Carmelite Calendar
We are called "to prepare for each Church festival by a day of particular self denial, penitential prayer and fasting" (NCCB Pastoral Statement).
Following our OCDS Provincial Statutes, we fast the day before the following feasts:
Members will fast on the Vigils of the following feast days:
St. Joseph March 19
Our Lady of Mount Carmel July 16
Prophet Elijah July 20
St. Therese of Lisieux October 1
Holy Mother St. Teresa of Avila October 15
All Carmelite Saints November 14
Holy Father St. John of the Cross December 14
**anticipated fast days should never involve fasting on Sundays or holy days of obligation
JANUARY
4 - Saint Kuriakose Elias of the Holy Family Chavara, priest*
*According to our Carmelite Ordo, the Optional Memorial of St. Kuriakos is overshadowed in the U.S. by the Obligatory Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton on Jan. 4th of each year
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 Girbes, virgin
MARCH
18 - Fast day for OCDS
19 - St Joseph, Patron of our Order
APRIL
17 - Blessed Baptist Spagnoli, priest
18 - Blessed Mary of the Incarnation (Barbe Acarie), religious"
23 - Blessed Teresa Maria of the Cross Monetti, 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
JUNE
7 - Blessed Anne of St Bartholomew, virgin
12 - Blessed Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit Mazurek, priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs
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 - Blessed Teresa of Saint 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 - Blessed Maria of St Francis Borgia Martinez Garcia, Maria Sagrario of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Morages Cantanero, 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 Brulard), and Hubert of Saint Claude (James Gagnot), priests, and companions, martyrs
25 - Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified, virgin
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 THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH - Feast
14 - Fast day for OCDS
15 - HOLY MOTHER ST. TERESA OF JESUS, VIRGIN & DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH - Solemnity
30 - Blessed Mary Teresa of Saint Joseph Tauscher, virgin
NOVEMBER
6 - Saint Nuno of the Blessed Virgin Mary Alvares Pereira, religious
7 - Blessed Francis of Jesus Mary Joseph Palau y Quer, priest
8 - Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity Catez, virgin
13 - Fast day for OCDS
14 - ALL CARMELITE SAINTS - Feast
15 - All Carmelite Souls -Commemoration
19 - Saint Raphael of Saint 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
13 - Fast day for OCDS
14 - OUR HOLY FATHER ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, PRIEST & DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH - Solemnity
Saints and Blesseds
