A.D. 1953

Wednesday, January 7

• The First Day After the Epiphany

Thursday, January 8

• The Second Day After the Epiphany

Friday, January 9

• The Third Day After the Epiphany

Saturday, January 10

• The Fourth Day After the Epiphany
• William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1645

Sunday, January 11

• The First Sunday of Epiphany (The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ)

Monday, January 12

• The Monday in the First Week After Epiphany

Tuesday, January 13

• The Tuesday in the First Week After Epiphany
• Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 367

Wednesday, January 14

• The Wednesday in the First Week After Epiphany
• Kentigern, Missionary to Strathclyde and Cumbria, 603

Thursday, January 15

• The Thursday in the First Week After Epiphany

Friday, January 16

• The Friday in the First Week After Epiphany

Saturday, January 17

• The Saturday in the First Week After Epiphany
• Anthony, Hermit in Egypt, 356

Monday, January 19

• The Monday in the Second Week After Epiphany
• Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095

Tuesday, January 20

• The Tuesday in the Second Week After Epiphany
• Fabian, Bishop of Rome and Martyr, 250

Wednesday, January 21

• The Wednesday in the Second Week After Epiphany
• Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304

Thursday, January 22

• The Thursday in the Second Week After Epiphany
• Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa, Martyr, 304

Friday, January 23

• The Friday in the Second Week After Epiphany

Saturday, January 24

• The Saturday in the Second Week After Epiphany

Monday, January 26

• The Monday in the Third Week After Epiphany
• Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul the Apostle

Tuesday, January 27

• The Tuesday in the Third Week After Epiphany
• Lydia, Dorcas and Phoebe, Helpers of the Apostles

Wednesday, January 28

• The Wednesday in the Third Week After Epiphany
• Thomas Aquinas, Friar, Priest, and Teacher of the Faith, 1274

Thursday, January 29

• The Thursday in the Third Week After Epiphany
• Lesslie Newbigin, Bishop and Ecumenist, 1998

Friday, January 30

• The Friday in the Third Week After Epiphany
• Charles, King and Martyr, 1649

Saturday, January 31

• The Saturday in the Third Week After Epiphany
• Samuel Shoemaker, Priest and Renewer of Society, 1963

Sunday, February 1

• The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany
• Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, 523

Tuesday, February 3

• The Tuesday in the Fourth Week After Epiphany
• Anskar, Bishop and Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865

Wednesday, February 4

• The Wednesday in the Fourth Week After Epiphany
• Cornelius the Centurion

Thursday, February 5

• The Thursday in the Fourth Week After Epiphany
• Martyrs of Japan, 1597

Friday, February 6

• The Friday in the Fourth Week After Epiphany

Saturday, February 7

• The Saturday in the Fourth Week After Epiphany

Sunday, February 8

• The Fifth Sunday of Epiphany (World Mission Sunday)

Monday, February 9

• The Monday in the Fifth Week After Epiphany

Tuesday, February 10

• The Tuesday in the Fifth Week After Epiphany
• Scholastica, Abbess, 543

Wednesday, February 11

• The Wednesday in the Fifth Week After Epiphany

Thursday, February 12

• The Thursday in the Fifth Week After Epiphany

Friday, February 13

• The Friday in the Fifth Week After Epiphany
• Absalom Jones, First African-American Priest, 1818

Saturday, February 14

• The Saturday in the Fifth Week After Epiphany
• Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs, 869, 885

Sunday, February 15

• The Last Sunday of Epiphany (Transfiguration Sunday)
• Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, Founder of SPG and SPCK, 1730

Monday, February 16

• The Monday in the Last Week After Epiphany

Tuesday, February 17

• Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
• Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda and Martyr, 1977

Monday, May 25

• The Monday After Pentecost
• Bede the Venerable, Priest and Monk of Jarrow, Teacher of the Faith, 735
• Memorial Day (United States)

Tuesday, May 26

• The Tuesday After Pentecost
• Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury and Missionary, 605

Wednesday, May 27

• The Wednesday After Pentecost
• John Calvin, Reformer of the Church, 1564
• Ember Day

Thursday, May 28

• The Thursday After Pentecost

Friday, May 29

• The Friday After Pentecost
• Ember Day

Saturday, May 30

• The Saturday After Pentecost
• Josephine Butler, Renewer of Society, 1906
• Ember Day

Monday, June 1

• The Monday in the First Week After Pentecost
• Justin, Teacher of the Faith and Martyr at Rome, c. 165

Tuesday, June 2

• The Tuesday in the First Week After Pentecost
• Blandina and Her Companions, Martyrs at Lyons, 177

Wednesday, June 3

• The Wednesday in the First Week After Pentecost
• The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886, 1977

Thursday, June 4

• The Thursday in the First Week After Pentecost
• John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, Ecumenist and Reformer of the Church, 1963

Friday, June 5

• The Friday in the First Week After Pentecost
• Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans and Martyr, 754

Saturday, June 6

• The Saturday in the First Week After Pentecost
• William Grant Broughton, Bishop and Missionary to Australia, 1853

Sunday, June 7

• The Second Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, June 8

• The Monday in the Second Week After Pentecost
• Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Non-juror, 1711

Tuesday, June 9

• The Tuesday in the Second Week After Pentecost
• Columba, Abbot of Iona and Missionary to the Scots, 597

Wednesday, June 10

• The Wednesday in the Second Week After Pentecost
• Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon and Teacher of the Faith, 373

Friday, June 12

• The Friday in the Second Week After Pentecost

Saturday, June 13

• The Saturday in the Second Week After Pentecost

Sunday, June 14

• The Third Sunday After Pentecost
• Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea and Teacher of the Faith, 379

Monday, June 15

• The Monday in the Third Week After Pentecost
• Evelyn Underhill, Teacher of the Faith, 1941

Tuesday, June 16

• The Tuesday in the Third Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, June 17

• The Wednesday in the Third Week After Pentecost

Thursday, June 18

• The Thursday in the Third Week After Pentecost
• Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Rhodesia, 1896

Friday, June 19

• The Friday in the Third Week After Pentecost
• Sundar Singh, Evangelist in India and Teacher of the Faith, 1929

Saturday, June 20

• The Saturday in the Third Week After Pentecost

Sunday, June 21

• The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, June 22

• The Monday in the Fourth Week After Pentecost
• Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 250

Tuesday, June 23

• The Tuesday in the Fourth Week After Pentecost

Thursday, June 25

• The Thursday in the Fourth Week After Pentecost

Friday, June 26

• The Friday in the Fourth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, June 27

• The Saturday in the Fourth Week After Pentecost
• Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 444

Sunday, June 28

• The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
• Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons and Teacher of the Faith, 200

Tuesday, June 30

• The Tuesday in the Fifth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, July 1

• The Wednesday in the Fifth Week After Pentecost
• Canada Day (Canada)

Thursday, July 2

• The Thursday in the Fifth Week After Pentecost

Friday, July 3

• The Friday in the Fifth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, July 4

• The Saturday in the Fifth Week After Pentecost
• Independence Day (United States)

Sunday, July 5

• The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, July 6

• The Monday in the Sixth Week After Pentecost

Tuesday, July 7

• The Tuesday in the Sixth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, July 8

• The Wednesday in the Sixth Week After Pentecost

Thursday, July 9

• The Thursday in the Sixth Week After Pentecost

Friday, July 10

• The Friday in the Sixth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, July 11

• The Saturday in the Sixth Week After Pentecost
• Benedict of Nursia, Abbot and Founder of the Benedictine Order, c. 550

Sunday, July 12

• The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
• Nathan Soderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala and Ecumenist, 1931

Monday, July 13

• The Monday in the Seventh Week After Pentecost

Tuesday, July 14

• The Tuesday in the Seventh Week After Pentecost
• Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 1274

Wednesday, July 15

• The Wednesday in the Seventh Week After Pentecost
• Olga and Vladimir, Patrons of the Church in Russia, 969, 1016

Thursday, July 16

• The Thursday in the Seventh Week After Pentecost

Friday, July 17

• The Friday in the Seventh Week After Pentecost
• William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania and First Presiding Bishop of the Church in the USA, 1836

Saturday, July 18

• The Saturday in the Seventh Week After Pentecost
• Macrina, Nun and Teacher of the Faith, 379

Sunday, July 19

• The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
• Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa and Teacher of the Faith, 396

Monday, July 20

• The Monday in the Eighth Week After Pentecost
• Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th c.

Tuesday, July 21

• The Tuesday in the Eighth Week After Pentecost

Thursday, July 23

• The Thursday in the Eighth Week After Pentecost

Friday, July 24

• The Friday in the Eighth Week After Pentecost
• Thomas à Kempis, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 1471

Sunday, July 26

• The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
• The Parents of the Virgin Mary

Monday, July 27

• The Monday in the Ninth Week After Pentecost
• William Reed Huntington, Priest and Ecumenist, 1909

Tuesday, July 28

• The Tuesday in the Ninth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, July 29

• The Wednesday in the Ninth Week After Pentecost
• Lazarus, Mary and Martha of Bethany, Companions of Our Lord

Thursday, July 30

• The Thursday in the Ninth Week After Pentecost
• William Wilberforce, Renewer of Society, 1833

Friday, July 31

• The Friday in the Ninth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, August 1

• The Saturday in the Ninth Week After Pentecost
• Joseph of Arimathea

Sunday, August 2

• The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, August 3

• The Monday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost

Tuesday, August 4

• The Tuesday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, August 5

• The Wednesday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost
• Oswald, King of Northumbria and Martyr, 642

Friday, August 7

• The Friday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost
• John Mason Neale, Priest and Reformer of the Church, 1866

Saturday, August 8

• The Saturday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost
• Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221

Sunday, August 9

• The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
• Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union and Renewer of Society, 1921

Monday, August 10

• The Monday in the Eleventh Week After Pentecost
• Laurence, Deacon and Martyr at Rome, 258

Tuesday, August 11

• The Tuesday in the Eleventh Week After Pentecost
• Clare, Abbess of Assisi, 1253

Wednesday, August 12

• The Wednesday in the Eleventh Week After Pentecost
• Charles Inglis, First Bishop of Canada, 1787

Thursday, August 13

• The Thursday in the Eleventh Week After Pentecost
• Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667

Friday, August 14

• The Friday in the Eleventh Week After Pentecost
• Roger Schutz, Monk of Taizé and Ecumenist, 2005

Sunday, August 16

• The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, August 17

• The Monday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost

Tuesday, August 18

• The Tuesday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, August 19

• The Wednesday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost

Thursday, August 20

• The Thursday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost
• Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux and Teacher of the Faith, 1153

Friday, August 21

• The Friday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost
• Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Martyr, 1965

Saturday, August 22

• The Saturday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost

Sunday, August 23

• The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Tuesday, August 25

• The Tuesday in the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost
• Louis, King of France, 1270

Wednesday, August 26

• The Wednesday in the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost

Thursday, August 27

• The Thursday in the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost
• Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

Friday, August 28

• The Friday in the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost
• Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and Teacher of the Faith, 430

Saturday, August 29

• The Saturday in the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost
• The Beheading of John the Baptist

Sunday, August 30

• The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
• Charles Chapman Grafton, Bishop of Fond du Lac and Ecumenist, 1912

Monday, August 31

• The Monday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost
• Aidan, Abbot-Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary to Northumbria, 651

Tuesday, September 1

• The Tuesday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, September 2

• The Wednesday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost
• The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942

Thursday, September 3

• The Thursday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost

Friday, September 4

• The Friday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost
• Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester and Evangelist to Wessex, 650

Saturday, September 5

• The Saturday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost
• Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Renewer of Society, 1997

Sunday, September 6

• The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
• Allen Gardiner, Missionary and Founder of SAMS, 1851

Monday, September 7

• The Monday in the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost
• Hannah More, Renewer of Society and Founder of Sunday Schools, 1833

Tuesday, September 8

• The Tuesday in the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, September 9

• The Wednesday in the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost
• Constance and Her Companions, Martyrs of Memphis, 1878

Thursday, September 10

• The Thursday in the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost
• Alexander Crummell, Priest and Missionary to Liberia, 1898

Friday, September 11

• The Friday in the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, September 12

• The Saturday in the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost
• John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York and Reformer of the Church, 1830

Sunday, September 13

• The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
• John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople and Teacher of the Faith, 407

Tuesday, September 15

• The Tuesday in the Sixteenth Week After Pentecost
• Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage and Martyr, 258

Wednesday, September 16

• The Wednesday in the Sixteenth Week After Pentecost
• Ninian, Bishop of Galloway and Missionary to the Picts, 432
• Ember Day

Thursday, September 17

• The Thursday in the Sixteenth Week After Pentecost
• Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 1882

Friday, September 18

• The Friday in the Sixteenth Week After Pentecost
• Ember Day

Saturday, September 19

• The Saturday in the Sixteenth Week After Pentecost
• Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
• Ember Day

Sunday, September 20

• The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
• John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia and His Companions, Martyrs, 1871

Tuesday, September 22

• The Tuesday in the Seventeenth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, September 23

• The Wednesday in the Seventeenth Week After Pentecost

Thursday, September 24

• The Thursday in the Seventeenth Week After Pentecost

Friday, September 25

• The Friday in the Seventeenth Week After Pentecost
• Sergius, Monk and Reformer of the Church in Russia, 1392

Saturday, September 26

• The Saturday in the Seventeenth Week After Pentecost
• Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester and Teacher of the Faith, 1626

Sunday, September 27

• The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
• Wilson Carlile, Evangelist and Founder of the Church Army, 1942

Monday, September 28

• The Monday in the Eighteenth Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, September 30

• The Wednesday in the Eighteenth Week After Pentecost
• Jerome, Monk of Bethlehem and Translator of the Bible, 420

Thursday, October 1

• The Thursday in the Eighteenth Week After Pentecost
• Remigius, Bishop of Reims and Missionary to the Franks, 533

Friday, October 2

• The Friday in the Eighteenth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, October 3

• The Saturday in the Eighteenth Week After Pentecost
• George Bell, Advocate for the Confessing Church, Bishop and Ecumenist, 1958

Sunday, October 4

• The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
• Francis of Assisi, Friar and Deacon, Reformer of the Church, 1226

Monday, October 5

• The Monday in the Nineteenth Week After Pentecost

Tuesday, October 6

• The Tuesday in the Nineteenth Week After Pentecost
• William Tyndale, Priest, Translator of the Bible and Martyr, 1536

Wednesday, October 7

• The Wednesday in the Nineteenth Week After Pentecost

Thursday, October 8

• The Thursday in the Nineteenth Week After Pentecost

Friday, October 9

• The Friday in the Nineteenth Week After Pentecost
• Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, 1253

Saturday, October 10

• The Saturday in the Nineteenth Week After Pentecost
• Paulinus, Bishop of York and Missionary, 644

Sunday, October 11

• The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
• Philip, Deacon and Evangelist

Monday, October 12

• The Monday in the Twentieth Week After Pentecost
• Cecil Frances Alexander, Hymn-writer and Teacher of the Faith, 1895
• Thanksgiving Day (Canada)

Tuesday, October 13

• The Tuesday in the Twentieth Week After Pentecost
• Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066

Wednesday, October 14

• The Wednesday in the Twentieth Week After Pentecost
• Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906

Thursday, October 15

• The Thursday in the Twentieth Week After Pentecost
• Teresa of Ávila, Nun and Reformer of the Church, 1582

Friday, October 16

• The Friday in the Twentieth Week After Pentecost
• Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs, 1555

Saturday, October 17

• The Saturday in the Twentieth Week After Pentecost
• Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch and Martyr, c. 115

Monday, October 19

• The Monday in the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost
• Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary to India and Persia, 1812

Tuesday, October 20

• The Tuesday in the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, October 21

• The Wednesday in the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost

Thursday, October 22

• The Thursday in the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost

Saturday, October 24

• The Saturday in the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost

Sunday, October 25

• The Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, October 26

• The Monday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost
• Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons and Reformer of the Church, 899

Tuesday, October 27

• The Tuesday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost

Thursday, October 29

• The Thursday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost
• James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa and His Companions, Martyrs, 1885

Friday, October 30

• The Friday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost

Saturday, October 31

• The Saturday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost

Monday, November 2

• The Monday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost
• Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)

Tuesday, November 3

• The Tuesday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost
• Richard Hooker, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 1600

Wednesday, November 4

• The Wednesday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost

Thursday, November 5

• The Thursday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost
• Elizabeth and Zechariah, Parents of John the Baptist

Friday, November 6

• The Friday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost
• William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury and Teacher of the Faith, 1944

Saturday, November 7

• The Saturday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost
• Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht and Missionary to Frisia, 739

Sunday, November 8

• The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, November 9

• The Monday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost

Tuesday, November 10

• The Tuesday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost
• Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome and Teacher of the Faith, 461

Wednesday, November 11

• The Wednesday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost
• Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397 (Martinmas)
• Remembrance Day (Canada)

Thursday, November 12

• The Thursday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost

Friday, November 13

• The Friday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost
• Charles Simeon, Priest and Evangelist, 1836

Saturday, November 14

• The Saturday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost
• Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First Bishop in the United States, 1784

Sunday, November 15

• The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
• Herman, Monk and Missionary to the Native Alaskans, 1837

Monday, November 16

• The Monday in the Twenty-Fifth Week After Pentecost
• Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Reformer of the Church and Renewer of Society, 1093

Tuesday, November 17

• The Tuesday in the Twenty-Fifth Week After Pentecost
• Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln and Renewer of Society, 1200

Wednesday, November 18

• The Wednesday in the Twenty-Fifth Week After Pentecost
• Elizabeth of Hungary, Renewer of Society, 1231

Thursday, November 19

• The Thursday in the Twenty-Fifth Week After Pentecost
• Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680

Friday, November 20

• The Friday in the Twenty-Fifth Week After Pentecost
• Edmund, King of East Anglia and Martyr, 870

Saturday, November 21

• The Saturday in the Twenty-Fifth Week After Pentecost

Sunday, November 22

• The Last Sunday After Pentecost (Christ the King)
• Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c. 230

Monday, November 23

• The Monday in the Last Week After Pentecost
• Clement, Bishop of Rome and Martyr, c. 100

Tuesday, November 24

• The Tuesday in the Last Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, November 25

• The Wednesday in the Last Week After Pentecost
• Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, c. 305

Thursday, November 26

• The Thursday in the Last Week After Pentecost
• Thanksgiving Day (United States)

Friday, November 27

• The Friday in the Last Week After Pentecost

Saturday, November 28

• The Saturday in the Last Week After Pentecost