Feasts, Holidays and Solemnities

H o l i d a y s
Church Feasts, Holidays and Solemnities

Lent & Easter

All Saints' & All Souls'

Advent

Santa Clause Day

Christmas

Biblical Holidays of the Old Testament / Jewish Holiday Dates.

Church Feasts, Holidays, Solemnities

also see: Biblical Holidays of the Old Testament / Jewish Holiday Dates.

and the Feasts this month.

Download your 'Church Feasts' booklet
(for use with Microsoft Reader on your desktop or palmtop computer)

Download your 'Church Feasts' .pdf booklet
(for use with Acrobat Reader on your desktop or palmtop computer)

(m) = a movable feast

Mary, Mother of God	January	1st
Most Holy Name of Jesus	January	3rd
Epiphany of the Lord	January	6th
Baptism of the Lord (1st Sunday after Epiphany)	January
Presentation of the Lord	February	2nd
St. Blase	February	3rd
Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerich (Emmerick)	February	9th
Our Lady of Lourdes	February	11th
Ash Wednesday (1st day of Lent - 40 days b. Palm Sunday)	Feb./March
Saint Patrick's Day	March	17th
Joseph, Husband of Mary	March	19th
Annunciation of the Lord (moved when it coincides with Easter or a Sunday)	March	25th
Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday (Sunday before Easter)	March/April	(m)
Holy Thursday	March/April	(m)
Good Friday	March/April	(m)
Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil	March/April	(m)
Easter Sunday	March/April	(m)
Divine Mercy Sunday (1st Sunday after Easter)	March - May	(m)
The Black Madonna, Queen of Poland	May	3rd
Our Lady of Fatima	May	13th
Our Lady, Help of Christians	May	24th
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Elizabeth	May	31st
Ascension of the Lord (40 days after Easter)	May/June	(m)
Pentecost - Whitsuntide (Whit Sunday & Whit Monday) (50 d. a. Easter)	May/June	(m)
Our Lady, Mother of the Church (Whit Monday = Monday right after Pentecost)	May/June	(m)
Holy Trinity (1st Sunday after Pentecost Sunday)	May/June	(m)
Corpus Christi - Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ	May/June	Thu. after Trinity
St. Anthony of Padua	June	13th
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (3rd Fri. after Pentecost)	June/July	(m)
Immaculate Heart of Mary (3rd Sat. after Pentecost)	June/July	(m)
St. John the Baptist	June	24th
Our Lady of Perpetual Help	June	27th
Sts. Peter and Paul, the Apostles	June	29th
Our Lady of Mount Carmel	July	16th
St. Sharbel Makhlouf	July	24th
Transfiguration of the Lord	August	6th
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary	August	15th
Queenship of the Virgin Mary	August	22nd
Our Lady of Czestochowa	August	26th
Birth of the Virgin Mary / Our Lady of Gietrzwald	September	8th
Holy Name of Mary	September	12th
Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Triumph of the Cross	September	14th
Our Lady of Sorrows	September	15th
St. Padre Pio da Pietrelcina	September	23rd
Our Lady of Ransom - Our Lady of Mercy	September	24th
The Archangels: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael	September	29th
St. Jerome	September	30th
Guardian Angels	October	2nd
St. Francis of Assisi	October	4th
*Saint Faustina (see:* The Divine Mercy Chaplet)**	October	5th
Our Lady of the Rosary	October	7th
St. Theresa of Avila	October	15th
Sts. Simon and Jude	October	28th
All Saints'	November	1st
All Souls - Faithful Departed	November	2nd
Presentation of the Virgin Mary	November	21st
Feast of The Miraculous Medal	November	27th
St. Catherine Laboure	November	28th
St. Andrew	November	30th
Christ the King (last Sunday before Advent)	November	end
St. Nicholas - Santa Clause Day	December	6th
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary	December	8th
Our Lady of Loreto	December	10th
Our Lady of Guadalupe	December	12th
Christmas Eve	December	24th
Christmas Day	December	25th
Christmas - the 2nd day; St. Stephen, first martyr	December	26th
St. John the Apostle	December	27th
Holy Family (usually, 1st Sunday after Christmas)	December	end

Feasts this month

please select one of the links below:
http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/calendar/month.cfm
http://www.wf-f.org/LiturgicalCalendar-info.html

http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/bydate.asp
(the American Catholic also has an audio download for each day)