Book Review: Word and Worship Desk Calendar for 2012

I received my copy of Word and Worship Desk Calendar for 2012 as part of the Tiber River book review program.

This desk calendar will be useful to any Catholic wishing to be organized, but I suspect of more use to those active in Church ministry.  Each page is a week at a glance with a space for a weekly summary.  There are also monthly summaries at the beginning of the book.

It has common calendar features like a calendar-at-a-glance for the years 2011-2013.

The distinctive feature of this desk calendar is its coordination with the Liturgical Calendar of the Catholic Church, as it is used in the United States, beginning with November 27 2011, the First Sunday of Advent.  It contains a calendar marked with the Christian year, including both Sundays and weekdays, Saints' Days, and civic holidays for both the US and Canada (although Holy Days of Obligation are marked for US only).  It also shows the Liturgical Cycles for Sundays and has an outline for the years 2014-2019.  There are also notes regarding important days for other faiths, along with daily liturgical readings, and a guide for  the Liturgy of the Hours.  The liturgical colour for each day of the year is also noted.

A notable omission is the celebrations of the Church in the Extraordinary Form liturgy.  Such an addition might expand the appeal of this calendar.

This calendar is of a size that would be convenient to put into a briefcase or book bag, but I suspect the cover might not hold up to constant shufflling.  I think that for the price though, this calendar could count as a must-have for clerics or those involved in Church ministry.

You can purchase this calendar here (Aquinas and More).

I wrote this review of Word and Worship Desk Calendar 2012 for the free Catholic Book review program