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Liturgical Calendar 2012:

(Bolded items represent Sundays)

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December


JANUARY

01    Octave Day of Christmas - 1st class
02    Most Holy Name of Jesus - 2nd class
03    Feria of Christmastide - 4th class
04    Feria in Christmastide - 4th class
       or St. Elizabeth Seton - 3rd class
05    Feria in Christmastide - 4th class
       or St. Telesphorus - 4th class
       or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
06    Epiphany of the Lord - 1st class
07    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
       or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
08    The Holy Family - 2nd class
09    Feria of 1st Sun. after the Epiphany - 4th class
10    Feria of 1st Sun. after the Epiphany - 4th class
11    Feria of 1st Sun. after the Epiphany - 4th class
        or St. Hyginus - 4th class
12    Feria of 1st Sun. after the Epiphany - 4th class
13    Commemoration of the Baptism of the Lord - 2nd class
14    St. Hilary - 3rd class
15    2nd Sunday after Epiphany - 2nd class
16    Marcellus I - 3rd class
17    Saint Anthony, Abbot - 3rd 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    3rd Sunday after Epiphany - 2nd class
23    St. Raymond of Penafort - 3rd class
        or Votive Mass for Peace - 2nd class
24    St. Timothy - 3rd 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    4th Sunday after Epiphany - 2nd class
30    St. Martina - 3rd class
31    St. John Bosco - 3rd class


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FEBRUARY

01    St. Ignatius of Antioch - 3rd class
02    Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
03    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Blaise - 4th class
       or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd Class
04    St. Andrew Corsini - 3rd class
05    Septuagesima Sunday - 2nd class
06    St. Titus - 3rd class
07    St. Romuald - 3rd class
08    St. John of Matha - 3rd class
09    St. Cyril of Alexandria - 3rd class
10    St. Scholastica - 3rd class
11    Our Lady of Lourdes - 3rd class
12    Sexagesima Sunday - 2nd class
13    Feria - 4th class
14    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Valentine - 4th class
15    Feria - 4th class
      or SS. Faustinus and Jovita - 4th class
16    Feria - 4th class
17    Feria - 4th class
18    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
       or St. Simeon - 4th class
19    Quinquagesima Sunday - 2nd class
20    Feria - 4th class
21    Feria - 4th class
22    Ash Wednesday - 1st class
23    Thursday after Ash Wednesday - 3rd class
       Chair of St. Peter - 2nd class (transferred)
24    Friday after Ash Wednesday - 3rd class
25    St. Matthias, the Apostle - 2nd class
26    First Sunday of Lent - 1st class
27    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
28    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
29    Ember Wednesday - 2nd class


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MARCH

01    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
02    Ember Friday - 2nd class
03    Ember Saturday - 2nd class
04    Second Sunday of Lent - 1st class
05    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
06    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
07    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
       or St. Thomas Aquinas - 2nd class
08    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
09    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
10    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
11    Third Sunday of Lent - 1st class
12    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
13    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
14    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
15    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
16    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
17    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
18    Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday of Lent) - 1st class
19    St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 1st class
20    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
21    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
22    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
23    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
24    Feria of Lent - 3rd class
25    Passion Sunday - 1st class
26    Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (transferred)- 1st class
27    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
28    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
29    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
30    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class
31    Feria of Passiontide - 3rd class


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APRIL

01    Palm Sunday - 1st class
02    Monday of Holy Week - 1st class
03    Tuesday of Holy Week - 1st class
04    Wednesday of Holy Week - 1st class
05    Holy Thursday - 1st class
06    Good Friday - 1st class
07    Holy Saturday - 1st class
08    Easter Sunday - 1st class
09    Easter Monday - 1st class
10    Easter Tuesday - 1st class
11    Easter Wednesday - 1st class
12    Easter Thursday - 1st class
13    Easter Friday - 1st class
14    Easter Saturday - 1st class
15    Low Sunday (Divine Mercy) - 1st class
16    Feria of Passiontide - 4th class
17    Feria of Passiontide - 4th class
        or St. Anicetus - 4th class
18    Feria of Passiontide - 4th class
19    Feria of Passiontide - 4th class
20    Feria of Passiontide - 4th class
21    St. Anselm - 3rd class
22    Second Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
23    St. George - 3rd class
24    St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen - 3rd class
       or Votive Mass for the Coronation of the Pope - 2nd class
25    St. Mark the Evangelist - 2nd class
       or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
26    St. Cletus and Marcellinus - 3rd class
27    St. Peter Canisius - 3rd class
28    St. Paul of the Cross - 3rd class
29    Third Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
30    St. Catherine of Siena - 3rd class


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MAY

01    St. Joseph the Worker - 1st class
02    St. Athanasius - 3rd class
03    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
       or Ss. Alexander and Companions - 4th class
       or Finding of the Holy Cross - 4th class
       or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
04    St. Monica - 3rd class
       or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
05    St. Pius V - 3rd class
       or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
06    Fourth Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
07    St. Stanislaus - 3rd class
08    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
       or Apparition of St. Michael - 4th class
09    St. Gregory of Nazianzen - 3rd class
10    St. Antoninus - 3rd class
11    SS. Philip and James - 2nd class
12    Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla & Pancras - 3rd class
13    Fifth Sunday after Easter - 2nd class
14    Feria in Paschaltide - 4th class
       or St. Boniface - 4th class
       or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
15    Ss. John Baptist de la Salle - 3rd class
       or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
16    Vigil of the Ascension - 2nd class
       or Rogation Mass - 2nd class
17    Ascension of the Lord - 1st class
18    St. Venantius - 3rd class
19    St. Peter Celestine - 3rd class
20    Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class
21    Feria in Ascensiontide - 4th class
22    Feria in Ascensiontide - 4th class
       or St. Rita of Cascia - 4th class
23    Feria in Ascensiontide - 4th class
24    Feria in Ascensiontide - 4th class
25    St. Gregory VII - 3rd class
26    Vigil of Pentecost - 1st class
27    Pentecost Sunday - 1st class
28    Pentecost Monday - 1st class
29    Pentecost Tuesday - 2nd class
30    Ember Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost - 1st class
31    Thursday in the Octave of Pentecost - 1st class


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JUNE

01    Ember Friday in the Octave of Pentecost - 1st class
02    Ember Saturday in the Octave of Pentecost - 1st class
03    Trinity Sunday - 1st class class
04    St. Francis Caracciolo - 3rd class
05    St. Boniface - 3rd class
06    St. Norbert - 3rd class
07    Corpus Christi - 1st class
08    Feria of the 1st Sunday after Pentecost - 4th class
09    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
       or Ss. Primus and Felicianus - 4th class
10    2nd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
       or External Solemnity of Corpus Christi - 2nd class
11    St. Barnabas - 3rd class
12    St. John of San Facundo - 3rd class
13    St. Anthony of Padua - 3rd class
14    St. Basil the Great - 3rd class
15    Sacred Heart of Jesus - 1st class
16    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
17    3rd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
       or External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - 2nd 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    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    St. 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

01    Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ - 1st class
02    Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
03    St. Irenaeus - 3rd class
04    Feria - 4th class
       or Commemoration of all Holy Popes - 4th class
05    St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria - 3rd class
       or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
06    Feria - 4th class
       or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
       or St. Maria Goretti - 4th class
07    Ss. Cyril and Methodius - 3rd class
       or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
08    6th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
09    Feria - 4th class
10    Seven Holy Brothers, SS. Rifina and Secunda - 3rd class
11    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Pius I - 4th class
12    St. John Gualbert - 3rd class
13    Feria - 4th class
14    St. Bonaventure - 3rd class
15    7th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd 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    St. Jerome Emiliani - 3rd class
21    St. Laurence of Brindisi - 3rd class
22    8th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd 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    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Pantaleon - 4th class
28    Ss. Nazarius and Celsus, Victor I, and St. Innocent I - 3rd class
29    9th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
30    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Abdon and Sennen - 4th class
31    St. Ignatius of Loyola - 3rd class


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AUGUST

01    Feria - 4th class
       or Holy Maccabees - 4th class
       or St. Peter in Chains - 4th class
02    St. Alphonsus Ligouri - 3rd class
       or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
03    Feria - 4th class
       or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
       or Finding of the Body of St. Stephen - 4th class
04    St. Dominic - 3rd class
       or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
05    10th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
06    Transfiguration of the Lord - 2nd class
07    St. Cajetan - 3rd class
08    St. John Mary Vianney - 3rd class
09    Vigil of St. Lawrence - 3rd class
10    St. Lawrence - 2nd class
11    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
       or Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna - 4th class
12    11th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd 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 - 2nd class
17    St. Hyacinth - 3rd class
18    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
       or St. Agapitus - 4th class
19    12th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd 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    St. Bartholomew - 2nd class
25    St. Louis IX - 3rd class
26    13th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd 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    St. Raymond Nonnatus - 3rd class


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SEPTEMBER

01    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
       or St. Giles - 4th class
       or Twelve Holy Brothers - 4th class
       or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
02    14th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
03    St. Pius X - 3rd class
04    Feria - 4th class
       or Our Lady of Consolation - 4th class
05    St. Lawrence Justinian - 3rd class
06    Feria - 4th class
       or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
07    Feria - 4th class
       or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
08    Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
09    15th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
10    St. Nicholas of Tolentino - 3rd class
11    Feria - 4th class
       or Ss. Protus and Hyacinth - 4th class
12    Holy Name of Mary - 3rd class
13    Feria - 4th class
14    Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 2nd class
15    Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
16    16th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
17    Feria - 4th class
       or Stigmata of St. Francis - 4th class
18    St. Joseph of Cupertino - 3rd class
19    Ember Wednesday - 2nd class
20    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Eustache & Companions - 4th class
21    St. Matthew - 2nd class
22    Ember Saturday - 2nd class
23    17th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
24    Feria - 4th class
       or Our Lady of Ransom - 4th class
25    Feria - 4th class
26    Feria - 4th class
       or Ss. Cyprian and Justina - 4th class
       or St. Isaac Jogues and Companions - 3rd class
27    St. Cosmas and Damian - 3rd class
28    St. Wenceslaus - 3rd class
29    Dedication of St. Michael - 1st class


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OCTOBER

01    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Regimus - 4th class
02    Holy Guardian Angels - 3rd class
03    St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus - 3rd class
       or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
04    St. Francis of Assisi - 3rd class
05    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Placid and Companions - 4th class
       or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
06    St. Bruno - 3rd class
       or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
07    19th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
       or External Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary - 2nd class
08    St. Brigit of Sweden - 3rd class
09    St. John Leonardi - 3rd class
10    St. Francis Borgia - 3rd class
11    Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 2nd class
12    Feria - 4th class
13    St. Edward the Confessor - 3rd class
14    20th Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
15    St. Teresa of Avila - 3rd class
16    St. Hedwig - 3rd class
17    St. Margaret Mary Alacoque - 3rd class
18    St. Luke the Evangelist - 2nd class
19    St. Peter Alcantara - 3rd class
20    St. John Cantius - 3rd class
21    21st Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
22    Feria - 4th class
23    St. Anthony Mary Claret - 3rd class
24    St. Raphael the Archangel - 3rd class
25    Feria - 4th class
       or SS. Chrysanthus and Daria - 4th class
       or St. Isadore the Farmer - 3rd class
26    Feria - 4th class
       or St. Evaristus - 4th class
27    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
28    Christ the King - 1st class
29    Feria - 4th class
30    Feria - 4th class
31    Feria - 4th class


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NOVEMBER

01    All Saints - 1st class
02    Commemoration of All Souls - 1st class
03    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
       or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
       or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
       or St. Martin de Porres - 4th class
04    23rd Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
       or St. Charles Borromeo (1st class for seminaries)
05    Feria - 4th class
       or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
       or The Holy Relics - 4th class
       or Daily Mass for the Dead for Deceased FSSP members - 4th class
06    Feria - 4th class
       or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
07    Feria - 4th class
       or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
08    Feria - 4th class
       or Daily Mass for the Dead - 3rd class
       or Four Holy Crowned Martyrs - 4th class
09    Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Holy Savior - 2nd class
10    St. Andrew Avellino - 3rd class
11    5th Resumed Sunday after Epiphany- 2nd class
12    St. Martin I - 3rd class
13    St. Didacus - 3rd class
       or St. Francis Xavier Cabrini - 3rd class
14    St. Josephat - 3rd class
15    St. Albert the Great - 3rd class
16    St. Gertrude the Great - 3rd class
17    St. Gregory the Wonderworker - 3rd class
18    6th Resumed Sunday after Epiphany- 2nd 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    St. Clement I - 3rd class
24    St. John of the Cross - 3rd class
25    24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost - 2nd class
26    St. Sylvester - 3rd class
27    Feria - 4th class
       or Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - 4th class
28    Feria - 4th class
29    Feria - 3rd class
       or St. Saturninus - 4th class
30    St. Andrew the Apostle - 2nd class


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DECEMBER

01    Saturday of Our Lady - 4th class
       or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class
02    1st Sunday of Advent - 1st class
03    St. Francis Xavier - 3rd class
04    St. Peter Chrysologus - 3rd class
05    Feria of Advent - 3rd class
06    St. Nicholas - 3rd class
       or Jesus Christ the High Priest - 3rd class
07    St. Ambrose - 3rd class
       or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class
08    Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 1st class
09    2nd Sunday of Advent - 1st 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    Feria of Advent - 3rd class
15    Feria of Advent - 3rd class
16    3rd Sunday of Advent - 1st class
17    Greater Feria of Advent - 2nd class
18    Greater Feria of Advent - 2nd class
19    Ember Wednesday of Advent - 2nd class
20    Greater Feria of Advent - 2nd class
21    St. Thomas the Apostle - 2nd class
22    Ember Saturday of Advent - 2nd class
23    4th Saturday of Advent - 1st 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    Holy Innocents - 2nd class
29    5th Day in the Octave of Christmas - 2nd class
30    Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - 2nd class
31    7th Day in the Octave of Christmas - 2nd class


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