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Liturgical calendar

The proper liturgical calendar of the ordinariate was approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 15 February 2012. In the main, it is identical with the current Roman Rite liturgical calendar of the dioceses of England and Wales, but it has retained some elements that form part of the Anglican patrimony.

In the Proper of Time:

• In place of “Sundays in Ordinary Time”, it uses the expressions “Sundays after Epiphany”, “Sundays before Lent” (with the names “Septuagesima”, “Sexagesima” and “Quinquagesima” in parentheses), and “Sundays after Trinity”. However, the readings at Mass are identical with those in general use in the Roman Rite.
• Ember Days are observed on the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the First Sunday of Lent, Pentecost (Whit-Sunday), Holy Cross Day and Saint Lucy’s Day.
• Rogation Days are observed on the three days following the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
• In the week between Pentecost and Trinity Sunday, elements of the former octave are fostered: while the readings of the Ordinary Time weekday are retained, the Mass propers and use of red as the liturgical colour “may sustain the themes of Pentecost”.

Regarding the Proper of Saints, the ordinariate observes the proper calendars of England and Wales, as well as the following saints:

• 12 January – Saint Benedict Biscop, abbot – optional memorial
• 13 January – Saint Kentigern (Mungo), bishop – optional memorial
• 1 February – Saint Brigid of Kildare, abbess – optional memorial
• 4 February – Saint Gilbert of Sempringham, religious – optional memorial
• 5 March – Saint Piran, abbot – optional memorial
• 16 April – Saint Magnus of Orkney, martyr – optional memorial
• 19 April – Saint Alphege, bishop and martyr – optional memorial
• 24 April – Saint Mellitus, bishop – optional memorial
• 6 May – Saint John the Apostle in Eastertide – optional memorial
• 21 May – Saint Helena or Saint Godric of Finchale, religious – optional memorial
• 23 May – Saint Petroc, abbot – optional memorial
• 24 May – Saint Aldhelm, bishop – optional memorial
• 15 July – Saint Bonaventure, bishop and Doctor of the Church; or Saint Swithun, bishop; or Saint Osmund, bishop – optional memorials
• 20 July – Saint Margaret of Antioch, martyr – optional memorial
• 5 August – Saint Oswald, martyr – optional memorial
• 17 September – Saint Ninian, bishop or Saint Edith of Wilton, religious – optional memorial
• 24 September – Our Lady of Walsingham – solemnity
• 3 October – Saint Thomas of Hereford, bishop – optional memorial
• 9 October – Saint John Henry Newman, priest, patron of the ordinariate – feast
• 11 October – Saint Ethelburga, abbess – optional memorial
• 19 October – Saint Frideswide, abbess – optional memorial
• 8 November – All Saints of England or All Saints of Wales – feast
• 20 November – Saint Edmund, martyr – optional memorial
• 1 December – Saint Edmund Campion, priest and martyr – optional memorial