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The Carmelite Calendar of the Saints

January

3         St. Kuriakos Elias Chavara (CMI), priest
8         St. Peter Thomas, bishop
9         St. Andrew Corsini, bishop
20      Bl. Angelo Paoli, priest
29      Bl. Archangela Girlani, virgin

February

1           Bl. Candelaria of St Joseph, virgin

March

19        St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary, principal protector of the Order
20       Bl. Francis of Jesus Mary Joseph (OCD), priest

April

17        Bl. Baptist Spagnoli, priest

May

4         Bl. Angel Prat Hostench & Companions, martyrs
5         St. Angelus, priest and martyr
8         Bl. Aloysius Rabatà, priest
9         St. George Preca, priest
16       St. Simon Stock , religious
22      St. Joachina de Vedruna de Mas, religious
25      St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, virgin

June

12        Bl. Hilary Januszewski, priest and martyr
14        St. Elisha, prophet

July

4         Bl. Maria Crocifissa Curcio, virgin
9         Bl. Jane Scopelli, virgin
12       Sts. Louis and Marie-Azélle Martin, parents of Saint Therese
13       St. Teresa of Jesus ‘de Los Andes’ (OCD), virgin
16       Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

17        Bl. Teresa of St. Augustine & Companions, virgins & martyrs
20      St. Elijah, prophet
24      Bl. John Soreth, priest
26      St. Joachim and St. Anne, protectors of the Order
27      St. Titus Brandsma, priest and martyr

August

7          St. Albert of Trapani, priest
9          Edith Stein / St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (OCD), virgin and martyr
12        Bl. Isidore Bakanja, martyr
17        Bl. Angelus Augustine Mazzinghi, priest
25       Bl. Mary Baouardy of Jesus Crucified (OCD), virgin
26       Bl. Jacques Retouret, priest and martyr

September

1          St. Teresa Margaret Redi (OCD), virgin
17        St. Albert of Jerusalem, bishop and Lawgiver of Carmel

October

1          St. Thérèse of Lisieux, virgin and doctor of the Church
15        St. Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor of the Church

November

5         Bl. Frances d’Amboise, religious
6         St.Nuno Alveres Pereira, religious
8         St. Elizabeth of the Trinity (OCD), virgin
13       Bl. Maria Teresa Scrilli, virgin
14       All Carmelite Saints
15       Commemoration of all Carmelite Souls
19       St. Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski (OCD), priest
29      Bl. Denis of the Nativity (OCD), priest and martyr
29      Bl. Redemptus of the Cross (OCD), religious and martyr

December

5          Bl. Bartholomew Fanti, priest
14        St. John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church

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St. John of the Cross

Saint John of the Cross (born 1540).  This doctor of the church is best known for his poetry and for introducing the spiritual concepts of ‘Dark Night’ and ‘Mystical Marriage.’

Feast Day: December 14 

St. Terese of Avila

St. Terese of Avila (born 1515).  This great saint was a fearless reformer of the Order, a mystic, an author, a visionary, and a doctor of the church.  Her best known work is The Interior Castle.

Feast Day: October 15 

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (born 1873).  Often described as “the greatest saint of modern times,” her autobiography, Story of a Soul, has changed the lives of millions worldwide.

Feast Day: October 1

St. Albert of Jerusalem

Saint Albert of Jerusalem (born mid-1100s).  As the  appointed Patriarch of Jerusalem, he wrote a Formula of Life (Carmelite Rule) at the request of a band of hermits on Mount Carmel circa 1205.

Feast Day: September 17

St. Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta)

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Saint Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta) (born 1891) was a philosopher, author, who converted to Catholicism and became a nun at Cologne Carmel.  She and her sister were arrested at Echt Carmel and martyred at Auschwitz in 1942.

Edith Stein was born at Breslau on October 12, 1891, to German Jewish parents, and after her secondary education, she enroled in the department of philosophy in the city university. In 1913, she transferred to the University of Gotingen to study under Edmund Husserl. Until the age of thirteen years, she was in effect an atheist. She had her first serious encounter with Christianity listening to Max Scheler. In 1916, she continued and completed her studies at Fribourg where she wrote her doctorate directed by Husserl. She remained working in the university until 1921.

During those years, she read the autobiography of Teresa of Avila and became aware of being called to become a Catholic; she was baptized on January 1, 1922. She made her First Communion the same day and was confirmed on the following 2nd February. After her conversion, she felt herself attracted to the religious life but circumstances forced her to delay this decision until 1933. When in 1933 she lost her teaching post as a result of the anti-Jewish laws, she entered into the Carmel at Cologne on October 14, 1933, taking the name of Teresa Benedict of the Cross.

On 31st December 1938 she was moved to the Carmel at Echt in Holland so as to escape the Nazi persecution of the Jews. In 1940, the situation worsened also in Holland. When the prescriptions became more severe, an attempt was made to transfer her to the Carmel in Switzerland. While the arrangements were being negotiated for her move, the deportations of the Jews to the concentration camps began in Holland. Sister Teresa, accompanied by her sister Rosa who had also become a Catholic, was taken to Amersfort on August 2, 1942. On 3rd August 3rd, she was transferred to Westerbork. On August 7th, she and her sister together with other deportees were locked in railway wagons and taken by train to the extermination camp at Auschwitz, a voyage which took two days.

Sister Teresa Benedict of the Cross died in the gas chamber the same day that she arrived at the camp at Auschwitz, Sunday, August 9, 1942, and her body was burned in one of the crematoria there. She was beatified on May 1, 1987 and canonized on October 11, 1998 by Pope John Paul II. On October 2, 1999, the same Pope proclaimed her co-patron of Europe.

Feast Day: August 9

St. Albert of Trapani

Saint Albert of Trapani (born 1200s) was from Trapani in Sicily, dying in 1307.  This early Carmelite saint is a patron saint of educators.

Feast Day: August 7

St. Titus Brandsma

St. Titus Brandsma (born 1881) was from the Friesland area of the Netherlands.  He is best known as a journalist who wrote against Naziism, resulting in his martyrdom in the Dachau Concentration Camp in 1942.

Feast Day: July 27

The Prophet Elijah

The Prophet Elijah  The Prophet Elijah has been venerated on Mount Carmel long before the founding of the Order (see 1 Kings 18).  The Carmelites call Elijah “spiritual father.”

Feast Day: July 20  

Bl. Teresa of St. Augustine & Companions (OCD)

Blessed Teresa of Saint Augustine and Companions  The entire cloister of 16 nuns of Compiegne France were executed during the ‘Reign of Terror’ during the French Revolution for the crime of being religious.

Feast Day: July 17  

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel  Because the first hermits formed a community on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land, they knew Mary as the their lady – Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Feast Day: July 16 

St. Teresa of Jesus ‘de Los Andes’ (OCD)

St. Teresa of Jesus ‘de Los Andes’ (OCD) (born 1900).  Inspired by Saint Therese, she entered the Carmelite cloister, Los Andes, in Valpariso, Chile at the age of 19, dying only 11 months later.  She is a patron saint of youth.

Feast Day: July 13

St. Mary Magdalene de'Pazzi

Saint Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi (born 1566).  She is best known for her mystical visions which she called “overflowings of divine love.”

Feast Day: May 25

St. Simon Stock

Saint Simon Stock (born 1165). Originally from France, he is best known for receiving an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary and creating a devotion to the Carmelite scapular.

Feast Day: May 16

St. Angelus

Saint Angelus (born 1200s) was possibly born in Sicily.  He is best known for being the first Carmelite martyr.

Feast Day: May 05

Bl. Angelo Paoli

Blessed Angelo Paoli (born 1642) was from Massa, Italy.  He is best known for his outreach to the poor, especially in Rome.

Feast Day: January 20

St. Andrew Corsini

Saint Andrew Corsini (born 1302) was born in Florence.  He is known for promoting peace between the Italian city-states, and for many miracles during his life and after.

Feast Day: January 09

St. Peter Thomas

Saint Peter Thomas (born 1305) was born in France.  He is known for promoting Church unity, and for working for peace in the Holy Land.

Feast Day: January 08

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