Jewish, Christian and Muslim (1)
Religious Days of Note
and
Marian Feast Days
For Calendar Year 2013
JANUARY
1st Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God
3rd Most Holy Name of Jesus
4th First Friday of the Month
5th First Saturday of the Month
6th The Epiphany of The Lord (2)
13th Baptism of The Lord (3)
22nd Day of Penance in the US (4)
23rd [Mary's Wedding] (5)
25th Conversion of St. Paul
26th Sts. Timothy and Titus
31st St. John Bosco
(1) All Muslim religious Holy Days are dependent on Lunar cycles thus are different every
year. For more details on Special Muslim Days find the link at end of this Document.
(2) In 2013, this Solemnity falls on Sunday, January 6. The Epiphany is not a Holiday of
Obligation in the United States, and so it is always celebrated on the Sunday between January 2
and 8 instead of specifically on January 6 (UNLYC, no. 37). On 2013, January 6th it providentially
falls on a Sunday.
(3) According to the Roman Missal, Where the Solemnity of the Epiphany falls on January
6th, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the following Sunday. (Proper of Time).
Therefore, this Feast will take place on Monday, January 7, 2013. The First Week in Ordinary Time
begins on the following day, Tuesday, January 8.
(4) January 22 has been designated by the U.S. Bishops as a "particular day of penance for
violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer
for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life."
(5) [ ] Denotes Feast Days which do not appear in the most current Vatican Roman Missal
FEBRUARY
1st First Friday of the Month
2nd Presentation of The Lord (Candlemas) and First Saturday of the Month
11th Our Lady of Lourdes
13th Ash Wednesday
20th [Our Lady of Tears]
23rd Feast of Purim (Defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia)
24th Discovery of the Head of John the Baptizer (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church)
MARCH
1st First Friday of the Month
2nd First Saturday of the Month
19th Feast of St. Joseph - Husband of Mary
22nd Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (Friday before Palm Sunday)
24th Palm Sunday and Gabriel the Archangel (traditional)
25th Annunciation to Mary by Gabriel the Archangel (has been transferred to April 8th, the Monday after Divine Mercy Sunday)
28th Last Passover Meal
29th Holy Friday
30th Holy Saturday
31st Easter Sunday
APRIL
1st Palm Sunday
5th First Friday of the Month
6th First Saturday of the Month
7th Divine Mercy Sunday
25th St. Mark the Evangelist
26th Mary, Mother of Good Counsel
MAY
1st St. Joseph, Worker
3rd First Friday of the Month and Holy Friday in Orthodox Church and Sts. Philip and James the Lesser - Apostles
4th First Saturday of the Month and Holy Saturday in Orthodox Church
5th Easter Celebration in Orthodox Church
8th [Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces]
9th Ascension of Our Lord
11th Mary, Queen of the Apostles (Saturday during the Octave following Ascension Day)
13th [Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and First Apparition of Our Lady at Fátima]
14th St. Matthias - Apostle
15th First day of Shavout - (Feast of Weeks)
19th Feast of Pentecost
21st [Mary, Mother of Light]
24th [Mary, Help of Christians and Mary of the Path]
26th Trinity Sunday
30th Feast of Corpus Christi and St. Joan of Arc (victim of fanaticism within the Roman Catholic Church)
31st Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (used to be on July 2nd) and [Mary, Queen of all Saints + Our Lady of the Most Holy Mountain + Mary, Mother of Wonderful Love]
JUNE
1st First Saturday of the Month
2nd Feast of Corpus Christi celebrated today for convenience purposes.
7th Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost)
8th Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Saturday after Sacred Heart of Jesus)
9th [Mary, Mother of Grace]
13th St. Anthony of Lisbon (Padua)
24th Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist
25th The beginning of the Jewish Memorial of the Three Weeks (a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple)
27th [Mary of Perpetual Help]
29th Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul - Apostles
30th First Martyrs of the Roman Church
JULY
3rd St. Thomas - Apostle
4th St. Elizabeth (Queen) of Portugal and U.S. Celebration of Independence Day
5th First Friday of the Month and [Feast of the Seven Joys of Mary]
6th First Saturday of the Month
9th [Mary, Miraculous Mother] and Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira (Patroness of Colombia) and 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.)
11th St. Benedict - Patron of Europe
13th [Mary, Mystical Rose (Rosa Mystica)] and Revelation of the Secret of Fátima
16th Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Scapular Feast Day
17th [Feast of Mary's Humility]
22nd St. Mary Magdalene
25th St. James the Greater - Apostle
26th Saints Anne and Joachim - Grandparents of Jesus
27th Mary, Mother of Mercy (Saturday before 4th Sunday of July)
28th Mary, Queen of Peace
AUGUST
2nd First Friday of the Month and [Mary of the Angels]
3rd First Saturday of the Month
5th Feast of Our Lady of Snows and Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica - Rome
6th Transfiguration of Our Lord and Anniversary of the Nuclear Devastation in Hiroshima, Japan
7th End of Ramadan (A time of rejoicing. Houses are decorated; Muslims buy gifts for relatives.)
13th [Mary, Refuge of Sinners]
15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
22nd The Queenship of Mary
24th St. Bartholomew - Apostle and Mary, Health of the Sick (Saturday before last Sunday in August)
29th Martyrdom of John the Baptist
SEPTEMBER
2nd Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted (Sunday after August 28th - Feast of St. Augustine)
3rd [Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd]
5th Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year 5774) at sundown
6th First Friday of the Month
7th First Saturday of the Month
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.) and Yom Kippur - Jewish Day of Atonement (Starts at Sundown of the 13th)
15th Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
19th Feast of the Tabernacles or Sukkot
21st St. Matthew - Evangelist
23rd Conception of John the Baptist (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church)
24th Our Lady of Ransom
25th End of Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot and The beginning of Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly at sundown
27th [Mary, Protector of Orphans] and Simhat Torah - Jewish Rejoicing of the Law (begins on the 26th at sundown)
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 First Friday of the Month and Traditional Catholic Church Day of Thanksgiving
5th First Saturday of the Month
7th Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
11th [Feast of the Motherhood of Mary]
12th Our Lady of the Pilar (Saragossa)
13th The Miracle at Fatima
15th St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila) and Eid al-Adha - Feast of Sacrifice or Day of Sacrifice - (In the Muslim calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha on the sunset of 14th of October. It recalls the day when Abraham intended to follow the instructions of God, and sacrifice his son Ishmael.)
16th [Feast of Mary's Purity]
18th St. Luke - Evangelist
20th [Mary, Wonderful Mother]
28th Sts. Simon and Jude - Apostles and [Mary, Mother of the Dying] (4th Sunday in October)
NOVEMBER
1st All Saints Day and First Friday of the Month
2nd All Souls Day and First Saturday of the Month and [Our Lady of All Graces (1st Saturday after All Saints Day)<>]
5th Al-Hijra/Muharram is the Muslim New Year 1432 (The beginning of the first lunar month.)
8th [Feast of Mary, Our Shelter]
9th Dedication of Basilica of St. John of Lateran
14th 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.)
15th [Mary, Mother of Divine Providence] (Saturday before 3rd Sunday in November)
18th Consecration of the two Basilicas honoring St. Peter and St. Paul
21st Mary's Presentation
24th Christ the King 27th [Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Paris)]
28th Thanksgiving Day in the US and First Day of Chanukah at sundown- (Beginning of Festival of Lights)
30th St. Andrew - Apostle
DECEMBER
1st First Sunday of Advent
6th First Friday of the Month
7th First Saturday of the Month
8th Rosa Mystica Hour of Grace and Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
10th [Our Lady of Loretto]
12th Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patroness of the Americas)
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 Holy Family
31st Last Day of the Year 2013 plus Silvester I, Pope (1st Pope after the deliverance of Catholic Church to Emperor Constantine)
NOTES
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