JANUARY

lst Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

6th Epiphany of The Lord

23rd [Mary's Wedding]

25th Conversion of St. Paul

31st St. John Bosco


[ ] Denotes Feast Days which do not appear in the most current Vatican Roman Missal



FEBRUARY

2nd Presentation of The Lord (Candlemas)

11th Our Lady of Lourdes

20th [Our Lady of Tears]

22nd Chair of Peter

24th Discovery of the Head of John the Baptizer (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church)



MARCH

1st Ash Wednesday

14th Feast of Purim [Defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia]

19th Feast of St. Joseph - Husband of Mary

25th Annunciation to Mary by Gabriel the Archangel



APRIL

7th Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (Friday before Palm Sunday)

9th Palm Sunday

13th Last Supper and Begin Pesach [Night of Passover]

14th Holy Friday

15th Holy Saturday

16th Easter Sunday

20th End of Pesach

23rd Mercy Sunday

26th Mary, Mother of Good Counsel



MAY

1st St. Joseph, Worker

8th [Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces]

l3th [Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament + First Apparition of Our Lady at Fátima]

l5th [Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted]

21st [Mary, Mother of Light ]

22nd Mary, Queen of Apostles

24th [Mary, Help of Christians + Mary of the Path Maria]

25th Ascension of Our Lord

27th Mary, Queen of the Apostles [Saturday during the Octave following Ascension Day]

31st Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (used to be on July 2nd)
[Mary, Queen of all Saints + Our Lady of the Most Holy Mountain + Mary, Mother of Wonderful Love]



JUNE

2nd First day of Shavout - [Feast of Weeks]

4th Feast of Pentecost

11th Trinity Sunday

9th [Mary, Mother of Grace]

13th St. Anthony of Lisbon (Padua) plus Revelation of the Secret of Fátima

15th Feast of Corpus Christi plus Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament

23rd Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus [Friday after the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost]

24th Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary [Saturday after Sacred Heart of Jesus] and Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist

27th [Mary of Perpetual Help]

29th Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul

30th First Martyrs of the Roman Church



JULY

3rd St. Thomas - Apostle

4th St. Elizabeth (Queen) of Portugal plus U.S. Celebration of Independence Day

5th [Feast of the Seven Joys of Mary]

9th Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (patroness of Colombia) [Mary, Miraculous Mother]

11th St. Benedict - Patron of Europe

l3th [Mary, Mystical Rose (Rosa Mystica)]

l6th Our Lady of Mount Carmel + Scapular Feast Day

l7th [Feast of Mary's Humility]

22nd Mary, Mother of Mercy [Saturday before 4th Sunday of July] plus St. Mary Magdalene

26th Sts. Anne and Joachim - Grandparents of Jesus

28th Mary, Queen of Peace



AUGUST

2nd [Mary of the Angels]

5th Feast of Our Lady of Snows - Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica - Rome

6th Transfiguration of Our Lord [and 60th Anniversary of the Nuclear Devastation in Hiroshima, Japan]

l3th [Mary, Refuge of Sinners]

l5th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

22nd The Queenship of Mary

26th Mary, Health of the Sick

29th Martyrdom of John the Baptist



SEPTEMBER

3rd [Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd] plus Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted [Sunday after Feast of St. Augustine]

8th The Birthday of Our Lady

11th Our Lady of Coromoto (patroness of Venezuela)

12th [The Holy Name of Mary]

14th The Triumph of the Cross [A date of even greater eschatological importance in the future.]

15th Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

23rd Conception of John the Baptist (Orthodox Calendar) plus Rosh Hashanah -[Jewish New Year 5767]

24th Our Lady of Ransom

27th [Mary, Protector of Orphans]

29th Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael



OCTOBER

1st Feast of the Veil of Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church)

2nd Guardian Angels plus Yom Kippur - [Jewish Day of Atonement]

5th Traditional Catholic Church Day of Thanksgiving

6th Traditional Catholic Church Day of Penance [Friday following Day of Thanksgiving]

7th Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary plus First Day of Sokkot - [Feast of Tabernacles]

11th [Feast of the Motherhood of Mary]

12th Our Lady of the Pilar (Saragossa)

13th Miracle at Fátima

14th Shemini Atzeret - [Jewish Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly]

15th St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila) plus Simchat Torah - [Rejoicing of the Law]

16th [Feast of Mary's Purity]

20th [Mary, Wonderful Mother]

22nd [Mary, Mother of the Dying] [4th Sunday in October]

28th Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles



NOVEMBER

1st All Saints Day

2nd All Souls Day

4th [Our Lady of All Graces] [1st Saturday after All Saints Day]

8th [Feast of Mary, Our Shelter]

9th Dedication of Basilica of St. John of Lateran

18th Consecration of the two Basilicas honoring St. Peter and St. Paul plus
[Mary, Mother of Divine Providence] [Saturday before 3rd Sunday in November]

21st Mary's Presentation

26th Christ the King

27th [Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Paris)]



DECEMBER

3rd First Sunday of Advent

8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady

12th Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patroness of the Americas)

l0th [Our Lady of Loretto]

15th First Day of Chanukah - [Beginning of Festival of Lights]

l8th [Mary's Expectation]

23rd Feast of Chanukah - - [End of Festival of Lights]

25th Christmas Day

26th St. Stephen - First Martyr

27th St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

28th Holy Innocents

30th Feast of the Holy Family

31st Last Day of the Year 2006 plus Silvester I, Pope [1st Pope after the deliverance of Catholic Church to Emperor Constantine]