2008 Liturgical Calendar
(Bolded items represent Sundays)
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
January
1 Octave Day of Christmas - 1st class
2 Most Holy Name of Jesus - 2nd class
3 Feria in Christmastide - 4th class
or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd Class
4 Feria in Christmastide - 4th class
or St. Elizabeth Seton - 3rd class
or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
5 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
St. Telesphorus - 4th class
or St. John Neumann - 3rd class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
6 Epiphany of the Lord - 1st class
7 Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
8 Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
9 Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
10 Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
11 Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
or St. Hyginus - 4th class
12 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
13 The Holy Family - 2nd class
14 St. Hilary - 3rd class
15 St. Paul, the First Hermit - 3rd class
16 St. Marcellus I - 3rd class
17 St. Anthony - 3rd class
18 Feria - 4th class
or St. Prisca - 4th class
19 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or SS. Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abachum - 4th class
or St. Canute - 4th class
20 Septuagesima Sunday - 2nd class
21 St. Agnes - 3rd class
22 SS. Vincent and Anastasius - 3rd class
or Votive Mass for Peace - 2nd class
23 St. Raymond of Penafort - 3rd class
24 St. Timothy - 3rd class
25 Conversion of St. Paul - 3rd class
26 St. Polycarp - 3rd class
27 Sexagesima Sunday - 2nd class
28 St. Peter Nolasco - 3rd class
29 St. Francis de Sales - 3rd class
30 St. Martina - 3rd class
31 St. John Bosco - 3rd class
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February
1 St. Ignatius of Antioch - 3rd class
or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
2 Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
3 Quinquagesima Sunday - 2nd class
4 St. Andrew Corsini - 3rd class
5 St. Agatha - 3rd class
6 Ash wendesday - 1st class
7 Thursday after Ash Wed. - 3rd class
8 Friday after Ash Wed. - 3rd class
9 Saturday after Ash Wed. - 3rd class
10 First Sunday of Lent - 1st class
11 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
12 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
13 Ember Wednesday - 2nd class
14 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
15 Ember Friday - 2nd class
or SS. Faustinus and Jovita - 4th class
16 Ember Saturday - 2nd class
17 Second Sunday of Lent - 1st class
18 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
19 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
20 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
21 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
22 Chair of St. Peter - 2nd class
23 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
24 Third Sunday of Lent - 1st class
25 St. Matthias, the Apostle - 2nd class
26 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
27 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
28 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
29 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
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March
1 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
2 Fourth Sunday of Lent - 1st class
3 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
4 Feria of Lent - 3rdt class
5 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
6 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
7 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
or St. Thomas Aquinas - 1st class
8 Feria of Lent - 3rd class
9 Passion Sunday - 1st class
10 Monday of Passion Week - 3rd class
11 Tuesday of Passion Week - 3rd class
12 Wednesday of Passion Week - 3rd class
13 Thursday of Passion Week - 3rd class
14 Friday of Passion Week - 3rd class
or St. Patrick - 1st class (transferred)
15 St. Joseph - 1st class (transferred)
16 Palm Sunday - 1st class
17 Monday of Holy Week - 1st class
18 Tuesday of Holy Week - 1st class
19 Wednesday of Holy Week - 1st class
20 Holy Thursday - 1st class
21 Good Friday - 1st class
22 Holy Saturday / Easter Vigil - 1st class
23 Easter Sunday - 1st class
24 Easter Monday - 1st class
25 Easter Tuesday - 1st class
26 Easter Wednesday - 1st class
27 Easter Thursday - 1st class
28 Easter Friday - 1st class
29 Easter Saturday - 1st class
30 Octave Day of Easter(Divine Mercy Sunday) - 1st class
31 Annunciation of the BVM - 1st class
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April
1 Feria of Pascaltide - 4th class
2 St. Francis of Paola - 3rd class
3 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
4 St. Isadore of Sevilled - 3rd class
or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
5 St. Vincent Ferrer - 3rd class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
6 Second Sunday after Easter(Good Shepherd) - 2nd class
7 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
8 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
9 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
10 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
11 St. Leo the Great - 3rd class
12 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
13 Third Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
14 St. Justin Martyr - 3rd class
15 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
16 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
17 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
or St. Anicetus - 4th class
18 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
19 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
20 Fourth Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
21 St. Anselm - 3rd class
22 SS. Soter and Caius - 3rd class
23 Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
or St. George - 4th class
24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen - 3rd class
or Anniversary of the Coronation of the Supreme Pontiff,
Benedict XVI - 2nd class
25 St. Mark the Evangelist - 2nd class
or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
26 SS. Cletus and Marcellinus - 3rd class
27 Fifth Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
28 St. Paul of the Cross - 3rd class
or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
29 St. Peter of Verona - 3rd class
or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
30 Vigil of the Ascension - 2nd class
or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
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May
1 Ascension of the Lord - 1st class
2 St. Joseph, the worker (transferred) - 1st class
3 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or SS. Alexander and Companions - 4th class
or Finding of the Holy Cross - 4th class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
4 Sunday after Ascension - 2nd class
or External Solemnity of Ascension - 2nd class
5 St. Pius V - 3rd class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
6 Feria after Ascension - 4th class
or St. John before the Latin Gate - 3rd class
7 St. Stanislaus - 3rd class
8 Feria after Ascension - 4th class
or Apparition of St. Michael - 4th class
or Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces - 4th class
9 St. Gregory of Nazianzen - 3rd class
10 Vigil of Pentecost - 1st class
11 Pentecost Sunday - 1st class
12 Pentecost Monday - 1st class
13 Pentecost Tuesday - 1st class
14 Pentecost Wednesday (Ember Day) - 1st class
15 Pentecost Thursday - 1st class
16 Pentecost Friday (Ember Day) - 1st class
17 Pentecost Saturday - 1st class
18 Trinity Sunday - 1st class
19 St. Peter Celestine - 3rd class
20 St. Bernardine of Siena - 3rd class
21 Feria - 4th class
22 Corpus Christi - 1st class
23 Feria - 4th class
24 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
25 2nd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
26 St. Philip Neri - 3rd class
27 St. Bede the Venerable - 3rd class
28 St. Augustine of Canterbury - 3rd class
29 St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi - 3rd class
30 Sacred Heart of Jesus - 1st class
31 Queenship of Mary - 2nd class
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June
1 3rd Sunday after Pentecost - 1st class
or External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart - 2nd class
2 Feria - 4th class
or SS. Marcellinus, Peter and Erasmus - 4th class
3 Feria - 4th class
4 St. Francis Caracciolo - 3rd class
5 St. Boniface - 3rd class
or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
6 St. Norbert - 3rd class
or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
7 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
8 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
9 Feria - 4th class
or SS. Primus and Felicianus - 4th class
10 St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland - 3rd class
11 St. Barnabas - 3rd class
12 St. John of San Fecundo - 3rd class
13 St. Anthony of Padua - 3rd class
14 St. Basil the Great - 3rd class
15 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
16 Feria - 4th class
17 St. Gregory Barbarigo - 3rd class
18 St. Ephrem of Syria - 3rd class
19 St. Juliana of Falconieri - 3rd class
20 Feria - 4th class
or St. Silverius - 4th class
21 St. Aloysius Gonzaga - 3rd class
22 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
23 Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist - 2nd class
24 Nativity of St. John the Baptist - 1st class
25 St. William - 3rd class
26 SS. John and Paul - 3rd class
27 Feria - 4th class
or Our Lady of Perpetual Help - 4th class
28 Vigil of SS. Peter and Paul - 2nd class
29 SS. Peter and Paul - 1st class
30 Commemoration of St. Paul - 3rd class
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July
1 Most Precious Blood - 1st class
2 Visitation of the Blessed virgin Mary - 2nd class
3 St. Irenaeus of Lyons - 3rd class
4 Feria - 4th class
or Sacred Heart of Jesu - 3rd class
5 St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria - 3rd class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
6 Eigth Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
7 SS. Cyril and Methodius - 3rd class
8 St. Elizabeth of Portugal - 3rd class
9 Feria - 4th class
10 Seven Holy Brothers and SS. Rufina and Secunda - 3rd class
11 Feria - 4th class
or St. Pius I - 4th class
12 St. Gualbert - 3rd class
13 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
14 St. Bonaventure - 3rd class
15 St. Henry - 3rd class
16 Feria - 4th class
or Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - 4th class
17 Feria - 4th class
or St. Alexis - 4th class
18 St. Camillus de Lellis - 3rd class
19 St. Vincent de Paul - 3rd class
20 10th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
21 St. Laurence of Brindisi - 3rd class
22 St. Mary Magdalene - 3rd class
23 St. Apollinaris - 3rd class
24 Feria - 4th class
or St. Christina - 4th class
25 St. James the Greater - 2nd class
26 St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
27 11th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
or St. Pantaleon - 4th class
28 SS. Nazarius and Celsus, St. Victor I, St. Innocent I - 3rd class
29 St. Martha - 3rd class
30 Feria - 4th class
or SS. Abdon and Sennen - 4th class
31 St. Ignatius Loyola - 3rd class
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August
1 Feria - 4th class
or Holy Machabees - 4th class
or St. Peter in Chains - 4th class
or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
2 St. Alphonsus Ligouri - 3rd class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
3 12th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
4 St. Dominic - 3rd class
5 Dedication of St. Mary Major - 3rd class
6 Transfiguration of the Lord - 2nd class
7 St. Cajetan - 3rd class
or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 4th class
8 St. John Vianney - 3rd class
9 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or St. Romanus - 4th class
10 13th Sunday after Pentecos - 2nd class
11 Feria - 4th class
or SS. Tiburtius and Susanna - 4th class
12 St. Clare - 3rd class
13 Feria - 4th class
or SS. Hippolytus and Cassian - 4th class
14 Vigil of the Assumption - 2nd class
15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 1st class
16 St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed virgin Mary - 2nd class
17 14th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
18 Feria - 4th class
or S. Agapitus - 4th class
19 St. Jon Eudes - 3rd class
20 St. Bernard of Clairvaux - 3rd class
21 St. Jane Frances de Chantal - 3rd class
22 Immaculate Heart of Mary - 2nd class
23 St. Philip Benizi - 3rd class
24 15th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
25 St. Louis IX - 3rd class
26 Feria - 4th class
or S. Zephyrinus - 4th class
27 St. Joseph Calasance - 3rd class
28 St. Augustine - 3rd class
29 Beheading of St. John the Baptist - 3rd class
30 St. Rose of Lima - 3rd class
31 16th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
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September
1 Feria - 4th class
or St. Giles - 4th class
or Twelve Holy Brothers - 4th class
2 St. Stephen of Hungary - 3rd class
3 St. Pius X - 3rd class
4 Feria - 4th class
or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
5 St. Lawrence Justinian - 3rd class
or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
6 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
7 17th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
9 Feria - 4th class
or St. Gorgonius - 4th class
or St. Peter Claver - 3rd class
10 St. Nicholas of Tolentino - 3rd class
11 Feria - 4th class
or SS. Protus and Hyacinth - 4th class
12 Most Holy Name of Mary - 3rd class
13 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 2nd class
15 Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
16 SS. Cornelius and Cyprian - 3rd class
17 Feria - 4th class
or Stigmata of St. Francis - 4th class
18 St. Joseph of Cupertino - 3rd class
19 St. Janarius and Companions - 2nd class
20 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or SS. Eustache and Companions - 4th class
21 19th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
22 St. Thomas of Villanova - 3rd class
23 St. Linus - 3rd class
24 Ember Wednesday - 2nd class
or Our Lady of Ransom - 4th class
25 Feria - 4th class
26 Ember Friday - 4th class
27 Ember Saturday - 2nd class
28 20th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
29 Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel - 1st class
30 St. Jerome - 3rd class
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October
1 Feria - 4th class
or St. Regimus - 4th class
2 Holy Guardian Angels - 3rd class
or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
3 St. Theresa of the Child Jesus - 3rd class (1st class - Missions)
4 St. Francis of Assisi - 3rd class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
5 21st Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
or External Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary - 2nd class
6 St. Bruno - 3rd class
7 Our Lady of the Rosary - 2nd class
8 St. Brigit of Sweden - 3rd class
9 St. John Leonardi - 3rd class
10 St. Francis Borgia - 3rd class
11 Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
12 22nd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
13 St. Edward the Confessor - 3rd class
14 St. Callistus - 3rd class
15 St. Therese of Avila - 3rd class
16 St. Hedwig - 3rd class
17 St. Margaret Mary Alacoque - 3rd class
18 St. Luke the Evangelist - 2nd class
19 23rd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
20 St. John Cantius - 3rd class
21 Feria - 4th class
or St. Hilarion - 4th class
or St. Ursula and Companions - 4th class
22 Feria - 4th class
23 St. Anthony Mary Claret - 3rd class
24 St. Raphael the Archangel - 3rd class
25 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or SS. Chrysanthus and Daria - 4th class
or St. Isadore the Farmer - 3rd class
26 Christ the King - 1st class
27 Feria - 4th class
28 SS. Simon and Jude - 2nd class
29 Feria - 4th class
30 Feria - 4th class
31 Feria - 4th class
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November
1 All Saints - 1st class
2 4th Resumed Sunday after Epiphany - 2nd class
3 Commemoration of All Souls - 1st class
4 St. Charles Borromeo - 2nd class (1st class for seminaries)
or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
5 Feria - 4th class
or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
6 Feria - 4th class
or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
7 Feria - 4th class
or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
8 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or Four Holy Crowned Martyrs - 4th class
or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
9 Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Holy Savior - 2nd class
10 St. Andrew Avellino - 3rd class
11 St. Martin of Tours- 3rd class
12 St. Martin I - 3rd class
13 St. Didacus - 3rd class
or St. Frances Xavier Cabrini - 3rd class
14 St. Josaphat - 3rd class
15 St. Albert the Great - 3rd class
16 6th Sunday Resumed after Epiphany - 2nd class
17 St. Gregory the Wonderworker - 3rd class
18 Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter and Paul - 3rd class
19 St. Elizabeth of Hungary - 3rd class
20 St. Felix of Valois - 3rd class
21 Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 3rd class
22 St. Cecilia - 3rd class
23 24th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
24 St. John of the Cross - 3rd class
25 St. Catherine of Alexandria - 3r class
26 St. Sylvester - 3rd class
27 Feria - 4th class
or Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - 4th class
28 Feria - 4th class
29 Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
or St. Saturninus - 4th class
30 First Sunday of Advent - 1st class
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December
1 Feria of Advent - 3rd class
2 St. Bibiana - 3rd class
3 St. Francis Xavier - 3rd class (1st class - Missions)
4 St. Peter Chrysologus - 3rd class
5 Feria of Advent - 3rd class
or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
6 St. Nicholas - 3rd class
or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
7 Second Sunday of Advent - 1st class
8 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 3rd class
9 Feria of Advent - 3rd class
10 Feria of Advent - 3rd class
11 St. Damasus I - 3rd class
12 Feria of Advent - 3rd class
or Our Lady of Guadalupe - 3rd class
13 St. Lucy - 3rd class
14 Third Sunday of Advent - 1st class
15 Feria of Advent - 3rd class
16 St. Eusebius - 3rd class
17 Ember Wednesday - 2nd class
18 Greater Feria of Advent - 2nd class
19 Ember Friday - 2nd class
20 Ember Saturday - 2nd class
21 Fourth Sunday of Advent - 1st class
22 Greater Feria of Advent - 2nd class
23 Greater Feria of Advent - 2nd class
24 Vigil of Christmas - 1st class
25 The Nativity of Our Lord - 1st class
26 St. Stephen - 2nd class
27 St. John the Evangelist - 2nd class
28 Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - 2nd class
29 5th Day in the Octave of Christmas - 2nd class
30 6th Day in the Octave of Christmas - 2nd class
31 7th Day in the Octave of Christmas - 2nd class
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