Collects are prayers that bring together and summarize the thoughts and needs of the church community, while also remembering special events and people in prayer.
You can find more information at Lectionary Calendar – The Episcopal Church
To learn more about the saints, use this link and scroll down to the Saint's date in Lesser Feasts and Fasts. Lesser-Feasts-and-Fasts-2022_final.pdf
Special Days in the Life of the Church
The Proclamation of Epiphany (Noveritis) 2026
Know, dear brothers and sisters, that, as we have rejoiced at the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, so by leave of God’s mercy we announce to you also the joy of his Resurrection, who is our Savior.
On the eighteenth day of February will fall Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of the fast of the most sacred Lenten season.
On the fifth day of April we will celebrate with joy Easter Day, the Paschal feast of our Lord Jesus Christ.
On the fourteenth day of May will be the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.
On the twenty-fourth day of May will be the feast of Pentecost.
On the thirty-first day of May, the feast of the Blessed Holy Trinity, our patronal feast day, will be observed.
On the twenty-ninth day of November, the First Sunday of the Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom is honor and glory for ever and ever. AMEN.
October
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October 1:
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October 1:
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October 3:
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October 4:
Ordinary Time, Proper 22
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October 4:
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October 6:
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October 7:
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October 9:
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October 10:
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October 11:
Ordinary Time, Proper 23
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October 11:
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October 12:
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October 14:
Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop and Missionary, 1906
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October 15:
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October 16:
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October 17:
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October 18:
Ordinary Time, Proper 24
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October 18:
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October 19:
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October 20:
Cornelius, the Centurian -
October 23:
Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Martyr, c. 62
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October 25:
Ordinary Time, Proper 25
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October 25:
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October 26:
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October 28:
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October 29:
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October 30:
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October 31:
All Saints’ Eve
November
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November 1:
All Saints’ Day
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November 1:
Ordinary Time, Proper 26
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November 2:
All Souls/All the Faithful Departed
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November 3:
Richard Hooker, Priest and Theologian, 1600
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November 6:
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1944
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November 7:
Willibrord, Bishop and Missionary, 739
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November 8:
Ordinary Time, Proper 27
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November 8:
[Ammonius, Hermit, c.403]
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November 9:
[Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton,
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November 10:
Leo of Rome, Bishop, 461
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November 11:
Martin of Tours, Bishop, 397
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November 12:
Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836
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November 14:
The Consecration of Samuel Seabury, 1784
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November 15:
Ordinary Time, Proper 28
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November 15:
[Herman of Alaska, Missionary, 1837]
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November 16:
Margaret of Scotland, Queen, 1093
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November 17:
Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop, 1200
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November 18:
Hilda of Whitby, Abbess, 680
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November 19:
Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess, 1231
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November 20:
Edmund, King, 870
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November 21:
[Mechthilde of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great, Mystics and Theologians, 1298 and 1302]
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November 22:
Christ the KING SUNDAY
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November 22:
Clive Staples Lewis, Apologist and Spiritual Writer, 1963
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November 23:
Clement of Rome, Bishop, c.100
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November 24:
[Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara of Nicomedia, and Margaret of Antioch, Martyrs, c.305]
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November 25:
James Otis Sargent Huntington, Monastic and Priest, 1935
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November 26: Thanksgiving Day
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November 28:
Kamehameha and Emma of Hawaii, King and Queen, 1863 and 1885
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November 29:
The First Sunday of Advent
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November 30:
Saint Andrew the Apostle
December
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December 1:
Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637
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December 1:
[Charles de Foucauld, Monastic and Martyr, 1916]
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December 2:
Channing Moore Williams, Bishop and Missionary, 1910
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December 3:
[Francis Xavier, Priest and Missionary, 1552]
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December 4:
John of Damascus, Priest and Theologian, c.760
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December 5:
Clement of Alexandria, Priest and Theologian, c.210
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December 6:
The Second Sunday of Advent
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December 6:
Nicholas of Myra, Bishop, c.342
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December 7:
Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Theologian, 397
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December 12:
[Francis de Sales, Bishop, and Jane de Chantal, Vowed Religious, 1622 and 1641]
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December 13:
The Third Sunday of Advent
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December 13:
[Lucy of Syracuse, Martyr, 304]
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December 14:
[John of the Cross, Mystic and Monastic Reformer, 1591]
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December 15:
[Nino of Georgia, Missionary, c.332]
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December 17:
[Dorothy L Sayers, Apologist and Spiritual Writer, 1957]
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December 20:
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
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December 20:
[Katharina von Bora, Church Reformer, 1552]
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December 21:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
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December 24:
Christmas Eve
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December 25:
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Christmas Day
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December 26:
Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr
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December 27:
The First Sunday After Christmas Day
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December 27:
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
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December 28:
The Holy Innocents
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December 29:
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1170
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December 31:
Frances Joseph Gaudet, Educator and Social Reformer, 1934
January, 2027
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January 1:
The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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January 3:
The Second Sunday After Christmas Day
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January 4:
[Elizabeth Ann Seton, Vowed Religious and Educator, 1821]
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January 5:
Eve of Epiphany
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January 5:
[Sarah, Theodora, and Syncletica of Egypt, Desert Mothers, fourth-fifth century]
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January 6:
The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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January 8:
Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary, 1969
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January 9:
The Eve of the First Sunday After the Epiphany
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January 9:
Julia Chester Emery, Lay Leader and Missionary, 1922
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January 10:
The First Sunday After the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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January 10:
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645
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January 12:
Aelred of Rievaulx, Monastic and Theologian, 1167
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January 13:
Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop, 367
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January 14:
[Richard Meux Benson, Priest, and Charles Gore, Bishop, 1915 and 1932]
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January 17:
The Second Sunday After the Epiphany
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January 17:
Antony of Egypt, Monastic, 356
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January 18:
The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle
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January 19:
Wulfstan of Worcester, Bishop, 1095
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January 20:
Fabian, Bishop and Martyr, 250
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January 21:
Agnes [and Cecilia] of Rome, Martyrs, 304 [and c.230]
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January 22:
Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon and Martyr, 304
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January 23:
Phillips Brooks, Bishop, 1893
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January 24:
The Third Sunday After the Epiphany
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January 24:
Florence Li Tim-Oi, Priest, 1992
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January 25:
The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
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January 26:
Timothy and Titus, Companions of Saint Paul
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January 27:
John Chrysostom, Bishop and Theologian, 407
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January 28:
Thomas Aquinas, Friar and Theologian, 1274
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January 31:
The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany
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January 31:
[Marcella of Rome, Monastic and Scholar, 410]