New Year’s Day
January 1st, 2024
Calendar
Feast of the Circumcision
Octave, Eighth Day of Christmas
January 1st, 2024
- Read Malcolm Guite’s poem “New Year’s Day: Church bells” (Sounding the Seasons p. 18)
Ninth Day of Christmas
January 2nd, 2024
Tenth Day of Christmas
January 3rd, 2024
Eleventh Day of Christmas
January 4th, 2024
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Day of Christmas, Epiphany Eve
January 5th, 2024
Epiphany
Three Kings’s Day
January 6th, 2024
- King Cake
- Read Malcolm Guite’s poem “The magi” (Sounding the Seasons p. 19)
King Cake recipe in Hallelujah
Theophany
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Plough Sunday
January 7th, 2024
- Read Malcolm Guite’s poem “The baptism of Christ” (Sounding the Seasons p. 20)
Plough Monday
January 8th, 2024
- Start School Term 2
Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, MLK Day
January 15th, 2024
Septuagesima
January 28th, 2024
Candlemas
Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Holy Encounter
February 2nd, 2024
- Watch Groundhog Day
- Read Malcolm Guite’s poem “Candlemas” (Sounding the Seasons p. 25)
Sexagesima
February 4th, 2024
Shrove Saturday
February 10th, 2024
Quinquagesima
Shrove Sunday
February 11th, 2024
Shrove Monday
Collopy Monday
February 12th, 2024
Shrove Tuesday
Mardis Gras, Pancake Day
February 13th, 2024
Ash Wednesday
February 14th, 2024
- Read Malcolm Guite’s poem “Ash Wednesday” (Sounding the Seasons p. 26)
Transfiguration Sunday
February 18th, 2024
Quadragesima Sunday
February 18th, 2024
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are Ember Days
Washington’s Birthday
Presidents’ Day
February 22nd, 2024
Lazarus Saturday
March 23rd, 2024
Palm Sunday
March 24th, 2024
Feast of the Annunciation
Lady Day, Feast of the Incarnation, Conceptio Christi
March 25th, 2024
- Read Malcolm Guite’s poem “The Annunciation” (Sounding the Seasons p. 31)
Holy Monday
March 25th, 2024
Fig Tuesday
Holy Tuesday
March 26th, 2024
Spy Wednesday
Holy Wednesday, Good Wednesday
March 27th, 2024
Maundy Thursday
Holy Thursday
March 28th, 2024
Good Friday
Holy Friday, Black Friday
March 29th, 2024
Holy Saturday
Low Saturday, Great Sabbath, Black Saturday, Easter Eve
March 30th, 2024
Easter
Pascha, Resurrection Sunday
March 31st, 2024
Saint George’s Day
April 23rd, 2024
- Read “St. George and the Dragon”
Also the death and estimated birth day of William Shakespeare
May Day
May 1st, 2024
Ascension Day
Feast of the Ascension
May 10th, 2024
Pentecost
Whitsun, Whitsunday
May 19th, 2024
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are Ember Days
Whit Monday
Pentecost Monday, Monday of the Holy Spirit
May 20th, 2024
Trinity Sunday
May 26th, 2024
All Koser’s Eve
May 31st, 2024
Koserstag
Saint Kosers’ Day
June 1st, 2024
Juneteenth
Juneteenth National Independence Day
June 19th, 2024
Independence Day
Fourth of July
July 4th, 2024
Patriot Day
9/11
September 11th, 2024
Battle of Vienna
September 12th, 2024
- Listen to Sabaton’s Winged Hussars
https://www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/battle-of-vienna/
Roodmas
Feast of the Holy Cross, Holy Cross Day, Holy Rood Day, Crouchmas
September 14th, 2024
- Read “Of the Invention of the Holy Cross” from The Golden Legend
- Read The Dream of the Rood
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are Ember Days
Feast of St. Eustace
September 20th, 2024
- Read St. Eustace’s story
- Drink Jägermeister
Hobbit Day
September 22nd, 2024
The birthday of Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins
Michaelmas
Feast of the Archangels
September 29th, 2024
Columbus Day
October 12th, 2024
All Hallow’s Eve
Hallowe’en, All Saints’ Eve
October 31st, 2024
- Trick or treat
- Write a scary story to read with the lights off
All Hallows’ Day
All Saints’ Day, Hallowmas
November 1st, 2024
- Read a new saint story
All Souls’ Day
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
November 2nd, 2024
Veteran’s Day
Armistice Day
November 11th, 2024
Martinmas
Saint Martin’s Day, Martlemas, Old Halloween, Old Hallowmas Eve
November 11th, 2024
- Read St. Martin’s story
Christ the King Sunday
Reign of Christ Sunday, Stir-up Sunday
November 24th, 2024
Thanksgiving
November 28th, 2024
Advent Sunday
December 1st, 2024
- Light first Advent candle
- Start Advent devotional, like Jonathan Gibson’s “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” or Cindy Rollins’s “Hallelujah”
- Start Advent calendar
- Read “A Christmas Carol”
Saint Nicholas’s Day
Feast of Saint Nicholas
December 6th, 2024
Second Sunday of Advent
December 8th, 2024
Saint Lucy’s Day
Feast of Saint Lucy
December 13th, 2024
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are Ember Days
Third Sunday of Advent
December 15th, 2024
Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 22nd, 2024
Christmas Eve
December 24th, 2024
- Candlelight church service
- Crockpot Wassail from Cindy Rollins’s Hallelujah p. 128
Christmas
December 25th, 2024
- Read the Christmas story
- Read Malcolm Guite’s poems “Mary”, “On the edge” (Sounding the Seasons p. 14-15)
Saint Stephen’s Day
Boxing Day, Second Day of Christmas
December 26th, 2024
- Read Malcolm Guite’s poem “St Stephen” (Sounding the Seasons p. 17)
Third Day of Christmas
December 27th, 2024
Childermas
Holy Innocents’ Day, Fourth Day of Christmas
December 28th, 2024
Fifth Day of Christmas
December 29th, 2024
Sixth Day of Christmas
December 30th, 2024
New Year’s Eve
Old Year’s Day
December 31st, 2024
Seventh Day of Christmas
December 31st, 2024
- Read Charles Dickens’s “The Chimes”