A.D. 1955 Lent

Wednesday, February 23

• Ash Wednesday
• Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, 156

Friday, February 25

• The Friday After Ash Wednesday

Saturday, February 26

• The Saturday After Ash Wednesday

Sunday, February 27

• The First Sunday in Lent
• George Herbert, Priest and Poet, 1633

Monday, February 28

• The Monday in the First Week of Lent
• John Cassian, Monk and Teacher of the Faith, 453

Tuesday, March 1

• The Tuesday in the First Week of Lent
• David, Bishop and Apostle of Wales, 601

Wednesday, March 2

• The Wednesday in the First Week of Lent
• Chad, Bishop of Lichfield and Missionary, 672
• Ember Day

Thursday, March 3

• The Thursday in the First Week of Lent
• John and Charles Wesley, Priests and Reformers of the Church, 1791, 1788

Friday, March 4

• The Friday in the First Week of Lent
• Ember Day

Saturday, March 5

• The Saturday in the First Week of Lent
• Ember Day

Sunday, March 6

• The Second Sunday in Lent

Monday, March 7

• The Monday in the Second Week of Lent
• Perpetua and Her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203

Tuesday, March 8

• The Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent
• Felix, Bishop and Missionary to the Angles, 647

Wednesday, March 9

• The Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent

Thursday, March 10

• The Thursday in the Second Week of Lent
• Robert Machray, First Primate of Canada, 1904

Friday, March 11

• The Friday in the Second Week of Lent

Saturday, March 12

• The Saturday in the Second Week of Lent
• Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome and Teacher of the Faith, 604

Sunday, March 13

• The Third Sunday in Lent

Monday, March 14

• The Monday in the Third Week of Lent

Tuesday, March 15

• The Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent

Wednesday, March 16

• The Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent

Thursday, March 17

• The Thursday in the Third Week of Lent
• Patrick, Bishop and Apostle to the Irish, 461

Friday, March 18

• The Friday in the Third Week of Lent
• Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem and Teacher of the Faith, 386

Monday, March 21

• The Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent
• Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1556

Tuesday, March 22

• The Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
• James De Koven, Priest, 1879

Wednesday, March 23

• The Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
• Gregory the Illuminator, Missionary to Armenia, 333

Thursday, March 24

• The Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent

Saturday, March 26

• The Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent

Sunday, March 27

• The Fifth Sunday in Lent (Passion Sunday)
• Charles Henry Brent, Bishop and Missionary to the Philippines, 1929

Monday, March 28

• The Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent

Tuesday, March 29

• The Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
• John Keble, Priest and Reformer of the Church, 1866

Wednesday, March 30

• The Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent

Thursday, March 31

• The Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent
• John Donne, Priest and Poet, 1631

Friday, April 1

• The Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent
• Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest and Renewer of Society, 1872

Saturday, April 2

• The Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent
• Henry Budd, First Native Priest in Canada, 1850