This article is about Dom Guéranger's series of books; for the liturgical year of the church see Liturgical year. This article is about the Liturgical year; for Dom Guérangers series of books, see The Liturgical Year. ...

The Liturgical Year (French: L'Année Liturgique) is a series of fifteen volumes describing the liturgical year of the Catholic Church. The series was written by Dom Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger, a French Benedictine priest and abbot of Solesmes. Dom Guéranger began writing the work in 1841, and died in 1875 after writing nine volumes. The remaining volumes were completed by another Benedictine under Dom Guéranger's name. This article is about the Liturgical year; for Dom Guérangers series of books, see The Liturgical Year. ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... Munichs city symbol celebrates its founding by Benedictine monks—the origin of its name A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... . ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... Solesmes (St-Pierre-de-Solesmes), a Benedictine abbey near Sablé, in the Sarthe department in France, founded in 1010. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The series describes the liturgy of the Catholic Church throughout the liturgical year, including the Mass and the Divine Office. Also described is the historical development of the liturgy in both Western and Eastern traditions. Biographies of saints and their liturgies are given on their feast days. The word leitourgia is derived from the two Greek words, leos and ergon. Leos, meaning the people of God and Ergon meaning the work. ... A Tridentine Mass being celebrated in Bohermeen, Ireland in the 1950s. ... Canonical hours are ancient divisions of time (also called offices), developed by the Christian Church, serving as increments between prayers. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... ... General definition of saint In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ...

The Liturgical Year has been called the "Summa" of the liturgy of the Catholic Church.^[1] The Summa Theologica (also widely known as the Summa Theologiae) is the most famous work of St. ...

It is a major reference work for Catholics, particularly Traditional Catholics. Traditional Catholic is a broad term used to describe many groups of Roman Catholics who follow more traditional aspects of the Catholic Faith. ...

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