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The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), is a mainly contemplative monastic religious order of the Catholic Church for men and women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, in reference to the colour of their religious habits, in contrast to other Benedictine orders such as the Olivetans, who wear white. They were founded in 529 by Benedict of Nursia, a 6th-century Italian monk who laid the foundations of Benedictine monasticism by formulating his Rule. Benedict's sister, Scholastica, possibly his twin, also became religious early but chose to live as a hermit. They retained a close relationship until her death.
Despite being called an order, the Benedictines do not operate under a single hierarchy but are organized as a collection of autonomous monasteries and convents, some known as abbeys. The Benedictine Confederation represents the order internationally, an organization set up in 1893 to represent the order's shared interests. They do not have a superior general or motherhouse with universal jurisdiction but elect an Abbot Primate to represent themselves to the Vatican and the world.
The term third order signifies, in general, lay members of Christian religious orders who do not necessarily live in a religious community such as a monastery or a nunnery and yet can claim to wear the religious habit and participate in the good works of an excellent order. Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism all recognize third orders.
Third orders were a 12th-century adaptation of the medieval monastic confraternities. Members of third orders are known as tertiaries (Latin tertiarii, from tertius, "third"). In some cases, they may belong to a religious institute (a "congregation") that is called a "third-order regular."
We are An Independent Anglican Catholic Ministry following the Rule of St Benedict, established within the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Cap. a personal ordinariate, also known as an Anglican ordinariate, a Catholic jurisdiction for those of the Anglican patrimony.
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Celebrations and Feast Days
Marian memorials in the General Roman Calendar are:
February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes
May 13: Our Lady of Fatima
July 16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
December 10: Our Lady of Loreto
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Celebrations Anglican:
6 January Saturday Epiphany
2 February Friday Candlemas
14 February Wednesday Ash Wednesday
25 March Monday Annunciation Day
28 March Thursday Maundy (Holy) Thursday
29 March Friday Good Friday
31 March Sunday Easter
9 May Thursday Ascension Day
19 May Sunday Pentecost
26 May Sunday Trinity Sunday
1 November Friday All Saints’ Day
25 December Wednesday, Christmas Day
The most prominent Marian feast days in the General Roman Calendar are:
January 1: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
May 31 (in some locations July 2): The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Monday after Pentecost: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
1 day after the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 5: Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore; also known as Saint Mary of the Snows)
August 15: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity)
August 22: The Queenship of Mary
September 8: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as Marymas
September 12: Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows
October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary
November 21: The Presentation of Mary
December 8: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In the Eastern Orthodox Church
Among the most prominent Marian feast days in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic liturgical calendars are:
February 2 Purification of the Most Holy Theotokos
March 25 Annunciation of the Theotokos
March 30: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Fifth Saturday in Lent Saturday of the Akathist Hymn
Bright Friday Feast of the Mother of God, the Life-Giving Spring
July 2: The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae
July 25 Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos
1 August Feast to the All-Merciful Saviour and the Most Holy Mother of God.
August 15 Dormition of the Mother of God
August 31: The Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Mother of God
September 8 Nativity of the Theotokos
September 9 Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna
October 1 Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
November 21: The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple
December 9 Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos
December 26 Synaxis of the Theotokos
Celebrations Roman Catholic as per Eric Michel Ministries International:
1 January The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
7 The Epiphany of the Lord
14 February Ash Wednesday
18 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Lent
25 2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Lent
3 March 3ʳᵈ Sunday of Lent
10 4ᵗʰ Sunday of Lent (Laetare)
17 5ᵗʰ Sunday of Lent
28 Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper
29 Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
30 Holy Saturday
31 Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection
8 April The Annunciation of the Lord
16 Bernadette Soubirous
17 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
18 Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin,
29 Saint Catherine of Siena, doctor of the Church
30 Saint Marie of the Incarnation
6 May Saint François de Montmorency Laval, bishop
12 Ascension of the Lord
13 Our Lady of Fatima
19 Pentecost Sunday
20 The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
26 The Most Holy Trinity
31 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8 June The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
13 Saint Anthony of Padua, doctor of the Church
24 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
3 July Saint Thomas, apostle
11 Saint Benedict, abbot
16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel
22 Saint Mary Magdalene
25 Saint James, apostle
26 Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
29 Saint Martha, Saint Mary and Saint Lazarus
5 August Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, priest
6 The Transfiguration of the Lord
14 Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr
15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12 September The Most Holy Name of Mary
26 Saint John de Brébeuf, Saint Isaac Jogues, priests, and companions, martyrs
27 Saint Vincent de Paul
1 October Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, doctor of the Church
4 Saint Francis of Assisi
7 Our Lady of the Rosary
14 Thanksgiving Day
16 Saint Marguerite d’Youville
28 Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles
31 All Hallows Eve
1 November All Saints
2 The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls) and the Archbishop
11 Remembrance Day
21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
24 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
1 December 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent
8 2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Advent
9 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12 Our Lady of Guadalupe (Eric Michel Militia Immaculata)
15 3ʳᵈ Sunday of Advent (Gaudete)
22 4ᵗʰ Sunday of Advent
25 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
29 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
In the Oriental Orthodox Church
In the Coptic Orthodox rite, St. Mary is commemorated on the 21st of each Coptic month (Generally the 30th/31st of each Gregorian month).
January 22 Wedding at Cana
January 29 Dormition of Saint Mary, the Theotokos
April 2 Apparition of Saint Mary in the Church of Zeitoun
April 7 Annunciation of the Birth of Christ
May 9 Birth of Saint Mary
June 1 Entry of the Lord Christ into Egypt
June 28 Commemoration of the First Church for the Virgin Mary in the City of Philippi
August 13 Annunciation of the Birth of Saint Mary
August 22 Assumption of the Body of Saint Mary
December 13 Entrance of Saint Mary into the Temple at Jerusalem
In the Syriac Orthodox rite, St. Mary is commemorated on the following 8 Major feast days:
January 15 Virgin Mary of the Sowing
March 25 Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
May 15 Feast of the Virgin Mary of the Harvest
August 15 Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin Mary
September 8 Nativity of the Virgin Mary
December 26 Glorification of the Mother of God
In the Malankara Orthodox Church, St. Mary is commemorated on the following feast days:
January 1 Virgin Mary, Mother of God
January 15 Virgin Mary of the Sowing
March 25 Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
May 15 Feast of the Virgin Mary of the Harvest
August 15 Assumption of the Virgin Mary (preceded by 15 days of lent)
September 8 Nativity of the Virgin Mary(preceded by 8 days of lent)
December 26 Glorification of the Mother of God
In the Anglican Communion
In calendars throughout the Anglican Communion and Continuing Anglican churches, the following Marian feasts may be observed, although the practice of different provinces varies widely:
February 2 Purification of the Blessed Virgin
February 11 Our Lady of Lourdes[
March 25 Annunciation of Our Saviour to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Lady Day)
May 1 Queen of Heaven
May 31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 15 The Blessed Virgin Mary or "The Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary"
September 8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
October 15 Our Lady of Walsingham (Catholics feast on September 24, as of 2001)
December 8 Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In Lutheranism
Lutherans tend to de-emphasize the importance of Mary out of respect for the centrality of Jesus, yet many or all of the traditional medieval Marian days are retained. Due to disagreements about the perpetual virginity of Mary, many Lutherans avoid using the traditional title of "Blessed Virgin Mary" to preface the feasts or don't celebrate them, although many still retain the title and continue the observances (the Book of Concord also explicitly reaffirms the perpetual virginity of Mary in the Latin form of Martin Luther's Smalcald Articles, and suggests it strongly elsewhere in the German form). The following are Marian festivals celebrated within the Lutheran liturgical calendar:
February 2 Presentation of the Lord, usually referred to as "The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord" together (sometimes the order of terms is switched for emphasis), also known as Candlemas
March 25 Annunciation of Our Lord
May 31: The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
August 15 Mary, Mother of Our Lord (most refer to it simply as St. Mary's Day instead of the Assumption, and some prefer to call it the Dormition)[
September 8: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as Marymas (few observe this)
November 21: The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (few observe this)
December 8: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Conception of Mary) (although they almost never use the term "immaculate," and very few observe this due to its Roman Catholic association)
When Johann Sebastian Bach worked as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, three Marian feasts were observed for which he composed church cantatas:
February 2 Purification
March 25 Annunciation
July 2 Visitation