10 Feb 2026, Tue

Salesian calendar 2025

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JANUARY
01.01Thu† SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GODSOLEMNITY
World Day of Peace (58th)
02.01Fri Saint Basil the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church (379, Caesarea in Cappadocia, present-day Kaysery, Turkey) and …Memorial
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, bishop and doctor of the Church (390, Nazianzus, present Nemisi, Turkey)
03.01SatThe Most Holy Name of Jesusoptional memorial
04.01SunSECOND SUNDAY after Christmas [THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD][SOLEMNITY]
05.01Mon
06.01Tue† THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORDSOLEMNITY
World Missionary Children's Day
07.01WedSaint Raymond of Peñafort, OP, priest (1275, Barcelona, Spain)
08.01ThuBlessed Titus Zeman, SDB, priest and martyr (1969, Bratislava, Czech - Slovakia)Memorial
09.01Fri
10.01Sat
11.01SunTHIRD SUNDAY after Christmas. THE BAPTISM OF THE LORDSOLEMNITY
12.01Mon
13.01TueSaint Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church (367, Poitiers, France)
14.01Wed
15.01ThuBlessed Louis Variara, SDB, priest and founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1923, Cùcuta, Colombia)SDB: MemorialHH.SS.CC.: Feast
16.01Fri
17.01Sat Saint Anthony, abbot (356, Alexandria, Egypt)Memorial
37th Day for the Deepening and Development of Dialogue between Catholics and Jews
18.01Sun† SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25)
19.01Mon
20.01Tue Saint Fabian, pope and martyr (250, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Sebastian, soldier and martyr (304, Rome, Italy)
21.01WedSaint Agnes, virgin and martyr (305, Rome, Italy)Memorial
22.01Thu Saint Vincent of Zaragoza, deacon and martyr (304, Valencia, Spain) …
Blessed Laura Vicuña, youth (1904, Junín de los Andes, Argentina)
Saint John Bosco novena begins
23.01Fri
24.01SatSaint 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)FMA: Memorial
25.01Sun† THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. SUNDAY OF THE WORD OF GOD
The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle (35, Damascus, Syria)Omitted this year
73rd World Leprosy Day
26.01Mon Saint Timothy, bishop (97, Ephesus, between Smyrna and Aydın, Turkey) and …
Saint Titus, bishop (after 69, Crete, Greece)
27.01TueSaint Angela Merici, virgin and foundress of the Company of the Daughters of Saint Ursula (Ursulines) (1540, Brescia, Italy)
28.01WedSaint Thomas Aquinas, OP, priest and doctor of the Church (1274, Priverno, Italy)Memorial
29.01Thu
30.01FriBlessed 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)
31.01SatSAINT 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: SOLEMNITY
FEBRUARY
01.02Sun† FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Commemoration of all deceased Salesian confreresOmitted this year
02.02Mon The Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas)Feast
World Day for Consecrated Life (30th)
03.02Tue Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr (316, Sebaste, Armenia, present-day Sivas, Turkey) …
Saint Ansgar, OSB, bishop of Hamburg (865, Bremen, Germany)
04.02Wed
05.02ThuSaint Agatha, virgin and martyr (251, Catania, Italy)Memorial
06.02FriSaint Paul Miki, SI, priest and companions, martyrs (1597, Nagasaki, JP)Memorial
07.02Sat Blessed Pius IX, pope (1878, Rome, Italy)
Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
08.02Sun† FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Jerome Emiliani, founder of the Clerici Regolari di Somasca (Somaschi) (1537, Somasca, Italy) …Omitted this year
Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin, FdCC (Canossian Sisters) (1947, Schio, Vicenza, Italy)Omitted this year
09.02MonBlessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes, virgin, FMA (1933, Valverde del Camino, Spain)FMA: Memorial
10.02TueSaint Scholastica, virgin and foundress of the Benedictine Order of Nuns (543, Villa Santa Lucia, Italy)Memorial
11.02Wed Our Lady of Lourdes (1858, Lourdes, France)
World Day of the Sick (34th)
12.02Thu
13.02Fri
14.02Sat Saint Cyril, monk (869, Rome, Italy), Apostle of the Slavs, co-patron of Europe and …MemorialFeast in Europe
Saint Methodius, bishop of Thessalonica (present-day Salonic) (885, Velehrad, Czechia), Apostle to the Slavs, co-patron of Europe
15.02SunSIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
16.02Mon
17.02TueThe Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (Order of the Servants of Mary, 1257-1310, Monte Senario, Florence, Italy)
18.02WedASH WEDNESDAY (LENT). Fasting and abstinenceMemorial
19.02Thu
20.02Fri
21.02SatSaint Peter Damian, bishop of Ostia and doctor of the Church (1072, Faenza, Italy)
22.02Sun† I SUNDAY OF LENT
The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle (3rd century)Omitted this year
23.02MonSaint Polycarp, bishop and martyr (155, Smyrna, present-day Izmir, Turkey)Memorial
24.02Tue
25.02Wed Saint Louis Versiglia, SDB, bishop of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], protomartyr (1930, Litouzui, China) and …SDB: FeastFMA: Memorial
Saint Callistus Caravario, SDB, priest, protomartyr (1930, Litouzui, China)
26.02Thu
27.02FriSaint Gregory of Narek, abbot and doctor of the Church (1003, Narek, Greater Armenia, now in Turkey)
28.02Sat
MARCH
01.03SunSECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
02.03Mon
03.03Tue
04.03WedSaint Casimir of Kraków, Polish prince (1484, Grodno, present-day Hrodna, Ukraine)
05.03Thu
06.03Fri
07.03Sat Saint Perpetua, martyr (203, Carthage, Tunisia) and …Memorial
Saint Felicity, martyr (203, Carthage, Tunisia)
08.03Sun† THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Saint John of God, founder of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God (Fatebenefratelli) (1550, Granada, Spain)Omitted this year
09.03MonSaint Frances of Rome, religious and founder of the Oblates of Tor de' Specchi (Oblates of Saint Frances Romana) (1440, Rome, Italy)
10.03Tue
11.03WedEmber days: Spring
12.03Thu
13.03FriEmber days: Spring
14.03SatEmber days: Spring
15.03SunFOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Laetare)
16.03Mon
17.03TueSaint Patrick, bishop of Ireland (461, Saul, Northern Ireland)
18.03WedSaint Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem and doctor of the Church (387, Jerusalem, Israel)
19.03ThuSAINT JOSEPH, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary; co-patron of the Salesian Congregation Don BoscoSOLEMNITY
20.03Fri
21.03Sat
22.03SunFIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
23.03MonSaint Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop of Lima (1606, Zaña, Peru)
24.03TueDay of prayer and fasting in memory of the missionary martyrs
25.03WedTHE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (THE INCARNATION)SOLEMNITY
26.03Thu
27.03Fri
28.03Sat
29.03SunPALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORDSOLEMNITY
30.03Mon
31.03Tue
APRIL
01.04Wed
02.04Thu THURSDAY OF HOLY WEEK (HOLY THURSDAY, THE LORD'S SUPPER)SOLEMNITY
Saint Francis of Paola, hermit and founder of the Order of Minims (Paulites) (1507, Tours, France)Omitted this year
03.04Fri FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY; Divine Mercy novena begins). Fasting and abstinenceSOLEMNITY
World day for the Works of the Holy Land
04.04Sat HOLY SATURDAY; † EASTER VIGILSOLEMNITY
Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church (636, Seville, Spain)Omitted this year
05.04Sun† EASTER SUNDAY, THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORDSOLEMNITY
Saint Vincent Ferrer, OP, priest (1419, Vannes, France)Omitted this year
06.04MonMonday within the Octave of Easter
07.04Tue Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasallians) (1719, Rouen, France)Omitted this year
08.04WedWednesday within the Octave of Easter
09.04ThuThursday within the Octave of Easter
10.04FriFriday within the Octave of Easter
11.04Sat Saturday within the Octave of Easter
Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr (1079, Krakow, Poland)Omitted this year
12.04SunSECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (OR SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY) (Second Sunday after Easter)SOLEMNITY
13.04MonSaint Martin I, pope and martyr (655, Cherson, Crimea)
14.04Tue
15.04Wed
16.04Thu
17.04Fri
18.04Sat
19.04SunTHIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
20.04Mon
21.04TueSaint Anselm, OSB, bishop and doctor of the Church (1109, Canterbury, GB)
22.04Wed
23.04Thu Saint George, martyr (303, Nicomedia, present-day İzmit, Turkey)
Saint Adalbert, bishop of Prague and martyr (997, Tenkitten, Czechia)
24.04FriSaint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, OFM Cap., priest and martyr (1622, Seewis im Prättigau, Switzerland)
25.04SatSaint Mark the Evangelist (68?, Alexandria, Egypt)Feast
26.04Sun† FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
World day of prayer for vocations (“Good Shepherd Sunday”) (62th)
27.04Mon
28.04Tue Saint Peter Chanel, MS, priest and martyr (1841, Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna) …
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)
29.04WedSaint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church, patroness of Italy and co-patroness of Europe (1380, Rome, Italy)MemorialFeast in Europe
30.04ThuSaint Pius V, OP, pope (1572, Rome, Italy)
MAY
01.05FriSaint Joseph the WorkerMemorial
02.05SatSaint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church (373, Alexandria, Egypt)Memorial
03.05Sun† FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Saint Philip, Apostle (80, Hierapolis, present-day Ören, Turkey) and …Omitted this year
Saint James, Apostle (62, Jerusalem, Israel)
04.05Mon
05.05Tue
06.05WedSaint Dominic Savio, youth (1857, Mondonio di Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy)SDB, FMA: Feast; today plenary indulgence for SDB (cf. p.8)
07.05Thu
08.05Fri
09.05Sat
10.05Sun† SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Saint John of Ávila, priest and doctor of the Church (1569, Montilla, Spain)Omitted this year
11.05Mon
12.05Tue Saint Nereus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) and …
Saint Achilleus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Pancras, martyr (304, Rome, Italy)
13.05WedSaint Mary Domenica Mazzarello, virgin, co-foundress of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (1881, Nizza Monferrato, Italy)SDB: FeastFMA: SOLEMNITY; today plenary indulgence for FMA (cf. p.8)
14.05ThuSaint Matthias the Apostle (80?, Jerusalem)Feast
15.05Fri Our Lady of Fatima (1917, Fatima, Portugal)
Pentecost Novena novena begins
16.05Sat Saint 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)
Mary Help of Christians novena begins
17.05Sun† SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER. THE ASCENSION OF THE LORDSOLEMNITY
World communications day (59th)
18.05Mon Saint John I, pope and martyr (526, Ravenna, Italy) …
Saint Leonard Murialdo, priest and founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph (Giuseppini del Murialdo) (1900, Turin, Italy)
19.05Tue
20.05WedSaint Bernardine of Siena, OFM, priest (1444, Aquila, Italy)
21.05ThuSaint Christopher Magallánes, priest and 24 companions, martyrs (1927, Colotlán, Mexico)
22.05FriSaint Rita of Cascia, widow and religious (1457, Cascia, Italy)
23.05Sat
24.05SunEIGHTH SUNDAY OF EASTER. PENTECOST SUNDAYSOLEMNITY
25.05Mon† 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)
Day of Prayer for the Church in China
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the ChurchOmitted this year
Saint Bede Venerable, OSB, priest and doctor of the Church (735, Jarrow, GB) …Omitted this year
Saint Gregory VII, pope (1085, Salerno, Italy) …Omitted this year
Saint Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, OCD, virgin (1607, Florence, Italy)Omitted this year
26.05TueSaint Philip Neri, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory (Oratorians or Filippini) (1595, Rome, Italy)Memorial
27.05WedSaint Augustine of Canterbury, OSB, bishop (604, Canterbury, UK)
28.05Thu
29.05Fri Saint Paul VI, pope (1978, Rome, Italy) …
Blessed Joseph Kowalski, SDB, priest, martyr (1942, Auschwitz, Poland)
30.05SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
31.05Sun† ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. THE MOST HOLY TRINITYSOLEMNITY
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin MaryOmitted this year
JUNE
01.06MonSaint Justin, martyr (164, Rome, Italy)Memorial
02.06Tue Saint Marcellinus, martyr (304, Rome, Italy) and …
Saint Peter, martyr (304, Rome, Italy)
03.06Wed Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs (1886, Namugongo, Uganda)Memorial
Ember days: summer
04.06ThuTWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME [THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi)][SOLEMNITY]
05.06Fri Saint Boniface, OSB, bishop of Mainz and martyr (754, Dokkum, Netherlands)Memorial
Ember days: summer
06.06Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Norbert of Magdeburg, bishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Order of Canons Regular Premonstratensians (1134, Magdeburg, Germany)
Ember days: summer
07.06SunTENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME [THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi)]
08.06MonBlessed Istvan Sándor, SDB, martyr (1953, Budapest, Hungary)Memorial
09.06TueSaint Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor of the Church (373, Edessa, present-day Șanlıurfa, Turkey)
10.06Wed
11.06ThuSaint Barnabas, Apostle (61, Salamis, present Yeni Boğaziçi, Cyprus)Memorial
12.06Fri† THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUSSOLEMNITY
World day of prayer for the sanctification of priests
Blessed Francis Kesy, SDB aspirant, and fellow martyrs (1942, Dresden, Germany)Omitted this year
13.06Sat The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Anthony of Padua, OF, priest and doctor of the Church (1231, Padua, Italy)Omitted this year
14.06SunELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
15.06Mon
16.06Tue
17.06Wed
18.06Thu
19.06FriSaint Romuald, abbot, founder of the Camaldolese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Camaldolese) (1027, Fabriano, Italy)
20.06SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
21.06Sun† TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, SI, prince, religious (1591, Rome, Italy)Omitted this year
22.06Mon Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop (431, Nola, Italy) …
Saint John Fisher, bishop of Rochester and martyr (1535, London, UK) and …
Saint Thomas More, martyr (1535, London, UK)
23.06TueSaint Joseph Cafasso, priest (1860, Turin, Italy)Memorial
24.06WedTHE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTISTSOLEMNITY
25.06Thu
26.06Fri
27.06Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church (444, Alexandria, Egypt)
28.06Sun† THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Pope's world day for charity
Saint Irineus of Lyon, bishop and martyr (202, Lyon, France)Omitted this year
29.06Mon† SAINT PETER, Apostle (67, Rome, Italy) and …SOLEMNITY
SAINT PAUL, Apostle (67, Rome, Italy)
30.06TueThe First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church (64, Rome, Italy)
JULY
01.07Wed
02.07Thu
03.07FriSaint Thomas the Apostle (72, Mylapore, present-day Mayilāppūr, IN)Feast
04.07Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, queen (1336, Estremoz, Portugal)
05.07Sun† FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Anthony Mary Zacharias, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites) (1539, Cremona, Italy)Omitted this year
06.07MonSaint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr (1902, Nettuno, Rome)
07.07TueBlessed Maria Romero Meneses, virgin, FMA (1977, Las Peñitas, Nicaragua)FMA: Memorial
08.07Wed
09.07ThuSaint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and 120 companions, martyrs (1815, Chengdu, China)
10.07Fri
11.07SatSaint Benedict of Norcia, abbot, patron of Europe, founder of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) (560, Monte Cassino, Italy)MemorialFeast in Europe
12.07SunFIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
13.07MonSaint Henry II, emperor (1024, Grona - Göttingen, Germany)
14.07TueSaint Camillus de Lellis, priest and founder of the Order of Clerics Regular Ministers of the Infirm (Camillians) (1614, Rome, Italy)
15.07WedSaint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, OF, bishop of Albano, doctor of the Church (1274, Lyon, France)Memorial
16.07ThuOur Lady of Mount Carmel (1251)
17.07Fri
18.07SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
19.07SunSIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
20.07MonSaint Apollinaris of Ravenna, bishop and martyr (1st century, Ravena, Italy)
21.07TueSaint Lawrence of Brindisi, OFM Cap., priest and doctor of the Church (1619, Lisbon, Portugal)
22.07WedSaint Mary Magdalene (1st century, Ephesus, between Smyrna and Aydın, Turkey)Feast
23.07ThuSaint Bridget of Sweden, religious, co-patroness of Europe, foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour (1373, Rome, Italy)MemorialFeast in Europe
24.07FriSaint Charbel Makhlūf, priest (1889, Annaya, Lebanon)
25.07SatSaint James the Greater, Apostle (43, Jerusalem, Israel)Feast
26.07Sun† SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day for grandparents and the elderly (5th)
Saint Joachim, father of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sepphoris, Israel) and …Omitted this year
Saint Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sepphoris, Israel)
27.07Mon
28.07Tue
29.07Wed Saint Martha (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus) and …Memorial
Saint Mary (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus) and …
Saint Lazarus (1st century, Larnaca, Cyprus)
30.07ThuSaint Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravena and doctor of the Church (450, Imola, Italy)
31.07FriSaint Ignatius of Loyola, priest and founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1556, Rome, Italy)Memorial
AUGUST
01.08SatSaint 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)Memorial
02.08Sun† EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Blessed Augustus Czartoryski, SDB, priest (1893, Alassio, Italy) …Omitted this year
Saint Eusebius, bishop (371, Vercelli, Italy) …Omitted this year
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) …Omitted this year
Forgiveness of St Francis of Assisi (1216, Portiuncula, Italy)optional memorial
03.08Mon
04.08TueSaint John Mary Vianney (the Curé of Ars), priest, patron of priests and parish priests (1859, Ars-sur-Formans, France)Memorial
05.08WedDedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Our Lady of the Snow) (432, Rome, Italy)
06.08ThuThe Transfiguration of the LordFeast
07.08Fri Saint Sixtus II, pope, and fellow martyrs (258, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Cajetan of Thiene, priest and founder of the Order of Clerics Regular Theatines (1547, Naples, Italy)
08.08SatSaint Dominic, priest and founder of the Order of Preaching Friars (Dominicans) (1221, Bologna, Italy)Memorial
09.08Sun† NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), OCD, virgin and martyr, co-patroness of Europe (1942, Auschwitz, Poland)Omitted this year
10.08MonSaint Lawrence, deacon and martyr (258, Rome, Italy)Feast
11.08TueSaint Clare of Assisi, virgin and foundress of the Order of Poor Clares (1253, Assisi, Italy)Memorial
12.08WedSaint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal, religious and co-founder of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary (Visitandine) (1641, Moulins, France)
13.08Thu Saint Pontian, pope and martyr (235 Sardinia, Italy) …
Saint Hippolytus, priest and martyr (235, Sardinia, Italy)
14.08FriSaint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, OFM, priest and martyr (1941, Auschwitz, Poland)Memorial
15.08SatASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Jerusalem, Israel)SOLEMNITY
16.08Sun† TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Stephen of Hungary, king (1038, Budapest, Hungary)Omitted this year
17.08Mon
18.08Tue
19.08WedSaint 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)
20.08ThuSaint Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist., abbot and doctor of the Church (1153, Ville-sous-la-Ferté - Aube, France)Memorial
21.08FriSaint Pius X, pope (1914, Rome, Italy)Memorial
22.08SatThe Queenship of the Blessed Virgin MaryMemorial
23.08Sun† TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Rose of Lima, TOD, virgin (1617, Lima, Peru)Omitted this year
24.08MonSaint Bartholomew the Apostle (68, Albanopolis, Armenia)Feast
25.08Tue Saint Maria Troncatti, FMA (1969, Sucúa, Ecuador)memorial
Saint Louis (Louis) IX, king of France (1270, Tunis, Tunisia) …
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) …
26.08WedBlessed Ceferino Namuncurá, SDB aspirant (1905, Rome, Italy)
27.08ThuSaint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine (387, Ostia, Italy)Memorial
28.08FriSaint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church (430, Hippo, present-day Annaba, Algeria)Memorial
29.08SatThe Passion of Saint John the Baptist (30, Macheronte, present-day Qal'atu l-Mishnāqá, Jordan)Memorial
30.08SunTWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
31.08Mon
SEPTEMBER
01.09TueWorld day of prayer for the care of creation
02.09Wed
03.09ThuSaint Gregory I, the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (604, Rome, Italy)Memorial
04.09Fri
05.09SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
06.09SunTWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
07.09Mon
08.09TueThe Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryFeast
09.09WedSaint Peter Claver, SI, priest (1654, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia)
10.09Thu
11.09Fri
12.09SatThe Most Holy Name of Mary
13.09Sun† TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople and doctor of the Church (407, Comana Pontica, next to present-day Tokat, Turkey)Omitted this year
14.09MonThe Exaltation of the Holy Cross (320, Jerusalem, Israel)Feast
15.09TueOur Lady of SorrowsMemorial
16.09Wed Saint Cornelius, pope and martyr (253, Civitavecchia, Italy) and …Memorial
Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr (258, Carthage, Tunisia)
17.09Thu Saint Robert Bellarmine, SJ, bishop of Capua and doctor of the Church (1621, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Hildegard of Bingen, OSB, virgin and doctor of the Church (1179, Bingen, Germany)
18.09Fri
19.09Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Januarius, bishop of Naples and martyr (305, Pozzuoli, Italy)
20.09Sun† TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Andrew Kim Taegŏn, priest, Paul Chŏng Hasang and 103 companions, martyrs (1846, Sanemanteo - Seoul, South Korea)Omitted this year
21.09MonSaint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist (70, Ethiopia)Feast
22.09Tue Blessed José Calasanz, SDB, martyr (1936, Valencia, Spain) and 62 companions, martyrs and …SDB: Memorial
Blessed Enrico Saiz, SDB, (1936, Madrid, Spain) and 62 companions, martyrs
23.09Wed Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), OFM.Cap., priest (1968, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy)Memorial
Ember days: Autumn
24.09Thu
25.09FriEmber days: Autumn
26.09Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
Saint Cosmas, martyr (303, Cirrus, next to present day Dayr Șawwān, Syria) and …
Saint Damian, martyr (303, Cirrus, next to present day Dayr Șawwān, Syria)
Ember days: Autumn
27.09Sun† TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day of migrants and refugees (112th)
Saint 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)Omitted this year
28.09Mon Saint Wenceslas duke of Bohemia, martyr (935, Stará Boleslav, Czechia) …
Saint Lawrence Ruiz, priest of Manila, and 15 companions martyrs (1637, Nagasaki, Japan)
29.09Tue Saint Michael, archangel and …Feast
Saint Gabriel, archangel and …
Saint Raphael, archangel
30.09WedSaint Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church (420, Bethlehem, Israel)Memorial
OCTOBER
01.10ThuSaint Therese of the Child Jesus, OCD, virgin and doctor of the Church (1897, Lisieux, France)Memorial
02.10FriHoly Guardian Angels (1670)Memorial
03.10SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
04.10Sun† TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint Francis of Assisi, patron of Italy and founder of the Franciscan Order (Franciscans) (1226, Assisi, Italy)Omitted this year
05.10Mon Saint Faustina Kowalska, ZMBM, virgin (1938, Krakow, Poland) …
Blessed Alberto Marvelli, layman (1946, Rimini, Italy)
06.10TueSaint Bruno of Cologne, priest and founder of the Carthusian Order (1101, Serra San Bruno, Italy)
07.10WedOur Lady of the Rosary (1208)Memorial
08.10Thu
09.10Fri Saint Dionysius bishop and companions martyrs (270, Lutetia, present-day Paris) …
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)
10.10SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
11.10Sun† TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Saint John XXIII, pope (1963, Rome, Italy)Omitted this year
12.10Mon
13.10TueBlessed Alessandrina da Costa, virgin, CS (1955, Balazar, Portugal)
14.10WedSaint Callistus I, pope and martyr (222, Rome, Italy)
15.10ThuSaint 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)Memorial
16.10Fri Saint Hedwig of Andechs, O.Cist., religious and duchess of Silesia and Poland (1243, Trzebnica, Poland) …
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, VSM, virgin (1690, Paray-le-Monial, France)
17.10SatSaint Ignatius, bishop of Antioch of Syria, present-day Antakya, Turkey, and martyr (107, Rome, Italy)Memorial
18.10Sun† TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World mission Sunday
Saint Luke the Evangelist (93, Thebes, present-day Thebes, Greece)Omitted this year
19.10Mon Saint John de Brebeuf, SI, Canadian priest and martyr (1649, present-day Ontario, Canada) and …
Saint Isaac Jogues, SI, priest, Canadian martyr (1646, Ossernenon, present-day Auriesville, USA) …
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)
20.10Tue
21.10Wed
22.10ThuSaint John Paul II, pope (2005, Rome, Italy)
23.10FriSaint John of Capestrano, OFM, priest (1456, Ilok, Croatia)
24.10Sat Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
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) …
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)
25.10Sun† THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
† [in consecrated churches where the proper day is unknown: † DEDICATION OF OWN CHURCH]/ [SOLEMNITY]
26.10Mon
27.10Tue
28.10Wed Saint Simon the Apostle (107, Pella, Armenia, next to present-day Tabaqat Fahl, Jordan, or Suanir, Persia, present-day Silauri, Georgia) and …Feast
Saint Jude Tadeus the Apostle (70, Persia, present-day Iran)
29.10ThuBlessed Michael Rua, SDB, priest (1910, Turin, Italy)SDB: Memorial
30.10Fri
31.10SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
NOVEMBER
01.11Sun† ALL SAINTSSOLEMNITY
World day of universal sanctification
02.11MonTHE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (All Souls’ Day)
03.11TueSaint Martin de Porres, OP, (1639, Lima, Peru)
04.11WedSaint Charles Borromeo, bishop (1584, Milan, Italy)Memorial
05.11ThuHoly Mass for deceased SDB benefactors
06.11Fri
07.11SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
08.11SunTHIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
09.11MonThe Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (324, Rome, Italy)Feast
10.11TueSaint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (461, Rome, Italy)Memorial
11.11WedSaint Martin of Tours, bishop (397, Candes-Saint-Martin, France)Memorial
12.11ThuSaint Josaphat Kuncewycz, bishop and martyr (1623, Vitesbk, Belarus)Memorial
13.11FriSaint Artemis Zatti, religious, SDB (1951, Viedma, Argentina)SDB: Memorial
14.11SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
15.11Sun THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
World day of the poor
Saint Albert the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church (1280, Cologne, Germany) ….Omitted this year
Blessed Magdalene Morano, virgin, FMA (1908, Catania, Italy)Omitted this year
16.11Mon Saint Margaret of Scotland, queen (1093, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) …
Saint Gertrude the Great (of Helfta), O. Cist., virgin (1302, Helfta, Germany)
17.11TueSaint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious (1231, Marburg, Germany)Memorial
18.11Wed The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (1626, Rome, Italy) /
The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (1626, Rome, Italy)
19.11Thu
20.11Fri
21.11Sat The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Temple of Jerusalem, Israel)Memorial
World day of the cloistered
22.11Sun† THIRTY-FOURTH SUNDAY. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSESOLEMNITY
Global celebration of youth and young Adults - World Youth Day (diocesan level)
Saint Cecilia, virgin and martyr (230, Rome, Italy)Omitted this year
23.11Mon Saint Clement I Roman, pope and martyr (97, Rome, Italy) …
Saint Columba, abbot (615, Bobbio, Italy)
24.11TueSaint Andrew Dung - Lac, priest and 116 companions, martyrs (1839, Hanoi, Vietnam)Memorial
25.11Wed Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr (305, Alexandria, Egypt) …
Holy Mass for deceased SDB parents
26.11Thu
27.11Fri
28.11SatBlessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
29.11Sun† I SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Immaculate Conception novena begins
30.11MonSaint Andrew the Apostle (60, Patras, present-day Patra, Greece)Feast
DECEMBER
01.12Tue
02.12Wed
03.12ThuSaint Francis Xavier, SI, priest (1552, Sancian Island, China)MemorialFeast in some places in Asia
04.12FriSaint John Damascene, priest and doctor of the Church (749, Mar Saba, Israel)
05.12SatBlessed Philip Rinaldi, priest and Founder of the Secular Institute of the Volunteers of Don Bosco (1931, Turin, Italy)SDB: MemorialVDB: Feast
06.12Sun† SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra (of Bari) (343, Myra, present-day Demre, Turkey)Omitted this year
07.12MonSaint Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church (397, Milan, Italy)Memorial
08.12TueTHE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (1854)SOLEMNITY
09.12WedSaint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, seer of Guadalupe (1548, Guadalupe, Mexico)
10.12ThuOur Lady of Loreto (1296, Loreto, Italy)
11.12FriSaint Damasus I, pope (384, Rome, Italy)
12.12SatBlessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe (1531, Guadalupe, Mexico)Feast in Latin America
13.12Sun† THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr (304, Syracuse, Italy)Omitted this year
14.12MonSaint John of the Cross, OCD, priest and doctor of the Church, co-founder of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1591, Ubeda, Spain)Memorial
15.12Tue
16.12Wed Christmas Novena novena begins
Ember days: Winter
17.12ThuThe second part of Advent begins today
18.12FriEmber days: Winter
19.12SatEmber days: Winter
20.12SunFOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
21.12MonSaint Peter Canisius, SJ, priest and doctor of the Church (1597, Fribourg, Switzerland)
22.12Tue
23.12WedSaint John of Kety (Cantius), priest (1473, Krakow, Poland)
24.12Thu/ † CHRISTMAS EVE/ [SOLEMNITY]
25.12FriTHE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas Lord)SOLEMNITY
26.12SatSaint Stephen, first martyrFeast
27.12Sun† FIRST SUNDAY after Christmas. The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (1895)
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist (98, Ephesus, between Smyrna and Aydın, Turkey)Omitted this year
28.12MonThe Holy Innocents, martyrsFeast
29.12TueSaint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr (1170, Canterbury, UK)Feast
30.12WedOctave of the Nativity of the LordFeast
31.12ThuSaint Sylvester I, pope (335, Rome, Italy)Feast