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CALENDAR OF THE SAINTS
2019-2020
The following calendar contains a listing of all TCDSB Schools’ Feast or Memorial days. Saints days and Feast days have been aligned with the current liturgical year. School names that take after either doctrinal statements (i.e., Immaculate Conception) also have days set aside in the liturgical year. The Church has a tradition of assigning saints feast days on the day of their death, thereby honouring their entry into heaven. For schools named after people who are not saints, the date of the individual’s death was chosen. However, some schools have communicated to us that they have chosen to honour their namesake on the day of their birth. In this case, that has been noted in the document. If the namesake is still alive, the patron’s birth-date was selected.
Some feast days are based on the Church’s Liturgical calendar. This may change the date that the feast is celebrated (i.e., the date of Easter affects the dates of Blessed Trinity and Holy Spirit and the date of the last Sunday in Ordinary Time affects the date for Christ the King). Schools that have been named after St. Mary, unless otherwise stated, have a number of dates from which they can choose to celebrate their name day. Some of these have been listed beside their name.
HOW TO USE THIS CALENDAR:
It is hoped that each school has an already established tradition of honouring their school name. Schools can use this calendar to help them establish the appropriate celebration date for their community.
SCHEDULING THE EVENT:
For those schools that have feast days occurring during the summer or on other holidays, schools may wish to do the following:
i) Celebrate the event as close to the feast day as possible.
ii) If the day is in the summer, schedule the day either at the beginning of the school year or as a way to end the school year.
iii) If the feast occurs during the March break, schools may wish to schedule the feastday either before the break or after.
iii) For schools whose feast is associated with the Christmas/Epiphany events it is best to schedule the feast after the Christmas Break. This will help to emphasize that the Christmas season continues until the Baptism of Our Lord.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
Some schools already have established liturgies and activities planned on their feast day. The following are other suggestions that schools may wish to do.
In addition to planning a:
i) School Eucharistii) School Liturgy of the Word,Schools may also wish to plan:iii) Classroom prayer/story session reflecting on the story of the school’s nameiv) Social Justice Outreach Projectv) School Activity/Play dayvi) Evening Prayer celebration and presentation focusing on one aspect of your namesake’s story
May your school community have a Happy Feast Day!
INTRODUCTION
When selecting readings for a school Eucharist it is usually desirable to choose the readings of the day. If your school is named after a recognized saint and the feast day is listed on the Canadian Liturgical calendar (the missalette: Living with Christ can assist you in this) then the prayers and readings prescribed usually have been chosen to honour this person.
If the school’s name sake is not listed on the Canadian nor Universal Liturgical calendar, then the day’s readings should take precedence.
Opening Hymn:
Prayers of the Faithful/Intentions: (Should reflect the needs of the Church and Community)
Responsorial Psalm (can be sung)
Communion Hymn:
Response:
Hymn for the Preparation of the Gifts:
Gospel Acclamation: (During Advent and Lent, the Alleluia is not sung)
First Reading: (From the Old Testament or the New Testament)
Gospel:
Closing Hymn:
PLANNING A SCHOOL EUCHARIST
Opening Hymn:
Gospel:
Scripture Reading:
• One or two readings may be chosen and a gospel passage is always required.
• You may use the Living with Christ missalette to assist you in choosing readings.
Greeting and Welcome:
Reflection
Reading: (From either Old Testament or the New Testament
Closing Prayer:
Opening Prayer
Intentions/Prayers of the Faithful: (Should reflect the needs of the Church and Community)
Responsorial Psalm:
Closing Hymn:
PLANNING A LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR YOUR NAMESAKE’S DAY
SEPTEMBER VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Hospitality“Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me.” Matthew 25:40
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
2Labour Day
Msgr. Fraser
St. Gregory the Great
3First Day of School
4 5St. Mother Teresa
6 7Josyf Cardinal Slipyj (death)
8 9 10
Jean Vanier (Birth)
11 12 13 14
Dante Alighieri
Holy Cross
15 16 17St. Robert Bellarmine
18 19 20 21
Father John Redmond
St. Matthew
22 23 24 25 26Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Canadian Martyrs *
27
St. Vincent de Paul
28
29St. Michael
St. Michael Choir
St. Raphael
St. Gabriel
30St. Jerome
* Canadian Martyrs: Sts. Jean de Brebeuf, Noel Chabanel, Isaac Jogues, Rene Goupil, Gabriel Lallelmant, Jean de La Lande, Charles Garnier, Antoine Daniel
OCTOBER VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Gratitude“This is the day, the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.” Psalm 118:24
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1St. Luigi
St. Teresa
Michael Power/ St. Joseph
2Holy Angels
3 4St. Francis of Assisi
5
6St. Bruno
7Bishop Allen
Holy Rosary
Our Lady of Victory
8 9St. Denis
10 11St. John XXIII
12St. Wilfrid
13St. Edward the Confessor
14Thanksgiving
15 16St. Gerard Majella
17 18St. Luke
19
20 21St. Ursula
22St. John Paul II
23 24 25 26St. Demetrius
27 28St. Jude
St. Simon
29 30 31
NOVEMBER VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Peacemaking“Peace I leave you, my peace I give to you.” John 14:27
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1All Saints
2All Souls
3St. Malachy
St. Martin de Porres
4St. Charles Borromeo
5St. Elizabeth
6 7 8 9
10St. Leo
11Remembrance Day
12St. Josaphat
13Cardinal Leger
Mother Cabrini
14 15St. Albert the Great
16St. Margaret of Scotland
17 18Feast of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul
19 20 21 22St. Cecilia
23St. Clement
24Feast of Christ the King
25St. Catherine Laboure
26St. Sylvester
27 28Father Henry Carr
29 30St. Andrew
DECEMBER VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Charity“Ubi Caritas et amor, Deus ibi est – Where there is charity and love, God is there”
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1St. Edmund Campion
First Sunday of Advent
2 3St. Francis Xavier
4St. Barbara
5 6 7St. Ambrose
8
Second Sunday of Advent
Immaculate Conception
Madonna
St. Mary(Elem/Sec)
9 10Bishop Marrocco/ Thomas Merton (D)
11 12
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St. Jane Frances de Chantal
13 14
15Third Sunday of Advent
16 17 18 19 20 21
22Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mother Cabrini (D)
Msgr. Percy Johnson
23 24Christmas Eve
25Christmas
Nativity of Our Lord, Holy Child, Divine Infant Prince of Peace
26St. Stephen
27St. John
St. John the Evangelist
28
29 30Holy Family
31Marshall McLuhan
JANUARY VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Courage“Do not be afraid I am with you.” Isaiah 41:10
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1Mary Mother of God
2St. Basil the Great
3 4St. Elizabeh Seton
5Most Holy Name of Jesus
6Epiphany of the Lord
7 8 9 10 11
12
Baptism of the Lord
Venerable John Merlini
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
Notre Dame
13 14 15 16St. Marcellus
17 18
19 20St. Sebastian
21St. Agnes
22 23Mary Ward
Loretto Abbey
Loretto College
24St. Frances de Sales
25St. Paul
26Bl. William Joseph Chaminade
St. Timothy
27St. Angela
28St. Thomas Aquinas
29 30 31St. John Bosco
FEBRUARY VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Love“For God so loved the world, He gave it His only Son.” John 3:16
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1St. Brigid
2
Holy Name
(Presentation of the Lord)
Francis Libermann
3 4 5 St. Agatha
6St. Dorothy
7 8
9 10 11Our Lady of Lourdes
12 13 14 15
16 17Josyf Cardinal Slipyj’s (Birth)
18 19 20 21Blessed Cardinal Newman (Birth)
22Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
23 24 25 26Ash Wednesday
27St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin
28 29
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1Msgr. John Corrigan
First Sunday of Lent
2 3 4 5 6World Day of Prayer
7
8
Second Sunday of Lent
9 10 11 12 13 14
15
Third Sunday of Lent
16 17St. Patrick
18 19 20 21Blessed Archbishop Romero
22Fourth Sunday of Lent
23 24Blessed Archbishop Romero
25Annunciation
Madonna
St. Mary
26 27 28
29Fifth Sunday of Lent
St. Cyril
30 31
MARCH
MARCH BREAK
VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Forgiveness“To Err is Human, to Forgive is Divine.” Alexander Pope
APRIL VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Justice“Let Justice flow like a stream, and righteousness like a river that never goes dry.” Amos 5:24
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1 2 3St. Richard
4
5Passion (Psalm) Sunday
6Cardinal Carter
7D’Arcy McGee
8James Culnan
James Cardinal McGuigan
9Holy Thursday
10Good Friday
11Holy Saturday
12Easter Sunday
13Bl. Margherita of Castello
14St. Bernadette
15St. Kateri Tekakwitha
16 17 18
19Divine Mercy Sunday
20 21St. Anselm
St. Conrad
22 23 24St. Fidelis
25St. Mark
26Our Lady of Wisdom
(Our Lady of Good Counsel)
27 28 29 30
HOLY WEEK
MAY VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Compassion“Jesus saw her weeping...his heart was touched, and he was deeply moved.” John 11:33
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1St. Joseph the Worker
2
3 4 5(Blessed Brother Edmund Rice)
6St. Dominic Savio
7 8 9
10
Mother’s Day
11 12 13Our Lady of Fatima
14St. Matthias
15 16St. Brendan
17St. Paschal Baylon
18 19St. Dunstan
20 21Ascension
22St. Rita
23
24 25 26St. Philip Neri
27St. Augustine of Canterbury
28 29 30
CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK
RESPECT FOR LIFE WEEK
31Pentecost
Holy Spirit
JUNE VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: Faithfulness“Happy are those who have not seen, yet still believe.” John 20:29
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1 2St. Eugene
3St. Kevin
4 5St. Boniface
6St. Norbert
7Holy Trinity
8(St. William of York)
9Our Lady of Grace
St. Columba
10 11St. Barnabas
12 13St. Anthony of Padua
14Blessed Sacrament
Precious Blood
15 16 17 18 19Feast of the Scared Heart
20St. Florence
Immaculate Heart of Mary
21Father’s Day
(St. Aloysius)
22St. Thomas More
(St. John Fisher)
23 24 25 26 27Our Lady of Perpetual Help
28 29Sts. Peter and Paul
30
JULY “Over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:14
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1Father Serra
2 3 4Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
5 6St. Maria Goretti
7 8 9 10 11St. Benedict
12St. Veronica
13St. Henry
14St Camillus de Lellis
15St. Bonaventure
16Our Lady of Mount Carmel
17 18Bishop Marrocco(D/ Thomas Merton
19 20 21 22 23 24 25St. James the Apostle
26Sts. Joachim and Ann
27 28St. Victor
29St. Martha
30 31St. Ignatius of Loyola
AUGUST “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” John 21:17
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
1St. Alphonsus
2 3 4St. John Vianney
5 6Blessed Pope Paul VI
Transfiguration of the Lord
7 8
9 10St. Lawrence
11Blessed Cardinal Newman (D)
St. Clare
12 13 14St. Maximilian Kolbe
15Our Lady of the Assumption
16
St. Roch
17 18
St. Helen
19 20St Bernard
21St. Pius X Senator O’Connor (D)
22Stella Maris
Regina Mundi
Our Lady of Peace (Queenship of Mary)
23St. Rose of Lima
24St. Bartholomew
25St. Louis
26 27 St. Monica
28 29
30 31St. Aidan
Loving God,we believe that everyone is a gift
and belongs to your familyfor we are made in your image and likeness.
As a community of believers rooted in Christ, may we always celebrate your presence with us
and appreciate both the gifts and responsibilities of belonging to this community of faith.
Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the intercession of Mother Mary,
and all the Saints,may we become all you intend us to be—
a reflection of Christ in our world.
We pray through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
OUR MISSIONThe Toronto Catholic District School Board
is an inclusive learning community rooted in the love of Christ.We educate students to grow in grace and knowledge to lead lives of faith, hope and-
charity.
OUR VISIONAt Toronto Catholic we transform the world through witness, faith, innovation and action.
Rory McGuckin, Director of EducationMaria Rizzo, Chair of the Board
TORONTO CATHOLICDISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
TRUSTEES 2018-2019
WARDS1. Joseph Martino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-34012. Markus de Domenico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-34023. Ida Li Preti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-34034. Teresa Lubinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-34045. Maria Rizzo, Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-34056. Frank D’Amico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-34067. Michael Del Grande, Vice-Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-34078. Garry Tanuan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-34089. Norm Di Pasquale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-340910. Daniel Di Giorgio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-341011. Angela Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416-512-341112. Nancy Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-3412 Taylor Dallin, Student Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-3413 Kathy Nguyen, Student Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-512-3417
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