Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 30 April

 

Promulgation of the Feasts of Devotion of St Philip and Sat James, and of the Invention of the Holy Cross

+30 Third Sunday after Easter. The Patronage of St Joseph Confessor, Spouse of the BVM, double of the second class, commemoration of the Octave and the Sunday. White.

Southwark: Plenary Indulgence for 8 days.

May

1 Monday. Feast of Devotion. Mass to be offered for the People. St Philip and St James, Apostles, double of the second class. Creed, Preface of the Apostles. Red.

2 Tuesday. St Athanasius Confessor Bishop Doctor, double. Creed. White.

3 Wednesday. Feast of Devotion. Mass to be offered for the People. Invention of the Holy Cross, double of the second class. Creed, Preface of the Cross. Red.

Liverpool: Plenary Indulgence

4 Thursday. St Monica Widow, double. White.

5 Friday. Abstinence. St Catherine of Siena Virgin, double (from 30 April). White.

6 Saturday. St John before the Latin Gate, greater double. Creed, Preface of the Apostles. Red.

Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 23 April

 

Announcement of the Major Litanies

+23 Second SUNDAY after Easter. Plenary Indulgence. St George, Martyr, Patron of England, double of the first class with Octave, Last Gospel of the Sunday. Red

Southwark: Patron of the Cathedral

NB Plenary Indulgence for 8 days for benefactors of the Poor-School Committee

24 Monday St Fidelis of Sigmaringa Martyr, double, commemoration of the Octave, Creed. Red.

25 Tuesday Major Litanies are of obligation and may not be celebrated the previous day. St Mark the Evangelist, double of the second class, Creed, Preface of the Apostles. Red.

‡ After the Procession of the Greater Litanies the Mass Exaudivit is said without Gloria or Creed, second prayers Concede, third prayers for the Church or Pope, Preface of Easter. Where only the Procession and one Mass are celebrated, the Mass Exaudivit is said as above with second prayers of St Mark and third prayers Concede.

26 Wednesday. Sts Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes Martyrs, semidouble, commemoration of the Octave, Creed. Red.

27 Thursday. St Leo I Confessor Pope Doctor, double (from 11 April), commemoration of the Octave, Creed. White.

28 Friday. Abstinence. St Paul of the Cross Confessor double, commemoration of the Octave, Creed. White.

29 Saturday. St Peter of Verona Martyr, double, commemoration of the Octave, Creed. Red.

Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 16 April

 

+16 LOW SUNDAY (First Class) of the Sunday, double. Preface of Easter. The Easter Communicantes and Hanc Igitur are not said. White. At Vespers commemoration of St Anicetus and St Francis of Paola.

17 Monday. St Francis of Paola Confessor, double (from 2 April). White.

18 Tuesday. St Richard Confessor Bishop, double (from 3 April). White.

19 Wednesday. St Isidore Confessor Bishop Doctor, double (from 4 April). Creed. White.

20 Thursday. St Vincent Ferrer Confessor, double (from 5 April). White.

21 Friday. Abstinence. St Anselm Confessor Bishop Doctor, double. Creed. White.

22 Saturday. Sts Soter and Caius Popes Martyrs, semidouble. Second prayers Concede, third prayers for the Church or the Pope. Red.

 

Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 9 April

9 EASTER SUNDAY. Double of the first class with Octave. White.

10 Monday. Feast of Devotion. Mass of the Octave. Double of the first class. Creed. White

11 Tuesday. Feast of Devotion. Mass of the Octave. Double of the first class. Creed. White

12 Wednesday. Mass of the Octave. Semidouble. Second prayers for the Church or Pope. No third prayers unless directed. Creed. White

13 Thursday. Mass of the Octave. Semidouble. Second prayers for the Church or Pope. No third prayers unless directed. Creed. White.

14 Friday. Mass of the Octave. Semidouble. No third prayers unless directed. Creed. White

15 Saturday, Mass of the Octave. Semidouble. Second prayers for the Church or Pope. No third prayers unless directed. Creed. White 

Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 2 April (Holy Week)

The Indulgence begins

In London and Liverpool parishes and in the Dioceses of Beverley and Southwark notifications to be announced are found in the diocesan Ordo.

2 PALM SUNDAY, semidouble. Violet. Vespers of the Sunday without suffrages. Before Mass, after blessing and distributing palms there is a procession, the celebrant wearing a cope and the sacred ministers folded chasubles. Today, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Passion is read in private Masses from the Gospel side, while it is read from the Epistle side in solemn Masses.

3 Monday. Feria. Second prayers for the Church and the Pope. Violet

4 Tuesday. Feria. Second prayers for the Church and the Pope. Violet

5 Wednesday. Feria. Second prayers for the Church and the Pope. Violet

‡ On this and the following two nights the office of Tenebrae.

‡ Private Masses may not be celebrated during the Triduum, nor may musical instruments be played during the Offices (except as prescribed on Maundy Thursday).

6 Maundy-Thursday, double of the first class. Creed. White.

7 Good-Friday, double of the first class. Mass of the Pre-Sanctified. Black.

8 Holy-Saturday, double of the first class. Paschal Preface (till the Ascension). Violet then White.

‡  After Compline, Regina Caeli till Trinity Sunday exclusively.

Here begins the Paschal Time