. Christopher Magallanes,

priest & companions, martyrs)World Day for Cultural

Diversity for Dialogue and Development


(St. Rita of Cascia, religious)

23 (St. Desiderius)

(17 years Blessed Gérard’s AIDS Education

Programme)

24 (St. Dagmar)

25St. Bede the Venerable,

priest & doctor; St. Gregory VII, pope;

St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin

26St. Philip Neri, priest

27St. Augustine of Canterbury,

bishop

28St. Ubaldesca, virgin, SMOM


Blessed Joseph Gerard OMI, priest

30 (St. Joan of Arc)

31Visitation of the

Blessed Virgin MaryWorld No-Tobacco Day


2011



We carein any case

Blessed Gérard’s Pre-Primary School & Crèche

Liturgical Calendar - June 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1St. Justin, martyr

2Ascension of the LordSts. Marcellinus & Peter,

martyrs

3Sts. Charles Lwanga & companions, martyrs

(St. Kevin)

4(St. Quirin)


St. Boniface, bishop & martyr

World Environment Day

6St. Norbert, bishop

7(St. Jeremias)

8Blessed James Berthieu,

martyr

9St. Ephrem, deacon & doctor

(St. Pacificus)

10(St. Diana)

11St. Barnabas, apostle

12Pentecost

St. Flora of Beaulieu, virgin, SMOM

St. Onophrius, hermit

13St. Anthony of Padua,

priest & doctor, patron of Mandeni Parish

14(St. Richard)

11th week in ordinary time

15(St. Vitus)

16(Sts. Aurelian, Benno &

Quirinus)RSA: Youth Day

17(St. Alexander)

18(St. Armando)

19Trinity Sunday

St. Romuald, abbot Blessed Gerland, religious, SMOM

Fathers’ Day

20(St. Novatus)

12th weekin ordinary time

World Refugee Day

21St. Aloysius Gonzaga,

religious

22Sts. Paulinus of Nola, bishop John Fisher, bishop & martyr

Thomas Moore, martyr

23(St. Edeltraud)

24Birth of St. John the Baptist,

patron, SMOM

25(Sts. Prosper & Wilhelm)

26Most Holy Body and

Blood of Christ (St. Vigilius)

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

27St. Cyril of Alexandria,

bishop & doctor (Our Mother of Perpetual Help)

28St. Irenaeus,

bishop & martyr

29Sts. Peter & Paul, apostles

30First martyrs of the Church of

Rome {25th June – 17th JulySchool Holiday}

2011




The blind Miram celebrates her birthday

Liturgical Calendar - July 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

{25th June – 17th JulySchool Holiday}

1Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

(Patronal feast of the Diocese of Eshowe & the Missionary

Benedictines), St. Nicasius, martyr, SMOM

(Blessed Junípero Serra, priest)

2Immaculate Heart of Mary (Sts. Mario & Martinian)


St. Thomas, apostle

4St. Elizabeth of Portugal

5St. Anthony Zaccaria, priest

6St. Maria Goretti, virgin &

martyr

7(Sts. Walter & Willibald)

8Blessed Adrian Fortescue,

martyr, SMOM

9(St. Augustine Zhao Rong,

priest & companions, martyrs)(St. Godfrey)


(Sts. Alexander, Silvanus & Vitalis)

11St. Benedict, abbot, OSB

World Population Day

12Blessed David Gunston,

martyr, SMOM (St. Johannes Gualbert, abbot,

OSB)

13St. Henry,

(St. Eugene)

14St. Camillus de Lellis, priest; Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha,

virgin (USA) St. Toscana, religious, SMOM

15St. Bonaventure, bishop & doctor

16Our Lady of Mount Carmel


(Sts. Alexius, Leo & Pambo)

18(St. Arnold)

{“Back to school”}

19(St. Arsenio)

20(St. Apollinarius)

21St. Laurence of Brindisi,

priest & doctor

22St. Mary Magdalene

23St. Bridget of Sweden,

religious

2417th Sunday in ordinary time(St. Sharbel Makhluf, priest)

25St. James, apostle

26St. Joachim & Anne, parents of

the Blessed Virgin Mary

27(Sts. Berthold & Rudolf)

28St. Victor I, pope & martyr,

(St. Maximilian Kolbe)

29Sts. Martha, Maria & Lazarus,

friends of Jesus, OSB

30St. Peter Chrysologus,

bishop & doctor

3118th Sunday in ordinary timeSt. Ignatius of Loyola, priestSt. Justin de Jacobis, bishop

2011




Open arms and open hearts on both sides

Liturgical Calendar - August 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1St. Alphonsus Liguori,

bishop & doctor

2St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop

(St. Peter Julian Eymard, priest)

3(Sts. Benno & Nicodem)

4St. John Vianney, priest

5Dedication of the Basilica

of St. Mary Major

6Transfiguration of the Lord

719th Sunday in ordinary timeSts. Sixtus II, pope & martyr &

companions, martyrs St. Cajetan, priest

8St. Dominic,

priest

(RSA: School Holiday)

9[St. Teresa Benedicta

of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin & martyr]

RSA: National Women’s DayInternational Day of the

World’s Indigenous People

10St. Lawrence,

deacon & martyr

11St. Clare, virgin

(St. Susanna, martyr)(Blessed John Henry Newman)

12(St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious),

Blessed Isidore Bakanja, martyr

International Youth Day

13St. Pontian, pope & martyr,

St. Hippolytus, priest & martyr


St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest & martyr

15Assumption of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

16St. Stephan of Hungary

16th – 21st August:World Youth Day Madrid

17(St. Hyacinth)

18(St. Helena)

19St. John Eudes, priest, (St. Bernard Toloméi,

abbot, OSB)

20St. Bernard, abbot & doctor

2121st Sunday in ordinary time

St. Pius X, pope Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo

22Queenship of the Virgin Mary

23St. Rose of Lima, virgin

24St. Bartholomew, apostle

25St. Louis of France,

St. Joseph Calasanz, priest

26(Our Lady of Czestochowa)

27St. Monica

2822nd Sunday in ordinary timeSt. Augustine, bishop & doctor

29Beheading of St. John

the Baptist, martyr, patron of the SMOM

30Blessed Ghebre Michael,

priest & martyr

31(Sts. Aidan & Raimund)

2011




Charles, our youngest child, gets used to “Winnie the Pooh”, the mascot of Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home

Liturgical Calendar - September 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1(St. Ruth)

(90th anniversary:Prefecture Apostolic of

Zululand constituted in 1921)

2(Sts. Justin & Nonnosus)

3St. Gregory the Great,

pope & doctor Death of Blessed Gérard

(+1120), (15 years Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre & Hospice)


(St. Moses)

5 (St. Maria Theresia)

6(St. Magnus)

7(St. Dietrich)

8Birthday of the

Blessed Virgin Mary,Our Lady of Philerme, SMOM

9St. Peter Claver, priest (USA)

10(St. Diethard)


(St. Felix)

12(Most Holy Name of the

Blessed Virgin Mary)

13St. John Chrysostom,

bishop & doctor

14Triumph of the

Holy Cross

15Our Lady of Sorrows

16St. Cornelius, pope & martyr; St. Cyprian, bishop & martyr

17St. Robert Bellarmine,

bishop & doctor (St. Hildegard, virgin & abbess,

OSB)


(Sts. Lambert & Luke)

19St. Januarius, bishop & martyr

20St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest & martyr, Sts. Paul

Chong Hasang & companions, martyrs

21St. Matthew,

apostle & evangelistInternational Day of Peace

22St. Maurice and the

Theban Legion, martyrs(St. Otto)

23St. Zachary & Elizabeth,

parents of St. John the Baptist, (SMOM)

(St. Pio of Pietrelcina)

24St. Stephanie, martyr(Our Lady of Ransom)

RSA: Heritage Day


(St. Nicolas)

26Sts. Cosmas & Damian,

martyrs

27St. Vincent de Paul,

priest

28St. Wenceslaus, martyr,

(St. Laurence Ruiz & companions, martyrs)

29Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, archangels

(St. Victor)

30St. Jerome,

priest & doctor

2011

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2011

Receiving food, warmth, a cuddle and lots of tender loving care

Liturgical Calendar - October 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

{1st – 9th OctoberSchool Holiday}

1st October: International Day of Older Persons

1St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin,

(St. Angelo)


Guardian Angels

3(Sts. Ewald & Udo)World Habitat Day

4St. Francis of Assisi, religious

5Blessed Peter Pattarini of

Imola, prior, SMOM, (St. Mary Faustina)

6St. Bruno, priest, Blessed

Marie Rose Durocher, virgin (USA)

7Our Lady of the Rosary

8St. Hugh, religious, SMOM(Our Lady of good remedy)

928th Sunday in ordinary timeSts. Denis, bishop & martyr & companions, martyrs, St. John

Leonardi, priest

10St. Daniel Comboni, bishop & founder of the Comboni

Missionaries, (St. Viktor)

World Mental Health Day{“Back to school”}

11(St. Bruno)

12(St. Wilfried)

International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

13Blessed Gérard, founder of the

SMOM, patron of the BBG(St. Edward)

14St. Callistus I, pope & martyr

15St. Teresa of Avila,

virgin & doctor


World Mission SundaySt. Hedwig, religious

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin

17St. Ignatius of Antioch,

bishop & martyrInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty

<- 16th October: World Food Day

18St. Luke, evangelist

19St. Paul of the Cross, priest, Sts. John Brébeuf & Isaac

Jogues, priests & martyrs & companions, martyrs (USA), (Blessed Mother Teresa of

Calcutta)

20Blessed Daudi Okelo & Jildro

Irwa, martyrs(St. Paul of the Cross)

(St. Wendelin)

21(St. Ursula)

22(St. Ingbert)


St. John of Capistrano, priest, (St. Herfried)

24St. Anthony Claret, bishop,

(St. Felix)

25 (St. Gaudence)

26(Sts. Evaristo & Gilbert)

27(St. Frumentius)

28Sts. Simon & Jude, apostles,

19th anniversary of the foundation of the Brotherhood

of Blessed Gérard

29(St. Narcis)

3031st Sunday in ordinary time

St. Marcellus, martyr, (St. Claudius)

31(St. Wolfgang)



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2011

A Therapeutic Counsellor at his monthly adherence monitoring home visit

Liturgical Calendar - November 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

31st week of ordinary time

1All Saints(St. Harald)

2Commemoration of all the faithful departed: All Souls

3St. Martin de Porres, religious

4St. Charles Borromeo, bishop

5(St. Zacharia)

(19 years Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard

acknowledged by the bishop)

632nd Sunday in ordinary time

All Saints of Africa(St. Leonard)

7(St. Willibrord, bishop, OSB)

8(St. Godfrey)

9Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

10St. Leo the Great,

pope & doctor

11St. Martin of Tours, bishop

12St. Josaphat, bishop & martyr,

(St. Theodore of Studion, abbot, OSB)


St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin (USA)

14(St. Didas)

World Diabetes Day

15St. Albert the Great, bishop &

doctor(St. Leopold)

16St. Margaret of Scotland

St. Gertrude, virginInternational Day of Tolerance

17St. Elizabeth of Hungary,

religiousSt. Dionysius of Alexandria,

bishop

18Dedication of the Basilicas of

Sts. Peter & Paul, apostles (St. Rose Philippine Duchesne,

virgin)

19All Saints of the SMOM,

(St. Mechthild, virgin, OSB)

20Jesus Christ the King

(St. Bernward)World Day of Remembrance

for Road Traffic Victims

21Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

<- 20th November: Universal Children’s Day

22St. Cecilia, virgin & martyr

23Sts. Clement I, pope & martyr, St. Columban, abbot, (Blessed Miguel Augustine Pro, priest

& martyr)

24(Sts. Andrew Dung-Lac &

companions, martyrs)

25St. Catherine of Alexandria,

virgin & martyrWorld Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

26(St. Silvester, abbot, OSB)

271st Sunday of Advent

(St. Bilhild) (St. Maximinus)

28 (St. Sostenes)

(St. James of the Marches)

29(St. Jolanda)

30St. Andrew, apostle

Lectionary: Sundays Cycle B

Weekdays II starts from Advent




2011

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

…and a Happy New Year!

Liturgical Calendar - December 2011Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

{10th December 2011 – 17th January 2012 School Holiday}

1Blessed Clementine Anuarite,

virgin & martyr(St. Pachomius, abbot, OSB)

WORLD AIDS DAY

2Blessed Virgin Mary, cause

of our joy, SMOM(St. Bibiana)

3St. Francis Xavier, priest

(St. Zephania)International day of disabled persons

42nd Sunday of Advent

St. John Damascene, priest & doctor (St. Barbara)

5(St. Sabas, abbot, OSB)

(St. Gerald)(3 years Blessed Gérard’s

Convent)

6St. Nicholas, bishop

<- 5th December: International Volunteer Day for Economic

and Social Development

7St. Ambrose, bishop & doctor

8Immaculate Conception of

the Blessed Virgin Mary

9(St Juan Diego, hermit)

International Anti-Corruption Day

10St. Melchiades, popeHuman Rights Day

113rd Sunday of Advent

(Gaudete Sunday)St. Damasus I, pope

Inkamana Abbey: Anniversary of the dedication of the church

12St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious

Our Lady of Guadalupe (USA)

13St. Lucy, virgin & martyr(St. Odilia, virgin, OSB,

patron of the Missionary Benedictines)

14St. John of the Cross,

religious & doctor

15(St. Reinald)

16(St. Adelheid)

RSA: Day of Reconciliation

17(Sts. Lazaro & Sturmius)

184th Sunday of Advent

(St. Wunibald)(19 years Blessed Gérard’s

Poor Sick Fund)

19(St. Konrad)

<- 18th December: International Migrants Day

20Blessed Scubilion, religious(Sts. Abraham & Theophil)

International Human Solidarity Day

21St. Peter Canisius,

priest & doctor

22(St. Jutta)

23St. John of Kanty, priest

24Vigil of Christmas

25Christmas Day

26St. Stephen, first martyr

RSA: Day of Goodwill

27St. John, apostle & evangelist

28Holy Innocents, martyrs

295th day in the

octave of Christmas St. Thomas Becket,

bishop & martyr

30Holy Family

317th day in the

octave of ChristmasSt. Sylvester I, pope

Thank you!

It is with sincere gratitude that we send you our special calendar for 2011.The choice of pictures is not a reward for meritorious members, but we have simply

chosen the best pictures of 2010. It is printed in a low volume and given to our generous benefactors as a sign of our sincere appreciation of your continued support. Your

assistance means a great deal to us and the people we help.

May God bless you abundantly and reward you for your generosity!

Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard& Blessed Gérard’s Care CentreP.O. Box 440, Mandeni, 4490, Republic of South Africa

Phone: +27 (0)32 4562743Fax: +27 (0)32 4567962

Website: www.bbg.org.zaE-mail: [email protected]

Your help enables us to give the children at Blessed Gérard’s Children’s Home every reason to smile!


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