CONTENTS

THE ECCLESIASTICAL OR LITURGICAL YEAR

PROPER OF THE SEASON

FIRST PART OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR

THE CHRISTMAS-EPIPHANY CYCLE

I. Season of Advent

First Sunday in Advent.

Second Sunday in Advent
Third Sunday in Advent
The Ember Days
Ember Wednesday in Advent
Ember Friday in Advent
Ember Saturday in Advent
Fourth Sunday of Advent

II. Christmastide

Vigil of the Nativity: Christmas Eve (December 24)

The Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Day (December 25)
First Mass: in the Night
Second Mass: at Dawn
Third Mass: on the Day of the Nativity of Our Lord
St Stephen, First Martyr (December 26)
St John, Apostle and Evangelist (December 27)
The Holy Innocents (December 28)
Sunday in the Octave of the Nativity
Masses in the Octave of the Nativity: December 29 (cm. St Thomas),
30, and 31 (cm. St Sylvester I)
Octave of the Nativity: Circumcision, New Year’s Day (January 1)
Sunday after the Octave of the Nativity, or
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus: Sunday after the Octave of the Nativity
or, on Jan 2, or 3
Vigil of the Epiphany: Epiphany Eve
The Epiphany of Our Lord
First Sunday after Epiphany; or Feast of the Holy Family
Mass for Missionary Work of the Church Overseas
Octave of the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord

III. Season after the Epiphany

Second Sunday after Epiphany

Third Sunday after Epiphany
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

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 SECOND PART OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR
THE EASTER-PENTECOST CYCLE

I. Septuagesimatide

Septuagesima Sunday
Sexagesima Sunday
Quinquagesima Sunday
II Lent

Ash Wednesday
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Saturday after Ash Wednesday

First Sunday in Lent

Monday of the First Week in Lent
Tuesday of the First Week in Lent
Wednesday of Ember Week in Lent
Thursday of the First Week in Lent
Friday of Ember Week in Lent
Saturday of Ember Week in Lent

Second Sunday in Lent

Monday of the Second Week in Lent
Tuesday of the Second Week in Lent
Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent
Thursday of the Second Week in Lent
Friday of the Second Week in Lent
Saturday of the Second Week in Lent

Third Sunday in Lent

Monday in the Third Week in Lent
Tuesday in the Third Week in Lent
Wednesday in the Third Week in Lent
Thursday in the Third Week in Lent
Friday in the Third Week in Lent
Saturday in the Third Week in Lent

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Monday in the Fourth Week in Lent
Tuesday in the Fourth Week in Lent
Wednesday in the Fourth Week in Lent
Thursday in the Fourth Week in Lent
Friday in the Fourth Week in Lent
Saturday in the Fourth Week in Lent

III. Passiontide
Passion Sunday
Monday in Passion Week
Tuesday in Passion Week
Wednesday in Passion Week

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Thursday in Passion Week
Friday in Passion Week
St Mary in Passiontide
Saturday in Passion Week

Holy Week
Palm Sunday
Monday in Holy Week
Tuesday in Holy Week
Monday in Holy Week
Wednesday in Holy Week
Maundy Thursday
The Morning Mass of the Passion
The Mass of the Chrism
The Mass of the Supper of the Lord
Good Friday
Easter Even or Holy Saturday
Ante-Communion
The Easter Vigil, and The Solemn Mass of the Easter Vigil

IV. Eastertide

Easter Day – The Mass of the Day, and a Second Mass for Easter Day or
for Wednesday to Saturday in Easter Week instead of the Proper Masses
listed below
Monday in the Octave of Easter
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Friday in the Octave of Easter
Saturday in the Octave of Easter

The Octave of Easter

The Second Sunday after Easter
The Third Sunday after Easter
The Fourth Sunday after Easter
The Fifth Sunday after Easter – ‘Rogation’ Sunday
The Rogation Days
Rogation Monday
Rogation Tuesday
Rogation Wednesday, and The Vigil of the Ascension

The Ascension of Our Lord

Sunday after the Ascension
Vigil of Pentecost

Pentecost, or Whitsunday
Monday in the Octave of Pentecost
Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost
Ember Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost
Thursday in the Octave of Pentecost
Ember Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
Ember Saturday in the Octave of Pentecost

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 V. Season after Trinity
Trinity Sunday
Feast of Corpus Christi (Thursday after Trinity Sunday)
The First Sunday after Trinity
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after Trinity I)
The Second Sunday after Trinity
The Third Sunday after Trinity
The Fourth Sunday after Trinity
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity
The Eighth Sunday after Trinity
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity
The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
Ember Wednesday in September
Ember Friday in September
Ember Saturday in September
The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity
The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity
The Sunday Next Before Advent, or
The Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, The Sunday Next Before
Advent

ORDINARY AND CANON OF THE MASS

PROPER OF SAINTS
November
30 St. Andrew the Apostle
December
3 St. Francis Xavier
5 St. John Damascene
6 St. Nicholas
8 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12 B.V.M. Our Lady of Guadalupe
13 St. Lucy
20 The Vigil of St Thomas.
21 St. Thomas the Apostle

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January
14 St. Hilary
15 cm. Richard Meux Benson, SSJE
16 St. Kentigern
17 St. Anthony
18 A Votive Mass of St Peter: Christian Unity Octave
19 St. Henry
21 St. Agnes
22 St. Vincent
24 St. Timothy & St. Titus
25 The Conversion of St. Paul The Apostle
26 St. Polycarp
27 St. John Chrysostom
27 The Refounding of the Canadian Diocese
29 St. Francis de Sales
30 Charles Stuart, King and Martyr
February
1 St. Ignatius of Antioch
2 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or The Purification of the
Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas)
3 St. Anskar or Ansgarius
4 St. Gilbert of Sempringham,
5 St. Agatha
6 The Accession of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
6 The Martyrs of Japan
9 St. Cyril of Alexandria
10 St. Scholastica
11 St. Caedmon
11 Our Lady of Lourdes
14 St. Valentine, Bishop
17 The Martyrs of China
20 The African Missionaries and Martyrs
22 The Chair of St Peter (Sarum)
23 Vigil of St Matthias The Apostle
24 St. Matthias the Apostle
27 cm. George Herbert
March
1 St. David of Wales
2 St. Chad
3 St. Aelred of Riveaulx
6 St. Perpetua & St. Felicitas
7 St. Thomas Aquinas
8 cm. Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln
9 St. Gregory of Nyssa
12 St. Gregory the Great, Apostle of the English
17 St. Patrick Apostle of the Irish
18 St. Cyril of Jerusalem
19 St. Joseph of Nazareth, Spouse Of The BVM
20 St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
21 St. Benedict,
22 cm. Thomas Ken

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25 The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
29 cm. John Keble
Saint Mary In Passiontide (Friday after Passion Week)

April
3 St. Richard
4 St. Ambrose
11 St. Leo the Great
12 cm. Restoration of the Canadian Episcopate
19 St. Alphege
21 St. Anselm
23 St. George of England
24 St. Wilfrid of York
25 St. Mark the Evangelist
30 St. Catherine of Siena

May
1 St. Philip & St. James the Apostles
2 St. Athanasius
3 The Invention [Finding] of the Holy Cross
4 St. Monica
6 St. John in Eastertide
7 St. Stanislaus
9 St. Gregory of Nazianzus
11 St. Cyril & St. Methodius
14 St. Pachomius
19 St. Dunstan
20 cm. Council of Nicæa.
25 St. Aldhelm
25 Martyrs of Mexico,
26 St. Augustine of Canterbury
26 St. Philip Neri
27 St. Bede The Venerable
30 St. Joan of Arc
31 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

June
1 St. Justin Martyr
5 St. Boniface
9 St. Columba,
11 St. Barnabas
14 St. Basil the Great
18 St. Ephraim of Syria
18 Bernard Mizeki
22 St. Alban, Protomartyr of England
23 cm. Carmino Joseph de Catanzaro
23 Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
24 Nativity of St. John the Baptist
28 St. Irenæus
29 St. Peter and St. Paul the Holy Apostles

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July
1 Canada Day, Octave Day of St. John the Baptist
6 Octave Day of St Peter and St Paul
7 St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher
8 St. Elisabeth of Portugal
11 St. Benedict
14 St. Bonaventure
15 St. Swithun
16 St. Vladimir
16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel
19 St. Vincent de Paul
20 St. Margaret of Antioch
22 St. Mary Magdalene.
24 Vigil of St James The Apostle
25 St. James the Apostle.
26 St. Anne, Mother Of The Blessed Virgin Mary
29 St. Olaf
29 St. Martha of Bethany
31 St. Ignatius of Loyola

August
1 St. Peter Ad Vincula or St Peter’s Chains
4 St. Dominic
5 Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major
5 St. Oswald
6 Transfiguration of Our Lord
7 The Holy Name of Jesus
8 St. John Vianney
9 St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
10 St. Lawrence
11 St. Clare of Assisi
13 St. Hippolytus
14 St. Maximilian Kolbe
14 cm. Jeremy Taylor
14 Vigil of the Assumption
15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
16 St. Maximus the Confessor
18 St. Helena, Queen and Matron
20 St. Bernard of Clairvaux
21 St. Jane Frances de Chantal
22 The Octave of the Assumption: Immaculate Heart of The Blessed
Virgin Mary
23 Roland Ford Palmer, SSJE
23 Vigil of St Bartholomew
24 St. Bartholomew the Apostle
25 St. Louis
28 St. Augustine of Hippo
29 The Beheading of St. John Baptist
30 St. Rose of Lima
31 St. Aidan

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September
1 St. Giles
2 The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea
2 St. Stephen King of Hungary
8 The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12 The Holy Name of Mary
13 St. Cyprian
14 Holy Cross Day
15 St. Mary at the Cross
16 St. Ninian
17 cm. Edward Pusey
19 St. Theodore of Tarsus, and Canterbury
20 John Coleridge Patteson.
20 The Martyrs of Korea
20 Vigil of St Matthew
21 St. Matthew, the Apostle and Evangelist
25 cm. Lancelot Andrewes
25 St. Sergius of Radonezh
26 The Proto-Martyrs of Canada
28 St. Wenceslas, Duke
29 St. Michael and All Angels
30 St. Jerome
30 St. Gregory the Enlightener

October
1 St. Remigius
2 Holy Guardian Angels
3 St. Therese of the Child Jesus
4 St. Francis of Assisi
6 St. Bruno
7 The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8 St. Bridget
9 St. Denys of France
9 The Martyrs of Spain
9 Blessed John Henry Newman
10 St. Paulinus
11 The Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary
13 St. Edward, the Confessor
15 St. Teresa of Avila
16 Our Lady of Walsingham
17 St. Etheldreda
18 St. Luke the Evangelist
21 St. Hilarion
23 St James, St Jude, Kinsmen of the Lord
25 St. Crispin and St. Crispinian
26 St. Cedd
27 St. Alfred, King
27 Vigil of St Simon and St Jude
28 St. Simon & St. Jude the Apostles
29 The Martyrs of Uganda
31 Vigil of All Saints

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November
1 All Saints’ Day
2 All Souls’ Day
3 cm.St. Martin de Porres
4 cm. St. Charles Borromeo
6 cm. St. Leonard
7 cm. St. Willibrord
8 The Octave Day of All Saints
8 For Anglican Blesseds
9 Dedication of the ArchBasilica of St. Saviour
11 St. Martin
15 St Albert the Great
16 St. Margaret of Scotland
17 St. Hilda
18 St. Hugh
19 St. Elisabeth of Hungary
20 St. Edmund of East Anglia
21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
22 St. Cecilia
23 St. Clement
24 St. John of the Cross,
24 The Martyrs of Vietnam.
25 St. Catherine of Alexandria
26 cm. C.S. Lewis
29 Vigil of St Andrew

COMMON OF THE SAINTS

I. VIGIL OF AN APOSTLE
Mass 1: Ego autem

II. COMMON OF ONE OR MANY HOLY POPES

Mass 2: Si diligis

III. COMMON OF MARTYRS

A. Common of a Martyr (Outside Eastertide)

Mass 3: Statuit of a Martyr Bishop
Mass 4: Sacerdotes Dei of a Martyr Bishop
Mass 5: In virtute of a Martyr not a Bishop

B. Common of Several Martyrs (Out of Eastertide)

Mass 6: Intret of Several Martyrs.

IV. COMMON OF A MARTYR OR MARTYRS (In Eastertide)

Mass 7: Protexisti of an Apostle, Martyr Bishop, or
Martyr(s)

V. COMMON OF CONFESSORS (In or Out of Eastertide)

Mass 8: Statuit of a Bishop
Mass 9: Sacerdotes tui of a Bishop
Mass 10: In medio of a Doctor
Mass 11: Deus misereatur of a Missionary

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 Mass 12: Justus ut palma of a Teacher, Poet, Scholar
Mass 13: Os justi of Any Saint
Mass 14: Justus ut palma of a Religious Founder
Mass 15: Os justi of an Abbot

VI. COMMON OF VIRGINS AND HOLY WOMEN (In or Out of

Eastertide)
Mass 16: Loquebar of a Virgin Martyr in or out of Eastertide
Mass 17: Dilexi of a Virgin not a Martyr
Mass 18: Cognovi of a Matron or Holy Woman not a Martyr

VII. COMMON OF THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH

VIII. COMMON OF FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

1. Mass: Salve, Sancta Parens: For Some Feasts Without a Proper

According to different seasons:

Mass 1: Rorate coeli (In Advent)
Mass 2: Vultum tuum (From Christmastide to the Purification)
Mass 3: Salve, Sancta (From the Purification to Shrove Tuesday)
Mass 4: Salve, Sancta (Eastertide)
Mass 5: Salve, Sancta (From Trinity Sunday to Advent)

VOTIVE MASSES

Monday. Mass of the Most Holy Trinity

Tuesday. Mass of the Holy Angels
Wednesday.
1. Mass of St Joseph of Nazareth
2. Mass of SS Peter and Paul the Apostles
3. Votive Mass of St Peter
4. Mass of All the Holy Apostles
5. Mass of the Patron Saint
Thursday.
1. Mass of the Holy Ghost
2. Mass of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist
3. Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest
4. Votive Mass for the Unity of the Christian Church

Friday.
1. Mass of the Holy Cross
2. Mass of the Passion of the Lord
Saturday.
1. Mass of All Saints
2. Mass of St Mary on Saturday: see VIII for Common of Feasts of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Seasonal Masses of the BVM

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Votive Masses for Various Occasions
1. Mass for the Election of a Pope, Primate or Diocesan Bishop
2. Mass for the Anniversary of the Election, Translation or
Consecration of a Bishop
3. Mass on the Anniversary of Ordination
4. Mass for the Propagation of the Faith
5. Mass for the Sick
6. Mass at a Conference or Retreat
7. Mass at a Synod or Rural Deanery
8. Mass for a Parochial Mission
9. Mass for Pilgrims or Travellers
10. Mass for Protection Against the Heathen, or In Time of War
11. Mass in Any Necessity

NUPTIAL MASS

MASSES FOR NATIONAL OCCASIONS

Accession Day (February 6th) or Birthday of the Sovereign
Canada Day (see July 1st, Octave Day of St. John the Baptist)
Labour Day
Thanksgiving Day
Blessings of the Harvest (Harvest Thanksgiving)
Masses for Those Serving in the Queen’s Canadian Forces
Remembrance Day, and Remembrance Sunday

REQUIEM MASSES
Masses for the Dead
1. Mass for the Dead: Daily
2. Mass for the Dead: Another Mass for All Souls Day
3. Mass for the Dead: Other Occasions
4. Various Prayers for the Dead
5. Mass for Children

EXPLANATORY NOTES:

It will be observed that most Masses have two Introits and two Graduals
or Tracts separated by the word ‘Or’. The first is labelled EG followed by
a number: EG refers to Dr. Burgess' The English Gradual Part II - The
Proper; or to The English Gradual Supplement or Supp. The Introits in
these books are both from the Sarum Rite and, where it differs, the Latin
Rite. Both these books as well as The English Gradual Part I -The Ordinary
are available from amazon.ca
The second set of Introits and Gradual are those of the Book of Common
Prayer (Canada) 1962, and are numbered in accordance with the book of
Introits and Graduals published by the Anglican Catholic Convent Society.
Finally, in some instances, before the Introit only AM occurs. This means
that the Introit and Gradual, etc. of the first set are taken from T h e
Anglican Missal.

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