JANUARY

1st Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

3rd Most Holy Name of Jesus

6th Epiphany of The Lord

23rd [Mary's Wedding] (**)

25th Conversion of St. Paul

31st St. John Bosco





FEBRUARY

2nd Presentation of The Lord (Candlemas)

11th Our Lady of Lourdes

17th Ash Wednesday

20th [Our Lady of Tears]

22nd Chair of Peter

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

26th Mawlid al-Nabi Mawlid al-Nabi (A Muslim celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam in 570 CE. Sunni Muslims observed it on the 12th of the lunar month of Rabi'-ul-Awwal in the Islamic calendar. Shi'a Muslims celebrate it five days later.)

28th Feast of Purim (Defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia)



MARCH

19th Feast of St. Joseph - Husband of Mary

25th Annunciation to Mary by Gabriel the Archangel

26th Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (Friday before Palm Sunday)

28th Palm Sunday

29th At sundown begins Passover

30th First day of Passover



APRIL

1st Last Supper

2nd Holy Friday

3rd Holy Saturday

4th Easter Sunday (at sundown the last day of Passover begins)

5th End of Passover

11th Mercy Sunday

25th St. Mark - Evangelist

26th Mary, Mother of Good Counsel



MAY

1st St. Joseph, Worker

3rd Sts. Philip and James - Apostles

8th [Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces]

13th [Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament + First Apparition of Our Lady at Fátima] plus Ascension of Our Lord (transferred to Sunday, May 16, 2010 in most dioceses of the United States)

14th St. Matthias - Apostle

15th Mary, Queen of the Apostles (Saturday during the Octave following Ascension Day)

19th First day of Shavout - (Feast of Weeks)

21st [Mary, Mother of Light ]

23rd Feast of Pentecost

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

30th Trinity Sunday and St. Joan of Arc

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 Corpus Christi [Celebrated in certain areas on the 6th and not on the 3rd]

9th [Mary, Mother of Grace]

11th Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost)

12th Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary [Saturday after Sacred Heart of Jesus]

13th St. Anthony of Lisbon (Padua)

24th 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) plus [Mary, Miraculous Mother]

11th St. Benedict - Patron of Europe

13th [Mary, Mystical Rose (Rosa Mystica)] plus Revelation of the Secret of Fátima

16th Our Lady of Mount Carmel + Scapular Feast Day

17th [Feast of Mary's Humility]

22nd St. Mary Magdalene

24th Mary, Mother of Mercy (Saturday before 4th Sunday of July)

25th St. James - Apostle

26th Saints 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 Anniversary of the Nuclear Devastation in Hiroshima, Japan

11th Ramadan (The holiest period in the Islamic year. This was the month in which the Qura'n was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is a time at which almost all Muslims over the age of 12 are expected to fast from sunup to sundown.)

13th [Mary, Refuge of Sinners]

15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

22nd The Queenship of Mary

24th St. Bartholomew - Apostle

28th Mary, Health of the Sick (Saturday before last Sunday in August)

29th Martyrdom of John the Baptist and Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted (Sunday after August 28th - Feast of St. Augustine)



SEPTEMBER

3rd [Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd]

8th The Birthday of Our Lady

9th Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year 5771) and Id al-Fitr (The day after the end of Ramadan. A time of rejoicing. Houses are decorated; Muslims buy gifts for relatives.)

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

18th Yom Kippur (Jewish Day of Atonement)

21st St. Matthew - Evangelist

23rd Conception of John the Baptist (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church) and First Day of Sokkot - (Feast of Tabernacles)

24th Our Lady of Ransom

25th [Mary, Protector of Orphans]

29th Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

30th Shemini Atzeret -(Jewish Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly)



OCTOBER

1st Feast of the Veil of Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church) and First Friday of the Month and Simchat Torah - (Jewish Rejoicing of the Law)

2nd Guardian Angels and First Saturday of the Month

5th Traditional Catholic Church Day of Thanksgiving

7th Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

8th Traditional Catholic Church Day of Penance (Friday following Traditional Day of Thanksgiving)

11th [Feast of the Motherhood of Mary] and Simchat Torah - (Jewish Rejoicing of the Law)

12th Our Lady of the Pilar (Saragossa)

13th Miracle at Fátima

15th St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila)

16th [Feast of Mary's Purity]

18th St. Luke - Evangelist

20th [Mary, Wonderful Mother]

24th [Mary, Mother of the Dying] (4th Sunday in October)

28th Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles



NOVEMBER

1st All Saints Day 2nd All Souls Day

5th First Friday of the Month

6th [Our Lady of All Graces] (1st Saturday after All Saints Day) and First Saturday of the Month

8th [Feast of Mary, Our Shelter]

9th Dedication of Basilica of St. John of Lateran

16th Eid al-Adha - Feast of Sacrifice or Day of Sacrifice - [In North America starts on November 17th] . (It recalls the day when Abraham intended to follow the instructions of God, and sacrifice his son Ishmael.)

18th Consecration of the two Basilicas honoring St. Peter and St. Paul

20th [Mary, Mother of Divine Providence] (Saturday before 3rd Sunday in November)

21st Mary's Presentation and Christ the King

25th Thanksgiving Day in the U.S

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

28th First Sunday of Advent



DECEMBER

2nd First Day of Chanukah - (Beginning of Festival of Lights)

3rd First Friday of the Month 4th First Saturday of the Month

7th Al-Hijra/Muharram is the Muslim New Year 1431 (The beginning of the first lunar month.) 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady

10th [Our Lady of Loretto] and Feast of Chanukah - (End of Festival of Lights)

12th Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patroness of the Americas) 16th Ashura (recalls an event circa 680-OCT-20 CE in Iraq when an army of the Umayyad regime martyred a group of 70 individuals who refused to submit to the Caliph. One of the martyrs was Imam Husain, the youngest grandson of Prophet Muhammad.) (*)

18th [Mary's Expectation]

25th Christmas Day

26th St. Stephen - First Martyr

27th St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

28th Feast of the Holy Innocents

30th Feast of the Holy Family

31st Last Day of the Year 2010 plus Silvester I, Pope (1st Pope after the deliverance of Catholic Church to Emperor Constantine)