DECEMBER 2008



1 Monday St. Eligius (Flanders) - 1965: Rome: Personal audience of C.T.M. founder Fr. Gommar A. De Pauw with Pope Paul VI
2 Tuesday Bl. John Ruysbroeck (Belgium) - 1967: Death of Francis Cardinal Spellman, Protector of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement
3 Wednesday St. Francis Xavier (Spain)
4 Thursday St. Barbara (Turkey)
5 Friday St. Sabbas (Palestine)
6 Saturday St. Nicholas (Persia)
7 Sunday 2nd Sunday of Advent - St. Ambrose (Italy) - Vigil of Immaculate Conception - Pearl Harbor Day
8 Monday Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mass Obligation
9 Tuesday St. Valerie (France)
10 Wednesday St. Eulalia (Spain)
11 Thursday St. Damasus (Italy)
12 Friday Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico)
13 Saturday St. Lucy (Italy) - St. Aubert (France) -1973: Death of Bishop Blaise S. Kurz, Moderator of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement
14 Sunday 3rd Sunday of Advent - Gaudete - St. Victor (Italy)
15 Monday St. Valerian (Africa)
16 Tuesday St. Adelaide (France)
17 Wednesday St. Wivina (Flanders) - Ember Day
18 Thursday St. Rufus (Greece)
19 Friday St. Timothy (Morocco) - Ember Day
20 Saturday St. Julius (Italy) - Ember Day
21 Sunday 4th Sunday of Advent - St. Thomas, Apostle - First Day of Winter
22 Monday St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Italy and U.S.A.)
23 Tuesday St. Yvo (France)
24 Wednesday Vigil of Christmas - No Meat
25 Thursday Christmas: Nativity of Our Lord - Mass Obligation
26 Friday St. Stephen, First Martyr (Palestine)
27 Saturday St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
28 Sunday Sunday within the Octave of Christmas - Holy Innocents
29 Monday St. Thomas Becket (England)
30 Tuesday St. Liberius (Italy)
31 Wednesday St. Sylvester (Italy) - New Year's Eve -
1964: New York: Catholic Traditionalist Manifesto sent to Pope and Bishops