PROPER CALENDAR OF THE ORDER

Promulgated in Rome October 15, 2023
Includes Specifics for Oklahoma Province OCDS

JANUARY
4 – Saint Kuriakose Elias of the Holy Family Chavara, priest
8 – Saint Peter Thomas, bishop
9 – Saint Andrew Corsini, bishop
27 – Saint Henry de Osso y Cervello, priest

FEBRUARY
4 – Blessed Marie-Eugene of the Infant Jesus Grialou, priest
24 – Blessed Josepha Naval Girbés, virgin

MARCH
18 – fast day for OCDS
19 – St Joseph, Patron of Our Order – Solemnity

APRIL
17 – Blessed Baptist Spagnoli, priest
18 – Blessed Mary of the Incarnation (Barba Acarie), religious
23 – Blessed Teresa Maria of the Cross Manetti, virgin
28 – Blessed Maria Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, virgin

MAY
4 – Blesseds Angelus Maria Prat Hostench and Lucas of St Joseph Pujol, priests and martyrs, and
companions, martyrs
16 – Saint Simon Stock, priest
22 – Saint Joachina de Vedruna, religious
25 – Saint Mary Magdalen of the Incarnate Word de’ Pazzi, virgin – Memorial
29 – Blessed Elia of St Clement Fracasso, virgin

JUNE
7 – Blessed Anne of St Bartholomew, virgin
12 – Blessed Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit Mazurek, priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs
14 – Saint Elisha, the prophet
14 – Blessed Mary Candida of the Eucharist Barba, virgin
26 – Blessed Mary Josephine of Jesus Crucified Catania, virgin

JULY
12 – Saints Louis Martin and Marie Azelia (Zelie) Guerin, spouses
13 – Saint Teresa of Jesus (of the Andes) Fernandez Solar, virgin – Memorial
15 – fast day for OCDS
16 – BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF MOUNT CARMEL, PATRONESS OF CARMEL – Solemnity
17 – Saint Teresa of St Augustine and companions, virgins, and martyrs
19 – fast day for OCDS
20 – SAINT ELIJAH, PROPHET AND PATRON OF CARMEL – Feast
23 – Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Divine Grace – Memorial
24 – Blesseds Maria of St Francis Borgia, Maria Sagrario of St Aloysius Gonzaga, and companions,
virgins and martyrs
27 – Blessed Titus Brandsma, priest and martyr
28 – Blessed John Soreth, priest

AUGUST
7 – Saint Albert of Trapani, priest – Memorial
9 – Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Memorial
18 – Blesseds Leonard (Jean-Baptiste Duverneiul), Michael Aloysius (Michel-Louis Brunard), and Hubert of
St Claude (James Gagnot), priests, and companions, martyrs
25 – Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified, virgin – Memorial
26 – Transverberation of our Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Jesus

SEPTEMBER
1 – Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Redi, virgin – Memorial
11 – Blessed Maria of Jesus Lopez Rivas, virgin
17 – SAINT ALBERT OF JERUSALEM, BISHOP AND LAWGIVER OF CARMEL – Feast
30 – fast day for OCDS

OCTOBER
1 – SAINT THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH – Feast
In the Oklahoma Province – Solemnity
14 – fast day for OCDS
15 – HOLY MOTHER SAINT TERESA OF JESUS, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH – Solemnity
30 – Blessed Mary Teresa of St Joseph Tauscher, virgin

NOVEMBER
5 – Blessed Frances d’Amboise, religious
6 – Saint Nuno of the Blessed Virgin Mary Álvares Pereira, religious
7 – Blessed Francis of Jesus Mary Joseph Palau y Quer, priest
8 – Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity Catez, virgin – Memorial
13 – fast day for OCDS
14 – ALL CARMELITE SAINTS – Feast
15 – All Carmelite Souls – Commemoration
19 – Saint Raphael of St Joseph Kalinowski, priest – Memorial
29 – Blesseds Denis of the Nativity Berthelot, priest, and Redemptus of the Cross, religious, martyrs

DECEMBER
11 – Saint Maria Maravillas of Jesus, virgin – Memorial
13 – fast day for OCDS
14 – OUR HOLY FATHER SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH – Solemnity
16 – Blessed Mary of the Angels Fontanella, virgin