| Picpus Feastday Calendar |
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March |
19 Feast of St. Joseph, Principal Patron of the
Congregation |
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27 Anniversary of death
of the Good Father Picpus, 1837 |
April |
3 Anniversary of deaths by
drowning of SS.CC. Missionary Brothers
and Sisters in the shipwreck of the Marie-Joseph |
| May |
10 Feast of Blessed Damien De Veuster, ss.cc., Servant of
Humanity |
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15 Feast of St. Pachomius, Patron of the Congregation |
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Friday following the
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Titular of our
Congregation.
Solemnity |
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Saturday following
the feast of the Sacred Heart
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Titular of our
Congregation.
Solemnity. |
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19 Anniversary of the arrival of first three priests from
Belgium
assigned to ministry in Fairhaven, MA in 1905 |
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21 Anniversary of first Parochial Mass celebrated in Phoenix
Hall,
Center & Main Streets, Fairhaven in 1905 |
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26 Anniversary of death of "Picpus Martyrs of the Commune" in
1871
in Paris |
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29 Anniversary of arrival from Belgium of two SS.CC. Brothers as
signed to Fairhaven, MA in 1905 |
| June |
11 Anniversary of first Mass celebrated at the "Monastery,"
later the
Provincial House, now the Damien Residence at 73 Adams Street,
Fairhaven in 1905 |
| July |
9 Feast of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Patroness of our
Missionaries |
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11 Feast of St. Benedict, Patron of the Congregation |
| August |
8 Feast of St. Dominic, Patron of the Congregation |
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20 Feast of St. Bernard, Patron of the Congregation |
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23 Anniversary of arrival of two SS.CC. missionary priests from
France
in Boston in 1833, to minister to Passamaquoddy tribes in Maine |
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28 Feast of St. Augustine, Protector of the
Congregation |
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Life, Call & Charism
Fr. Bill Petrie, ss.cc.
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Life, Call & Charism
Fr. Bill Petrie, ss.cc.
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30 Anniversary of the death of Blessed Father
Eustaquio Van Lieshout, ss.cc., August
30, 1949.
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September |
29 Feast of St.
Michael the Archangel, Patron of our Missionaries |
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October |
1 Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, Patroness of the Congregation |
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16 Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Protectress of the
Congregation |
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20 Feast of St. Caprasius - Anniversary of Fr. Coudrin's leaving
the
Motted'Usseau in 1792 to begin his clandestine priestly ministry |
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22 Anniversary of arrest and imprisonment of Henriette Aymer de
la
Chevalerie and her mother in 1793 |
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November |
17 Anniversary of promulgation of Papal Bull Pastor Aeternus,
granting approbation to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts
as an Institute of Pontifical Right, 1817 |
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23 Anniversary of death of the Good Mother at Picpus, 1834 |
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December |
25
Christmas Day, Anniversary of the Founding of the Congregation
of the Sacred Hearts at Midnight Mass in Poitiers, 1800 |
