January... St. Thomas Aquinas, O.P. February... St. Agnes of Montepulciano, O.P. March... St. Vincent Ferrer, O.P.

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2 Our 2016 calendar celebrates the 800th anniversary of the Dominican Order with a gallery of luminaries from the long list of Dominican saints and blesseds. The images, carved in wood, stone, and marble, are all from Dominic s Church, SF, home of the Shrine. In 1206, Dominic de Guzman, sub-prior of canons at the cathedral of Osma, Spain, received the inspiration to launch what would become the Order of Preachers, approval for which was granted by Pope Honorius III in December Pray for Dominicans worldwide a happy eight-hundredth birthday! January... Thomas Aquinas, O.P. February... Agnes of Montepulciano, O.P. March... Vincent Ferrer, O.P. April... Catherine of Siena, O.P. May... Antoninus, O.P. June... Catherine de Ricci, O.P. July... John of Gorkum, O.P. August... Rose of Lima, O.P. September... Bl. Henry Suso, O.P. October... Albert the Great, O.P. November... Martin de Porres, O.P. December... Pius V, O.P. Cover: The Rosary Altar: Dominic and Catherine of Siena with the Blessed Mother and the Child Jesus

3 January Thomas Aquinas, O.P ( ) JANUARY DECEMBER THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD 4 Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious FEBRUARY John Neumann, bishop 6 André Bessette, religious 7 Raymond of Penyafort, OP, 1 MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD Christmas Novena cont Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops, doctors Novena ends 10 THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD 17 SECOND SUNDAY IN 24 THIRD 31FOURTH 11 First Week in Ordinary Time 18 Martin Luther King Day (USA) 25 The Conversion of Paul the Apostle 12 Marguerite Bourgeoys 13 Hilary of Poitiers, Sebastian, 26 Sts. Timothy and Titus, bishops martyr; Fabian, pope, martyr 27 Angela Merici, virgin Agnes, virgin, martyr 28 Thomas Aquinas, OP,, doctor Vincent deacon, martyr; Marianne Cope, virgin 29 30

4 FEBRUARY Agnes of Montepulciano, O.P. ( ) FEBRUARY FIFTH 14 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 1 2 The Presentation of the Lord 8 Jerome Emiliani; Josephine Bakhita, virgin Lourdes Novena cont. 15 Presidents Day (USA) 9 Lourdes Novena cont. 3 Blaise, ; Ansgar, bishop Lourdes Novena begins 10 ASH WEDNESDAY (Day of fasting and abstinence; Lent begins.) Lourdes Novena cont The Seven Founders of the Order of Servites 4 Catherine de Ricci, OP, virgin Lourdes Novena cont. 11 Our Lady of Lourdes Lourdes Novena ends 5 Agatha, virgin, martyr Lourdes Novena cont. 12 Bl. Reginald of Orleans, OP, Paul Miki and companions, martyrs Lourdes Novena cont. 13 Bl. Jordan of Saxony, OP, 21 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT 22 The Chair of Peter the Apostle 23 Polycarp, t 28THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT 29 JANUARY / MARCH

5 MARCH Vincent Ferrer, O.P. Thomas ( ) Aquinas, O.P ( ) MARCH FEBRUARY FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Laetare Sunday) 7 Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs Katharine Drexel, virgin 8 John of God, religious 9 Frances of Rome, religious 4 Casimir World Day of Prayer FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Daylight Saving Time begins Patrick, bishop 18 Cyril of Jerusalem, 19 ST. JOSEPH, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary 20 PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD S PASSION 27 EASTER SUNDAY Easter Novena begins 21 Monday of Holy Week 28 OCTAVE OF EASTER Easter Novena cont. 22Tuesday of Holy Week 29 OCTAVE OF EASTER Easter Novena cont. 23 Wednesday of Holy Week; Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop 30 OCTAVE OF EASTER Easter Novena cont. 24 Holy Thursday Triduum 31 OCTAVE OF EASTER Easter Novena cont. 25 GOOD FRIDAY Triduum 26 Holy Saturday Triduum Easter Vigil APRIL

6 APRIL Catherine Thomas Aquinas, of Siena, O.P O.P. ( ) ( ) MARCH DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Easter Novena cont. 10 THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 4 THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Easter Novena ends 11 Stanislaus, MAY APRIL John Baptist de la Salle, Martin I, pope, martyr 1 OCTAVE OF EASTER Easter Novena cont OCTAVE OF EASTER Easter Novena cont Bernadette 17 FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Anselm, George, martyr; Adalbert, 24 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 25 Mark, evangelist Peter Chanel,, martyr; Louis de Montfort, OP, ; Gianna Molla 29 Catherine of Siena, OP, virgin, doctor 30 Pius V, OP, pope begins

7 MAY Thomas Antoninus, Aquinas, O.P. O.P ( ) ( ) MAY SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER cont. 8 ASCENSION OF THE LORD Mother s Day (USA) Novena ends 15 PENTECOST SUNDAY 22 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 2 Athanasius, cont. 29 THE MOST HOLY 30 Joan of Arc BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Memorial Day (USA) (Corpus Christi) 3 Sts. Philip and James, apostles cont. 4 cont Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka i, ; John of Avila John I, pope, martyr 5 Ascension transf. to Sunday, May 8 in most USA dioceses. cont Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; Pancras, martyr Bede the Venerable,, doctor; Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin 31 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 6 cont. 13 Our Lady of Fatima Bernardine of Siena, 26 Philip Neri, APRIL Augustine of Canterbury, bishop 7 begins 14 Matthias, apostle 21 Christopher Magallanes,, and companions; martyrs 28 JUNE

8 JUNE Catherine Thomas Aquinas, de Ricci, O.P O.P. ( ) ( ) JUNE MAY TENTH SUNDAY IN Peregrine Novena 12 ELEVENTH cont. 19 TWELFTH SUNDAY IN Father s Day (USA) Novena ends 26 THIRTEENTH 6 Norbert, bishop Peregrine Novena 13 Anthony of Padua,, doctor cont. 7 Peregrine Novena 14 cont Aloysius Gonzaga, religious 27 Cyril of Alexandria, 28 Irenaeus, 1 St Justin, martyr 8 Peregrine Novena Peregrine Novena 15 Germaine Cousin cont. 22 Paulinus, bishop; John Fisher, bishop, martyr; Thomas More, martyr 29 STS. PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES 2 Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs Peregrine Novena 9 Ephrem, deacon, doctor Peregrine Novena 16 cont. 23 Bl. Innocent V, OP, pope 30 The First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church 3 MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Peregrine Novena 10 Bl. John Dominici, OP, bishop 17 cont. 24 THE BIRTH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST 4 Peter of Verona, OP, martyr Peregrine Novena 11 Barnabas, apostle begins 18 cont. 25 JULY /

9 July John of Gorkum, O.P. (d. 1572) JULY JUNE FOURTEENTH 10 FIFTEENTH 4 Independence Day (USA) 11 Benedict, abbot AUGUST s Anthony Mary Zaccaria, ; Elizabeth of Portugal 6 Maria Goretti, virgin, martyr Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor 1 Junipero Serra, Dominican Martyrs of China; Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, martyrs 14 Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin 15 Bonaventure, 2 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel 17 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY 1N 18 Camillus de Lellis, Apollinaris, 21 Lawrence of Brindisi,, doctor 22 Mary Magdalene 23 Bridget of Sweden, religious 24 SEVENTEENTH O.T. 31EIGHTEENTH O.T. 25 James, apostle 26 Sts. Joachim and Anne Martha 30 Peter Chrysologus,

10 August Thomas Rose of Aquinas, Lima, O,P, O.P ( ) ( ) AUGUST Alphonsus Liguori, bishop, doctor 2 Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop; Peter Julian Eymard, 3 4 John Vianney, 5 The Dedication of the Basilica of Mary Major 6 The Transfiguration of the Lord 7 NINETEENTH 8 HOLY FATHER DOMINIC, OP, PRIEST 9 Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin, martyr 10 Lawrence, deacon, martyr 11 Clare, virgin 12 Jane Frances de Chantal, religious 13 Sts. Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, ; martyrs 14 TWENTIETH 15THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 16 Stephen of Hungary John Eudes, 20 Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot, doctor 21TWENTY-FIRST 22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 23 Rose of Lima, OP, virgin 24 Bartholomew, apostle 25 Louis of France; Joseph Calasanz, Monica 28 TWENTY-SECOND 29 The Passion of John the Baptist, martyr JULY / SEPTEMBER

11 september Bl. Thomas Henry Suso, Aquinas, O,P, O.P ( ) ( ) SEPTEMBER AUGUST s TWENTY-THIRD 5 Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, religious Labor Day (USA) OCTOBER /30 24/ Vibiana, virgin, martyr The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 3 Gregory the Great, pope, doctor 9 Peter Claver TWENTY-FOURTH 12 The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary 13 John Chrysostom, 14 THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS 15 Our Lady of Sorrows 16 Cornelius, pope; Cyprian, bishop; martyrs 17 Robert Bellarmine, 18 TWENTY-FIFTH 19 Januarius, 20 Sts. Andrew Kim Tae-gon and Paul Chong Ha-sang and comps., martyrs 21 Matthew, apostle, evangelist Blessed Martyrs of Valencia, Spain 23 Pio of Pietrelcina, TWENTY-SIXTH 26 Sts. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs 27 Vincent de Paul, 28 Wenceslaus, martyr; Lawrence Ruiz and comp., martyrs 29 Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels 30 Jerome,, doctor

12 october Albert Thomas the Aquinas, Great, O,P, O.P ( ) ( ) OCTOBER SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SEVENTH 9 TWENTY-EIGHTH NOVEMBER Francis of Assisi 10 Columbus Day (USA) 11 John XXIII, pope 5 Mary Faustina, virgin; Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, 6 Bruno, ; Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin 7 Our Lady of the Rosary Callistus I, pope, martyr 1 Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin 8 15 Teresa of Jesus, virgin, doctor 16 TWENTY-NINTH 23 THIRTIETH O.T. 30 THIRTY-FIRST O.T. 17 Ignatius of Antioch, 24 Anthony Mary Claret, bishop Luke, evangelist 25 Jude Novena cont. 19 Sts. Isaac Jogues and John de Brébeuf, s, and comps.; martyrs 26 Jude Novena cont. 20 Paul of the Cross, Jude Novena begins 27 Jude Novena cont John Paul II, pope Jude Novena cont. Jude Novena cont. 28 STS. SIMON AND 29 JUDE, APOSTLES Jude Novena ends

13 NOVEMBER Martin de Porres, O.P. ( ) NOVEMBER OCTOBER /30 24/ THIRTY-SECOND Daylight Sav. Time ends 13 THIRTY-THIRD 20 CHRIST THE KING 27 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 7 All Saints of the Dominican Order 1 ALL SAINTS Albert the Great, OP, 21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 28 Catherine Labouré, virgin 8 9 Dedication of the Basilica of John Lateran 22 Cecilia, virgin, martyr 2 All Souls 3 Martin de Porres, OP, religious 16 Margaret of Scotland; Gertrude, virgin Andrew, apostle 10 Leo the Great, pope, doctor 17 Elizabeth of Hungary, religious 23 Clement I, pope, 24 Andrew Dungmartyr; Columban; Lac,, and Bl. Miguel Pro, comps., martyrs, martyr Thanksgiving (USA) 4 Charles Borromeo, bishop 11 Martin of Tours, bishop Veterans Day (USA) 18 Rose Duchesne, virgin; Dedic. of the Churches of Sts. Peter and Paul 25 Catherine of Alexandria, virgin, martyr DECEMBER Josaphat, 19 26

14 DECEMBER Pius V, O.P. ( ) DECEMBER NOVEMBER SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 11 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT JANUARY Nicholas, bishop 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe 13 Lucy, virgin, martyr 7 Ambrose, 14 John of the Cross,, doctor Francis Xavier, 8 THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED 9 Juan Diego 10 VIRGIN MARY FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Peter Canisius,, doctor 22 Anniversary of the Approval of the Order of Preachers 23 John of Kanty, 24 Vigil of the Birth of Our Lord 25 THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS- SOL) Christmas Novena begins 26 Stephen, first martyr Octave of Christmas; Christmas Novena cont. 27 John, apostle, evangelist Octave of Christmas; Christmas Novena cont. 28The Holy Innocents, martyrs Octave of Christmas; Christmas Novena cont. 29 Thomas Becket, Octave of Christmas; Christmas Novena cont. 30 Octave of Christmas; Christmas Novena cont. 31 Sylvester I, pope Octave of Christmas; Christmas Novena cont. to Jan. 2

15 Lourdes Novena...Feb Walk & Retreat for Healing...Feb 6 Easter Novena...Mar 27 Apr 4...Apr 30 May 8 Peregrine Novena...Jun Jun Jude Novena...Oct th Annual Pilgrimage...Oct 22 Christmas Novena...Dec 25 Jan 2 (2017) Photos by Paul Loscavio, Loscavio Photography: (415) ; paul@loscaviophotography.com Design by Tracy La Rue Hohn The Shrine of Jude, 2390 Bush, San Francisco, CA (415)