2021-2022
Key dates of feasts, festivals and solemnities in the Church’s calendar.
September 2021
- World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation – 1st
- The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 8th
- Education Day – 12th
- The Exaltation of the Cross – Feast – 14th
- Home Mission Day – 19th
- St. Matthew – Feast – 21st
- St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) – 23rd
- Our Lady of Walsingham – 24th
- Harvest -26th
- Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael – Feast – 29th
- St. Jerome – 30th
October 2021
- St. Therese of Lisieux – 1st
- Harvest Fast Day – 1st
- Holy Guardian Angels – 2nd
- Our Lady of the Rosary – 7th
- St. Edward the Confessor – 13th
- World Mission Day – 24th
- St. Luke – Feast – 18th
- St. John Paul II – 22nd
All Saints – Solemnity – 31st (Holy Day of Obligation)
November 2021
- All Souls – 2nd
- World Day of the Poor – 14th
- St. Hilda of Whitby – 17th
- Youth Sunday/Christ the King – 21st
- First Sunday of Advent – 28th
- St. Andrew – Feast – 30th
December 2021
- Migrants’ Day – 3rd
- 2nd Sunday of Advent – 5th
- The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 8th
- 3rd Sunday of Advent – 12th
- 4th Sunday of Advent – 19th
- The Nativity of the Lord – Solemnity – 25th (Holy Day of Obligation)
- The Holy Family – 26th (in other years: St. Stephen, the first Martyr – Feast)
January 2022
- Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity – 1st
- The Epiphany – Solemnity – 6th (Holy Day of Obligation)
- The Baptism of the Lord – Feast – 9th
- Peace Sunday – 16th
- Sunday of the Word of God – 23rd
February 2022
- The Presentation of the Lord – Feast – 2nd
- Our Lady of Lourdes – 11th
- Racial Justice Day – 13th
- St. Peter’s Chair – Feast – 22nd
March 2022
- St. David – Feast – 1st
- Ash Wednesday – 2nd
- 1st Sunday of Lent – 6th
- Lent Fast Day – 11th
- 2nd Sunday of Lent – 13th
- St. Patrick – Feast – 17th
- St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 19th
- 3rd Sunday of Lent – 20th
- The Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity – 25th
- 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare) – 27th
April 2022
- 5th Sunday of Lent – 3rd
- Palm Sunday – 10th
- Maundy Thursday – 14th
- Good Friday – 15th
- Holy Saturday – 16th
- Easter Sunday – 17th
- Divine Mercy Sunday – 24th
- St. Mark – Feast – 25th
- St. George – Solemnity – 26th
May 2022
- The English Martyrs – Feast – 4th
- World Day of Prayer for Vocations – 8thOur Lady of Fatima – 13th
- The Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity – 26th (Holy Day of Obligation)
- The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 31st
June 2022
- Pentecost – 5th
- Mary, Mother of the Church – 6th
- Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest – Feast – 9th
- The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity – 12th
- St. Anthony – 13th
- Corpus Christi – Solemnity – 19th
- The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity – 24th
- The Immaculate Heart of Mary – 25th
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Patron of the Diocese) – Feast – 27th
- Sts. Peter and Paul – Solemnity – 29th (Holy Day of Obligation)
July 2022
- Sea Sunday – 10th
- St. Benedict – Feast – 11th
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel – 16th
- St. Mary Magdalene – Feast – 22nd
- World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly – 25th
- Sts. Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 26th
August 2022
- St. Jean Vianney – 4th
- The Transfiguration of the Lord – Feast – 6th
- (In other years: Blessed Nicholas Postgate, Martyr – 7th)
- (In other years: St. Maximilian Kolbe – 14th)
- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 14th (Holy Day of Obligation)