Catholic Calendar
Please see below for key dates of feasts, festivals and solemnities in the Church’s calendar.
September 2024
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation – 1st
The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 7th
Education Day – 8th
The Most Holy Name of Mary – 12th
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Feast – 14th
St. Matthew – Feast – 21st
St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) – 23rd
Harvest – 22nd
Our Lady of Walsingham – Feast – 24th)
St. Vincent de Paul – 27th
[In other years: Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael – Feast – 29th]
St. Jerome – 30th
October 2024
St. Therese of Lisieux – 1st
Holy Guardian Angels – 2nd
St. Francis of Assisi – 4th
St. Faustina Kowalska – 5th
Harvest Fast Day – 6th
Our Lady of the Rosary – 7th
St. John Henry Newman – 9th
[In other years: St. Edward the Confessor – 13th]
St. Teresa of Ávila – 15th
St. Luke – Feast – 18th
World Mission Day – 20th
St. John Paul II – 22nd
November 2024
All Saints – Solemnity – 1st (Holy Day of Obligation)
All Souls – 2nd
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica – Feast – 9th
Remembrance Sunday – 10th
[In other years: St. Hilda of Whitby – 17th]
World Day of the Poor – 17th
St. Cecilia – 22nd
Youth Sunday/Christ the King – Solemnity – 24th
St. Andrew – Feast – 30th
December 2024
First Sunday of Advent – 1st
Migrants’ Day – 3rd
St. Nicholas – 6th
2nd Sunday of Advent – 8th
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 9th
3rd Sunday of Advent – 15th
4th Sunday of Advent – 22nd
The Nativity of the Lord – Solemnity – 25th (Holy Day of Obligation)
St. Stephen, the first Martyr – Feast – 26th
St. John – 27th
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs – Feast – 28th
The Holy Family – Feast – 29th
January 2025
Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity – 1st
The Epiphany of the Lord – Solemnity – 5th (Holy Day of Obligation – moved to Sunday this year)
The Baptism of the Lord – Feast – 12th
Peace Sunday – 19th
Sunday of the Word of God – 26th
St. John Bosco – 31st
February 2025
The Presentation of the Lord – Feast – 2nd
World Day for the Sick/Our Lady of Lourdes – 11th
Racial Justice Day – 16th
St. Peter’s Chair – Feast – 22nd
March 2025
St. David – Feast – 1st
Ash Wednesday – 5th
1st Sunday of Lent – 9th
Lent Fast Day – 14th
2nd Sunday of Lent – 16th
St. Patrick – Feast – 17th
St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 19th
3rd Sunday of Lent – 23rd
The Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity – 25th
4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare) – 30th
April 2025
5th Sunday of Lent – 6th
Palm Sunday – 13th
Maundy Thursday – 17th
Good Friday – 18th
Holy Saturday – 19th
Easter Sunday – 20th
Divine Mercy Sunday – 27th
[In other years: St. Mark – Feast – 25th]
St. George – Solemnity – 28th
St. Catherine of Siena – 29th
May 2025
[In other years: The English Martyrs – Feast – 4th]
World Day of Prayer for Vocations – 11th
Our Lady of Fatima – 13th
[In other years: St. Bede – 25th]
The Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity – 29th (Holy Day of Obligation)
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 31st
June 2025
Pentecost – 8th
Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest – Feast – 12th
St. Anthony – 13th
The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity – 15th
Corpus Christi – Solemnity – 22nd
The Nativity of John the Baptist – Solemnity – 24th
[In other years: Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Patron of the Diocese) – Feast – 27th]
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity – 27th
The Immaculate Heart of Mary –28th
Sts. Peter and Paul – Solemnity – 29th (Holy Day of Obligation)
July 2025
St. Benedict – Feast – 11th
Sea Sunday – 13th
Our Lady of Mount Carmel – 16th
St. Mary Magdalene – Feast – 22nd
Sts. Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 26th
Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus – 29th
August 2025
St. Jean Vianney – 4th
The Transfiguration of the Lord – Feast – 6th
Blessed Nicholas Postgate, Martyr – 7th
St. Maximilian Kolbe – 14th
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 15th (Holy Day of Obligation)
Our Lady, Mother and Queen – 22nd
[In other years: St. Aiden, Bishop and Missionary, and the saints of Lindisfarne – 31st]
