Catholic
Apostolic
Fixed Church Calendar
January, 31 Days
1. Circumcision
of Our Lord, d. 2
2.
Octave of St. Stephen, d.
3.
Octave of
4.
Octave of Holy Innocents, d.
5.
Vigil of the Epiphany, d.
6. Epiphany
of Our Lord, d. 1, with an octave
7.
Of the Octave, s.
8.
Of the Octave, s.
9.
Of the Octave, s.
10.
Of the Octave, s.
11.
St. Hyginus, P. M.
12.
Of the Octave, s.
13.
Octave Day of the Epiphany, d. — Second Sunday after Epiphany, Feast of the
Holy Name of Jesus, d. 2
14.
St. Hilary, B.C. s.
15.
16.
St. Marcellus, P. M. s.
17.
St. Anthony, A. d.
18. St. Peter’s Chair at Rome, gr. d.
19.
St. Wolstan, B. C. d.
20.
SS. Fabian and Sebastian, MM. d.
21.
St. Agnes, V. M. d.
22.
SS. Vincent and Anastasius, MM. d.
23. Desponsation of B. V. Mary, gr.
d.
24.
St. Timothy, B. M. s.
25. Conversion
of
26.
St. Polycarp, B. M.
27.
28. St. Raymond of Pennafort,
C. s.
29. St. Francis of Sales, B. C. d.
30.
St. Martina, V. M. d.
31.
St. Peter Nolasco, C. d.
February, 28 Days; Leap Year, 29
1.
St. Ignatius, B. M. s.
2. Purification
of the B. V. Mary, d. 2
3.
4.
St. Andrew Corsini, B. C. d.
5.
St. Agatha, V. M. d.
6. St. Dorothy, V. M.
7.
St. Romuald, A. d.
8.
9. St. Appolonia, V. M.
10. St. Scholastica, V. d.
11.
12.
13.
14.
St. Valentine, Priest, M.
15.
St. Faustina and Jovita, MM.
16.
17.
18.
St. Simeon, B. M.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23. St. Peter’s Chair at Antioch, gr. d.
24.
25. St.
Matthias, Ap. d. 2
26.
(alternate for St. Matthias)
27.
28.
March, 31 Days
1.
St. David, B. C. d.
2.
3.
4.
St. Casimir, C. s.
5.
6.
7.
8.
St. Felix, Apostle of the East Angles, B. C. d.
9.
10.
The Forty Martyrs, s.
11.
12.
St. Gregory the Great, P. C. D. d.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
St. Patrick, Apostle of
18.
St. Gabriel, Arch. gr. d.
19.
20.
St Cuthbert, B. C. d.
21.
St. Benedict, A. d.
22.
23.
24.
25. Annunciation
of the B. V. Mary, d. 2
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
Note:
Monday after Passion Sunday: transferred Feast of the Most
Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, gr. D
April, 30 Days
1.
2. St. Francis of Paula, C. d.
3.
St. Richard, B. C. d.
4.
St. Isidore, B. C. D. d.
5.
St Vincent Ferrer, C. d.
6.
7.
Archbishop Henry Carmel Carfora (Consecration)
9.
10.
11.
St. Leo, P. C. D. d.
12.
13.
St. Hermenegild, M. s.
14.
SS. Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus,
MM. d.
15.
16.
17.
S. Anicetus, P. M.
18.
19.
20.
21. St. Anselm, B. C. D. d.; St. Benedict, A. d.
22.
Archbishop Arnold Harris Matthew (Consecration)
23.
St. George, M. Patron of
24. St. Fidelis of Sigmaringa, M. d.
25. St.
Mark, E. d. 2
26.
SS. Cletus and Marcellinus, BB. and
MM. s.
27.
Within the Octave of St. George, s.
28.
Within Octave of St. George, s.
29.
St. Peter, M. d.
30.
Octave of St. George, M. d.
May, 31 Days
1. SS.
Philip and James, App. d. 2
2.
St. Athanasius, B. C. D. d.
3. Finding
of the Holy Cross, d. 2
4. St. Monica, W. d.
5. St. Catherine of
6.
7.
St. Stanislaus, B. M. d.
8.
Apparition of St. Michael, Arch. gr. d.
9.
St. Gregory Nazianzen, B. C. D. d.
10.
St. Antoninus, B. C. d.
11.
12.
SS. Nereus, Achilleus, et alii, MM. s.
13.
14.
St. Boniface, M. d.
15.
16.
St. John Nepomucen, M. d.
17.
18.
St. Venantius, M. d.
19.
St. Dunstan, B. C. d.
20.
St. Bernardin, C. s.
21.
St. Peter Celestin, P. C. d.
22.
St. Ubaldus, B. C. s
23.
24.
B. V. M. the Help of Christians, gr. d.
25.
St. Aldhelm, B. C. d.
26.
27.
28.
29.
Archbishop Joseph Rene Vilatte (Consecrated)
30.
St. Felix, P. M.
31.
St. Petronilla, V.
June, 30 Days
1.
2. Octave
Day of
3.
4.
St. Francis Caracciolo, C. d.
5.
6.
St. Norbert, B. C. d.
7.
8.
St. William, B. C. d.
9.
SS. Primus and Felicianus, MM.
10.
St. Margaret, Queen of
11.
St. Barnabus, Ap. gr. d.
12.
13. St. Anthony of
14.
St. Basil, B. C. D. d.
15.
SS. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, MM.
16.
17.
18.
SS. Marcus and Marcellianus, MM.
19. St. Juliana Falconieri,
V. d.
20.
St. Silverius, P. M.
21.
22.
St. Alban, Protomartyr of
23.
24. Nativity
of
25.
St. William, A. d.
26.
SS. John and Paul, MM. d.
27.
Within the Octave of
28.
St. Leo, P. C. s.
29. SS.
Peter and Paul, App. d. 1, with an Octave
30.
Commemoration of
July, 31 Days
1.
Octave Day of
2.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, gr. d.
3.
Within the Octave of SS. Peter and Paul, s.
4. Within
the Octave of SS. Peter and Paul, s.
5.
Within the Octave of SS. Peter and Paul, s.
6.
Octave Day of SS. Peter and Paul, App. d. Igreja Catolica Apostolica
Brasileira founded.
7.
8.
St. Elizabeth, Queen of
9.
10.
Seven Brothers, and SS. Rufina and Secunda, VV. MM. s.
11.
12.
St. John Gualbert, A. d.
13.
St. Anacletus, P. M. s.
14.
St. Bonaventure, B. C. D. d.
15.
Translation of St. Swithin, B. C. d.
16.
17.
Translation of St. Osmund, B. C. d.
18.
St. Camillus de Lellis, C. d.
19.
20.
21.
St. Henry, Emp., C. s.
22. St. Mary Magdalen, d.
23.
St. Apollinaris, B. M. d.
24.
St. Alexius, C. s.
25. St.
James the Greater, Ap. d. 2
26.
27.
St. Pantaleon, M.
28.
SS. Nazarius, et al., MM.
29.
Mar Julius I, Archbishop - Met. of
30.
SS. Abdon and Sennen, MM.
August, 31 Days
1. St. Peter’s Chains, gr. d.
2.
3.
Finding of St. Stephen, Protomartyr, s.
4.
St. Dominic, C. d.
5.
6.
Transfiguration of Our Lord, gr. d.
7.
St. Cajetan, C. d.
8. SS. Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus, MM. s.
9.
10. St.
Laurence, M. d. 2
11.
12. St. Clare, V. d.
13.
Within the Octave of St. Laurence, s.
14.
15. Assumption
of the B. V. Mary, d. 1, with an Octave; and the Sunday with the Octave
of the Assumption, St. Joachim, Father of the B. V. Mary, C. gr. d.
16.
St. Hyacinth, C. d.
17.
Octave Day of St. Laurence, M. d.
18.
19.
20.
St. Bernard, A. C. D. d.
21.
22.
Octave Day of the Assumption, d.
23.
St. Philip Benitus, C. d.
24.
St. Bartholomew, Ap. d. 2
25.
26.
St. Zephyrinus, P. M.
27.
St. Joseph Calasanctius, C. d.
28.
29. Beheading
of
30. St. Rose, V. d.
31.
St. Aidan, B. C. d.
September, 30 Days
1.
St. Raymond, Nonnatus, C. d.
2.
St. Stephen, K. C. s.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Nativity
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, d. 2 with an Octave
9. Of
the Octave, s.
10.
St. Nicholas of Tolentino, C. d.
11.
Of the Octave, s.
12.
Of the Octave, s.
13.
Of the Octave, s.
14.
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, gr. d.
15.
Octave of the Nativity of the B. V. Mary, s.
16. SS. Cornelius and Cyprian, s.
17.
18.
19.
SS. Januarius, B. and Companions, MM. d.
20. SS. Eustachius and
Companions, MM. d.
21. St.
Matthew, Ap. and E. d. 2
22.
23.
St. Linus, P. M. s.
24. The
B. V. Mary of Mercy, gr. d.
25.
26.
SS. Cyprian and Justina, MM.
27. SS. Cosmas and Damian,
MM. s.
28. St. Wenceslaus, Duke and
Martyr, s.
29. Dedication
of St. Michael, Arch. d. 2
30.
October, 31 Days
1.
St. Remigius, B. C. s. ad lib.
2. The
Holy Angels Guardians, d.
3.
4. St. Francis of
5.
SS. Placid and Companions, MM.
6.
St. Bruno, C. d.
7.
St. Mark, P. C.
8. St. Bridget, W. d.
9.
SS. Dionysius, Rusticus, and Eleutherius,
MM. s.
10.
St. Paulinus, Archbishop of
11.
12.
St. Wilfrid, Archbishop of
13.
Translation of St. Edward, K. C. d. 2 with an Octave
14.
St. Callistus, P. M. d.
15. St. Teresa, V. d.
16.
Within in the Octave of St. Edward, s.
17. St. Hedwige, W. d.
18. St.
Luke, E. d. 2
19. St. Peter of Alcantara,
C. d.
20.
Octave of St. Edward, C. d.
21.
SS. Ursula, et alii, VV. MM. gr. .
22.
St. John Cantius, C. d.
23. Feast
of our Most Holy Redeemer, gr d.
24.
St. Raphael, Arch. gr. d.
25.
26.
St. Evaristus, P. M.
27.
28. SS.
Simon and Jude, App. d. 2
29.
Venerable Bede, C. d.
30.
31.
Second Sunday — Maternity of B. V. M. gr. d. Third Sunday —
Purity of B. V. M. gr. d. Fourth Sunday — Patronage of B.V. M. gr.
d.
November, 30 Days
1. All
Saints, d. 1, with an Octave
2.
All Souls, d.
3.
St. Winefrid, V. M. d.
4.
St. Charles Borromeo, B. C. d.
5. Within the Octave of All Saints
6. Within the Octave of All Saints
7.
St. Willibrord, Ap. of the
8.
Octave of All Saints, d.
9.
10.
St. Andrew
11.
12.
13.
St. Didacus, C. s.
14.
St. Erconwald, B. C. d.
15. St. Gertrude, V. d.
16.
St. Edmund, B. C. d.
17.
St. Hugh, B. C. d.
18.
19. St. Elizabeth, W. d.
20.
St. Edmund, K. M. gr. d.
21. Presentation
of the B. V. Mary, gr. d.
22.
St. Cecily, V. M. d.
23.
24.
25.
St. Catherine, V. M. d.
26. St. Felix of
27. St. Gregory of Thaumaturgus,
B. C. d.
28.
29.
St. Saturninus, M.
30. St.
Andrew, Ap. d. 2
December, 31 Days
1.
2.
St. Bibiana, V. M. s.
3.
4.
St. Peter Chrysologus, B. C. D. d.
5.
St. Birinus, B. C. d.
6.
St. Nicholas of
7.
St. Ambrose, B. C. d.
8. Conception
of the B. V. Mary, d. 2 with an Octave. St. Carlos of
9.
Within the Octave, s.
10.
Within the Octave, s.
11.
St. Damasus, P. C. s.
12.
Within the Octave, s.
13.
St. Lucy, V. M. d.
14.
Within the Octave, s.
15. Octave
Day of the Conception of the B. V. Mary, d.
16.
St. Eusebius, B. M. s.
17.
18. Expectation
of B. V. M. gr. d.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25. Nativity
of Our Lord, d. 1, with an Octave
26. St.
Stephen, Protomartyr, d. 2, with an Octave
27.
28. Holy
Innocents, MM. d. 2, with an Octave
29.
30.
Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity.
31.
St. Sylvester, P. C. d.
Days of Obligation
Commanded by the Church to be observed with the
obligation of hearing Mass, and resting from servile works.
All Sundays.
The
Nativity of Our Lord, or Christmas Day, December 25.
The Circumcision of Our Lord, or New Year’s Day,
January 1.
The
Epiphany of Our Lord, Twelfth Day, January 6.
The Ascension of Our Lord.
The
Solemnity of
The
Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, June 29.
The
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15.
The
Feast of All Saints, November 1.
Days of Devotion
On
which it is earnestly recommended to hear Mass.
Feb 2 Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Candlemas Day.
24 (in leap year, Feb. 25) St. Matthias, Apostle.
March 17 St. Patrick, Apostle of
19
March
25 Annunciation of the B. V. Mary, or Lady Day.
April 23 St. George, Martyr, Patron of
May 1 SS. Philip and James, Apostles.
3 Finding of the Holy Cross.
14
June 24 Nativity of
July 25 St. James the Greater, Apostle.
26
August
10 St. Laurence, Martyr.
24
St. Bartholomew, Apostle.
Septem 8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
21 St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist.
29 Dedication of St. Michael, or Michaelmas
Day.
October 28 SS. Simon and Jude, Apostles.
Novem 7
St. Willibrord, Apostle of the
30 St. Andrew, Apostle. Decem 8 Conception of the B. V. Mary.
21
26 St. Stephen, the First Martyr.
27
28.
Holy Innocents.
Fasting Days
On
which only one meal is allowed, and flesh meat is forbidden.
The forty
days of Lent.
The Ember days, which are the Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday in the first week of Lent, in Whitsun–week, in the third week of
September, and in the third week of Advent.
The Vigils or Eves of Whit Sunday,
SS. Peter and Paul, the Assumption, All Saints, and Christmas. All Wednesdays and Fridays in
Advent.
Abstinence Days
On
which it is forbidden to eat flesh meat.
The
Sundays in Lent, unless leave be given to the contrary, which
is usually done in this country. Every Friday, unless
it be Christmas Day.
Abbreviations
in the Calendar explained
A.
Abbot
Arch.
Archangel
Ap.
Apostle
App.
Apostles
B.
Bishop
C.
Confessor
D.
Doctor of the Church
d.
Double
d. 1
or 2 Double of the First or Second Class
gr.
d. Greater Double
E. Evangelist
Emp.
Emperor
K.
King
M.
Martyr
MM.
Martyrs
P.
Patriarch
Qu. Queen
s.
Semidouble
V.
Virgin
W.
Widow
FOR THE USE OF THE CALENDAR
The prayers and portions of Holy Scripture, of which
the Mass or Liturgy of the Catholic Church is composed, are, in part,
unalterably the same, and in part different every day; those that are fixed and
not to be changed, are contained in what is called the Ordinary of the Mass,
and the parts which are changed or the proper parts, viz., the Introits,
Collects, Epistles, and Lessons, Graduals, and Tracts,
Gospels, Offertories, Secrets, Communions, and Postcommunions, form the subsequent contents of the
book. As the Prefaces are not so frequently changed, they follow each
other in regular succession in the Ordinary of the
The Ecclesiastical Year commences with the First
Sunday of Advent, which is the Sunday nearest the feast of St. Andrew the
Apostle, the 30th of November. Sundays and Festivals are celebrated with
different degrees of solemnity; some are called Doubles; others, Semidoubles.
Festivals which are neither Doubles or Semidoubles,
are called Simples. Weekdays on which no Festival occurs, are called Ferias.
Some Festivals are celebrated with an Octave, that is
for eight successive days.
Of Doubles, (so called because the Antiphons
are repeated entire before and after the Psalms in the Divine Office) some are
of the First Class, marked thus in the Calendar, d. 1; others of the Second
Class, and are marked thus, d. 2; others are Greater Doubles, marked
thus, gr. d.; others, Common Doubles, and are marked d.
A Semidouble, (so called because only part of
the Antiphon is said before each Psalm in the Divine Office) is marked in the
Calendar thus, s. Doubles are always kept on the day marked in the Calendar,
unless they fall upon some privileged day which takes precedence of the
Festival; in which cases they are transferred to the first vacant day; that is,
to the first day on which there is neither Double nor Semidouble marked in the
Calendar. The same is to be observed with regard to Semidoubles, which are also
transferred to the first vacant day, if they fall on a Sunday, or during the
Octave of Corpus Christi.
Simples have
no mark in the Calendar, and are never transferred; but if they fall on a
Sunday, or on any other day, when the Office cannot be said of them, a
Commemoration of them is made by the Collect, &c., in the Mass, except on
Doubles of the First Class, and at High Mass on Doubles of the Second Class.
When any Festivals have been transferred from their proper days, they are
afterwards to be kept in this order: those that are Doubles are to be kept
first, and afterwards those that are Semidoubles.
In certain cases, the Archbishop-Metropolitan has
given approval for local variances from the global fixed calendar according to
the history of the church in a particular locality and saints honored locally.
FOR FINDING OUT WHAT MASS IS TO BE SAID ON EACH SUNDAY
1. The proper Mass of the Sunday is always said on the
following Sundays: The First Sunday of Advent; the First Sunday of Lent;
Passion Sunday; Palm Sunday; Easter Sunday; Low Sunday; Whitsunday; and Trinity
Sunday.
2. The proper Mass of the Sunday is also always said
on the following Sundays, except when a Double of the First Class falls upon
them; the Second, Third and Fourth Sundays of Advent; Septuagesima, Sexagesima,
and Quinquagesima Sundays; also the Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays of Lent.
3. On all other Sundays, refer to the Calendar, if the
Festival which occurs on that day is a Double, the Mass with be of the Festival
with a Commemoration of the Sunday: but if the Festival is not a Double, the
Mass of the Sunday is to be said.
TO FIND OUT WHAT MASS IS TO BE SAID ON THE WEEK DAYS
1. The Mass of the Feria, or
Vigil, is always said on the following days: Christmas Eve; Ash Wednesday; all
Holy Week; all Easter Week; Whitsun Eve, and during the Octave of Whitsunday.
2. On the Fridays between Septuagesima and Palm
Sundays, the Masses of the Passion, &c., are said, unless a Double of the
3. On other Days refer to the Calendar; if a Double or
Semidouble occurs, the Mass will be of the Feast. On Simples, and on days on
which no Festival occurs, refer to some Guide to the Service of the Church, or
Directory, which is published annually, in order to find out whether any
transferred Feast is to be kept on that day. If no Feast is transferred to that
day, the Mass will be of the Simple or of the Feria.
In Advent and Lent, Mass is never said of a Simple, but a Commemoration only is
made of it after the Collect of the Day. Out of Advent and Lent, if a Simple or
Feria falls on a Thursday, the Mass of the Blessed
Sacrament is said: if on a Saturday, the Mass of the Commemoration of the
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is said. On Ferias, the proper Mass of
the Feria is said during Lent, on the Ember Days, and
Rogation Monday and Tuesday. At other times of the year, the Mass of the
preceding Sunday is said.
On Vigils, the Mass of the Vigil is said, unless there
be a Double or a Semidouble Feast that day. If a
Festival, which has a Vigil, fall on a Monday, the Vigil is kept on the
preceding Saturday, except the Vigil of Christmas and of the Epiphany. If a
Vigil fall within an Octave, the Mass is of the Vigil
with a Commemoration of the Octave. If a Vigil fall in
Lent, on an Ember Day, the Mass is of the Feria, with
a Commemoration of the Vigil.
DIRECTIONS FOR FINDING OUT
WHAT COMMEMORATIONS ARE TO BE MADE AT MASS
1. Upon all Doubles, only one Collect is said, viz.,
that which is assigned for the proper day; except it fall upon a Sunday, or
within some Octave, or upon some Vigil, or in the time of Advent or Lent, or
except it occur with some Simple: in all which cases two Collects are to be
said, one of the Double, the other of the Sunday, Octave, Vigil, Feria, or Saint, occurring upon the same Day.
2. Upon Sundays and all Semidoubles three Collects are
said; excepting Sundays which occur within the Octave, on which only two
Collects are said, viz., one of the Sunday, the other of the Octave.
3. Upon all Sundays and Semidoubles occurring between the
Octave of Whitsunday and Advent, or between Candlemas
and Lent, the second Collect is, A cunctis and
the third is left to the choice of the Priest, to be taken from among the
Occasional Collects, &c., at the end of the Missal.
4. Upon Sundays and other Semidoubles, between the
Octave of the Epiphany and Candlemas, the second
Collect is, Deus qui salutis; and the third Ecclesiae
tuae, for
the Church, or Deus omnium, for the Patriarch.
5. Upon all Semidoubles between Ash Wednesday and
Passion Sunday, the second Collect is of the Feria,
that is to say, of the Day of the Week, as in the Proper for Lent; and the
third Collect, A cunctis. But upon the Ferias
between Passion Sunday and Maunday Thursday, the
second Collect is Ecclesiae tuae
or Deus omnium; a third Collect is not
said.
6. Upon Sundays and all Semidoubles between Low Sunday
and Ascension Day, the second Collect is Concede, the third for the
Church, or for the Patriarch. Which same Collects are also said upon all Vigils
(excepting the Vigils of Christmas, Easter, and Whitsunday, which have only one
Collect) and within all Octaves when the Mass is said of the Octave; except the
Octaves of Easter and Whitsunday, in which is added only a second Collect for
the Church or for the Patriarch; except also the Octaves of the Blessed Virgin,
and of All Saints, in which the second Collect is Deus qui corda, and
the third, for the Church or for
the Patriarch.
7. Upon Semidoubles which occur within Octaves, or
upon Vigils, &c., the second Collect is a Commemoration of the Octave or
Vigil; and the third Concede, but within the Octaves of the Blessed
Virgin, the third Collect is Deus qui corda.
8. Upon all Semidoubles occurring in Advent, the
second Collect is a Commemoration of the time of
Advent, to be taken from the foregoing Sunday, and a third Collect is Deus
qui corda.
9. Upon Simples and Ferias, three Collects are said,
as upon Semidoubles.
10. The gospels that are assigned for the Sundays are never omitted. Wherefore, if it happens that any Double is kept upon a Sunday, the Gospel which belongs to the Sunday is read at the end of the Mass, instead of the “Beginning of the Gospel of St. John,” which same thing is also observed whenever a Double or Semidouble is kept upon any day in Lent, or on a Vigil, or Ember Day.
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1st Sun. of Advent |
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Dec. 10 |
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Dec. 7 |
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Conception of the B.V. Mary |
Dec. 8 |
Dec. 8 |
Dec. 8 |
Dec. 8 |
Dec. 8 |
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3rd Sun. of Advent |
Dec. 12 |
Dec. 11 |
Dec. 17 |
Dec. 16 |
Dec. 14 |
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4th Sun. of Advent |
Dec. 19 |
Dec. 18 |
Dec. 24 |
Dec. 23 |
Dec. 21 |
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Nativity of Our Lord |
Dec. 25 |
Dec. 25 |
Dec. 25 |
Dec. 25 |
Dec. 25 |