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Salesian calendar 2025

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JANUARY
01.01Wed† SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GODSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.
World Day of Peace (58th)
02.01Thu Saint Basil the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church (379, Caesarea in Cappadocia, present-day Kaysery, Turkey) and …MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, bishop and doctor of the Church (390, Nazianzus, present Nemisi, Turkey)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
03.01FriThe Most Holy Name of Jesusoptional memorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
04.01Sat
05.01SunSECOND SUNDAY after Christmas [THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD][SOLEMNITY]
06.01Mon† THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORDSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
World Missionary Children's Day
07.01TueSaint Raymond of Peñafort, OP, priest (1275, Barcelona, Spain)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
08.01WedBlessed Titus Zeman, SDB, priest and martyr (1969, Bratislava, Czech - Slovakia)MemorialWik.Cts.
09.01Thu
10.01Fri
11.01Sat
12.01SunTHIRD SUNDAY after Christmas. THE BAPTISM OF THE LORDSOLEMNITYWik.Cts.
13.01MonSaint Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church (367, Poitiers, France)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
14.01Tue
15.01WedBlessed Louis Variara, SDB, priest and founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1923, Cùcuta, Colombia)SDB: MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
16.01Thu
17.01FriSaint Anthony, abbot (356, Alexandria, Egypt)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
18.01Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25)
19.01SunSECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
20.01Mon Saint Fabian, pope and martyr (250, Rome, Italy) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Sebastian, soldier and martyr (304, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
21.01TueSaint Agnes, virgin and martyr (305, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
22.01Wed Saint Vincent of Zaragoza, deacon and martyr (304, Valencia, Spain) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Blessed Laura Vicuña, youth (1904, Junín de los Andes, Argentina)memorialWik.Cto.Cts.
23.01Thu
24.01FriSaint Francis de Sales, bishop of Geneva and doctor of the Church, Titular and Patron of the Society of St. Francis de Sales and founder of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary (Visitandines) (1622, Lyons); co-patron of the Salesians Don Bosco CongregationSDB: Feast; today for SDB: plenary indulgence (cf. p. 8)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
25.01SatThe Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle (35, Damascus, Syria)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
26.01Sun† THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. SUNDAY OF THE WORD OF GOD
Saint Timothy, bishop (97, Ephesus, between Smyrna and Aydın, Turkey) and …Omitted this yearWik.Cto.Cts.
Saint Titus, bishop (after 69, Crete, Greece)Wik.Cto.Cts.
27.01MonSaint Angela Merici, virgin and foundress of the Company of the Daughters of Saint Ursula (Ursulines) (1540, Brescia, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
28.01TueSaint Thomas Aquinas, OP, priest and doctor of the Church (1274, Priverno, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
29.01Wed
30.01ThuBlessed Bronislaw Markiewicz, priest and Founder of the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Sisters of Saint Michael the Archangel (1912, Miejsce Piastowe, Poland)memorial; Tomorrow for SDB: plenary indulgence (cf. p. 8)Wik.Cts.
31.01FriSAINT JOHN BOSCO, priest and founder of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco), the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and of the Salesian Cooperators (1888, Turin, Italy)SDB, FMA, CS: SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
FEBRUARY
01.02SatCommemoration of all deceased Salesian confreresToday: 1) All priests of our Society (recommended also for Salesian Cooperators) will celebrate Mass for deceased confreres; 2) a plenary indulgence can be obtained, only for deceased members (cf. p. 8)
02.02SunFOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. The Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
03.02Mon Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr (316, Sebaste, Armenia, present-day Sivas, Turkey) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Ansgar, OSB, bishop of Hamburg (865, Bremen, Germany)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
04.02Tue
05.02WedSaint Agatha, virgin and martyr (251, Catania, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
06.02ThuSaint Paul Miki, SI, priest and companions, martyrs (1597, Nagasaki, JP)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
07.02FriBlessed Pius IX, pope (1878, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
08.02Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday …
Saint Jerome Emiliani, founder of the Clerici Regolari di Somasca (Somaschi) (1537, Somasca, Italy) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin, FdCC (Canossian Sisters) (1947, Schio, Vicenza, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
09.02Sun† FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes, virgin, FMA (1933, Valverde del Camino, Spain)Omitted this yearWik.Cto.Cts.
10.02MonSaint Scholastica, virgin and foundress of the Benedictine Order of Nuns (543, Villa Santa Lucia, Italy)MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
11.02Tue Our Lady of Lourdes (1858, Lourdes, France)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
World Day of the Sick (33th)
12.02Wed
13.02Thu
14.02Fri Saint Cyril, monk (869, Rome, Italy), Apostle of the Slavs, co-patron of Europe and …MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Methodius, bishop of Thessalonica (present-day Salonic) (885, Velehrad, Czechia), Apostle to the Slavs, co-patron of EuropeWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
15.02SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
16.02SunSIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
17.02MonThe Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (Order of the Servants of Mary, 1257-1310, Monte Senario, Florence, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
18.02Tue
19.02Wed
20.02Thu
21.02FriSaint Peter Damian, bishop of Ostia and doctor of the Church (1072, Faenza, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
22.02SatThe Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle (3rd century)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
23.02Sun† SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr (155, Smyrna, present-day Izmir, Turkey)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
24.02Mon
25.02Tue Saint Louis Versiglia, SDB, bishop of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], protomartyr (1930, Litouzui, China) and …SDB: FeastWik.Cto.Cts.
Saint Callistus Caravario, SDB, priest, protomartyr (1930, Litouzui, China)Wik.Cto.Cts.
26.02Wed
27.02ThuSaint Gregory of Narek, abbot and doctor of the Church (1003, Narek, Greater Armenia, now in Turkey)Wik.Cto.Cts.
28.02Fri
MARCH
01.03SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
02.03SunEIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
03.03Mon
04.03TueSaint Casimir of Kraków, Polish prince (1484, Grodno, present-day Hrodna, Ukraine)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
05.03WedASH WEDNESDAY (LENT). Fasting and abstinenceWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
06.03Thu
07.03Fri Saint Perpetua, martyr (203, Carthage, Tunisia) and …You can make MemoryWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Felicity, martyr (203, Carthage, Tunisia)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
08.03SatSaint John of God, founder of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God (Fatebenefratelli) (1550, Granada, Spain)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
09.03Sun† I SUNDAY OF LENT
Saint Frances of Rome, religious and founder of the Oblates of Tor de' Specchi (Oblates of Saint Frances Romana) (1440, Rome, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
10.03Mon
11.03Tue
12.03Wed
13.03ThuAnniversary election of Pope Francis (2013)
14.03Fri
15.03Sat
16.03SunSECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
17.03MonSaint Patrick, bishop of Ireland (461, Saul, Northern Ireland)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
18.03TueSaint Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem and doctor of the Church (387, Jerusalem, Israel)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
19.03WedSAINT JOSEPH, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary; co-patron of the Salesian Congregation Don BoscoSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
20.03Thu
21.03Fri
22.03Sat
23.03Sun† THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Saint Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop of Lima (1606, Zaña, Peru)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
24.03Mon
25.03TueTHE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (THE INCARNATION)SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
26.03Wed
27.03Thu
28.03Fri
29.03Sat
30.03SunFOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Laetare)
31.03Mon
APRIL
01.04Tue
02.04WedSaint Francis of Paola, hermit and founder of the Order of Minims (Paulites) (1507, Tours, France)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
03.04Thu
04.04FriSaint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church (636, Seville, Spain)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
05.04SatSaint Vincent Ferrer, OP, priest (1419, Vannes, France)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
06.04SunFIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
07.04MonSaint John Baptist de la Salle, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasallians) (1719, Rouen, France)You can make MemoryWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
08.04Tue
09.04Wed
10.04Thu
11.04FriSaint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr (1079, Krakow, Poland)You can make MemoryWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
12.04Sat
13.04Sun† PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORDSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Martin I, pope and martyr (655, Cherson, Crimea)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
14.04Mon
15.04Tue
16.04Wed
17.04ThuTHURSDAY OF HOLY WEEK (HOLY THURSDAY, THE LORD'S SUPPER)SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
18.04Fri FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY; Divine Mercy novena begins)SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.
World day for the Works of the Holy Land
19.04SatHOLY SATURDAY; EASTER VIGILSOLEMNITYWik.Cto.
20.04SunEASTER SUNDAY, THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORDSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.
21.04Mon Monday within the Octave of Easter
Saint Anselm, OSB, bishop and doctor of the Church (1109, Canterbury, GB)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
22.04TueTuesday within the Octave of Easter
23.04Wed Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
Saint George, martyr (303, Nicomedia, present-day İzmit, Turkey)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Adalbert, bishop of Prague and martyr (997, Tenkitten, Czechia)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
24.04Thu Thursday within the Octave of Easter
Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, OFM Cap., priest and martyr (1622, Seewis im Prättigau, Switzerland)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
25.04FriFriday within the Octave of Easter
26.04SatSaturday within the Octave of Easter
27.04SunSECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (OR SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY) (Second Sunday after Easter)SOLEMNITYWik.Cto.
28.04Mon Saint Peter Chanel, MS, priest and martyr (1841, Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, priest, founder of the Company of Mary and the Daughters of Wisdom (Montfortians) (1716, Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre, France)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
29.04TueSaint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church, patroness of Italy and co-patroness of Europe (1380, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
30.04WedSaint Pius V, OP, pope (1572, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
MAY
01.05ThuSaint Joseph the WorkerMemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
02.05FriSaint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church (373, Alexandria, Egypt)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
03.05Sat Saint Philip, Apostle (80, Hierapolis, present-day Ören, Turkey) and …FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint James, Apostle (62, Jerusalem, Israel)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
04.05SunTHIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
05.05Mon
06.05TueSaint Dominic Savio, youth (1857, Mondonio di Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy)SDB, FMA: Feast; today plenary indulgence for SDB (cf. p.8)Wik.Cto.Cts.
07.05Wed
08.05Thu
09.05Fri
10.05SatSaint John of Ávila, priest and doctor of the Church (1569, Montilla, Spain)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
11.05Sun† FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
World day of prayer for vocations (“Good Shepherd Sunday”) (62th)
12.05Mon Saint Nereus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) and …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Achilleus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Pancras, martyr (304, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
13.05TueSaint Mary Domenica Mazzarello, virgin, co-foundress of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (1881, Nizza Monferrato, Italy)SDB: FeastWik.Cto.Cts.
14.05WedSaint Matthias the Apostle (80?, Jerusalem)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
15.05ThuOur Lady of Fatima (1917, Fatima, Portugal)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
16.05FriSaint Louis Orione, priest and founder of the Little Works of Divine Providence (Orionini) and the Congregation of the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity (1940, San Remo, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
17.05Sat
18.05Sun† FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Saint John I, pope and martyr (526, Ravenna, Italy) …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Leonard Murialdo, priest and founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph (Giuseppini del Murialdo) (1900, Turin, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cto.Cts.
19.05Mon
20.05TueSaint Bernardine of Siena, OFM, priest (1444, Aquila, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
21.05WedSaint Christopher Magallánes, priest and 24 companions, martyrs (1927, Colotlán, Mexico)Wik.Cto.Cts.
22.05ThuSaint Rita of Cascia, widow and religious (1457, Cascia, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
23.05Fri
24.05Sat† MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS, principal patron of Society of St Francis de Sales, of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and of the Secular Institute of the Volunteers of Don Bosco (1571)SDB, FMA, CS: SOLEMNITY; today plenary indulgence for FMA (cf. p.8)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Day of Prayer for the Church in China
25.05Sun† SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Saint Bede Venerable, OSB, priest and doctor of the Church (735, Jarrow, GB) …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Gregory VII, pope (1085, Salerno, Italy) …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, OCD, virgin (1607, Florence, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
26.05MonSaint Philip Neri, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory (Oratorians or Filippini) (1595, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
27.05TueSaint Augustine of Canterbury, OSB, bishop (604, Canterbury, UK)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
28.05Wed
29.05Thu
Saint Paul VI, pope (1978, Rome, Italy) …Wik.Cto.Cts.
Blessed Joseph Kowalski, SDB, priest, martyr (1942, Auschwitz, Poland)SDB: Memorial
30.05Fri
31.05SatThe Visitation of the Blessed Virgin MaryFeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
JUNE
01.06Sun† SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER. THE ASCENSION OF THE LORDSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.
World communications day (59th)
Saint Justin, martyr (164, Rome, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
02.06Mon Saint Marcellinus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) and …Wik.Cto.Cts.
Saint Peter, martyr (304, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
03.06TueSaint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs (1886, Namugongo, Uganda)MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
04.06Wed
05.06ThuSaint Boniface, OSB, bishop of Mainz and martyr (754, Dokkum, Netherlands)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
06.06FriSaint Norbert of Magdeburg, bishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Order of Canons Regular Premonstratensians (1134, Magdeburg, Germany)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
07.06Sat
08.06Sun† EIGHTH SUNDAY OF EASTER. PENTECOST SUNDAYSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.
Blessed Istvan Sándor, SDB, martyr (1953, Budapest, Hungary)Omitted this yearWik.Cts.
09.06Mon The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Monday after Pentecost)MemorialWik.Cto.
Saint Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor of the Church (373, Edessa, present-day Șanlıurfa, Turkey)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
10.06Tue
11.06WedSaint Barnabas, Apostle (61, Salamis, present Yeni Boğaziçi, Cyprus)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
12.06ThuBlessed Francis Kesy, SDB aspirant, and fellow martyrs (1942, Dresden, Germany)Wik.Cts.
13.06FriSaint Anthony of Padua, OF, priest and doctor of the Church (1231, Padua, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
14.06SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
15.06SunELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. THE MOST HOLY TRINITYSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.
16.06Mon
17.06Tue
18.06Wed
19.06Thu† THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi)SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.
Saint Romuald, abbot, founder of the Camaldolese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Camaldolese) (1027, Fabriano, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
20.06Fri
21.06SatSaint Aloysius Gonzaga, SI, prince, religious (1591, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
22.06Sun† TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME [THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi)][SOLEMNITY]
Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop (431, Nola, Italy) …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint John Fisher, bishop of Rochester and martyr (1535, London, UK) and …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Thomas More, martyr (1535, London, UK)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
23.06MonSaint Joseph Cafasso, priest (1860, Turin, Italy)MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
24.06TueTHE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTISTSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
25.06Wed
26.06Thu
27.06Fri† THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUSSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.
World day of prayer for the sanctification of priests
Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church (444, Alexandria, Egypt)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
28.06SatThe Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin MaryMemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
29.06Sun† THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
† SAINT PETER, Apostle (67, Rome, Italy) and …SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
† SAINT PAUL, Apostle (67, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Pope's world day for charity
30.06MonThe First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church (64, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
JULY
01.07Tue
02.07Wed
03.07ThuSaint Thomas the Apostle (72, Mylapore, present-day Mayilāppūr, IN)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
04.07FriSaint Elizabeth of Portugal, queen (1336, Estremoz, Portugal)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
05.07Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday …
Saint Anthony Mary Zacharias, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites) (1539, Cremona, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
06.07Sun† FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr (1902, Nettuno, Rome)Omitted this yearWik.Cto.Cts.
07.07MonBlessed Maria Romero Meneses, virgin, FMA (1977, Las Peñitas, Nicaragua)FMA: MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
08.07Tue
09.07WedSaint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and 120 companions, martyrs (1815, Chengdu, China)Wik.Cto.Cts.
10.07Thu
11.07FriSaint Benedict of Norcia, abbot, patron of Europe, founder of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) (560, Monte Cassino, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
12.07SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
13.07Sun† FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Henry II, emperor (1024, Grona - Göttingen, Germany)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
14.07MonSaint Camillus de Lellis, priest and founder of the Order of Clerics Regular Ministers of the Infirm (Camillians) (1614, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
15.07TueSaint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, OF, bishop of Albano, doctor of the Church (1274, Lyon, France)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
16.07WedOur Lady of Mount Carmel (1251)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
17.07Thu
18.07Fri
19.07SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
20.07Sun† SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna, bishop and martyr (1st century, Ravena, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
21.07MonSaint Lawrence of Brindisi, OFM Cap., priest and doctor of the Church (1619, Lisbon, Portugal)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
22.07TueSaint Mary Magdalene (1st century, Ephesus, between Smyrna and Aydın, Turkey)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
23.07WedSaint Bridget of Sweden, religious, co-patroness of Europe, foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour (1373, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
24.07ThuSaint Charbel Makhlūf, priest (1889, Annaya, Lebanon)Wik.Cto.Cts.
25.07FriSaint James the Greater, Apostle (43, Jerusalem, Israel)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
26.07Sat Saint Joachim, father of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sepphoris, Israel) and …MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sepphoris, Israel)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
27.07Sun† SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day for grandparents and the elderly (5th)
28.07Mon
29.07Tue Saint Martha (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus) and …MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Mary (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus) and …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Lazarus (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
30.07WedSaint Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravena and doctor of the Church (450, Imola, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
31.07ThuSaint Ignatius of Loyola, priest and founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1556, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
AUGUST
01.08FriSaint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti and doctor of the Church, and founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) (1787, Nocera de' Pagani, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
02.08Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday …
Saint Eusebius, bishop (371, Vercelli, Italy) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentines) and the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament (1868, La Mure d'Isère, France) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Blessed Augustus Czartoryski, SDB, priest (1893, Alassio, Italy) …Wik.Cto.Cts.
Forgiveness of St Francis of Assisi (1216, Portiuncula, Italy)optional memorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
03.08SunEIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
04.08MonSaint John Mary Vianney (the Curé of Ars), priest, patron of priests and parish priests (1859, Ars-sur-Formans, France)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
05.08TueDedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Our Lady of the Snow) (432, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cts.
06.08WedThe Transfiguration of the LordFeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
07.08Thu Saint Sixtus II, pope, and fellow martyrs (258, Rome, Italy) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Cajetan of Thiene, priest and founder of the Order of Clerics Regular Theatines (1547, Naples, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
08.08FriSaint Dominic, priest and founder of the Order of Preaching Friars (Dominicans) (1221, Bologna, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
09.08SatSaint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), OCD, virgin and martyr, co-patroness of Europe (1942, Auschwitz, Poland)MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
10.08Sun† NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr (258, Rome, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
11.08MonSaint Clare of Assisi, virgin and foundress of the Order of Poor Clares (1253, Assisi, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
12.08TueSaint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal, religious and co-founder of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary (Visitandine) (1641, Moulins, France)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
13.08Wed Saint Pontian, pope and martyr (235 Sardinia, Italy) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Hippolytus, priest and martyr (235, Sardinia, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
14.08ThuSaint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, OFM, priest and martyr (1941, Auschwitz, Poland)MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
15.08FriASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Jerusalem, Israel)SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
16.08Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday …
Saint Stephen of Hungary, king (1038, Budapest, Hungary)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
17.08SunTWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
18.08Mon
19.08TueSaint John Eudes, priest and founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) and the Order of Our Lady of Charity of Refuge (1680, Caen, France)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
20.08WedSaint Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist., abbot and doctor of the Church (1153, Ville-sous-la-Ferté - Aube, France)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
21.08ThuSaint Pius X, pope (1914, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
22.08FriThe Queenship of the Blessed Virgin MaryMemorialWik.Cte.Cts.
23.08Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday …
Saint Rose of Lima, TOD, virgin (1617, Lima, Peru)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
24.08Sun† TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle (68, Albanopolis, Armenia)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
25.08Mon Saint Louis (Louis) IX, king of France (1270, Tunis, Tunisia) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Joseph of Calasanz, priest, founder of the Poor Regular Clerics of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Scolopi or Piarists) (1648, Rome, Italy) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Blessed Maria Troncatti, FMA (1969, Sucúa, Ecuador)memorialWik.Cto.Cts.
26.08TueBlessed Ceferino Namuncurá, SDB aspirant (1905, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cto.
27.08WedSaint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine (387, Ostia, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
28.08ThuSaint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church (430, Hippo, present-day Annaba, Algeria)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
29.08FriThe Passion of Saint John the Baptist (30, Macheronte, present-day Qal'atu l-Mishnāqá, Jordan)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
30.08SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
31.08SunTWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SEPTEMBER
01.09MonWorld day of prayer for the care of creation
02.09Tue
03.09WedSaint Gregory I, the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (604, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
04.09Thu
05.09Fri
06.09SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
07.09SunTWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
08.09MonThe Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryFeastWik.Cte.Cts.
09.09TueSaint Peter Claver, SI, priest (1654, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
10.09Wed
11.09Thu
12.09FriThe Most Holy Name of MaryWik.Cte.Cts.
13.09SatSaint John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople and doctor of the Church (407, Comana Pontica, next to present-day Tokat, Turkey)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
14.09SunTWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (320, Jerusalem, Israel)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
15.09MonOur Lady of SorrowsMemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
16.09Tue Saint Cornelius, pope and martyr (253, Civitavecchia, Italy) and …MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr (258, Carthage, Tunisia)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
17.09Wed Saint Robert Bellarmine, SJ, bishop of Capua and doctor of the Church (1621, Rome, Italy) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Hildegard of Bingen, OSB, virgin and doctor of the Church (1179, Bingen, Germany)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
18.09Thu
19.09FriSaint Januarius, bishop of Naples and martyr (305, Pozzuoli, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
20.09SatSaint Andrew Kim Taegŏn, priest, Paul Chŏng Hasang and 103 companions, martyrs (1846, Sanemanteo - Seoul, South Korea)MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
21.09Sun† TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist (70, Ethiopia)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
22.09Mon Blessed José Calasanz, SDB, martyr (1936, Valencia, Spain) and 62 companions, martyrs and …SDB: MemorialWik.Cts.
Blessed Enrico Saiz, SDB, (1936, Madrid, Spain) and 62 companions, martyrsWik.Cto.Cts.
23.09TueSaint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), OFM.Cap., priest (1968, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy)MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
24.09Wed
25.09Thu
26.09Fri Saint Cosmas, martyr (303, Cirrus, next to present day Dayr Șawwān, Syria) and …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Damian, martyr (303, Cirrus, next to present day Dayr Șawwān, Syria)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
27.09SatSaint Vincent de Paul, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists) of the Ladies of Charity and the Daughters of Charity (1660, Paris, France)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
28.09Sun† TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day of migrants and refugees (111th)
Saint Wenceslas duke of Bohemia, martyr (935, Stará Boleslav, Czechia) …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Lawrence Ruiz, priest of Manila, and 15 companions martyrs (1637, Nagasaki, Japan)Omitted this yearWik.Cto.Cts.
29.09Mon Saint Michael, archangel and …FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Gabriel, archangel and …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Raphael, archangelWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
30.09TueSaint Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church (420, Bethlehem, Israel)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
OCTOBER
01.10WedSaint Therese of the Child Jesus, OCD, virgin and doctor of the Church (1897, Lisieux, France)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
02.10ThuHoly Guardian Angels (1670)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
03.10Fri
04.10SatSaint Francis of Assisi, patron of Italy and founder of the Franciscan Order (Franciscans) (1226, Assisi, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
05.10Sun† TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Faustina Kowalska, ZMBM, virgin (1938, Krakow, Poland) …Omitted this yearWik.Cto.Cts.
Blessed Alberto Marvelli, layman (1946, Rimini, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cto.Cts.
06.10MonSaint Bruno of Cologne, priest and founder of the Carthusian Order (1101, Serra San Bruno, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
07.10TueOur Lady of the Rosary (1208)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
08.10Wed
09.10Thu Saint Dionysius bishop and companions martyrs (270, Lutetia, present-day Paris) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint John Leonardi, priest, founder of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God (Leonardini) and promoter of the Missionary College of Propaganda Fide (1609, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
10.10Fri
11.10Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday …
Saint John XXIII, pope (1963, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
12.10SunTWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
13.10MonBlessed Alessandrina da Costa, virgin, CS (1955, Balazar, Portugal)Wik.Cto.Cts.
14.10TueSaint Callistus I, pope and martyr (222, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
15.10WedSaint Teresa of Jesus (de Avila), OCD, virgin and doctor of the Church, foundress of the Discalced Carmelites and Discalced Carmelites (1582, Alba de Tormes, Spain)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
16.10Thu Saint Hedwig of Andechs, O.Cist., religious and duchess of Silesia and Poland (1243, Trzebnica, Poland) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, VSM, virgin (1690, Paray-le-Monial, France)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
17.10FriSaint Ignatius, bishop of Antioch of Syria, present-day Antakya, Turkey, and martyr (107, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
18.10SatSaint Luke the Evangelist (93, Thebes, present-day Thebes, Greece)FeastWik.Cto.Cts.
19.10Sun† TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World mission Sunday
Saint John de Brebeuf, SI, Canadian priest and martyr (1649, present-day Ontario, Canada) and …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Isaac Jogues, SI, priest, Canadian martyr (1646, Ossernenon, present-day Auriesville, USA) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Paul of the Cross, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Passionists) and the Passionist Cloistered Nuns (1775, Rome, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
20.10Mon
21.10Tue
22.10WedSaint John Paul II, pope (2005, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
23.10ThuSaint John of Capestrano, OFM, priest (1456, Ilok, Croatia)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
24.10Fri Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop of Santiago de Cuba and founder of the Missionaries Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) and Religious of Mary Immaculate (1870, Fontfroide, France) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Louis Guanella, priest and founder of the Catholic congregations of the Servants of Charity and the Daughters of Saint Mary of Divine Providence (1915, Como, Italy)Wik.Cts.
25.10Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday …
† [in consecrated churches where the proper day is unknown: DEDICATION OF OWN CHURCH]/ [SOLEMNITY]Wik.
26.10SunTHIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
27.10Mon
28.10Tue Saint Simon the Apostle (107, Pella, Armenia, next to present-day Tabaqat Fahl, Jordan, or Suanir, Persia, present-day Silauri, Georgia) and …FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Jude Tadeus the Apostle (70, Persia, present-day Iran)Wik.Cto.Cts.
29.10WedBlessed Michael Rua, SDB, priest (1910, Turin, Italy)SDB: MemorialWik.Cts.
30.10Thu
31.10Fri
NOVEMBER
01.11Sat† ALL SAINTSSOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
World day of universal sanctification
02.11SunTHIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME; THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (All Souls’ Day)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
03.11MonSaint Martin de Porres, OP, (1639, Lima, Peru)Wik.Cto.Cts.
04.11TueSaint Charles Borromeo, bishop (1584, Milan, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
05.11WedHoly Mass for deceased SDB benefactors
06.11Thu
07.11Fri
08.11SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
09.11Sun† THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (324, Rome, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cts.
10.11MonSaint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (461, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
11.11TueSaint Martin of Tours, bishop (397, Candes-Saint-Martin, France)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
12.11WedSaint Josaphat Kuncewycz, bishop and martyr (1623, Vitesbk, Belarus)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
13.11ThuSaint Artemis Zatti, religious, SDB (1951, Viedma, Argentina)SDB: MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
14.11Fri
15.11Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday …
Saint Albert the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church (1280, Cologne, Germany) ….Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Blessed Magdalene Morano, virgin, FMA (1908, Catania, Italy)Wik.Cto.Cts.
16.11Sun† THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day of the poor
Saint Margaret of Scotland, queen (1093, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Gertrude the Great (of Helfta), O. Cist., virgin (1302, Helfta, Germany)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
17.11MonSaint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious (1231, Marburg, Germany)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
18.11Tue The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (1626, Rome, Italy) /Wik.Cte.Cts.
The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (1626, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cts.
19.11Wed
20.11Thu
21.11Fri The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Temple of Jerusalem, Israel)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
World day of the cloistered
22.11SatSaint Cecilia, virgin and martyr (230, Rome, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
23.11Sun† THIRTY-FOURTH SUNDAY. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSESOLEMNITYWik.Cte.
Global celebration of youth and young Adults - World Youth Day (diocesan level)
Saint Clement I Roman, pope and martyr (97, Rome, Italy) …Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Saint Columba, abbot (615, Bobbio, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
24.11MonSaint Andrew Dung - Lac, priest and 116 companions, martyrs (1839, Hanoi, Vietnam)MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
25.11Tue Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr (305, Alexandria, Egypt) …Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
Holy Mass for deceased SDB parents
26.11Wed
27.11Thu
28.11Fri
29.11SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday; Immaculate Conception NovenaWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
30.11Sun† I SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Saint Andrew the Apostle (60, Patras, present-day Patra, Greece)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
DECEMBER
01.12Mon
02.12Tue
03.12WedSaint Francis Xavier, SI, priest (1552, Sancian Island, China)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
04.12ThuSaint John Damascene, priest and doctor of the Church (749, Mar Saba, Israel)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
05.12FriBlessed Philip Rinaldi, priest and Founder of the Secular Institute of the Volunteers of Don Bosco (1931, Turin, Italy)SDB: MemorialWik.Cto.Cts.
06.12SatSaint Nicholas, bishop of Myra (of Bari) (343, Myra, present-day Demre, Turkey)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
07.12Sun† SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church (397, Milan, Italy)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
08.12MonTHE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (1854)SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
09.12TueSaint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, seer of Guadalupe (1548, Guadalupe, Mexico)Wik.Cto.Cts.
10.12WedOur Lady of Loreto (1296, Loreto, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cts.
11.12ThuSaint Damasus I, pope (384, Rome, Italy)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
12.12FriBlessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe (1531, Guadalupe, Mexico)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
13.12SatSaint Lucy, virgin and martyr (304, Syracuse, Italy)MemorialWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
14.12Sun† THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Saint John of the Cross, OCD, priest and doctor of the Church, co-founder of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1591, Ubeda, Spain)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
15.12Mon
16.12TueChristmas NovenaWik.Cto.Cts.
17.12WedThe second part of Advent begins today
18.12Thu
19.12Fri
20.12Sat
21.12Sun† FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Saint Peter Canisius, SJ, priest and doctor of the Church (1597, Fribourg, Switzerland)Omitted this yearWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
22.12Mon
23.12TueSaint John of Kety (Cantius), priest (1473, Krakow, Poland)Wik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
24.12Wed/ CHRISTMAS EVE/ [SOLEMNITY]Wik.Cte.
25.12ThuTHE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas Lord)SOLEMNITYWik.Cte.Cts.
26.12FriSaint Stephen, first martyrFeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
27.12SatSaint John, Apostle and Evangelist (98, Ephesus, between Smyrna and Aydın, Turkey)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
28.12Sun† FIRST SUNDAY after Christmas. The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (1895)FeastWik.
The Holy Innocents, martyrsOmitted this yearWik.Cte.Cts.
29.12MonSaint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr (1170, Canterbury, UK)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.
30.12TueOctave of the Nativity of the LordFeast
31.12WedSaint Sylvester I, pope (335, Rome, Italy)FeastWik.Cte.Cto.Cts.