JANUARY

1st Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

6th Epiphany of The Lord

23rd [Mary's Wedding]

25th Conversion of St. Paul


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



FEBRUARY

2nd Presentation of The Lord (Candlemas)

9th Ash Wednesday

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

18th Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (Friday before Palm Sunday)

19th Feast of St. Joseph - Husband of Mary

20th Palm Sunday

24th Last Supper

25th Holy Friday plus Annunciation Day plus Feast of Purim [Defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia]

26th Holy Saturday

27th Easter Sunday

APRIL

3rd Mercy Sunday

24th Begin Pesach [Night of Passover]

26th Mary, Mother of Good Counsel



MAY

1st Ends Pesach

5th Ascension of Our Lord

7th Mary, Queen of the Apostles [Saturday during the Octave following Ascension Day]

8th [Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces]

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

l5th Pentecost plus [Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted]

21st [Mary, Mother of Light ]

22nd Trinity Sunday plus Mary, Queen of Apostles

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

26th Feast of Corpus Christi

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

3rd Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus [Friday after the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost]

4th Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary [Saturday after Sacred Heart of Jesus]

9th [Mary, Mother of Grace]

13th Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Revelation of the Secret of Fátima plus First day of Shavout - [Feast of Weeks]

24th Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist

27th [Mary of Perpetual Help]

29th Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul

JULY

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]

23rd Mary, Mother of Mercy

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 59th 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

27th Mary, Health of the Sick

29th Martyrdom of John the Baptist



SEPTEMBER

3rd [Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd]

4th Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted

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)

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

4th Rosh Hashanah -[Jewish New Year 5766]

7th Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

11th [Feast of the Motherhood of Mary]

12th Our Lady of the Pilar (Saragossa)

13th Miracle at Fátima plus Yom Kippur - [Jewish Day of Atonement]

16th [Feast of Mary's Purity]

18th Begins Sukkot - [Feast of Tabernacles]

20th [Mary, Wonderful Mother]

23rd [Mary, Mother of the Dying]

25th Shemini Atzeret - [Jewish Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly]

26th Simchat Torah - [Rejoicing of the Law]



NOVEMBER

1st All Saints Day

2nd All Souls Day

5th [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

19th [Mary, Mother of Divine Providence] [Saturday before 3rd Sunday in November]

21st Mary's Presentation

20th Chris the King

27th [Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Paris)] plus First Sunday of Advent



DECEMBER

8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady

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

l0th [Our Lady of Loreto]

l8th [Mary's Expectation]

25th Christmas Day plus Chanukah - [Beginning of Festival of Lights]

26th Feast of the Holy Family

26th St. Stephen - First Martyr

28th Holy Innocents

30th Holy Family

31st Chanukah - [Ending of Festival of Lights]