The 2016 Liturgical Calendar

Advent
      From Monday after Christ the King - December 24, Christmas Eve
        Advent Calendar (link)

30 November: Saint Andrew the Apostle - Feast

3 December: Saint Francis Xavier - Memorial

4 December: Saint John Damascene - Optional Memorial

6 December: Saint Nicholas of Myra - Optional Memorial

7 December: Saint Ambrose - Memorial

8 December: Immaculate Conception - Solemnity - Holy Day of Obligation
    -Mass times at Annunciation: 8:00am and 7:00pm

9 December: Saint Juan Diego - Optional Memorial

11 December: Saint Damasus I - Optional Memorial

12 December: Our Lady of Guadalupe - Optional Memorial

13 December: Saint Lucy - Memorial

14 December: Saint John of the Cross - Memorial

21 December: Saint Peter Canisius - Optional Memorial

23 December: Saint John of Kanty - Optional Memorial

Christmas Season
      From December 25 - Baptism of the Lord
      Christmas Season (link)

25 December: Christmas - Solemnity
          -Octave of Christmas from December 25-January 1

26 December: Saint Stephen - Feast

27 December: Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist - Feast

28 December: Feast of the Holy Family - Feast
        usually: Holy Innocents- Feast

29 December: Saint Thomas Becket - Optional Memorial

31 December: Saint Sylvester I - Optional Memorial

1 January: Mary Mother of God - Solemnity

2 January: Saint Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen - Memorial

3 January: Most Holy Name of Jesus - Optional Memorial

6 January: Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity
      (Normally January 6th, moved to nearest Sunday)
        Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton - Optional Memorial

5 January: Saint John Neumann - Optional Memorial

6 January: Saint André Bessette - Optional Memorial

7 January: Raymond of Penyafort - Optional Memorial

11 January: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - Feast

Ordinary Time
       From Baptism of the Lord - Ash Wednesday

13 January: Saint Hilary of Poitiers - Optional Memorial

17 January: Saint Anthony of Egypt - Memorial

20 January: Saint Fabian - and St. Sebastian (optional) - Optional Memorial

21 January: Saint Agnes - Memorial

22 January: Saint Vincent - Optional Memorial

24 January: Saint Francis de Sales - Memorial 

25 January: Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul - Feast

26 January: Saints Timothy and Titus - Memorial

27 January: Saint Angela Merici - Optional Memorial

28 January: Saint Thomas Aquinas - Memorial

31 January: Saint John Bosco - Memorial

2 February: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) - Feast

3 February: Saint Blaise - Optional Memorial

5 February: Saint Agatha - Memorial

6 February: Saint Paul Miki and companions - Memorial

8 February: Saint Jerome Emiliani and St. Josephine Bakhita - Optional Memorial

9 February: Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras

Lent
      From Ash Wednesday - Wednesday of Holy Week
      Celebrate the Season of Lent (link)

10 February: Saint Scholastica - Memorial

11 February: Our Lady of Lourdes - Optional Memorial 

14 February: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop - Memorial

17 February: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order - Optional Memorial

18 February: Ash Wednesday - Day of Fasting, Penance, and Prayer

21 February: Saint Peter Damian - Optional Memorial

22 February: Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter - Feast

23 February: Saint Polycarp - Memorial

4 March: Saint Casimir - Optional Memorial

7 March: Saints Perpetua and Felicity - Memorial

8 March: Saint John of God - Optional Memorial

9 March: Saint Francis of Rome - Optional Memorial

17 March: Saint Patrick - Optional Memorial

18 March: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem - Optional Memorial

19 March: St. Joseph - Solemnity 

23 March: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo - Optional Memorial

Holy Week

20 March: Palm Sunday - Solemnity

23 March: Ancient Office of Tenebrae
     -Tenebrae Service at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains

Easter Triduum

24 March: Holy Thursday - Solemnity
    -Mass at 7:00pm, Night Prayer at 9:00pm

25 March: Good Friday - Solemnity
    -Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, 3:00pm

26 March: Holy Saturday - Solemnity
    -Vigil Mass, 9:00pm

27 March: Easter Sunday - Solemnity
    -Mass at 9:00am, and 11:00am

Easter Season
       From Easter Sunday - Feast of the Holy Trinity

28 March - 3 April: Octave of Easter

3 April: Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) - Solemnity

4 April: Annunciation of the Lord - Solemnity
(normally 25 March)

13 April: Saint Martin I - Optional Memorial

21 April: Saint Anselm of Canterbury - Optional Memorial

23 April: Saint George - Optional Memorial

24 April: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen - Optional Memorial

25 April: Saint Mark the Evangelist - Feast

28 April: Saint Louis de Montfort - optional memorial

29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena - Memorial

30 April: Saint Pius V - Optional Memorial


May, Month of Mary

1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker - optional memorial

2 May: Saint Athanasius - Memorial

3 May: Saints Phillip and James, Apostles - Feast

12 May: Saints Nereus and Achillius - optional memorial

13 May: Our Lady of Fatima - optional memorial

14 May: Saint Matthias the Apostle - Feast

15 May: Pentecost - Solemnity

15 May: St. Isidore (Farmer) - Optional Memorial

18 May: Saint John I - optional memorial

20 May: Saint Bernardine of Siena - optional memorial

21 May: Saint Christopher Magallanes and companions - optional memorial

22 May: The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity

22 May: Saint Rita of Cascia - optional memorial

25 May: Saint Bede the Venerable - optional memorial

26 May: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) - Solemnity

26 May: Saint Philip Neri - Memorial

27 May: Saint Augustine of Canterbury - optional memorial

31 May: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity

Ordinary Time
       From day after Holy Trinity - Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe
       The Time in Between the Seasons (article)

1 June: Saint Justin - Memorial

2 June: Saints Marcellinus and Peter - optional memorial

3 June: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity

3 June: Saint Charles Lwanga and companions - Memorial

5 June: Saint Boniface - Memorial

6 June: Saint Norbert - optional memorial

9 June: Saint Ephrem - optional memorial

11 June: Saint Barnabas the Apostle - Memorial

13 June: Saint Anthony of Padua - Memorial
    -Also Immaculate Heart of Mary - Memorial

19 June: Saint Romuald - optional memorial

21 June: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga - Memorial

22 June: Saints John Fisher and Thomas More - optional memorial
     -also Saint Paulinus of Nola

24 June: Birth of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity

27 June: Saint Cyril of Alexandria - optional memorial

28 June: Saint Irenaeus of Lyon - Memorial

29 June: Saints Peter and Paul -Solemnity

30 June: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome - optional memorial

3 July: Saint Thomas the Apostle - Feast

4 July: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

5 July: Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest - Optional Memorial

6 July: Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr - Optional Memorial

9 July: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial

11 July: Saint Benedict, abbot - Memorial

13 July: Saint Henry - Optional Memorial

14 July: Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest, and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha - Optional Memorial

15 July: Saint Bonaventure, bishop and doctor - Memorial

16 July: Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Optional Memorial

20 July: Saint Apollinaris - Optional Memorial

21 July: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor - Optional Memorial

22 July: Saint Mary Magdalene - Memorial

23 July: Saint Birgitta, religious- Optional Memorial

24 July: Saint Sharbel Makhluf, hermit - Optional Memorial

25 July: Saint James, apostle - Feast

26 July: Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of Mary - Memorial

29 July: Saint Martha - Memorial

30 July: Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial

31 July: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest - Memorial

1 August: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church - Memorial

2 August: Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop, or Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest - Optional Memorial

4 August: Saint Jean Vianney (the Curé of Ars), priest - Memorial

5 August: Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major - Optional Memorial

6 August: Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast

7 August: Saint Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs, or Saint Cajetan, priest - Optional Memorial

8 August: Saint Dominic, priest - Memorial

9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr - Optional Memorial

10 August: Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr - Feast

11 August: Saint Clare, virgin - Memorial

12 August: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, religious - Optional Memorial

13 August: Saints Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs - Optional Memorial

14 August: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr - Memorial

15 August: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity

16 August: Saint Stephen of Hungary - Optional Memorial

19 August: Saint John Eudes, priest - Optional Memorial

20 August: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot and doctor of the Church - Memorial

21 August: Saint Pius X, pope - Memorial

22 August: Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary - Memorial

23 August: Saint Rose of Lima, virgin - Optional Memorial

24 August: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle - Feast

25 August: Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of Calasanz, priest - Optional Memorial

27 August: Saint Monica - Memorial

28 August: Saint Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor of the Church - Memorial

29 August: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr - Memorial

3 September: Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor - Memorial

8 September: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast

9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest - Optional Memorial

12 September: Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Optional Memorial

13 September: Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor - Memorial

14 September: Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Feast

15 September: Our Lady of Sorrows - Memorial

16 September: Saints Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs - Memorial

17 September: Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial

19 September: Saint Januarius, bishop and martyr - Optional Memorial

20 September: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, and Paul Chong Hasang and companions, martyrs - Memorial

21 September: Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast

23 September: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest - Memorial

26 September: Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs - Optional Memorial

27 September: Saint Vincent de Paul, priest - Memorial

28 September: Saint Wenceslaus, martyr or Saints Lawrence Ruiz and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial

29 September: Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels - Feast

30 September: Saint Jerome, priest and doctor - Memorial

1 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor - Memorial

2 October: Guardian Angels - Memorial


4 October: Saint Francis of Assisi - Memorial

6 October: Saint Bruno, priest - Optional Memorial

7 October: Our Lady of the Rosary - Memorial

9 October: Saint Denis and companions, martyrs or Saint John Leonardi, priest - Optional Memorial

11 October: Saint John XXIII, pope - Optional Memorial

14 October: Saint Callistus I, pope and martyr - Optional Memorial

15 October: Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor - Memorial

16 October: Saint Hedwig, religious or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin - Optional Memorial

17 October: Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr - Memorial

18 October: Saint Luke the Evangelist - Feast

19 October: Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, priests and martyrs; and their companions, martyrs 
or Saint Paul of the Cross, priest - Optional Memorial

22 October: Saint John Paul II, pope - Optional Memorial

23 October: Saint John of Capistrano, priest - Optional Memorial

24 October: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop - Optional Memorial

28 October: Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles - Feast

1 November: All Saints - Solemnity

2 November: All Souls - Solemnity

3 November: Saint Martin de Porres, religious - Optional Memorial

4 November: Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop - Memorial

9 November: Dedication of the Lateran basilica - Feast

10 November: Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor - Memorial

11 November: Saint Martin of Tours, bishop - Memorial

12 November: Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr - Memorial

13 November: Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini - Optional Memorial

15 November: Saint Albert the Great, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial

16 November: Saint Margaret of Scotland or Saint Gertrude the Great, virgin - Optional Memorial

17 November: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious - Memorial

18 November: Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - Optional Memorial

20 November: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – Solemnity

21 November: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Memorial

22 November: Normally: St. Cecilia - Memorial

23 November: Saint Clement I, pope and martyr or Saint Columban, religious - Optional Memorial

24 November: Saint Andrew Dung Lac and his companions, martyrs - Memorial

25 November: Saint Catherine of Alexandria - Optional Memorial

27 November - 24 December: Advent 2016