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Calendar of the Saints of Toronto Catholic District School Board 2013-2014
Calendar of the Saints of
Toronto Catholic District School Board
2013-2014
Prepared by: The Religion & Family Life Department
Director of Education Chair of the Board
June 2013
Introduction
The following calendar contains a listing of all
existing and closed 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
holidays, schools may wish to schedule the
feast day 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 and is not just a day.
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 Eucharist
ii) School Liturgy of the Word,
Schools may also wish to plan:
iii) Classroom prayer/story session
reflecting on the story of the school’s
name
iv) Social Justice Outreach Project
v) School Activity/Play day
vi) Evening Prayer celebration and
presentation focusing on one aspect
of your namesake’s story
May your school community have a Happy Feast
Day!
Planning a School Eucharist
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 or Universal Liturgical calendar, then the
day’s readings should take precedence. If the readings are above the level of the student’s
understanding then they may be changed or scaled down. The key to the selection of readings
and prayers for any Eucharist with children is quality rather than quantity. Young students are
not able to understand longer readings.
Gathering song:___________________________________________
First Reading: (From the Hebrew Scripture or the New Testament)
________________________________________________________
Psalm Response:
_________________________________________________________
Gospel Acclamation: (During Advent and Lent, the Alleluia is not sung)
Gospel:
_________________________________________________________
Prayers of the Faithful/Intentions:
The sequence of intentions is normally:
• for the needs of the Church; • for public authorities and the salvation of the world; • for those oppressed by any need; • for the local community.
Offertory Song: _____________________________________________
Communion Song: ___________________________________________
Closing Song:_______________________________________________
Planning a Liturgy of the Word for your Namesake’s Day
Gathering Song:___________________________________________________________ Welcome and Opening Prayer:________________________________________________ Scripture Reading: _________________________________________________________
One or two readings may be chosen. If you select only one reading, then you are required to choose a gospel.
Use the Living with Christ Booklet to assist you in choosing readings for those schools whose namesakes are not recognized.
Reading: (From either the Hebrew Scriptures or the New Testament – Acts of the Apostles, Letters from Paul, John, etc.)
Responsorial Psalm:____________________________________________________________ Gospel:_______________________________________________________________________ Refection: Tell the story of the school’s namesake or doctrinal connection. Suggest ways the community live out an aspect of the story
Intentions/Prayers of the Faithful: The sequence of intentions is normally:
• for the needs of the Church; • for public authorities and the salvation of the world; • for those oppressed by any need; • for the local community.
Ritual Action:___________________________________________________________________ Closing Prayer:_________________________________________________________________ Closing Song:___________________________________________________________________
St. Maurice St. Vincent de Paul Canadian Martyrs
Blessed Mother Theresa
St. Michael
St. Mary
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2
Labour Day
3 Msgr. Fraser
St. Gregory the
Great
First Day of
School
4
5 Blessed
Mother
Teresa
6
7 Josyf Cardinal
Slipyj (death)
8 Birth of the
Blessed Virgin
9
10 Jean Vanier
(Birth)
11 12 13
14 Dante
Alighieri
Holy Cross (Triumph of the
Cross)
15 Our Lady of
Sorrows
16
17 St. Robert
Bellarmine
18 19 20
21 Father John
Redmond
St. Matthew
22 St. Maurice
23
24 25
26 Sts. Cosmas
and Damian
Canadian
Martyrs*
27 St. Vincent de
Paul
28
29 St. Michael
St. Michael Choir
St. Raphael
St. Gabriel
30 St. Jerome
September 2013
Virtue of the Month: Hospitality
* They are: Sts. Jean de Brebeuf, Noel Chabanel, Isaac Jogues, Rene Goupil, Gabriel Lallelmant, Jean de La Lande, Charles Garnier,
Antoine Daniel
Our Lady of Victory St. Francis of Assisi
St. Theresa
St. Wilfrid
Holy Rosary
St. Simon
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 St. Luigi
St. Teresa
Michael Power /
St. Joseph
2 Holy Angels
3
4
St. Francis of
Assisi
5
6 St. Bruno
7 TCDSB
Rosary Day
Bishop Allen
Holy Rosary
Our Lady of
Victory
8
9 St. Denis
10
11 Blessed John
XXIII
12 St. Wilfrid
13 St. Edward
the Confessor
14 Thanksgiving
15
16 St. Gerard
Majella
17
18 St. Luke
19
20
21
St. Ursula
22 23 24 25
26 St. Demetrius
27
28 St. Jude
St. Simon
29 30 31
October 2013 Virtue of the Month: Gratitude
Cardinal Leger
St. Andrew St. Cecilia
St. Catherine Laboure
St. Margaret of Scotland
St. Albert
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 All Saints
2 All Souls
3 St. Malachy
St. Martin de
Porres
4 St. Charles
Borromeo
5 St. Elizabeth
6 7
8 9
10 St. Leo
11 Remembrance
Day
12 St. Josaphat
13 Cardinal Leger
14
15 St. Albert the
Great
16 St. Margaret
of Scotland
17
18 Feast of the
Dedication of
the Basilicas of
Sts. Peter and
Paul
19
20 21
22 St. Cecilia
23 St. Clement
24 Feast of
Christ the
King
25
St. Catherine
Laboure
26 St. Sylvester
27
28 Father Henry
Carr
29
30 St. Andrew
November 2013 Virtue of the Month: Peacemaking
St. Ambrose
Nativity of Our Lord Mother Cabrini
Immaculate Conception Thomas Merton
St. Jane Francis
St. Nicholas
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 First Sunday of Advent
St. Edmund Campion
2 3 St. Francis
Xavier
4 St. Barbara
5 6 St. Nicholas of
Bari
St. Nicholas
7 St. Ambrose
8 Second Sunday of Advent Immaculate Conception Madonna St. Mary (Elem/Sec)
9
10 Bishop
Marrocco/
Thomas
Merton (D)
11
12 Our Lady of
Guadalupe
St. Jane Frances
de Chantal
13 (St. Lucy)
14
15 Third
Sunday of
Advent
16
17 18
19
20
21
22 Fourth
Sunday of Advent
Mother Cabrini
Msgr. Percy
Johnson
23
24 Christmas
Eve
25 Christmas
Nativity of Our
Lord, Holy
Child,
Divine Infant
Prince of Peace
26 St. Stephen
27 Holy Family
St. John
St. John the
Evangelist
28
29
30
31 Marshall
McLuhan
December 2013 Virtue of the Month: Charity
Epiphany
St. Thomas Aquinas
Chaminade
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
St. Paul St. Elizabeth Seton
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Mary Mother
of God
2 St. Basil the
Great
3 Most Holy
Name of Jesus
4 St. Elizabeth
Seton
5 Epiphany of
the Lord
6
7
8
9 10 11
12 Baptism of the
Lord
Venerable John
Merlini
St. Marguerite
Bourgeoys
Notre Dame
St. Patrick
13
14 15
16 St. Marcellus
17 18
19
20 St. Sebastian
21 St. Agnes
22
23 Mary Ward
Loretto Abbey
Loretto
College
24 St. Francis de
Sales
25 St. Paul
26 St. Timothy
Chaminade
27 St. Angela
28 St. Thomas
Aquinas
29 30 31 Don Bosco
St. John Bosco
January 2014 Virtue of the Month: Courage
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Our Lady of Lourdes
Francis Libermann St. Agatha
St. Brigid
St. Cyril Cardinal Mewman
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 St. Brigid
2 Holy Name
(Presentation of
the Lord)
Francis
Libermann
3 4
5 St. Agatha
6 St. Dorothy
7 8
9 10
11 Our Lady of
Lourdes
12
13
14
15
16
17 Josyf Cardinal
Slipyj’s (Birth)
18 19 20
21 Blessed
Cardinal
Newman
(Birth)
22 Feast of the
Chair of St.
Peter
23
24 25 26
27 St. Gabriel of
the Sorrowful
Virgin
28
February 2014
Virtue of the Month: Love
The Annunciation
St. Joseph St. Patrick
Archbishop Romero
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Msgr. John
Corrigan
(St. David)
2
3 4 5
Ash
Wednesday
6
7 World Day of
Prayer
8
9 First
Sunday of Lent
10 11 12
13 St. Gerald
14 15
16 Second
Sunday of Lent
17 St. Patrick
18
19 St. Joseph (Elem)
St. Joseph
Morrow Park
St. Joseph (Sec)
20 21 22
23 Third
Sunday of Lent
24 Archbishop
Romero
25 Annunciation
Madonna
St. Mary
26 27
28
29 St. Cyril
30 Fourth
Sunday of Lent
(St. Leonard)
31
March Break
March 2014 Virtue of the Month: Forgiveness
St. Fidelis
Blessed Margherita of Castello Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Cardinal McGuigan St. Mark
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2
3 St. Richard
4
5
6 Fifth Sunday
of Lent
Cardinal Carter
7
D’Arcy McGee
8
James Culnan Holy Redeemer James Cardinal McGuigan
9
10
11 12
13 Palm Sunday
Blessed
Margherita of
Castello
(St. Martin)
14 15
16 (St. Bernadette)
17 Holy Thursday
Easter
Triduum
St. Kateri
Tekakwitha
18 Good Friday
Easter
Triduum
19 Holy
Saturday
Easter
Triduum
20 Easter Sunday
21 Easter Monday
St. Anselm
St. Conrad
22 23
24 St. Fidelis
25 St. Mark
26
Our Lady of
Wisdom
(Our Lady of
Good Council)
27 Divine Mercy
28 Bl. John Paul II
Day at TCDSB
29 30
April 2014 Virtue of the Month: Justice
Holy Week
St. Philip Neri Neil McNeil
Holy Spirit
St. Matthias St. Dunstan of Canterbury
Our Lady of Fatima
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 St. Joseph the
Worker
2 3
4
5 (Blessed Brother
Edmund Rice)
6 St. Dominic
Savio
7
8
9 10
11 Mother’s Day
12
13 Our Lady of
Fatima
14 St. Matthias
15
16 St. Brendan
17 St. Paschal
Baylon
18
19 St. Dunstan
20 21
22 St. Rita
23 24
25
26 St. Philip Neri
27
28 St. Augustine
of Canterbury
29 30 31
Catholic Education Week
Respect For Life Week
May 2014 Virtue of the Month: Compassion
Blessed Sacrament
Blessed John XXIII Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Thomas Moore
St. Thomas Aquinas Epiphany
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Feast of the
Ascension of
Jesus
2
St. Eugene
3 St. Kevin
4 5 St. Boniface
6 St. Norbert
7
8
Pentecost
Holy Spirit
(St. William of
York)
9 Our Lady of
Grace
St. Columba
10 Blessed
Sacrament
Precious Blood
11 St. Barnabas
12 13 St. Anthony of
Padua
14
15 Holy Trinity
Sacred Heart
of Jesus
Father’s Day
16 Immaculate
Heart of Mary
17 18 St. Demetrius
19 20 St. Florence
21 (St. Aloysius)
22 Body and
Blood of Christ
St. Thomas
More
(St. John Fisher)
23 24 25 (St. William)
26 27 Our Lady of
Perpetual Help
28
29 (Sts. Peter)
and Paul
30
June 2014
Virtue of the Month: Faithfulness
St. Florence
St. Maria Goretti
St. Benedict
St. Victor
St. Henry
St. Joachim St. Martha
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Father Serra
2 3 4 Bl. Pier
Giorgio Frassati
5
6 St. Maria
Goretti
7 8
9 10 11 St. Benedict
12 (St. Veronica)
13 St. Henry
14 St Camillo de
Lellis
15 St.
Bonaventure
16 (Our Lady of
Mount Carmel)
17 18 Bishop
Marrocco(D)/
Thomas
Merton
19
20 21 22 23 24 25 St. James the
Apostle
26 St. Joachim
(St. Ann)
27 28 St. Victor
29 St. Martha
30 31 St. Ignatius of
Loyola
July 2014
Our Lady of the Assumption Pope Paul VI St. Monica
St. Helen
St. Maxmillan Kolbe
St. Roch
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 St. Alphonsus
2
3 4 St. John
Vianney
5 6 Pope Paul VI
Transfiguration
of the Lord
7 8 9
10 St. Lawrence
11 Blessed Cardinal
Newman (D)
St. Clare
12 13 14 (St.
Maxmillian
Kolbe)
15 Our Lady of the
Assumption
16 St. Roch
17
18 St. Helen
19 20 St Bernard
21 St. Pius X
Senator
O’Connor
(Died)
22 Stella Maris
Regina Mundi
Our Lady of Peace
(Regina Pacis)
(Queenship of
Mary)
23 St. Rose of
Lima
24 St.
Bartholomew
25 St. Louis
26 27 St. Monica
28 29 30
31 St. Aidan
August 2014
Notes:
OUR MISSION The 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 VISION At Toronto Catholic we transform the world through
witness, faith, innovation and action.
Director of Education
Chair of the Board
June 2013
Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2013 80 Sheppard Ave. E., Toronto, Ontario M2N 6E8
416 222-8282 www.tcdsb.org
