Part I — The Roman Calendar in 1954: The Last Year of Wholeness Among the earliest losses of the 1955 reforms was one of the most venerable – the Vigil of the Epiphany, formerly kept on January 5th. It was in more ancient times a day of fasting and abstinence, an ascetical prelude to the radiant feast of Our Lord’s manifestation to the Gentiles. Its suppression may appear minor to modern…
