A.D. 1956 August

Wednesday, August 1

• The Wednesday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost
• Joseph of Arimathea

Thursday, August 2

• The Thursday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost

Friday, August 3

• The Friday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, August 4

• The Saturday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost

Sunday, August 5

• The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
• Oswald, King of Northumbria and Martyr, 642

Tuesday, August 7

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

Wednesday, August 8

• The Wednesday in the Eleventh Week After Pentecost
• Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221

Thursday, August 9

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

Friday, August 10

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

Saturday, August 11

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

Sunday, August 12

• The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
• Charles Inglis, First Bishop of Canada, 1787

Monday, August 13

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

Tuesday, August 14

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

Thursday, August 16

• The Thursday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost

Friday, August 17

• The Friday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, August 18

• The Saturday in the Twelfth Week After Pentecost

Sunday, August 19

• The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, August 20

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

Tuesday, August 21

• The Tuesday in the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost
• Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Martyr, 1965

Wednesday, August 22

• The Wednesday in the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost

Thursday, August 23

• The Thursday in the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost

Saturday, August 25

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

Sunday, August 26

• The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Monday, August 27

• The Monday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost
• Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

Tuesday, August 28

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

Wednesday, August 29

• The Wednesday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost
• The Beheading of John the Baptist

Thursday, August 30

• The Thursday in the Fourteenth Week After Pentecost
• Charles Chapman Grafton, Bishop of Fond du Lac and Ecumenist, 1912

Friday, August 31

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