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Below are links to pages that describe customs, traditions, devotions, legends, and lore related to the traditional Catholic liturgical year per the 1962 Missal and calendar used by most traditional priestly fraternities. All Biblical references are to the Douay-Rheims with the Septuagint's Psalm numbering. The dates given are for the 2006-2007 liturgical year (dates in italics are movable).

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Advent

Novena to the Immaculate Conception 29 November - 7 December
Christmas Novena I 30 November - 24 December
December: dedicated to the Immaculate Conception
Advent Overview
Advent Wreath & Candles Sundays of Advent: 3, 10, 17, 24 December
Nativity Scenes 1st Sunday of Advent - 6 January or 2 February
Advent Calendars 1-24 December
Jesse Trees 1-24 December
Feast of St. Barbara 4 December
Feast of St. Nicholas 6 December
Feast of the Immaculate Conception 8 December
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 12 December
Feast of St. Lucy 13 December
Advent Embertide Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after
13 December (St. Lucy's Day): 20, 22, 23 December
Christmas Novena II & Las Posadas 16-24 December
The Golden Nights: O Antiphons 17-23 December

Christmastide

Christmastide Overview
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 24-25 December
Feast of St. Stephen the Deacon 26 December
Feast of St. John the Evangelist 27 December
Feast of the Holy Innocents (Childermas) 28 December
Feast of St. Thomas Becket 29 December
Feast of St. Sylvester 31 December

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January: dedicated to the Holy Name and Childhood of Jesus

Feast of the Circumcision 1 January
Feast of the Holy Name 2 January (1st Sunday of the year, or 2 January if this Sunday falls on the 1st, 6th, or 7th)
Twelfth Night 5 January
Feast of the Epiphany 6 January
Feast of the Holy Family 7 January (1st Sunday after the Epiphany)
The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ 13 January

Time After Epiphany

Time After Epiphany Overview
St. Agnes Eve & St. Agnes Day 20 & 21 January

February: dedicated to the Holy Family

Feast of St. Brigid of Ireland 1 February
Feast of the Purification (Candlemas) 2 February
Feast of St. Blaise 3 February

Septuagesima

Septuagesima Overview
Septuagesima Sunday and its Vigil 3-4 February
St. Valentine's Day 14 February      
Shrovetide 19-20 February

Lent

Lent Overview
Ash Wednesday 21 February
Lenten Embertide Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the 1st Sunday of Lent: 28 February, 2, 3 March

March: dedicated to St. Joseph

Feast of St. Patrick 17 March
4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) 18 March
Feast of St. Joseph 19 March
Feast of the Annunciation (Lady Day) 25 March
Passiontide & Passion Week begin: Vespers of Passion Sunday, and Passion Sunday 25 March
Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary 30 March (the Friday of Passion Week)
April: dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament
Holy Week begins: Palm Sunday 1 April
Spy Wednesday 4 April
The Sacred Triduum begins: Maundy Thursday 5 April
Good Friday 6 April
Holy Saturday 7 April

Eastertide

Eastertide Overview
Easter Sunday 8 April
Low Sunday 15 April
Major Rogation 25 April
Walpurgisnacht 30 April
May: dedicated to Mary
May Crowning Early May
Minor Rogation 14, 15, 16 May (the 3 days before the Ascension)
Ascension Thursday 17 May (40 days after Easter)
Novena to the Holy Ghost in anticipation of Whitsunday 18 May (10 days before Pentecost)
Vigil of the Pentecost & Pentecost (Whitsunday) 26 & 27 May (50 days after Easter)
Whit Embertide Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after Pentecost: 30 May, 1, & 2 June
Queenship of Mary 31 May

Time After Pentecost

June: dedicated to the Sacred Heart
Time After Pentecost Overview
Trinity Sunday 3 June (the Sunday after Pentecost)
Feast of Corpus Christi 7 June (The Thursday after Trinity Sunday)
Feast of St. Anthony of Padua 13 June
Feast of the Sacred Heart 15 June (the Friday a week after Corpus Christi)
St. John's Eve & St. John's Day 23 & 24 June
July: dedicated to the Precious Blood
Peter's Pence Collection 1 July (the Sunday nearest to 29 June, the the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul)
Feast of the Visitation 2 July
Feast of St. Mary Magdalen 22 July
Feast of St. James the Greater 25 July
Feast of St. Martha 29 July
August: dedicated to the Immaculate Heart
Feast of the Transfiguration 6 August
Feast of St. Lawrence 10 August
Feast of the Assumption (Marymass) 15 August
Feast of King Saint Louis IX 25 August
September: dedicated to the Seven Dolors of Mary
Feast of the Nativity of Mary 8 September
Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Roodmas) 14 September
Michaelmas Embertide Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the third Sunday in September: 19, 21, 22 September
Feast of Saint Januarius (San Gennaro) 19 September
Feast of St. Michael the Archangel (Michaelmas) 29 September
October: dedicated to the Holy Rosary
All Souls Novena 24 October - 1 November
Feast of Christ the King 28 October (Last Sunday of October)
All Hallows' Eve (Hallowe'en) 31 October
November: dedicated to the Poor Souls
All Saints' Day (Hallowmas) 1 November
All Souls Day 2 November
Feast of St. Martin (Martinmas) 11 November
Last Sunday of Pentecost 25 November
St. Catherine's Day 25 November

 

2007 Advent Dates:
2 December: First Sunday of Advent 2007
9 December: Second Sunday of Advent 2007
16 December: Third Sunday of Advent, 2007
23 December: Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2007
Tuesday, 25 December: Christmas 2007

For a list of Catholic movies that would be good to watch
throughout the liturgical year, see the Catholic Movies page of this site.

 


 
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