St. Martin de Porres, O.P.

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1 St. Martin de Porres, O.P. ( ) St. Rose of Lima, O.P. ( ) First saint of African descent of the Americas; canonized May Born in Lima, Peru of a Spanish nobleman and a black former slave, and despised by his father for his dark color. Practiced uncommon charity and humility; endowed by God with the gifts of bi-location and miraculous healing. First canonized saint of the Americas (1671). Suffered many penances in atonement for the sins of the world. It is big enough for Jesus and myself, she told her protesting mother, with regard to the little hermitage she built in the garden where she lived out her life in prayer, penance and service after becoming a Third Order Dominican. St. Martin de Porres, O.P. (wood), North Transept, St. Dominic s Church, SF, CA St. Rose of Lima, O.P. (terra cotta), South Transept, St. Dominic s Church, SF, CA Photos by : Paul Loscavio JANUARY MARY MOTHER OF GOD (SOL) 8 The Epiphany of the Lord (SOL) 2 St. Basil the Great & St. Gregory Nazianzen Novena ends 9 Baptism of the Lord 3 The Most Holy Name of Jesus 10 Bl. Gonzalvo of Amarante, OP 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 5 St. John Neumann 11 St. Paulinus 12 St. Marguerite Bourgeoys St. Aelred 6 Bl. André Bessette Epiphany transf. to Sunday, Jan St. Hilary of Poitiers, bishop, doctor 7 St. Raymond of Peñafort, OP SECOND SUNDAY OF 16 Martin Luther King Day (USA) 17 St. Anthony, abbott 18 St. Margaret of Hungary, OP St. Fabian, pope, martyr; St. Sebastian, martyr 21 St. Agnes, virgin, martyr 22 THIRD SUNDAY OF 23 Bl. Henry Suso, OP, priest 24 St. Francis de Sales, 25 Conversion of St. Paul 26 Sts. Timothy & Titus 27 St. Angela Merici, virgin 28 St. Thomas Aquinas, OP, priest, doctor 29 FOURTH SUNDAY OF Daily masses and prayers St. John Bosco, priest DECEMBER FEBRUARY Petitions received at all times

2 Mother Alphonsa Hawthorne, O.P. ( ) Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, youngest child of famous American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Took vows as a Dominican nun on December 8, 1900, taking the name Mary Alphonsa. Founded St. Rose of Lima, a Dominican congregation devoted to charity (later called the Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer). Her cause for sainthood is now pending. FEBRUARY St. Brigid of Ireland 2 The Presentation of the Lord 5 FIFTH SUNDAY OF Novena 6 Sts. Paul Miki and companions Novena 7 Novena 8 St. Josephine Bakhita Novena 9 Novena 3 St. Blaise Our Lady of Lourdes Novena begins (preached) 10 St. Scholastica, virgin Novena 4 St. Catherine de Ricci, OP, virgin Novena 11 Our Lady of Lourdes Novena ends 12 SIXTH 13 Blessed Jordan of Saxony, OP 14 Sts. Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order 18 Bl. John of Fiesole aka Fra. Angelico, OP, priest 19 SEVENTH SUNDAY OF 26 FIRST LENT St. Jude Apostolate 20 Presidents Day (USA) 21 St. Peter Damian, ASH WEDNESDAY (Day of fasting and abstinence) Lent begins 23 St. Polycarp JANUARY MARCH Family Perpetual Enrollment

3 Luis de Cancer, O.P. (c ) The first martyr of the New World, born in Barbastro, Kingdom of Aragon, Spain. The Death of St. Dominic: The Convent of San Esteban, Salamanca, Spain An early member of the noted Dominican community in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) that included Fr. Antonio de Montesinos, O.P. and Fr. Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. His uniquely pacifist approach to evangelization of the native peoples enjoyed particular success among the Mayans of southern Mexico and Guatemala. Aware of their sensitivity to music, he used it as an evangelizing tool. He learned one of the native languages, Quiche, and translated the principal mysteries of the faith into poetic form (couplets), creating a Ballad of Salvation that utilized native rhythms, images, and idioms. On June 25, 1549, as a member of a missionary expedition to Florida, he was clubbed to death by natives as he disembarked on the shores of Tampa Bay. FEBRUARY SECOND LENT APRIL MARCH St. Katharine Drexel Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs 8 St. John of God, religious 9 St. Frances of Rome 10 Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste 11 THIRD LENT Daylight Saving Time Begins 18 FOURTH LENT Laetare Sunday 25 FIFTH LENT St. Jude Apostolate St. Louise de Marillac 19 St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary (SOL) 26 The Annuciation of the Lord (SOL) Transf. from Sunday, Mar St. Catherine of Genoa St. Patrick, bishop 23 St. Turibius, bishop of Lima, Peru Individual Perpetual Enrollment

4 Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. ( ) Born in St. Mary s County, Maryland; ordained in Ghent, Belgium (1793); he formally brought the Dominican Order to the U.S., setting up the Convent of St. Rose of Lima, near Springfield, KY - the first Dominican house in the U.S. Taken prisoner briefly during the French Revolution; escaped to England after what he considered to be the miraculous intervention of the Blessed Mother. Returned to America in 1803; later appointed Bishop of Cincinnati ( ) by Pope Pius VII. Began America s first Catholic newspaper, the Catholic Telegraph, in Champion of oppressed peoples, he built a seminary in which he enrolled two young Native Americans as students. Itinerant missionary travelling many miles ministering to settlers in Kentucky and Ohio, often sleeping in the wild. He died of cholera on the road. APRIL PALM SUNDAY 2 St. Francis of Paola, hermit Monday of Tuesday of Wednesday of HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY Holy Week Holy Week Holy Week 8 EASTER SUNDAY begins (not preached) 9 OCTAVE OF EASTER 10 OCTAVE OF EASTER 11 OCTAVE OF EASTER 12 OCTAVE OF EASTER 13 OCTAVE OF EASTER 14 OCTAVE OF EASTER 15 DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY 16 St. Bernadette ends St. Marcellinus, bishop 21 St. Anselm, bishop 22 THIRD EASTER 29 FOURTH EASTER St. Jude Apostolate 23 St. George, martyr 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest, religious, martyr 30 St. Pius V, OP, pope 25 St. Mark, Evangelist St. Louis de Montfort, OP, priest, missionary MARCH MAY Annual Enrollment

5 Fr. Antonio de Montesinos, O.P. (d. 1530) Statue of Fr. de Montesinos (150 feet high) at Santo Domingo Harbor, Dominican Republic - a gift of the Mexican government. Born in Spain; became a Dominican friar at Salamanca; was sent to the Dominican Republic (then Hispaniola) in First member of the clergy publicly to denounce all forms of enslavement and oppression of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. His December 4, 1511 sermon was a watershed in the defense of native peoples against the Spanish colonial encomienda system. Summoned back to Spain by order of the king to defend his postion. The king was persuaded by the power of his arguments. Returned to the Americas, headed to Venezuela to evangelize; believed to have been martyred there in An immense statue of him delivering his sermon stands at the entrance to the harbor of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. APRIL FIFTH EASTER Novena MAY St. Joseph the 2 St. Athanasius, 3 Sts. Philip and 4 5 St. Vincent Ferrer,OP Worker James, apostles Novena begins (not preached) 13SIXTH EASTER (USA) Novena ends 20 SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (or) The Ascension of the Lord (SOL) 27 PENTECOST SUNDAY (SOL) Blessed Oil 7 Novena 14 St. Matthias, apostle 21 Bl. Hyacinth- Marie Cormier, OP 28 Memorial Day (USA) 8 Novena 15 St. Isidore the Farmer 9 Novena 10 St. Damien of Molokai Novena The Ascension transf. to Sunday in some dioceses 22 St. Rita of Cascia Translation of Holy Father Dominic The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 11 Novena St. Bede the Venerable St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi 12 Sts. Nereus and Archilleus, martyrs Novena 26 St. Philip Neri, priest JUNE Sacramental comfort for those seeking health of mind and body

6 Francis Sadoc Villarrasa, O.P. ( ) Native of Spain; ordained in Novice Master at Viterbo, Italy to two novices who were to go on to great things: Henri Dominic Lacordaire and Vincent Jandel. Arrived in the New World in 1845, at the behest of Fr. Alemany, a fellow Spanish Dominican. Instrumental in laying the foundation with Bishop Alemany and others for the Province of California, from Benicia to Monterey. A crowning achievement of his was the dedication of St. Dominic s Church (home of the St. Jude Shrine) in 1873, marking the permanent establishment of the new province of the Far West. Ruled the Dominican Order in California until his death in MAY TRINITY SUNDAY (SOL) JULY St. Boniface, bishop, martyr JUNE Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs 10 CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY (SOL) Novena 17 ELEVENTH SUNDAY OF Novena ends 4 St. Peter of Verona, OP, martyr 11 St. Barnabas, apostle, martyr Novena 12 Novena St. Romuald, abbot 6 St. Norbert 7 13 St. Anthony of Padua, priest, doctor Novena Corpus Christi transf. to Sunday, June Flag Day Novena St. Aloysius Gonzaga 8 Bl. Diana d Andalo, OP 15 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena 22 Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, martyrs 9 St. Ephrem, Novena begins (not preached) 16 Immaculate Heart of Mary Novena TWELFTH SUNDAY OF The Birth of St. John the Baptist St. Josemaria Escrivá, priest 27 St. Cyril of Alexandria 28 St. Irenaeus, bishop, martyr 29 Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles (SOL) 30 The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome Votive Light Nine Days

7 Statue of Fr. Mazzuchelli at Dominican University, River Forest, IL Samuel Augustine Mazzuchelli, O.P. ( ) The great apostle of mid-western America, born in Milan; entered the Dominican Order in 1822, ordained in 1830, in Cincinnati. Converted many Protestants who were anti-catholic; also an entire Native American tribe in Green Bay, WI. Earned the title Builder of the West as a pioneer Catholic missionary helping to bring the Church to Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin; founder of over 30 parishes, including the Cathedral parish of Dubuque, IA. In 1849, he founded the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. Declared Venerable in 1993 by Pope John Paul II; case for sainthood pending. 1 THIRTEENTH JULY St. Thomas, 5 St. Anthony Mary 6 St. Maria Goretti, 7 apostle Zaccaria, priest virgin, martyr 4 St. Elizabeth of Portugal Independence Day (USA) 8 FOURTEENTH 15 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF St. Bonaventure, 22 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY OF 9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Martyrs of China and companions 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel 23 St. Bridget of Sweden St. Benedict, abbot St. Henry II 14 Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha 17 The Blessed Martyrs of Compiégne 24 St. Sharbel Makhluf 18 St. Camillus de Lellis begins (preached) 25 St. James the Greater, apostle Sts. Joachim and Anne ends 20 St. Apollinarus, bishop, martyr 27 Bl. Robert Nutter, OP 21 St. Laurence of Brindisi, doctor SEVENTEENTH St. Martha Votive Light 30 St. Peter Chrysologus, 31 St. Ignatius of Loyola, SJ, priest JUNE AUGUST Thirty Days

8 Mother Mary Walsh, O.P. ( ) Foundress of the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor of the Immaculate Conception. Born in London and left an orphan when she was a baby; taken to the U.S. after the death of her grandmother. In 1876, in New York City, she found a child crying in a doorway and from that moment on dedicated her life to caring for the poor. Dismissed from her job she supported herself by taking in laundry. Today, her work goes on in such venues as the Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency, in Denver, CO. Nun in the original habit of the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor (with distinctive heart-shaped coif). Photo source unknown. JULY EIGHTEENTH AUGUST St. John Mary Vianney, priest 12 NINETEENTH 6 The Transfiguration of the Lord 13 Sts. Pontian, pope; and Hippolytus, priest; martyrs 7 Sts. Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs 14 St. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM, Conv. priest, martyr 1 St. Alphonsus Liguori. bishop, doctor 8 Holy Father Dominic, OP, priest 15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (SOL) 2 Bl. Jane of Aza, Mother of St. Dominic 9 St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein) 16 St. Stephen of Hungary 10 St. Lawrence, martyr 17 St. Hyacinth Odrowatz, OP 11St. Clare, virgin TWENTIETH 20 St. Bernard, abbot, doctor 21 St. Pius X, pope 22 Queenship of Mary 23 St. Rose of Lima, OP, virgin 24 St. Bartholomew, apostle 25 St. Louis IX; St. Joseph Calasanz, priest 26 TWENTY-FIRST St. Jude, glorious apostle 27 St. Monica 28 St. Augustine, 29 Beheading of St. John the Baptist, martyr 30 St. Jeanne Jugan 31 SEPTEMBER / faithful servant and friend of Jesus

9 St. Juan Macias, O.P. ( ) Born in Ribera, Spain, orphaned at age four, lived life as a shepherd. His patron was St. John the Evangelist, who appeared to him telling him that he must go elsewhere rather than to the Friars Preachers (Dominicans) in Spain. He went to Lima, Peru in 1619; became a lay Dominican feeding and catechizing the poor. His recreation was to talk of the things of God with the other holy lay brother, his friend, Martin de Porres. Juan and Martin were beatified together in a single ceremony by Pope Gregory XVI, in Canonized in 1975 by Pope Paul VI. SEPTEMBER 1 AUGUST TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY OR 3 St. Gregory the Great, pope, doctor Labor Day OCTOBER Bl. Teresa of Calcutta Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9 TWENTY-THIRD St. Peter Claver St. John Chrysostom, bishop, doctor 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross 15 Our Lady of Sorrows 16 TWENTY-FOURTH 17 St. Robert Bellarmine, 18 St. Juan Macias, OP 19 St. Januarius, bishop, martyr 20 St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest; Paul Hasang and companions; martyrs 21 St. Matthew, apostle TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY OF 30 TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY F OF Make use, I implore you Sts. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs Yom Kippur 27 St. Vincent de Paul, priest 28 St. Lawrene Ruiz, OP and companions, martyrs 29 Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels of that particular privilege accorded to you

10 Sr. Mary Dominica Argüello, O.P. ( ) Otherwise called Saint of San Francisco and California, Sr. Mary Dominica, daughter of Don José Dario Argüello, commandant of the Presideo of San Francisco. Betrothed to Count Nicolai Rezánof, chamberlain of the Russian tsar, in Became a Dominican nun after decades of waiting for him to return from Russia (where he had gone to seek imperial consent to his betrothal), after she learned he had died while crossing Siberia in March Devoted the rest of her life to prayer and works of charity, ministering to the poor and sick. In 1851, became, at the age of 60, the first native-born novice at the Dominican Sisters convent school in Monterey, CA. Later moved to St. Catherine s Convent, Benicia, CA, where she died. OCTOBER St. Thérèse of the 2 The Holy Guardian 3 4 St. Francis of 5 St. Mary Faustina Child Jesus Angels Assisi Kowalska 7 TWENTY-SEVENTH Our Lady of the Rosary 14 TWENTY-EIGHTH 21 TWENTY-NINTH 28 Sts. Simon and Jude, apostles ends 8 Columbus Day (USA) 15 St. Teresa of Avila, virgin, doctor 22 Bl. John Paul II, pope To bring visible and speedy help 9 St. Louis Bertrand, OP, priest Bl. John Henry Newman 16 St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin; St. Hedwig 23 St. John of Capistrano, priest St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop, martyr 24 St. Anthony Claret, bishop Vigil of the Solemnity of All Saints 18 St. Luke, evangelist 25 St. Crispin SEPTEMBER / Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf, and companions, martyrs 26 6 St. Bruno, priest; Bl. Marie Rose Durocher 20 St. Paul of the Cross begins (preached) 27 NOVEMBER where help was almost despaired of

11 Joseph Sadoc Alemany, O.P. ( ) Born in Spain, first Archbishop of San Francisco, July At General Chapter in Rome, 1850, he persuaded a fellow Spaniard, Francis Sadoc Vilarrasa, to go with him to California. P a c i f i c O c e a n In 1884, called upon to help prepare the Baltimore Catechism, was chairman of the episcopal committee that drafted it. Resigned his office in 1884 and returned to Spain, dying fours years later, in Valencia. State of California OCTOBER NOVEMBER All Saints Day 2 All Souls Day 3 St. Martin (SOL) De Porres, OP, religious 4 THIRTY-FIRST Daylight Saving Time ends 11 THIRTY-SECOND DECEMBER /30 24/ St. Alphonsus Navarrete, OP and companions 12 St. Josaphat, bishop, martyr Veterans Day 13 St. Frances X. Cabrini, virgin 7 All Saints of the Dominican Order 8 Deceased Dominican Brothers and Sisters of the Order St. Albert the Great, OP, 9 The Dedication of St. John Lateran 16 St. Margaret of Scotland 10 St. Leo the Great, pope, doctor 17 St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious 18 THIRTY-THIRD Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 22 St. Cecilia, virgin, martyr Thanksgiving Day (USA) 23 St. Clement I, pope, martyr; Bl. Miguel Pro 24 Vigil of the Solemnity of Christ the King 25 THIRTY-FOURTH CHRIST THE KING Come to my assistance Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 28 St. Catherine Labouré St. Andrew, apostle in this great need

12 Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. ( ) Called Shepherd of the Indian and Protector of the Indians. Fought for 40 years to save indigenous people from the predations of their conquerors. Wrote his History of the Indians, called the most complete source of correct information available about the conquest of the New World. Evangelizer of the Land of War, Guatemala, renaming it Vera Paz appointed Bishop of Chiapas, Mexico. DECEMBER 2012 NOVEMBER ADVENT WEEK 1 3 St. Francis Xavier, priest 9 ADVENT WEEK 2 St. Juan Diego JANUARY St. John Damascene, priest, doctor St. Damasus I, pope 5 6 St. Nicholas, bishop 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe 13 St. Lucy, virgin, martyr 7 St. Ambrose, 14 St. John of the Cross, priest, doctor 1 St. Edmund Campion, SJ, priest, martyr 8 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (SOL) ADVENT WEEK St. Peter Canisius, priest, doctor ADVENT WEEK 4 24 Vigil of the Birth of Our Lord 25 CHRISTMAS DAY (SOL) 26 St. Stephen Octave of Christmas 27 St. John, apostle, evangelist 28 Holy Innocents, martyrs 29 St. Thomas Beckett martyr 3 30 THE HOLY FAMILY 31 to January 2nd I will honor you as my special and powerful patron begins (not preached) and encourage devotion to you