Proper Calendar
Order of the Discalced Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Ad Experimentum English Translation

We present an ad experimentum English translation of the revised liturgical calendar for the Discalced Carmelite Order that was published online by the General Curia 16 October 2019 pursuant to the Decree of the Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (Prot. N. 345/18) dated 16 July 2019, its effective date. This translation was submitted to the General Secretary for Information of the Discalced Carmelite Order; a commentary on the calendar and translation follows below.

January

4     St. Kuriakos Elias of the Holy Family Chavara,
Priest — Optional Memorial ¹
In provinces in India: Memorial

8     St. Peter Thomas,
Bishop — Optional Memorial 

9     St. Andrew Corsini,
Bishop — Optional Memorial
In provinces in Italy: Memorial

27     St. Henry de Ossó y Cervelló,
Priest — Optional Memorial

February

4     Bl. Marie Eugene of the Child Jesus Grialou,
Priest — Optional Memorial

24     Bl. Josepha Naval Girbés,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

April

17     Bl. Baptist Spagnoli,
Priest — Optional Memorial

18     Bl. Mary of the Incarnation Barbe Acarie,
Religious — Optional Memorial
In provinces of France:  Memorial

23     Bl. Teresa Maria of the Cross Manetti,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

May

4     Bl. Angel Maria Prat Hostench, Lucas of St. Joseph Tristany Pujol, Priests, and Companions,
Martyrs — Optional Memorial
In Spain: Memorial

16     St. Simon Stock,
Priest — Optional Memorial
In the Anglo-Irish province: Memorial

22     St. Joachina de Vedruna,
Religious — Optional Memorial

24     St. Bede the Venerable,
Priest and Doctor of the Church — Optional Memorial
St. Gregory VII,
Pope — Optional Memorial

25     St. Mary Magdalene of the Incarnate Word de’ Pazzi,
Virgin — Memorial

June

7     Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew,
Virgin — Optional Memorial
In the Spanish province: Memorial

12     Bl. Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit Mazurek,
Priest, and Companions, Martyrs — Optional Memorial
In the Polish provinces: Memorial

July

10     St. Henry,
Optional Memorial

12     Sts. Louis Martin and Marie Azélie Guérin,
Spouses — Optional Memorial

13     St. Teresa of Jesus Fernández Solar,
Virgin — Memorial
In the province of Chile: Feast

16     BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF MOUNT CARMEL, PATRONESS AND HEAD OF OUR ORDER — Solemnity

17     Bl. Teresa of St. Augustine Lidoine and Companions,
Virgins and Martyrs — Optional Memorial
In the provinces of France: Memorial

18     St. Apollinaris,
Bishop and Martyr — Optional Memorial

19     St. Bridget,
Religious — Optional Memorial

20     OUR FATHER SAINT ELIJAH,
PROPHET — Feast

23     Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of Divine Grace — Memorial

24     Bl. Maria Pilar of St. Francis Borgia Martínez García, Bl. Maria Sagrario of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Moragas Cantarero and Companions,
Virgins and Martyrs — Optional Memorial

27     Bl. Titus Brandsma,
Priest and Martyr — Optional Memorial

28     Bl. John Soreth,
Priest — Optional Memorial
In the provinces of France: Memorial

August

3     St. Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions,
Martyrs — Optional Memorial
St. Cajetan, Priest — Optional Memorial

7     St. Albert of Trapani,
Priest — Memorial

9     St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross,
Virgin and Martyr — Memorial
In provinces of Europe: Patroness of Europe, Feast

18     Bls. Leonard Duverneuil, Michael Aloysius Brulard, and Hubert of St. Claude, Priests, and Companions,
Martyrs — Optional Memorial

25     St. Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

26     Transverberation of the Heart of St. Teresa of Jesus Our Mother,
Optional Memorial

September

1     St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Virgin — Memorial
In the provinces of Italy: Feast

11     Bl. Mary of Jesus López Rivas,
Virgin — Optional Memorial
In the Spanish province: Memorial

17     St. Albert of Jerusalem,
Bishop and Lawgiver of our Order — Feast

18     St. Robert Bellarmine,
Bishop and Doctor of the Church — Optional Memorial

October

1     SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, 
VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH — Feast

15     SAINT TERESA OF JESUS OUR MOTHER,
VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH — Solemnity

30     Bl. Maria Teresa of St. Joseph Tauscher,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

November

6     St. Nuno of St. Mary,
Religious — Optional Memorial
In the province of Portugal: Memorial

7     Bl. Francis of Jesus Mary Joseph Palau y Quer,
Priest — Optional Memorial

8     St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Catez,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

14     ALL SAINTS OF OUR ORDER,
Feast

15     Commemoration of all the Departed of Our Order, Optional Memorial

19     St. Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski,
Priest — Memorial

29     Bls. Denis of the Nativity, Priest, and Redemptus of the Cross, Religious,
Martyrs — Optional Memorial
In provinces of India: Memorial

December

11     St. Maria Maravillas of Jesus Pidal y Chico de Guzmán,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

14     SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS OUR FATHER,
PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH — Solemnity

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APPENDIX

April

In the provinces of Latin America:

28     Bl. Maria Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament Guggeri Echeverría,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

May

In the provinces of Italy:

29     Bl. Elia of St. Clement,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

June

In the provinces of France:

14     St. Elisha, Prophet
— Optional Memorial

In the provinces of Italy:

14     Bl. Maria Candida of the Eucharist Barba,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

26     Bl. Maria Giuseppina of Jesus Crucified Catanea,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

July

In the provinces of Europe:

7     Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Divine Grace
— Memorial

In the province of Spain:

24     Bl. Maria Pilar of St. Francis Borgia Martínez García, Teresa of the Child Jesus García García, and Maria Angeles of St. Joseph Voltierra Tordesillas,
Virgins and Martyrs — Optional Memorial

August

In the province of the Netherlands:

2      St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr, Patroness of Europe
— Feast

In the province of Spain:

16     Bl. Maria Sagrario of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Moragas Cantarero,
Virgin and Martyr — Optional Memorial

In the provinces of France:

30     St. Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

October

In the province of Nigeria:

1     SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, 
VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH — Feast

November

In the provinces of France:

5     Bl. Françoise d’Amboise, Religious

In the province of Austria:

16     Commemoration of all the Departed of Our Order,
Optional Memorial

In the provinces of Austria and Germany:

23      St. Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski,
Priest — Memorial

December

In the provinces of Italy:

16      Bl. Mary of the Angels Fontanella,
Virgin — Optional Memorial

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Nota Bene: In its Appendix, the Decree provides for several celebrations to be assigned to specific jurisdictions. For example, Latin American provinces may observe the optional memorial of Blessed Chiquitunga on 28 April; the Italian provinces may observe the optional memorial of Blessed Elia of St. Clement on 29 May. In other jurisdictions, dates of Carmelite feasts have been changed to accommodate local calendars where a conflict exists. These changes primarily affect the Spanish, French, German, and Italian-speaking provinces.

In that which concerns English-speaking Discalced Carmelites, perhaps the most significant of these particular date changes concerns the provinces of Europe, where the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Divine Grace now will be celebrated on 7 July.

The Discalced Carmelite Procurator General, Father Jean Joseph Bergara, explained that the calendar became valid immediately upon the signature of the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Robert Sarah. He stated that it was “effective from the date of the signing of the decree, 16 July 2019, but especially from the date of reception of the decree, 24 September 2019. From that date forward, it is the only valid calendar in all communities.”

You may view the Latin text of the Decree, the original Latin text of the revised calendar and its appendix, and the introduction from Father Bergara here.

¹ Pastoral note: In the United States, the Optional Memorial of Saint Kuriakos Elias of the Holy Family Chavara gives way to the Obligatory Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious.