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 Advent
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December:
dedicated to the Immaculate Conception |
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The Season of Advent Overview |
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Advent Wreath & Candles |
The four Sundays of Advent. The first Sunday will fall
between 27
November and 3 December. |
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Nativity Scenes |
1st Sunday of Advent |
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Advent Calendars |
1-24 December |
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Jesse Trees |
1-24 December |
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Rorate Masses |
Any time
throughout Advent |
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Feast of St. Barbara |
4 December |
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St. Nicholas Eve and Day |
5 and 6 December |
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Feast of the Immaculate
Conception |
8 December |
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
12 December |
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Feast of St. Lucy |
13 December |
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Ember Days: Advent Embertide |
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after 13 December (St.
Lucy's Day) |
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Gaudete Sunday |
3rd Sunday of
Advent |
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Las Posadas |
16-24 December |
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Novena de
Aguinaldos |
16-24 December
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The Golden Nights: O Antiphons |
17-23 December
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Feast of St.
Thomas the Apostle |
21 December
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Christmastide
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The Season of Christmastide Overview |
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Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day |
24-25 December |
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Feast of St. Stephen the
Deacon |
26 December |
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Feast of St. John the
Evangelist |
27 December |
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Childermas: the Feast of the
Holy Innocents |
28 December |
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Feast of St. Thomas Becket |
29 December |
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Feast of St. Sylvester |
31 December |
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January:
dedicated to the Holy Name and Childhood of Jesus
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Feast of the Circumcision |
1 January |
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Feast of the Holy Name |
1st Sunday of the year, or 2 January if
this Sunday falls on the 1st, 6th, or 7th |
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Twelfth Night |
5 January |
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Feast of the Epiphany |
6 January |
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Feast of the Holy
Family |
1st Sunday after the Epiphany |
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The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ |
13 January |
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Time After
Epiphany (Epiphanytide)
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The Season of Time
After Epiphany
Overview |
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The Chair of
Unity Octave |
18 - 25 January
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Feast of St.
Sebastian |
20 January
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St. Agnes Eve &
St. Agnes Day |
20 & 21 January
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Septuagesima
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The Season of
Septuagesima Overview |
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Septuagesima Sunday and its Vigil |
3rd Saturday and
Sunday
before Ash Wednesday (some time between 18 January and 22 February) |
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February:
dedicated to the Holy Family
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The Eve and Feast
of St. Brigid |
31 January and 1
February |
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Candlemas |
2 February |
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Feast of St. Blaise |
3 February |
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Feast of St. Agatha |
5 February |
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Feast of Our
Lady of Lourdes |
11 February |
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Shrovetide |
48 days
before Easter, Shrovetide will begin on a date
between 2 February and 8 March, inclusive. |
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Lent
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The Season of Lent Overview |
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Ash Wednesday |
Ash Wednesday - the Easter Vigil. Ash Wednesday will fall
between 4 February and 10 March,
inclusive. |
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Feast of St.
Valentine |
14 February
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Ember Days: Lenten Embertide |
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the 1st Sunday of
Lent
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March:
dedicated to St. Joseph
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Laetare
Sunday |
4th Sunday of
Lent |
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Passiontide
begins: |
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Passion Sunday |
2 Sundays before Easter Sunday
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Friday of Sorrows: Feast of the
Seven Sorrows of
Mary |
Two Fridays before Easter |
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Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas |
7 March
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Feast of St. Patrick |
17 March |
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Feast of St. Joseph |
19 March |
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Feast of St.
Benedict of Nursia |
21 March |
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Feast of St.
Gabriel the Archangel |
24 March
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Lady Day: the Feast of the Annunciation |
25 March
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Holy Week
Begins:
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Palm Sunday |
1 Sunday before Easter
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Spy Wednesday |
The Wednesday before Easter |
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The Sacred
Triduum Begins: |
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Maundy Thursday |
The Thursday before Easter |
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Good Friday |
The Friday before Easter |
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Holy Saturday |
The Saturday before Easter |
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Eastertide
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The Season of Eastertide Overview |
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Easter Sunday |
Easter will fall between 22 March and 25 April |
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April:
dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament |
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Feast of St.
Mary of Egypt |
2 April |
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Low Sunday |
The Sunday after Easter |
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The Feast of St.
George |
23 April
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Rogation Day and
Rogationtide |
25 April and the 3 days
before Ascension Thursday
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Feast of St.
Catherine of Siena |
30 April
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Walpurgisnacht and the Feast of
St. Walburga |
30 April and 1 May
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May:
dedicated to Mary |
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May Crowning |
1 May (or early May)
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Ascension Thursday |
40 days after
Easter |
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The Supplica: Prayer of Petition to Our Lady of Pompeii |
8 May |
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Feast of St.
Dymphna |
15 May
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Feast of St.
Isidore the Farmer |
15 May
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Vigil of the Pentecost
& Pentecost (Whitsunday) |
50 days after Easter |
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Ember Days: Whit Embertide |
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after Pentecost |
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The Feast of St.
Rita of Cascia |
22 May |
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Time After
Pentecost
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June:
dedicated to the Sacred Heart |
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The Season of Time
After
Pentecost Overview |
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Trinity Sunday |
The Sunday
after Pentecost |
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Feast of Corpus
Christi |
The Thursday
after Trinity Sunday |
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Feast of St.
Joan of Arc |
30 May |
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Queenship of Mary |
31 May |
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Feast of the Sacred
Heart |
The Friday a
week after Corpus Christi |
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Feast of St.
Columba (Colmcille, Columcille) |
9 June
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Feast of St.
Anthony of Padua |
13 June
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St. Germaine
Cousin (Ste. Germaine de Pibrac) |
15 June
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St. John's Eve
& St. John's Day |
23 & 24 June
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Feast of Saints
Peter and Paul |
29 June
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Peter's Pence Collection |
The Sunday
nearest to 29 June, the Feast of
SS. Peter and Paul |
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July:
dedicated to the Precious Blood |
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Feast of the
Most Precious Blood |
1 July |
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Feast of the Visitation |
2 July
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Sicily: U Fistinu: Feast of Saint Rosalia
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10-15 July
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Feast of Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel |
16 July
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Feast of St. Mary
Magdalen |
22 July
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Feast of St. James
the Greater |
25 July |
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Feast of St. Anne |
26 July
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Feast of St. Martha |
29 July
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August:
dedicated to the Immaculate Heart |
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Lammas: The Feast of St.Peter's Chains and
of The Holy Machabees
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1 August |
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The Portiuncula
Indulgence (The Pardon of Assisi) |
1 August - 2
August
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Feast of St.
Dominic |
4 August
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Our Lady of the
Snows |
5 August
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Feast of the
Transfiguration |
6 August
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Feast of the
Fourteen Holy Helpers |
8 August |
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Feast of St. Lawrence |
10 August |
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Marymass: Feast of
the
Assumption |
15 August
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St. Michael's
Lent |
15 August - 29
September |
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Feast of St.
Roch (San Rocco) |
16 August
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Feast of St.
Joachim |
16 August
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Hungary: St.
Stephen's Day |
20 August
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Feast of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary |
22 August
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Feast of
King Saint Louis IX |
25 August
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The Decollation
of St. John the Baptist |
29 August
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September:
dedicated to the Seven Dolors of Mary |
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Feast of King
St. Stephen I of Hungary |
2 September
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Feast of St.
Rosalia |
4 September
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Feast of the
Nativity of Mary, and Our Lady of Covadonga |
8 September
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Feast of the
Most Holy
Name of Mary |
12 September |
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Roodmas: Exaltation
of the
Holy Cross |
14 September
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Feast of the
Seven Sorrows of Our Lady |
15 September
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Feast of St.
Hildegard of Bingen |
17 September
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Feast of St.
Januarius (San Gennaro) |
19 September
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Ember Days: Michaelmas Embertide |
Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday after the third Sunday in
September |
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Feast of Our Lady of Ransom |
24 September
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Our Lady of
Walsingham |
24 September
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Feast of Saints
Isaac Jogues, John de Brébeuf, and Companions (the "North American
Martyrs" or "Canadian Martyrs") |
26 September
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Feast of St.
Wenceslaus |
28 September
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Michaelmas: the
Feast of St.
Michael the Archangel |
29 September |
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October:
dedicated to the Holy Rosary and to the Holy Angels |
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The Supplica: Prayer of Petition to Our Lady of Pompeii |
1st Sunday of October
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Feast of the
Holy Guardian Angels |
2 October
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Feast of St.
Therese of Lisieux |
3 October
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Feast of St.
Francis of Assisi |
4 October
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Feast of the
Most Holy Rosary (Our Lady of Victory) |
7 October
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Feast of the
Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
11 October
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Feast of St.
Teresa of Avila |
15 October
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Feast of St.
Gerard Majella |
16 October
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Feast of St.
Raphael the Archangel |
24 October |
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Feast of Christ
the King |
The last Sunday of October |
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Hallowe'en: All
Hallows' Eve |
31 October |
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November:
dedicated to the Poor Souls |
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Hallowmas: All
Saints' Day |
1 November |
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All Souls Day |
2 November |
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Martinmas: the
Feast of St.
Martin |
11 November
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Feast of Mother
Cabrini |
13 November |
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Feast of St.
Elizabeth of Hungary |
19 November
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Feast of the
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
21 November
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Feast of St.
Cecilia |
22 November
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Feast of St.
Catherine of Alexandria |
25 November
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Last Sunday of
Time After Pentecost |
The first
Sunday before Advent |
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The 1,000 Hail
Mary Devotion |
29 November - 22
December
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The Eve and
Feast of St.
Andrew |
29 and 30
November
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