Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Catholic Feast Days

Catholic Feast/Memorial Days are days set aside to remember important people and events through the course of Our faith from the time of Mary's birth all the way through today honoring the saints. The calendar of saints has been changed throughout Church history to remove some saints in order that others may be celebrated too. One of these changes occurred in 1969. Today, some Traditional Catholics like to follow the pre-1955 Calendar, some prefer the 1955 Calendar, and some prefer the 1962 Calendar. The 1962 Calendar is nearly identical to the 1955 Calendar with only a few slight changes. But remember, each canonized saint is given a feastday even if it is not celebrated universally.

1969 Calendar:

January:

February:

March:

  • Mar 1st Feria
  • Mar 2nd Feria
  • Mar 3rd St. Katharine Drexel (USA)
  • Mar 4th St. Casimir of Poland
  • Mar 5th Feria
  • Mar 6th Feria
  • Mar 7th Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
  • Mar 8th St. John of God
  • Mar 9th St. Frances of Rome; Blessed John Ogilvie (Scotland)
  • Mar 10th Feria
  • Mar 11th Feria
  • Mar 12th Feria
  • Mar 13th Feria
  • Mar 14th Feria
  • Mar 15th Feria
  • Mar 16th Feria
  • Mar 17th St. Patrick
  • Mar 18th St. Cyril of Jerusalem
  • Mar 19th St. Joseph
  • Mar 20th Feria
  • Mar 21st Feria
  • Mar 22nd Feria
  • Mar 23rd St. Turibius de Mogrovejo
  • Mar 24th Feria
  • Mar 25th The Solemnity of the Annunciation
  • Mar 26th Feria
  • Mar 27th Feria
  • Mar 28th Feria
  • Mar 29th Feria
  • Mar 30th Feria
  • Mar 31st Feria

April:

  • Apr 1st Feria
  • Apr 2nd St. Francis of Paola
  • Apr 3rd Feria
  • Apr 4th St. Isidore of Seville
  • Apr 5th St. Vincent Ferrer
  • Apr 6th Feria
  • Apr 7th St. John the Baptist de la Salle
  • Apr 8th Feria
  • Apr 9th Feria
  • Apr 10th Feria
  • Apr 11th St. Stanislaus
  • Apr 13th St. Martin I
  • Apr 14th Feria
  • Apr 15th Feria
  • Apr 16th Feria
  • Apr 17th Feria
  • Apr 18th Feria
  • Apr 19th Feria
  • Apr 20th St. Beuno (Wales)
  • Apr 21st St. Anselm
  • Apr 22nd Feria
  • Apr 23rd St. George; St. Adalbert
  • Apr 24th St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
  • Apr 25th St. Mark the Evangelist
  • Apr 26th Our Lady of Good Counsel (Can)
  • Apr 27th Feria
  • Apr 28th St. Peter Chanel
  • Apr 29th St. Catherine of Siena
  • Apr 30th St. Pius V; Blessed Marie of the Incarnation (Can)

May:

June:

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:

Movable Feasts:

Traditional Calendar (1955):

January:

Sunday in the Octave of the Epiphany: The most holy Family of Jesus, Mary, Joseph - Greater Double

February

Note: In leap year, the Vigil of St. Matthias is kept on February 24, and any Feasts usually occurring from February 24 through 28 are kept one day later.

March

Friday after Passion Sunday: Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Greater Double

April

  • Apr 1st Feria
  • Apr 2nd St. Francis of Paola
  • Apr 3rd Feria
  • Apr 4th St. Isidore of Seville
  • Apr 5th St. Vincent Ferrer
  • Apr 6th Feria
  • Apr 7th Feria
  • Apr 8th Feria
  • Apr 9th Feria
  • Apr 10th Feria
  • Apr 11th St. Leo the Great
  • Apr 12th Feria
  • Apr 13th St. Hermenegild
  • Apr 14th St. Justin; Com. of Sts. Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus
  • Apr 15th Feria
  • Apr 16th Feria; St. Benedict Joseph Labre (Mass in Some Places)
  • Apr 17th St. Anicetus
  • Apr 18th Feria
  • Apr 19th Feria
  • Apr 20th Feria
  • Apr 21st St. Anselm
  • Apr 22nd Sts. Soter and Caius
  • Apr 23rd St. George
  • Apr 24th St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
  • Apr 25th St. Mark the Evangelist
  • Apr 26th Sts. Cletus and Marcellinus; Our Lady of Good Counsel (Mass in Some Places)
  • Apr 27th St. Peter Canisius
  • Apr 28th St. Paul of the Cross; Com. of St. Vitalis
  • Apr 29th St. Peter of Verona
  • Apr 30th St. Catherine of Siena

Wednesday after the II Sunday after Easter: Solemnity of St. Joseph, C - Double of the I Class

Wednesday after the III Sunday after Easter: Octave Day of St. Joseph, C - Greater Double

May

  • May 1st St. Joseph, the Worker
  • May 2nd St. Athanasius
  • May 3rd Finding of the Holy Cross; Com. of St. Alexander I, Sts. Eventius and Theodulus, and St. Juvenal
  • May 4th St. Monica
  • May 5th St. Pius V
  • May 6th St. John before the Latin Gate
  • May 7th St. Stanislaus
  • May 8th Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel
  • May 9th St. Gregory Nazianzen
  • May 10th St. Antoninus; Com. of Sts. Gordian and Epimachus
  • May 11th Sts. Philip and James
  • May 12th Sts. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancras
  • May 13th St. Robert Bellarmine
  • May 14th St. Boniface, Martyr
  • May 15th St. John Baptist de la Salle; St. Isidore the Farmer (Mass in Some Places)
  • May 16th St. Ubaldus; St. John Nepomucene (Mass in Some Places)
  • May 17th St. Pascal Baylon
  • May 18th St. Venantius of Camerino
  • May 19th St. Peter Celestine; Com. of St. Pudentiana
  • May 20th St. Bernardine of Siena
  • May 21st Feria
  • May 22nd St. Rita of Cascia (Mass in Some Places)
  • May 23rd Feria; St. John Baptist de Rossi (Mass in Some Places)
  • May 24th Feria; Our Lady Help of Christians (Mass in Some Places)
  • May 25th St. Gregory VII; Com. of St. Urban I
  • May 26th St. Phillip Neri; Com. of St. Eleutherius
  • May 27th St. Bede the Venerable; Com. of Saint John I
  • May 28th St. Augustine of Canterbury
  • May 29th St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
  • May 30th St. Felix I; St. Ferdinand III (Mass in Some Places); St. Joan of Arc (Mass in Some Places)
  • May 31st Queenship of Mary; Our Lady Queen of All Saints and Mother of Fair Love (Mass in Some Places); Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces (Mass in Some Places)

June

  • June 1st St. Angela Merici
  • June 2nd Sts. Marcellinus and Peter; St. Erasmus
  • June 3rd Feria
  • June 4th St. Francis Caracciolo
  • June 5th St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
  • June 6th St. Norbert
  • June 7th Feria
  • June 8th Feria
  • June 9th Sts. Primus and Felician; Our Lady Mother of Grace (Mass in Some Places)
  • June 10th St. Margaret
  • June 11th St. Barnabas
  • June 12th St. John of San Facondo; Com. of Sts. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius
  • June 13th St. Anthony of Padua
  • June 14th St. Basil the Great
  • June 15th Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia
  • June 16th Feria; St. John Francis Regis (Mass in Some Places)
  • June 17th Feria
  • June 18th St. Ephrem; Com. of Sts. Mark and Marcellianus
  • June 19th St. Juliana Falconieri; Com. of Sts. Gervase and Protase
  • June 20th St. Silverius
  • June 21st St. Aloysius Gonzaga
  • June 22nd St. Paulinus
  • June 23rd Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
  • June 24th Nativity of St. John the Baptist
  • June 25th St. William; Com. of Octave of St. John the Baptist
  • June 26th Sts. John and Paul; Com. of Octave of St. John the Baptist
  • June 27th Within the Octave of St. John the Baptist; Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Mass in Some Places)
  • June 28th St. Irenaeus of Lyons; Com. of Octave of St. John the Baptist and Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul
  • June 29th Sts. Peter and Paul
  • June 30th Commemoration of Saint Paul; Com. of Saint Peter and of Octave of Saint John the Baptist

July

  • July 1st The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
  • July 2nd Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Com. of Ss Processus and Martinian
  • July 3rd St. Leo II; Commemoration of Octave of Sts. Peter and Paul; All Holy Popes (Mass in Some Places)
  • July 4th Within the Octave of Sts. Peter and Paul
  • July 5th St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria; Commemoration of Octave of Sts. Peter and Paul
  • July 6th Octave Day of Ss Peter and Paul
  • July 7th Sts. Cyril and Methodius; St. Lawrence of Brindisi (Mass in Some Places)
  • July 8th St. Elizabeth
  • July 9th Feria; St. Veronica of Giuliani (Mass in Some Places)
  • July 10th Seven Holy Brothers; Sts. Rufina and Secunda
  • July 11th St. Pius I
  • July 12th St. John Gualbert; Com. of Sts. Nabor and Felix
  • July 13th St. Anacletus
  • July 14th St. Bonaventure
  • July 15th St. Henry II
  • July 16th Our Lady of Mount Carmel
  • July 17th St. Alexius; Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mass in Some Places)
  • July 18th St. Camillus of Lellis; Commemoration of Sts. Symphorosa and Companions
  • July 19th St. Vincent de Paul
  • July 20th St. Jerome Emiliani; Com. of St. Margaret
  • July 21st St. Praxedes
  • July 22nd St. Mary Magdalene
  • July 23rd St. Apollinaris; Com. of St. Liborius
  • July 24th Vigil of St. James the Greater; Com. of St. Christina
  • July 25th St. James the Greater; Com. of St. Christopher
  • July 26th St. Anne
  • July 27th St. Pantaleon
  • July 28th Sts. Nazarius and Celsus; St. Victor I; St. Innocentius I
  • July 29th St. Martha; Com. of Sts. Felix II and Companions
  • July 30th Sts. Abdon and Sennen
  • July 31st St. Ignatius of Loyola

August

  • Aug 1st St. Peter's Chains; Com. of St. Paul and the Holy Machabees
  • Aug 2nd St. Alphonsus Liguori; Com. of Saint Stephen I
  • Aug 3rd Finding of St. Stephen
  • Aug 4th St. Dominic
  • Aug 5th Dedication of St. Mary Major (Our Lady of the Snows)
  • Aug 6th Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ; Com. of Sts. Xystus II, Felicissimus, and Agapitus
  • Aug 7th St. Cajetan; Com. of St. Donatus
  • Aug 8th Sts. Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus
  • Aug 9th St. John Vianney; Com. of the Vigil of Saint Laurence and St. Romanus; St. Emygdius (Mass in Some Places)
  • Aug 10th St. Lawrence
  • Aug 11th Sts. Tiburtius and Susanna; St. Philomena (Mass in Some Places)
  • Aug 12th St. Clare of Assisi
  • Aug 13th Sts. Hippolytus and Cassian; Our Lady Refuge of Sinners (Mass in Some Places); St. John Berchmans (Mass in Some Places)
  • Aug 14th Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Aug 15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Aug 16th St. Joachim; St. Roch (Mass in Some Places)
  • Aug 17th St. Hyacintha of Mariscotti; Com. of Octave of the Assumption and Octave Day of Saint Laurance
  • Aug 18th Within the Octave of the Assumption; Com. of St. Agapitus; Empress Helena (Mass in Some Places)
  • Aug 19th St. John Eudes; Com. of Octave of the Assumption
  • Aug 20th St. Bernard of Clairvaux; Com. of Octave of the Assumption
  • Aug 21st St. Jane Frances de Chantal; Com. of Octave of the Assumption
  • Aug 22nd Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Com. of Sts. Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian
  • Aug 23rd St. Philip Benizi; Com. of the Vigil of St. Bartholomew
  • Aug 24th St. Bartholomew
  • Aug 25th St. Louis IX
  • Aug 26th St. Zephyrinus
  • Aug 27th St. Joseph Calasanctius
  • Aug 28th St. Augustine of Hippo; Com. of Saint Hermes
  • Aug 29th Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist; Com. of Saint Sabina
  • Aug 30th St. Rose of Lima; Com. of Sts. Felix and Adauctus
  • Aug 31st St. Raymond Nonnatus

September

  • Sep 1st St. Giles; Com. of Holy Twelve Brothers
  • Sep 2nd St. Stephen, King of Hungary
  • Sep 3rd St. Pius X
  • Sep 4th Feria; St. Rose of Viterbo (Mass in Some Places)
  • Sep 5th St. Laurence Justinian
  • Sep 6th Feria
  • Sep 7th Feria
  • Sep 8th Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Sep 9th St. Gorgonius; St. Peter Claver
  • Sep 10th St. Nicholas of Tolentino
  • Sep 11th Sts. Protus and Hyacinth
  • Sep 12th Holy Name of Mary
  • Sep 13th Feria
  • Sep 14th Exaltation of the Holy Cross
  • Sep 15th Our Lady of Sorrows; Com. of St. Nicomedes
  • Sep 16th Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian; Com. of Ss Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminianus
  • Sep 17th Holy Stigmata of Saint Francis
  • Sep 18th St. Joseph of Cupertino
  • Sep 19th St. Januarius
  • Sep 20th St. Eustace and Companions; Com. of Vigil of St. Matthew
  • Sep 21st St. Matthew
  • Sep 22nd St. Thomas of Villanova; Com. of Sts. Maurice and Companions
  • Sep 23rd St. Linus; Com. of St. Thecla
  • Sep 24th Our Lady of Ransom
  • Sep 25th Feria
  • Sep 26th Sts. Cyprian and Justina
  • Sep 27th Sts. Cosmas and Damian
  • Sep 28th St. Wenceslaus
  • Sep 29th Dedication of Saint Michael the Archangel
  • Sep 30th St. Jerome

October

  • Oct 1st St. Remigius; St. Gregory the Immuninator (Mass in Some Places)
  • Oct 2nd Holy Guardian Angels
  • Oct 3rd St. Therese of Lisieux
  • Oct 4th St. Francis of Assisi
  • Oct 5th St. Placid and Companions
  • Oct 6th St. Bruno
  • Oct 7th Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Com. of St. Mark, Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, Sts. Marcellus and Apuleius
  • Oct 8th St Bridget of Sweden
  • Oct 9th St. Denis
  • Oct 10th St. Francis Borgia
  • Oct 11th The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Oct 12th Feria
  • Oct 13th St. Edward, King of England
  • Oct 14th St. Callistus I
  • Oct 15th St. Teresa of Avila
  • Oct 16th St. Hedwig; Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mass in Some Places)
  • Oct 17th St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
  • Oct 18th St. Luke the Evangelist
  • Oct 19th St. Peter of Alcantara
  • Oct 20th St. John of Kanty
  • Oct 21st St. Hilarion; Com. of St. Ursula and Companions
  • Oct 22nd Feria
  • Oct 23rd Feria; Feast of the Holy Redeemer (Mass in Some Places)
  • Oct 24th St. Raphael the Archangel
  • Oct 25th Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria
  • Oct 26th St. Evaristus
  • Oct 27th Vigil of Sts. Simon and Jude
  • Oct 28th Sts. Jude and Simon
  • Oct 29th Feria
  • Oct 30th Feria
  • Oct 31st Vigil of All Saints

November

  • Nov. 1st All Saints
  • Nov. 2nd Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
  • Nov. 3rd Within the Octave of All Saints
  • Nov. 4th St. Charles Borromeo; Com. of Octave of All Saints and Sts. Vitalis and Agricola
  • Nov. 5th Within the Octave of All Saint; The Sacred Relics (Mass in Some Places)
  • Nov. 6th Within the Octave of All Saints
  • Nov. 7th Within the Octave of All Saints
  • Nov. 8th Octave Day of All Saints; Com. of the Holy Four Crowned Martyrs
  • Nov. 9th Dedication of the Basilica of St. Saviour, Com. of St. Theodore
  • Nov. 10th St. Andrew Avellino, Theatine, Com. of Sts. Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha
  • Nov. 11th St. Martin of Tours; Com. of St. Mennas
  • Nov. 12th St. Martin I
  • Nov. 13th Saint Didacus; St. Stanislaus Kostka
  • Nov .14th St. Josephat
  • Nov. 15th St. Albert the Great
  • Nov. 16th St. Gertrude the Great
  • Nov. 17th St. Gregory Thaumaturgus
  • Nov. 18th Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul
  • Nov. 19th St. Elisabeth of Hungary; Com. of St. Pontianus
  • Nov. 20th St. Felix of Valois
  • Nov. 21th Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Nov. 22th St. Cecilia
  • Nov. 23th St. Clement; Com. of St. Felicitas
  • Nov. 24th St. John of the Cross; Com. St. Chrysogonus
  • Nov. 25th St. Catherine of Alexandria
  • Nov. 26th Saint Sylvester; Com. of St. Peter of Alexandria; St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Mass in Some Places)
  • Nov. 27th Feria; Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Mass in Some Places)
  • Nov. 28th Feria
  • Nov. 29th Vigil of St. Andrew; Com. of St. Saturninus
  • Nov. 30th St. Andrew

December

  • Dec. 1st Feria
  • Dec. 2nd St. Bibiana
  • Dec. 3rd St. Francis Xavier
  • Dec. 4th St. Peter Chrysologus; Com of St. Barbara
  • Dec. 5th Com. of St. Sabbas
  • Dec. 6th St. Nicholas of Myra
  • Dec. 7th St. Ambrose; Com. of the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception
  • Dec. 8th Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Dec. 9th Within the Octave of the Immaculate Conception
  • Dec. 10th Within the Octave of the Immaculate Conception; St. Melchiades; Holy House of Loreta (Mass in Some Places)
  • Dec. 11th St. Damasus I; Com. of the Octave of the Immaculate Conception
  • Dec. 12th Within the Octave of the Immaculate Conception
  • Dec. 13th St. Lucy; Com of the Octave of the Immaculate Conception
  • Dec. 14th Within the Octave of the Immaculate Conception
  • Dec. 15th Octave Day of the Immaculate Conception
  • Dec. 16th St. Eusebius
  • Dec. 17th Feria
  • Dec. 18th Feria; Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mass in Some Places)
  • Dec. 19th Feria
  • Dec. 20th Vigil of St. Thomas the Apostle
  • Dec. 21st St. Thomas the Apostle
  • Dec. 22nd Feria
  • Dec. 23rd Feria
  • Dec. 24th Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord
  • Dec. 25th Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
  • Dec 26th St. Stephen the First Martyr; Com. of the Octave of the Nativity
  • Dec 27th St. John the Apostle; Com. of the Octave of the Nativity
  • Dec. 28th Holy Innocents; Com. of the Octave of the Nativity
  • Dec. 29th St. Thomas Becket
  • Dec. 30th Within the Octave of the Nativity
  • Dec. 31st St. Sylvester I; Com. of the Octave of the Nativity
Movable Masses in Some Places:
  • The Prayer of Christ (Tuesday after Septuagesima)
  • Commemoration of the Passion of Christ (Tuesday after Sexagesima) [outside link]
  • The Sacred Crown of Thorns (Friday after Ash Wednesday)
  • The Sacred Lance and Nails (Friday after the First Sunday in Lent)
  • The Holy Shroud (Friday after the Second Sunday in Lent)
  • The Five Holy Wounds (Friday after the Third Sunday in Lent)
  • The Precious Blood (Friday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent)
  • Our Lady Queen of the Apostles (Saturday after the Ascension)
  • The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus (Thursday the Sacred Heart)
  • The Immaculate Heart of Mary (Saturday after the Octave of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
  • Our Lady Mother of Mercy (Saturday after the 4th Sunday of July)
  • Our Lady of Consolation (Saturday after the Feast of St. Augustine)
  • Our Lady Help of the Sick (Saturday after the last Sunday in August)
  • Our Lady Mother of Divine Providence (Saturday after the 3rd Sunday in November)

5 comments:

March 3, 2008 7:54 AM
Pansy and Peony said...

Thank you so much for this entry! I needed it for a religion lesson.

May 26, 2008 6:17 AM
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December 31, 2008 4:15 PM
Anonymous said...

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May 25, 2009 9:02 AM
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August 11, 2009 9:00 PM
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