Catholic Calendar

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: The month of June falls entirely within Ordinary time. Sunday the 2nd is dedicated to the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), a day which should assume more importance in the context of the ongoing Eucharistic revival and imminent National Eucharistic Congress which our bishops are encouraging. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF JUNE JUNE 1Justin, MartyrMemorialJUNE 3Charles Lwanga & Companions, MartyrsMemorialJUNE 5Boniface, Bishop and MartyrMemorialJUNE 7The Most Sacred Heart of JesusSolemnityJUNE 8The Immaculate Heart of … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – June 2024

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: Most of the month of March this year falls within Lent. The liturgical color for Lent is violet, except that rose may be worn on the Fourth Sunday, Laetare Sunday (March 10). Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence; all the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Holy Week and the beginning of the Easter season fall during the last week of March. Let us make an effort to attend services offered during the Triduum, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, leading up to the great feast of Easter (March 31). MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – March 2024

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: In the early part of January, we are still within the Christmas season. At the Baptism of the Lord (January 8), we pass from the Christmas season to a segment of Ordinary Time prior to the Lenten season, from the liturgical color white to green. In the month of January, two American saints are commemorated, Elizabeth Ann Seton (January 4) and John Neumann (January 5). January 22 is a Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF JANUARY Jan 1Mary, the Mother of GodSolemnityJan 2Basil the Great and Gregory … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – January 2024

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: The entire month of March falls within Lent this year. The liturgical color for Lent is violet, except that rose may be worn on the Fourth Sunday, Laetare Sunday (March 19). Normally, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence; all the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Check with your local parish or diocese for Lenten regulations on abstinence and fasting, for greater opportunities for confession, and for Lenten devotions such as Stations of the Cross. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF MARCH Mar 3Katherine DrexelMar … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – March 2023

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: After spending most of February in Ordinary Time, we move on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 22) to the Lenten season. The liturgical color changes from green to violet. Lent is a time of penance leading up to the great feast of Easter. Check with your parish or diocesan sources for Lenten regulations on fast and abstinence. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF DECEMBER Feb 2The Presentation of the LordFeastFeb 3Nicholas, BishopFeb 6Ambrose, Bishop and DoctorMemorialFeb 10The Immaculate ConceptionMemorialFeb 14Our Lady of GuadalupeMemorial PRAYER FOR THE … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – February 2023

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: All of December is taken up with Advent and the Christmas season. Advent represents the time of preparation for the coming of the Savior. The liturgical color, representative of repentance and humility, is violet, except on the Third Sunday of Advent, traditionally known as Gaudete Sunday, when the color rose represents the joy of approaching the Christmas season. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated on December 8, is the patronal feast of the United States, and a holy day of obligation. The Christmas season begins with the vigil Mass … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – December 2022

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: In November, we conclude a period of Ordinary time and the liturgical year with the Feast of Christ the King on Sunday, November 20. We open the new liturgical year with the first Sunday of the Advent season, November 27. Advent is a period of preparation for the Christmas season, and the liturgical color is violet. The Solemnity of All Saints, November 1, is a holy day of obligation. Thanksgiving Day falls on November 24. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins.--2 Machabees … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – November 2022

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: The month of October still remains within Ordinary Time, the liturgical color being green. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF OCTOBER Sep 1Therese of the Child Jesus, VirginMemorialSep 4Francis of AssisiMemorialSep 7Our Lady of the RosaryMemorialSep 15Teresa of Avila, Virgin and DoctorMemorialSep 17Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and MartyrMemorialSep 18Luke, EvangelistFeastSep 29John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions, MartyrsMemorialSep 22Pope St. John Paul IISep 28Simon and Jude, ApostlesFeast IRISH SAINTS OF OCTOBER Oct. 11 Canice, Abbot … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – October 2022

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: The month of September is still part of Ordinary Time, with green being the liturgical vestment color. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF SEPTEMBER Sep 3Gregory the Great, Pope and DoctorMemorialSep 8Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryFeastSep 9Peter ClaverMemorialSep 13John ChrysostomMemorialSep 14Exaltation of the Holy CrossFeastSep 16Cornelius, Pope and Martyr; Cyprian, Bishop and MartyrMemorialSep 20Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Paul Chong Ha-sang, and Companions, MartyrsMemorialSep 21Matthew, Apostle and EvangelistFeastSep 23Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – September 2022

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: The month of August falls entirely within the cycle of Ordinary Time. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, is not universally celebrated as a holyday of obligation this year. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF AUGUST Aug 1Alphonsus LigouriMemorialAug 4John VianneyMemorialAug 6Transfiguration of the LordFeastAug 8DominicMemorialAug 9Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)Aug 10LawrenceFeastAug 11ClareMemorialAug 15Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MarySolemnityAug 17Our Lady of KnockAug 20BernardMemorialAug 24Bartholomew, … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – August 2022

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: The month of May is traditionally a month dedicated to Mary. This year May falls within the Easter season, the liturgical color being white. The Ascension of the Lord, a solemnity and holy day of obligation, falls this year on May 26. Many dioceses of the United States transfer the Ascension to the following Sunday. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF JANUARY May 2AthanasiusMemorialMay 3Philip and James, ApostlesFeastMay 10Damien de Veuster (The Leper)May 14Matthias, ApostleFeastMay 20Bernardine of SienaMay 26The Ascension of the LordSolemnityMay 31The … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – May 2022

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: In the early part of January, we are still within the Christmas season. The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God (Jan. 1) is a holy day of obligation. At the Baptism of the Lord (January 9), we pass from the Christmas season to a segment of Ordinary Time prior to the Lenten season, from the liturgical color white to green. In the month of January, two American saints are commemorated, Elizabeth Ann Seton (January 4) and John Neumann (January 5). January 22 is a day of prayer for the legal protection of the unborn. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – January 2022

Catholic Action To All Hibernians: In December we pass through the liturgical season of Advent into that of Christmas. Advent represents the time of preparation for the coming of the Savior. The liturgical color, representative of repentance and humility, is violet, except on the Third Sunday of Advent, traditionally known as Gaudete Sunday, when the color rose represents the joy of approaching the Christmas season. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated on December 8, is the patronal feast of the United States, and a holy day of obligation. The Christmas season begins … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – December 2021

Catholic Action Greetings to All Hibernians: The month of September is still part of Ordinary Time, with green being the liturgical vestment color. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF MAY September 3Gregory the Great, Pope and DoctorMemorialSeptember 13John ChrysostomMemorialSeptember 14Exaltation of the Holy CrossFeastSeptember 16Cornelius, Pope and Martyr; Cyprian, Bishop and MartyrMemorialSeptember 21Matthew, Apostle and EvangelistFeastSeptember 23Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)MemorialSeptember 27Vincent de PaulMemorialSeptember 29Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – September 2021

Catholic Action The month of August falls entirely within the cycle of Ordinary Time. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, usually a holy day of obligation, falls upon a Sunday this year. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF MAY August 4John VianneyMemorialAugust 6Transfiguration of the LordFeastAugust 9Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)August 11ClareMemorialAugust 13Our Lady of KnockAugust 14Maximilian KolbeMemorialAugust 15Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MarySolemnityAugust 20BernardMemorialAugust 21Pius XMemorialAugust 24Bartholomew, ApostleFeastAugust … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – August 2021

To All Hibernians: The month of May is traditionally a month dedicated to Mary. This year May falls within the Easter season, the liturgical color being white, except on Pentecost Sunday, when it is red. The Ascension of the Lord, a solemnity and holy day of obligation, falls this year on May 13. Many dioceses of the United States transfer the Ascension to the following Sunday. The Monday following Pentecost Sunday is a memorial of Mary, the Mother of the Church, added to the calendar by Pope Francis in 2018. Though this is a new memorial, actual devotion to Mary as Mother of the Church is … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – May 2021

We begin the month of April with the culminating observances of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum. The Lenten liturgical color of violet gives way to white for Holy Thursday, red for Good Friday, and white for Easter and the Easter season. It is hoped that many Hibernians will be able to participate really, not just virtually, in the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter. The Sunday following Easter is Divine Mercy Sunday, so designated by Pope Saint John Paul II, building upon the mystical experiences of the Polish contemplative nun, Faustina Kowalska (d. 1938). MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – April 2021

In the month of March, we are entirely within the Lenten season, a season of penance leading up to Our Lord's Passion, Death, and Resurrection.  Traditionally, Lenten penance has comprised fasting, prayer, and almsgiving.  The liturgical color for Lent is violet, except that rose may be worn on the Fourth Sunday, Laetare Sunday (March 14).   March 28 is Palm Sunday. Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence; all the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence.  Check with your local parish or diocese for Lenten regulations on abstinence and fasting, for greater opportunities for confession, and … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – March 2021

February this year is a transitional month as far as the Church year is concerned. After two Sundays of Ordinary Time, the season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17.  The liturgical color transitions from green to the penitential violet.   As the season of Lent in preparation for Easter approaches, check with your diocese or parish for fast and abstinence regulations, as well as other opportunities for penance. MAJOR SAINTS AND FEAST DAYS OF JANUARY February 2The Presentation of the LordFeastFebruary 3Blaise, Bishop and MartyrOptionalFebruary 5Agatha, Virgin and … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – February 2021

In the early part of January, we are still within the Christmas season.  The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God (Jan. 1) is a holy day of obligation, at least in normal times.  At the Baptism of the Lord (January 10) , we pass from the Christmas season to a segment of Ordinary Time prior to the Lenten season, from the liturgical color white to green.  In the month of January, two American saints are commemorated, Elizabeth Ann Seton (January 4) and John Neumann (January 5).  In the United States, January 22 is a day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, in recognition of the … [Read more...] about Catholic Calendar – January 2021