| DAY | DATE | HOLIDAY |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Jan 06, 2025 | Epiphany |
| Sunday | Jan 10, 2025 | The Baptism of Jesus |
| Tuesday | Feb 02, 2025 | Candlemas |
| Sunday | Feb 14, 2025 | St. Valentine’s Day |
| Wednesday | Feb 17, 2025 | Ash Wednesday |
| Wednesday | Mar 17, 2025 | St. Patrick’s Day |
| Friday | Mar 19, 2025 | St. Joseph’s Day |
| Sunday | Mar 28, 2025 | Palm Sunday |
| Thursday | Apr 01, 2025 | Maundy (Holy) Thursday |
| Friday | Apr 02, 2025 | Good Friday |
| Sunday | Apr 04, 2025 | Easter |
| Monday | Apr 05, 2025 | Easter Monday |
| Friday | Apr 23, 2025 | St. George’s Day |
| Thursday | May 13, 2025 | Ascension of Jesus |
| Sunday | May 23, 2025 | Pentecost |
| Sunday | May 30, 2025 | Trinity Sunday |
| Thursday | Jun 03, 2025 | Corpus Christi |
| Tuesday | Jun 15, 2025 | Saint Vladimir |
| Tuesday | Jun 29, 2025 | Saints Peter and Paul |
| Sunday | Jul 25, 2025 | St. James the Great Day |
| Sunday | Aug 01, 2025 | Lammas |
| Sunday | Aug 15, 2025 | The Assumption of Mary |
| Tuesday | Sep 14, 2025 | Holy Cross Day |
| Wednesday | Sep 29, 2025 | Michael and All Angels |
| Sunday | Oct 31, 2025 | All Hallows Eve |
| Monday | Nov 01, 2025 | All Saints’ Day |
| Tuesday | Nov 02, 2025 | All Souls’ Day |
| Sunday | Nov 21, 2025 | Christ the King |
| Thursday | Nov 25, 2025 | Thanksgiving (USA) |
| Sunday | Nov 28, 2025 | Advent – first Sunday |
| Tuesday | Nov 30, 2025 | St. Andrew’s Day |
| Monday | Dec 06, 2025 | St. Nicholas Day |
| Friday | Dec 24, 2025 | Christmas Eve |
| Saturday | Dec 25, 2025 | Christmas |
| Tuesday | Dec 28, 2025 | Holy Innocents |
| Friday | Dec 31, 2025 | Watch Night |
LITURGICAL CALENDAR / christian calendar :
PRINCIPAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR 2025
- First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2024
- Ash Wednesday March 5, 2025
- Easter Sunday April 20, 2025
- The Ascension of the Lord [Thursday] May 29, 2025
- Pentecost Sunday June 8, 2025
- The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 22, 2025
- First Sunday of Advent November 30, 2025
- CYCLES — LECTIONARY FOR MASS
- Sunday Cycle YEAR C December 1, 2024 to November 23, 2025
- Weekday Cycle CYCLE I January 13 to March 4, 2025
- June 9 to November 29, 2025
- Sunday Cycle YEAR A November 30, 2025 to November 22, 2026
The cycles given above have been used in the preparation of this calendar. The readings from the
Proper of Time and Proper of Saints have been used for all Solemnities and Feasts since they must
take the place of the weekday readings for those respective days. The readings from the weekday
cycle generally are to be used even on days on which a Memorial or Optional Memorial of a Saint
occurs. The exceptions to this rule are the Memorials or Optional Memorials which have “proper
readings” (usually only the Gospel) assigned to them in the Lectionary for Mass and which must
be used on those days. Substitutions from the Commons or Proper of Saints may be made for the
other readings suggested for those Memorials or Optional Memorials. The Priest Celebrant,
however, should not omit “too often or without sufficient cause the readings assigned for each day
in the weekday Lectionary” (Introduction to the Lectionary for Mass, no. 83). In this calendar,
Optional Memorials are designated by the use of italics within brackets.
The Scripture citations and Lectionary numbers for all readings are from the Lectionary for Mass
for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, second typical edition (1998/2001), and
the Lectionary for Mass Supplement (2017), which are based on the Ordo Lectionum Missæ, editio
typica altera (1981), as emended. The spellings of the names of Saints and Blesseds are from the
Roman Missal, Third Edition (2011), based on the Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia emendata
(2008).
LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Dec. 1, 2024 – Jan. 12, 2025 Advent, Christmas Vol. I
Jan. 13 – Mar. 4, 2025 Weeks 1 to 8, Ordinary Time Vol. III
Mar. 5 – June 8, 2025 Lent, Triduum, Easter Vol. II
June 9 – Aug. 2, 2025 Weeks 10 to 17, Ordinary Time Vol. III
Aug. 3 – Nov. 29, 2025 Weeks 18 to 34, Ordinary Time Vol. IV
Nov. 30, 2025 – Jan. 11, 2026 Advent, Christmas Vol. I
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
1. Scripture citations are based on the New American Bible with the revised New Testament and
may differ slightly from the citations given in the Ordo Lectionum Missæ (1981) due to
difference in versification.
2. In the preparation of diocesan and provincial calendars and ordines, the dedication of diocesan
cathedrals, the dedication of parish churches, and special days of prayer (cf. General
Instruction of the Roman Missal [GIRM], no. 373) should be added, along with other
commemorations of Saints and Blesseds which are included in those particular calendars. More
information is available in the Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar,
particularly Chapter II.
3. “On Saturdays in Ordinary Time when no Obligatory Memorial occurs, an Optional Memorial
of the Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated” (Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and
the Calendar, no. 15). This is indicated in the calendar by “BVM.” The readings and prayers
may be selected from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Votive Masses of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in the Roman Missal, or in the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
4. In a decree dated March 23, 1992, the Bishop of Honolulu designated Christmas and the
Immaculate Conception as the only two Holydays of Obligation for the State of Hawaii. This
implements the indult received from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline
of the Sacraments on May 26, 1990, and the subsequent nihil obstat from the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops allowing Hawaii to legislate on this matter in accord with the
policies of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC).
5. This liturgical calendar has entries for Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day since they are
inscribed in the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America, but it does
not include other civic holidays commonly celebrated in this country (for example, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc.). Respecting these liturgical norms (cf.
GIRM, nos. 368-378), the Roman Missal offers appropriate Masses, but this calendar makes
no suggestions for those holidays.
3. The 2025 liturgical year begins on the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2024. During the
year 2025:
a. Since December 8, 2024, is the Second Sunday of Advent, the Solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to Monday, December 9. The
Optional Memorial of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, December 9, is omitted this year.
b. Thursday, May 29, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord in the ecclesiastical
provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia. All other
ecclesiastical provinces of the United States of America have transferred this Solemnity to
the following Sunday, June 1; on Thursday, May 29, the Easter Weekday or the Optional
Memorial of Saint Paul VI, Pope is observed.
c. In a notification dated December 8, 1998, of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the
Discipline of the Sacraments (Prot. n. 2671/98/L), the Obligatory Memorial of the
Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary becomes an Optional Memorial in years
when it conflicts with another Obligatory Memorial. Therefore, Saturday, June 28 is a
weekday in Ordinary Time, as well as the Optional Memorials of the Immaculate Heart of
the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr, and Doctor of the Church.
d. Saturday, November 1, is the Solemnity of All Saints. In accord with the complimentary
norm to canon 1246 §2 confirmed for the dioceses of the United States of America, because
it is a Saturday, this year the obligation to attend Mass on this date is abrogated.
Liturgical colours, meanings, and seasons at a glance
| Liturgical Season | Time of year | Colour | Meaning |
| Epiphany (sometimes referred to as Time of the Church, or Ordinary Times) | January | Green | Life, hope, anticipation |
| Lent | February-March | Purple or Roman Purple
On the 4th Sunday of Lent they wear Rose. |
Penance, sacrifice, preparation |
| Holy Week: Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday | The week immediately preceding Easter | Red or Roman Purple | Penance, sacrifice, preparation |
| Easter | March or April | White and/or gold | Purity, light, glory, joy |
| Pentecost | Late May/Early June | Red | God’s love, blood, fire, celebrations of Martyrs |
| Time of the Church or Ordinary Times | After pentecost ends to when Advent starts | Green | Life, hope, anticipation |
| Advent | Early December | Blue and Purple On the 4th Sunday
of Advent they wear Rose |
Penance, sacrifice, preparation |
| Christmas | December | White and/or gold | Purity, light, glory, joy |
the calendar of the christian year an introduction :
The Christian Year consists of two cycles of holy days. The first is
the Paschal Cycle, which follows the lunar calendar and identifies
the first Sunday after the full moon that falls on or after March
21 as Easter Day. (Easter Day cannot occur before March 22
or after April 25.) The season of Lent precedes Eastertide and
the Season after Pentecost follows it. The second cycle, the
Incarnation Cycle, follows the solar calendar and places our
Lord’s birth on December 25 (Christmas Day) with the season of
Advent preceding it. The season of Epiphany follows the twelve
days of the Christmas season (Christmastide.)
sundays
The sequence of the Sundays of the Calendar depends on
the date of Easter, because every Sunday is a celebration of
our Lord’s resurrection from the dead. Nevertheless, Sundays
also reflect the character of the seasons in which they are set.
Following ancient Jewish tradition, the celebration of any
Sunday begins at sundown on the Saturday that precedes it.
Therefore at Evening Prayer on Saturdays (other than Holy
Days), the Collect appointed for the ensuing Sunday is used.
Easter Day Christmas Day December 25
Ascension Day The Epiphany January 6
The Day of Pentecost All Saints’ Day November 1
Trinity Sunday
These feasts take precedence over any other day or observance.
All Saints’ Day may also be observed on the Sunday following
November 1, in addition to its observance on the fixed date. In
Canada, when Remembrance Day observances fall on the first
Sunday of November, All Saints’ Day may be observed on the
preceding Sunday.
holy days
The Holy Days, traditionally called Red-Letter Days, observed
in this church, in addition to the Principal Feasts, are the
following:
The Circumcision and Holy Name January 1
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple February 2
Joseph, the Guardian of Jesus March 19
The Annunciation March 25
The Feasts of the Apostles
The Feasts of the Evangelists
The Visitation May 31
The Nativity of John the Baptist June 24
Mary Magdalene July 22
The Transfiguration August 6
The Virgin Mary August 15
Holy Cross Day September 14
Holy Michael and All Angels September 29
James of Jerusalem October 23
Stephen, Deacon and Martyr December 26
The Holy Innocents December 28
Any of these feasts that fall on a Sunday, other than in Advent,
Lent, and Easter, may be observed on that Sunday or transferred
to the nearest following weekday.
The last three Sundays before Lent may be observed as
Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima.
No holy day or observance can replace the fixed propers for Ash
Wednesday, Holy Week, or Easter Week.
days of discipline, denial, and special prayer
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and Good Friday, the
day of our Lord’s Crucifixion, are traditionally days of special
devotion and total abstinence. Maundy Thursday is observed
with rites recalling the Last Supper and betrayal at Gethsemane.
The weekdays of Lent and every Friday of the year (outside
the 12 Days of Christmas and the 50 days of Eastertide) are
encouraged as days of fasting. Ember Days and Rogation Days
may also be kept in this way.
Fasting, in addition to reduced consumption, normally also
includes prayer, self-examination, and acts of mercy.
Ember Days are set aside for prayers for those called to Holy Orders,
and occur on the following Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays:
After St. Lucy’s Day December 13
After the First Sunday in Lent
After the Day of Pentecost
After Holy Cross Day September 14
Rogation Days are the three days preceding Ascension Day,
especially devoted to asking for God’s blessing on agriculture
and industry.
National Days with proper lessons are:
Memorial Day (United States on the Monday closest to May 28)
Canada Day (Canada on July 1)
Independence Day (United States on July 4)
Thanksgiving Day (Canada on the second Monday in October;
United States on the fourth Thursday in November)
Remembrance Day (Canada on November 11)
commemorations
The Book of Common Prayer of 1662 appointed days of
optional commemoration (Black Letter Days). In this edition
of the Book of Common Prayer, two categories of optional
commemorations are presented: Anglican and Ecumenical.
These commemorations may be transferred or observed as
local needs dictate. Collects and Lessons are offered in nine
categories: Martyr, Missionary or Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher of
the Faith, Monastic or Religious, Ecumenist, Reformer of the
Church, Renewer of Society, and any Saint. The daily psalms
and readings at Morning and Evening prayer are not usually
superseded by these commemorations.
Those preparing weekday liturgies are encouraged to limit the
number of commemorations, especially in Advent or Lent, in
order that the spirit of the season be maintained.