JANUARY
1st
Solemnity
of Mary
the Mother of God and First Saturday
of the
Month
3rd Most
Holy Name of
Jesus
6th
Epiphany of The Lord
7th First Friday of
the Month
23rd [Mary's Wedding] (**)
25th Conversion of St. Paul
31st St. John Bosco
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(*) All Muslim religious Holy Days are dependent
on Lunar
cycles thus are different every year. For more details on Special
Muslim Days
find the link at end of this Document.
(**) [ ] Denotes
Feast Days which do not
appear in the most current Vatican Roman Missal
FEBRUARY
2nd
Presentation of The Lord (Candlemas)
4th
First
Friday of
the Month
5th
First Saturday
of the
Month
11th Our Lady of Lourdes
15th Mawlid al-Nabi Mawlid al-Nabi (A Muslim celebration of
the
birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam in 570 CE. Sunni Muslims observed it on the 12th of the
lunar
month of Rabi'-ul-Awwal in the Islamic
calendar. Shi'a Muslims celebrate it five
days later.)
20th [Our
Lady
of Tears]
24th Discovery
of the Head of
John the
Baptizer (Celebrated by the
Orthodox Church)
MARCH
4th
First
Friday of
the Month
5th
First Saturday
of the
Month
9th Ash
Wednesday
19th Feast of St. Joseph - Husband of Mary and
Feast of Purim (Defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia)
24th Gabriel the Archangel (traditional)
25th Annunciation
to Mary by Gabriel the Archangel
APRIL
1st First Friday of
the Month
2nd
First Saturday
of the
Month
15th Feast
of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (Friday
before Palm Sunday)
17th Palm Sunday
18th At sundown begins Passover
19th First day of Passover
21st Last Supper
22nd Holy
Friday
23rd Holy Saturday
24th Easter Sunday (at sundown the last
day of Passover begins)
25th St. Mark the
Evangelist
26th Mary,
Mother of Good Counsel
MAY
1st Mercy Sunday
and
St. Joseph,
Worker
3rd Sts.
Philip and James the Lesser - Apostles
6th First Friday of
the Month
7th
First Saturday
of the
Month
8th [Mary, Mediatrix of
all
Graces]
13th [Our Lady of the
Blessed Sacrament + First Apparition of Our Lady at
Fátima]
14th St. Matthias -
Apostle
21st [Mary, Mother
of Light
]
24th [Mary, Help of
Christians
+
Mary of the Path]
30th St. Joan of Arc (victim
of fanaticism within the Roman Catholic Church)
31st Visitation of the
Blessed Virgin
Mary (used to be on July 2nd) + [Mary, Queen of all Saints + Our Lady
of the
Most Holy Mountain + Mary, Mother of Wonderful Love]
JUNE
2nd
Ascension of Our Lord (Transferred to Sunday, June 5th, 2011 in
most dioceses of the United States)
3rd First Friday of
the Month
4th First Saturday
of the
Month and Mary, Queen of the Apostles (Saturday during the Octave following
Ascension Day)
7th First
day of Shavout - (Feast
of Weeks)
9th [Mary, Mother
of Grace]
12th Feast of Pentecost
13th St. Anthony of
Lisbon (Padua)
19th Trinity Sunday
23rd Feast of Corpus
Christi (Transferred for convenience purposes to Sunday, June
26, 2011)
24th Feast of the Birth
of John the Baptist
27th [Mary of Perpetual
Help]
29th Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul - Apostles
30th
First
Martyrs of the Roman Church
JULY
1st First Friday of
the Month and Feast of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus (Friday after the 2nd Sunday
after Pentecost)
2nd First Saturday
of the
Month and Feast of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary (Saturday
after Sacred Heart of Jesus)
3rd
St. Thomas - Apostle
4th St. Elizabeth
(Queen) of Portugal plus U.S. Celebration of Independence Day
5th [Feast of the
Seven Joys of Mary]
9th Our Lady of
the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
(patroness of
Colombia) plus [Mary, Miraculous Mother]
11th St. Benedict -
Patron of Europe
13th [Mary, Mystical
Rose (Rosa
Mystica)] plus Revelation
of the Secret of Fátima
16th Our Lady of
Mount Carmel
+
Scapular Feast Day
17th [Feast of Mary's
Humility]
22nd St. Mary Magdalene
23th Mary, Mother of
Mercy (Saturday
before 4th Sunday of July)
25th St. James the
Greater - Apostle
26th Saints
Anne and Joachim - Grandparents of Jesus
28th Mary, Queen of
Peace
AUGUST
1st Ramadan (The
holiest period in the
Islamic year. This was the
month in which the Qura'n
was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is a time at which
almost all
Muslims over the age of 12 are expected to fast from sunup to sundown.)
2nd
[Mary of the Angels]
5th First Friday of
the Month and Feast of Our
Lady of Snows - Dedication of St.
Mary
Major Basilica - Rome
6th
Transfiguration of Our Lord, First Saturday
of the
Month and Anniversary
of the
Nuclear
Devastation in Hiroshima, Japan
13th [Mary, Refuge of
Sinners]
15th Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
22nd The Queenship of
Mary
24th St.
Bartholomew - Apostle
27th Mary, Health of the
Sick (Saturday
before last Sunday in August)
29th Martyrdom of
John
the Baptist
30th Id al-Fitr (The day after
the end
of Ramadan. A
time
of rejoicing.
Houses are
decorated; Muslims buy gifts for relatives.)
SEPTEMBER
2nd First Friday of
the Month
3rd First Saturday
of the
Month and
[Mary, Mother
of the Good
Shepherd]
4th Mary,
Comfort of the Afflicted (Sunday after August 28th - Feast of St.
Augustine)
8th The Birthday
of Our Lady
11th Our Lady of Coromoto (patroness
of
Venezuela)
12th [The Holy Name of
Mary]
14th The
Triumph of the Cross (A date of even
greater
eschatological importance in the future.)
15th Feast of Our Lady
of Sorrows
21st St. Matthew -
Evangelist
23rd Conception of John
the
Baptist (Celebrated by
the Orthodox
Church)
24th Our Lady of Ransom
27th [Mary, Protector of
Orphans]
28th
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year 5772)
29th Archangels
Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
OCTOBER
1st
Feast of the Veil
of
Protection of the
Most Holy Theotokos (Celebrated
by the Orthodox Church) and First Saturday
of the
Month
2nd Guardian
Angels
5th Traditional
Catholic Church Day of Thanksgiving
7th Feast of Our
Lady of the Rosary, First Friday of
the Month and Yom Kippur (Jewish
Day of Atonement)
8th Traditional
Catholic Church Day of
Penance (Friday following Traditional
Day of
Thanksgiving)
11th [Feast of the Motherhood
of Mary]
12th Our Lady of the Pilar (Saragossa) and First Day of Sokkot
- (Feast of Tabernacles)
13th Miracle at Fátima
15th St. Teresa of Jesus
(Avila)
16th [Feast of Mary's
Purity]
18th St. Luke -
Evangelist
19th
Shemini Atzeret
-(Jewish Eighth Day of Solemn
Assembly)
20th [Mary,
Wonderful
Mother] and Simchat
Torah - Jewish Rejoicing
of the Law
23rd
[Mary, Mother of the Dying] (4th
Sunday in October)
28th Sts. Simon and Jude - Apostles
NOVEMBER
1st All Saints Day
2nd All Souls Day
4th
First Friday of
the
Month
5th First Saturday
of
the Month and [Our Lady of
All Graces] (1st Saturday after All
Saints Day)
6th
Eid
al-Adha - Feast
of Sacrifice or Day of Sacrifice - (In North America starts on November
17th) . (It
recalls the day when Abraham intended to follow the instructions of
God, and
sacrifice his son Ishmael.)
8th [Feast of Mary, Our
Shelter]
9th
Dedication of Basilica
of St. John
of
Lateran
18th Consecration of the
two Basilicas honoring St. Peter and St. Paul
19th [Mary, Mother of
Divine Providence] (Saturday before 3rd
Sunday
in November)
20th Christ the King
21st Mary's Presentation
25th Thanksgiving Day in
the U.S
26th
Al-Hijra/Muharram
is the Muslim New Year 1432 (The
beginning of
the first lunar month.)
27th [Our Lady of the
Miraculous Medal
(Paris)] and First Sunday of Advent
30th St. Andrew - Apostle
DECEMBER
2nd First Friday of
the Month
3rd First Saturday
of the
Month
5th Ashura (recalls
an event circa 680-OCT-20 CE in Iraq
when an army of the Umayyad regime martyred a group of 70 individuals
who
refused to submit to the Caliph. One of the martyrs was Imam Husain, the youngest grandson of Prophet
Muhammad.) (*)
8th Feast
of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
10th [Our Lady of Loretto]
12th Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Patroness
of the
Americas)
18th [Mary's
Expectation]
20th First
Day of Chanukah - (Beginning of
Festival of Lights)
25th Christmas Day
and Feast of Holy Family
26th St. Stephen - First
Martyr
27th St. John - Apostle
and
Evangelist
28th Feast of the Holy
Innocents
31st
Last
Day of the Year 2011 plus
Silvester I,
Pope (1st Pope after the
deliverance of
Catholic
Church to Emperor Constantine)
