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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    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
3    Most Holy Name of Jesus - 2nd class
4    Feria in Christmastide - 4th class
      or St. Elizabeth Seton - 3rd class
5    Feria in Christmastide - 4th class
      or St. Elizabeth Seton - 3rd class
      ot St. Telesphorus - 4th class
      or St. John Neumann - 3rd class
6    Epiphany of the Lord - 1st class
7    Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
      or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd Class
8    Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
9    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
10    The Holy Family - 2nd class
11    Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
        or St. Hyginus - 4th class
12    Feria after the Epiphany - 4th class
13    Commemoration of the Baptism of the Lord - 2nd class
14    St. Hilary - 3rd class
15    St. Paul, the First Hermit - 3rd class
16    St. Marcellus I - 3rd class
17    2nd Sunday after Epiphany - 2nd class
18    Feria - 4th class
        or St. Prisca - 4th class
        or Votive Mass of Chair of St. Peter - 4th class
19    Feria - 4th class
        or SS. Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abachum - 4th class
        or St. Canute - 4th class
20    SS. Fabian & Sebastian - 3rd 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    3rd Sunday after Epiphany - 2nd class
25    Conversion of St. Paul - 3rd class
26    St. Polycarp - 3rd class
27    St. John Chrysostom - 3rd class
28    St. Peter Nolasco - 3rd class
29    St. Francis de Sales - 3rd class
30    St. Martina - 3rd class
31    Septuagesima Sunday - 2nd class


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FEBRUARY

1    St. Ignatius of Antioch - 3rd class
2    Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
3    Feria - 4th class
      or St. Blaise - 4th class
4    St. Andrew Corsini - 3rd class
      or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd Class
5    St. Agatha - 3rd class
      or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd Class
6    St. Titus - 3rd class
      or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
7    Sexagesima Sunday - 2nd class
8    St. John of Matha - 3rd class
9    St. Cyril of Alexandria - 3rd class
10    St. Scholastica - 3rd class
11    Our Lady of Lourdes - 3rd class
12    Seven Holy Founders of Order of Servites - 3rd class
13    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
14    Quinquagesima Sunday - 2nd class
15    Feria - 4th class
      or SS. Faustinus and Jovita - 4th class
16    Feria - 4th class
17    Ash wendesday - 1st class
18    Thursday after Ash Wed. - 3rd class
19    Friday after Ash Wed. - 3rd class
20    Saturday after Ash Wed. - 3rd class
21    First Sunday of Lent - 1st class
22    Chair of St. Peter - 2nd class
23    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
24    St. Matthias, the Apostle - 2nd class
25    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
26    Ember Friday - 2nd class
27    Ember Saturday - 2nd class
28    Second Sunday of Lent - 1st class


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MARCH

1    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
2    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
3    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
4    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
5    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
6    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
7     Third Sunday of Lent - 1st class
8    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
      or St. Thomas Aquinas - 1st class
9    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
10    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
11    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
12    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
13    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
14    Fourth Sunday of Lent - 1st class
15    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
16    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
17    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
18    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
19    St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 1st class
20    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
21    Passion Sunday - 1st class
22    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
23    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
24    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
25    Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 1st class
26    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
27    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
28    Palm Sunday - 1st class
29    Monday of Holy Week - 1st class
30    Tuesday of Holy Week - 1st class
31    Wednesday of Holy Week - 1st class


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APRIL

1    Holy Thursday - 1st class
2    Good Friday - 1st class
3    Holy Saturday / Easter Vigil - 1st class
4    Easter Sunday - 1st class
5    Easter Monday - 1st class
6    Easter Tuesday - 1st class
7    Easter Wednesday - 1st class
8    Easter Thursday - 1st class
9    Easter Friday - 1st class
10    Easter Saturday - 1st class
11    Low Sunday(Divine Mercy Sunday) - 1st class
12    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
13    St. Hermenegild - 3rd class
14    St. Justin Martyr - 3rd class
15    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
16    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
17    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or St. Anicetus - 4th class
18    Second Sunday after Easter(Good Shepherd) - 2nd class
19    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
20    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th 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    Third Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
      or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
26    SS. Cletus and Marcellinus - 3rd class
27    St. Peter Canisius - 3rd class
28    St. Paul of the Cross - 3rd class
29    St. Peter of Verona - 3rd class
30    St. Catherine of Siena - 3rd class


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MAY

1    St. Joseph, the worker - 1st class
2    Fourth Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
3    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
      or SS. Alexander and Companions - 4th class
      or Finding of the Holy Cross - 4th class
4    St. Monica - 3rd class
5    St. Pius V - 3rd class
6    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
      or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 4th class
      or St. John before the Latin Gate - 4th class
7    St. Stanislaus - 3rd class
      or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
8    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or Apparition of St. Michael - 4th class
      or Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces - 4th class
9    Fifth Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
10    St. Antoninus - 3rd class
      or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
11    SS. Philip and James - 2nd class
      or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
12    Vigil of the Ascension - 2nd class
      or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
13    Ascension of the Lord - 1st class
14    Feria after Ascension - 4th class
      or St. Boniface - 4th class
15    St. John Baptist de la Salle - 3rd class
16    Sunday after Ascension - 1st class
17    St. Pascal Baylon - 3rd class
18    St. Venantius - 3rd class
19    St. Peter Celestine - 3rd class
20    St. Bernardine of Sienna - 3rd class
21    Feria after Ascension - 4th class
22    Vigil of Pentecost - 1st class
23    Pentecost Sunday - 1st class
24    Pentecost Monday - 1st class
25    Pentecost Tuesday - 1st class
26    Pentecost Wednesday (Ember Day) - 1st class
27    Pentecost Thursday - 1st class
28    Pentecost Friday (Ember Day) - 1st class
29    Pentecost Saturday (Ember Day) - 1st class
30    Trinity Sunday - 1st class
31    Queenship of Mary - 2nd class


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JUNE

1    St. Angela Merici - 3rd class
2    Feria - 4th class
      or SS. Marcellinus, Peter and Erasmus - 4th class
3    Corpus Christi - 1st class
4    St. Francis Caracciolo - 3rd class
      or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
5    St. Boniface - 3rd class
      or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
6    2nd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
      or External Solemnity of Corpus Christi - 2nd class
7    Feria - 4th class
8    Feria - 4th class
9    Feria - 4th class
      or SS. Primus and Felicianus - 4th class
10    St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland - 3rd class
11    Sacred Heart of Jesus - 1st class
12    St. John of San Fecundo - 3rd class
13    3rd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
      or External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart - 2nd class
14    St. Basil the Great - 3rd class
15    Feria - 4th class
      or SS.Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia - 4th 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    Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
21    St. Aloysius Gonzaga - 3rd class
22    St. Paulinus of Nola - 3rd 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    Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd 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
      or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
4    6th Sunday after Pentecost - 4th class
      or External Solemnity of SS. Peter and Paul - 2nd class
5    St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria - 3rd class
6    Feria - 4th 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    7th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
12    St. Gualbert - 3rd class
13    Feria - 4th class
14    St. Bonaventure - 3rd class
15    St. Henry - 3rd class
16    Feria - 4th class
      or Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - 4th class
17    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or St. Alexis - 4th class
18    8th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
19    St. Vincent de Paul - 3rd class
20    St. Jerome Emiliani - 3rd class
21    St. Laurence of Brindisi - 3rd class
22    St. Mary Magdalene - 3rd class
23    St. Apollinaris - 3rd class
24    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or St. Christina - 4th class
25    9th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
26    St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
27    Feria - 4th 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    10th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
2    St. Alphonsus Ligouri - 3rd class
3    Feria - 4th class
      or Finding of Body of St. Stephen - 4th 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 Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
8    11th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
9    Vigil of St. Laurence - 3rd class
10    St. Laurence - 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    St. Hyacinth - 3rd 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    13th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
23    St. Philip Benizi - 3rd class
24    St. Bartholomew - 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    14th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
30    St. Rose of Lima - 3rd class
31    St. Nonnatus - 3rd 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
      or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
3    St. Pius X - 3rd class
      or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
4    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
5    15th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
6    Feria - 4th class
7    Feria - 4th 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    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or SS. Protus and Hyacinth - 4th class
12    16th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
13    Feria - 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    17th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
20    Feria - 4th class
      or SS. Eustache and Companions - 4th class
21    St. Matthew - 2nd class
22    Ember Wednesday - 2nd class
23    St. Linus - 3rd class
24    Ember Friday - 4th class
25    Ember Saturday - 2nd class
26    18th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
27    SS. Cosmas and Damian - 3rd class
28    St. Wenceslaus - 3rd 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
      or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
2    Holy Guardian Angels - 3rd class
      or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
3    19th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
      or External Solemnity of O.L. of the Rosary - 2nd class
      or St. Theresa of the Child Jesus - (1st class - Missions)
4    St. Francis of Assisi - 3rd class
5    Feria - 4th class
      or St. Placid and Companions - 4th 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    20th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
11    Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
12    Feria - 4th 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    21st Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
18    St. Luke the Evangelist - 2nd class
19    St. Peter Alcantara - 3rd 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    22nd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
25    Feria - 4th class
      or SS. Chrysanthus and Daria - 4th class
26    Feria - 4th class
      or St. Evaristus - 4th class
27    Feria - 4th class
28    SS. Simon and Jude - 2nd class
29    Feria - 4th class
30    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
31    Christ the King - 1st class


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NOVEMBER

1    All Saints - 1st class
2    Commemoration of All Souls - 1st class
3    Feria - 4th class
      or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
4    St. Charles Borromeo - 2nd class (1st class for seminaries)
      or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
      or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
5    Feria - 4th class
      or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
      or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
6    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
      or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
7    5th Resumed Sunday after Epiphany - 2nd class
8    Feria - 4th class
      or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
      or Four Holy Crowned Martyrs - 4th 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    6th Sunday Resumed after Epiphany - 2nd class
15    St. Albert the Great - 3rd class
15    St. Gertrude the Great - 3rd 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    24th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
22    St. Cecilia - 3rd class
23    St. Clement I - 3rd class
24    St. John of the Cross - 3rd class
25    St. Catherine of Alexandria - 3r class
26    St. Sylvester - 3rd class
27    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
      or Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - 4th class
28    First Sunday of Advent - 1st class
29    Feria of Advent - 3rd class
30    St. Andrew the Apostle - 2nd 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)
      or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
4    St. Peter Chrysologus - 3rd class
      or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
5    2nd Sunday of Advent - 3rd class
6    St. Nicholas - 3rd class
7    St. Ambrose - 3rd 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    3rd Sunday of Advent - 3rd class
13    St. Lucy - 3rd class
14    Feria of Advent - 3rd class
15    Ember Wednesday - 2nd class
16    St. Eusebius - 3rd class
17    Ember Friday - 2nd class
18    Ember Saturday - 2nd class
19    4th Sunday of Advent - 1st class
20    Greater Feria of Advent - 2nd class
21    St. Thomas the Apostle - 2nd 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    Sunday in the Octave - 2nd class
27    St. John the Evangelist - 2nd class
28    Holy Innocents - 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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