Last year I had contacted various ecclesial groups online that offer the daily liturgy, and I explained the standard for the “iCal” calendar format, asking what the possibilities might be for creating a liturgical calendar in iCal format, therefore compatible with calendar applications such as Google Calendar, or Macintosh applications… If the liturgical calendar is indeed a calendar, why not publish it in a standard calendar format for the web or for web / mobile / desktop applications, etc.? I was of the opinion (as I still am) that it was an excellent way to share and consult the liturgical calendar. Just as various publishing houses print the “little liturgical calendars” where we find Christian feasts, the readings of the day, and indications for the recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours, why not transfer the idea of the “little liturgical calendar” into a standard electronic format, in iCal format?
Not many people paid much attention to me. Francesca Favero and Roberto Zago of the site laparola.it took a particular interest in it, and we began a constructive conversation on this matter and on other matters.
Well, just a few minutes ago I was coming back to the idea and decided to google: “Calendario Liturgico iCal”, and this time results come up. What is the first result? From the site laparola.it !
You can download the liturgical calendar in iCal format here (there are no liturgical colors or indications for the Liturgy of the Hours; there are the feasts and the saints with the indication of the rank of the liturgical celebration, and in the event description there are the readings of the day):
http://www.laparola.it/calendario/CalendarioLiturgico2011.ics
I have just imported it into Google Calendar, and now through Google Calendar it can also be present on the parish website http://www.parrocchiasanlino.org.
If anyone else wishes to embed the Google Calendar version, I have made it a public calendar at this address:
https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/g1b2j0emjcmucavtqk4u2nbflg%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic
(for the XML feed)
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=g1b2j0emjcmucavtqk4u2nbflg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Rome
(for the web version)
To embed the calendar in your site, you can use this code:
<iframe frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=g1b2j0emjcmucavtqk4u2nbflg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Rome" style="border: 0;" width="800"></iframe>
Yahoo! CALENDAR
Do you want to subscribe with Yahoo Calendar? If you have already logged in to your Yahoo! account, just go to this address: http://calendar.yahoo.com/subscribe (or from the calendar page, click on “Calendars” in the left-hand column, and select “Subscribe to Calendar”); then enter the address of the ics file (http://www.laparola.it/calendario/CalendarioLiturgico2011.ics) and click on “Next”. On the next screen give the new Calendar (“Calendar”) a name and Save. It could not have been easier!
iPOD / iPHONE Calendar
Do you want to import the liturgical calendar into the calendar on your Apple iPod? Follow these simple instructions taken from the Apple website:
- 1. Connect iPod to the computer using the supplied FireWire cable. 2. Double-click the iPod icon on the Desktop, or in a Finder window, to display its contents (before proceeding, you must set iPod to be used as an external hard disk; see document 61131, “iPod: using iPod as an external hard disk“). 3. Drag the .ics document (in this case: http://www.laparola.it/calendario/CalendarioLiturgico2011.ics) into the Calendars folder on iPod.