In Honor Of The Seminarians, Brothers, and Priests

Of The New Orleans Province

And All Provinces

We Are Thankful For All Of Your Works

How To Become A Jesuit

CALENDAR FOR 2010

January 1                      Christmas novena ends

New Year’s Day

Mary, Mother of God

January 3                      Epiphany

January 4                      St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

January 10                    Baptism of the Lord

                                    National Vocation Week Begins

January 11                    Mass offered for you at Immaculate Conception Church

                                    New Orleans, LA

January 18                    Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 19                    European Martyrs of the Society of Jesus

January 25                    Conversion Of St. Paul

January 31                    Catholic Schools Week

February 2                   Presentation of the Lord

February 3                   St. Blaise

February 4                   Jesuit Martyrs of the Missions

February 6                   St. Paul Miki SJ

and Companions,

Martyrs of Japan

February 11                 Our Lady of Lourdes

February 12                 Lincoln’s Birthday

February 14                 Valentine’s Day

February 15                 St. Claude La Colombiere SJ,

Apostle of the Sacred Heart

Mass offered for you at Immaculate Conception,

Baton Rouge, LA

February 16                 Mardi Gras

February 17                 Ash Wednesday

February 21                 First Sunday of Lent

February 22                 Washington’s Birthday Observed

Chair Of St. Peter

February 28                 Second Sunday of Lent

March 2                       Mass offered for you at Ignatius Retreat Center,

                                    Atlanta, GA

March 3                       St. Katharine Drexel

March 4                       Novena of Grace begins

March 7                       Third Sunday of Lent

March 12                     Novena of Grace ends

March 14                     Fourth Sunday of Lent

                                    Daylight Savings Time begins

March 17                     St. Patrick of Ireland

March 19                     St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

March 20                     First Day of Spring

March 21                     Fifth Sunday of Lent

March 25                     The Annunciation of the Lord

March 28                     Palm Sunday

April 1                          Holy Thursday

April 2                          Good Friday

April 3                          Holy Saturday

April 4                          Easter Sunday

April 10                        Mass offered for you at Manresa House of Retreats,

                                    Convent, LA

April 22                        Blessed Virgin Mary,

Mother of the Society

April 25                        St. Mark

April 27                        St. Pater Canisius SJ,

Scholar, Builder, Teacher

April 29                        St. Catherine of Siena

May 1                          St. Joseph The Worker

May 4                          St. Joseph Mary Rubio SJ

                                    Mass offered for you at St. Charles College,

                                    Grand Coteau, LA

May 9                          Mother’s Day

May 13                        Our Lady of Fatima

May 14                        St. Matthias, Apostle

May 16                        St. Andrew Bobola SJ,

Martyr of Poland

                                    Ascension Sunday

May 23                        Pentecost

May 24                        Our Lady of the Way

May 30                        Trinity Sunday

May 31                        Visitation of Mary

Memorial Day

June 3                          Sacred Heart Novena begins

June 4                          Mass offered for you at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory,

Houston, TX

June 5                          Jesuit Ordinations

June 6                          Corpus Christi

June 9                          Bl. Joseph de Anchieta SJ

June 11                        St. Barnabas, Apostle

                                    Sacred Heart of Jesus

Novena ends

June 12                        Immaculate Heart of Mary

June 13                        St. Anthony of Padua

June 14                        Flag Day

June 20                        Father’s Day

June 21                        St. Aloysius Gonzaga, SJ

                                    Noble Caretaker of the sick

                                    First Day of Summer

June 24                        The Birth of St. John The Baptist

June 29                        Sts. Peter and Paul

July 2                           St. Francis Regis SJ,

St. Bernadine Realino SJ,

St. Francis Jerome SJ,

Bl. Julian Maunoir SJ,

Bl. Anthony Baldinucci SJ

July 3                           St. Thomas, Apostle

July 4                           Independence Day

July 5                           Mass offered for you at Immaculate Conception Church,

                                    Albuquerque, NM

July 14                         Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha

July 16                         Our Lady of Mount Carmel

July 22                         St. Mary Magdalene

July 25                         St. James, Apostle

July 29                         St. Martha

July 31                         St. Ignatius of Loyola SJ,

Jesuit Founder

August 1                       Jesuit Jubilee

August 2                       Bl. Peter Faber SJ, First

Companion of St. Ignatius

August 4                       St. John Vianney

August 6                       The Transfiguration of the Lord

August 10                     Mass offered for you at Jesuit High School,

                                    Tampa, FL

August 14                     Novice Entrance Day

August 15                     Jesuit Vow Day

Assumption of Mary

August 18                     Bl. Albert Hurtado SJ

August 22                     Queenship of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

August 24                     St. Bartholomew, Apostle

August 27                     St. Monica

August 28                     St. Augustine

August 29                     Martyrdom of John the Baptist

September 2                 Mass offered for you at Jesuit College Preparatory School,

                                    Dallas TX

September 6                 Labor Day

September 7                 Sts. Stephen Pongracz SJ,

Melchoir Grodziecki SJ,

Mark Krizevcanin SJ

September 8                 Birth of Mary

September 9                 St. Peter Claver SJ, Slave of Slaves

September 10               Bl. Francis Garate SJ

September 12               Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary

                                    Grandparents Day

September 14               Exaltation of the Holy Cross

September 15               Our Lady of Sorrows

September 17               St. Robert Bellarmine SJ,

Jesuit and Cardinal

September 21               St. Matthew, Apostle

September 23               St. Pio of Pietrelcina

                                    First Day of Autumn

September 27               St. Vincent de Paul

September 29               Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael

October 1                    St. Therese of the Child Jesus

October 2                    Guardian Angels

October 3                    St. Francis Borgia SJ,

                                    Respect Life Sunday

October 4                    St. Francis of Assisi

October 6                    Bl. Diego Aloysius de San Vitores SJ

October 7                    Our Lady of the Rosary

October 11                  Columbus Day

October 12                  Mass offered for you at Sacred Heart Church,

                                    El Paso, TX

                                    Columbus Day

October 14                  St. John Ogilvie SJ

October 15                  St. Theresa of Avila

October 17                  St. Ignatius of Antioch

                                    World Mission Sunday

October 18                  St. Luke

October 19                  Sts. John de Brebeuf SJ,

Isaac Jogues SJ and Companions,

North American Martyrs

October 24                  All Souls novena begins

October 28                  Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles

October 30                  Bl. Dominic Collins SJ,

and Companions

October 31                  St. Alphonsus Rodriguez SJ,

Mystical Friend and Model

of Hospitality

November 1                 All Souls novena ends

All Saints Day

Daylight Savings Time ends

November 2                 All Souls Day

November 3                 Bl. Rupert Mayer SJ

November 4                 St. Charles Borromeo

                                    Mass offered for you at Spring Hill College,

                                    Mobile, AL

November 5                 All Saints and Blessed of the

Society of Jesus

November 11               Veterans Day

November 13               St. Stanislaus Kostka SJ,

Novice and Pilgrim

November 14               St. Joseph Pignatelli SJ,

Restorer of the Society

November 16               Sts. Roch Gonzalez SJ,

John del Castillo SJ and

Alphonsus Rodriguez SJ,

University of Central America Martyrs

 November 18              Dedication of the

                                    Basilicas of Peter and Paul

St. Rose Philippine

Duchesne

November 21               Christ The King

November 23               Bl. Miguel Augustine Pro, SJ

November 25               Thanksgiving day

November 26               St. John Berchmans SJ,

Medal of Fidelity

Thanksgiving Day

November 28               First Sunday of Advent

November 30               St. Andrew, Apostle

December 1                 Sts. Edmund Campion SJ,

Robert Southwell SJ,

and Companions

December 3                 St. Francis Xavier SJ,

Seeker of Souls

December 5                 Second Sunday of Advent

                                    Mass offered for you at Ignatius Residence,

                                    New Orleans, LA

December 8                 Immaculate Conception

December 12               Third Sunday of Advent

Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 19               Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 21               First Day of Winter

December 24               Christmas Eve

December 25               Christmas novena begins

Christmas Day

December 26               Feast of The Holy Family

December 28               The Holy Innocents

December 31               New Years Eve