Liturgical Calendar for 2015

January
Thu 1
Fri 2
Sat 3
Sun 4

Mary, Mother of God Solemnity

Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors

Psalm
week 1

3 January or The Most Holy Name of Jesus

2nd Sunday of Christmas

Mon 5

5 January

Tue 6

The Epiphany of the Lord Solemnity

Wed 7

7 January or Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest

Thu 8

8 January

Fri 9

9 January

Sat 10

10 January

Psalm
week 2

Sun 11 The Baptism of the Lord Feast

Mon 12

Monday of week 1 in Ordinary Time

Psalm
week 1

Tue 13 Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time or Saint Hilary, Bishop, Doctor

Wed 14
Thu 15
Fri 16
Sat 17
Sun 18

Saint Antony, Abbot

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm
week 2

Mon 19 Monday of week 2 in Ordinary Time

Tue 20 Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time or Saint Fabian, Pope, Martyr or
Saint Sebastian, Martyr
Wed 21 Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr
Thu 22 Thursday of week 2 in Ordinary Timeor Saint Vincent, Deacon, Martyr
Fri 23
Painting by SIMONE MARTINI Maest (detail) 1315

Sat 24

January 2015

Sun 25

1st January 2015 Mary Mother of God (Solemnity)

Mon 26 Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops

The Octave of Christmas ends on the first day of the new year, which is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, venerated as the Mother
of God. The Gospel reminds us that she "kept all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Lk2:19). so she did in Bethlehem,
on Golgotha at the foot of the cross, and on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended in the Upper Room. And so
she does today too. The Mother of God and of human beings keeps in her heart all of humanity's problems, great and difficult,
and meditates upon them. The Alma Redemptoris Mater walks with us and guides us with motherly tenderness towards the
future. Thus she helps humanity cross all the "thresholds" of the years, the centuries, the millenniums, by sustaining their hope in
the One who is the Lord of history.

Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Tue 27 Tuesday of week 3 in Ordinary Time or Saint Angela Merici, Virgin

Wed 28 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor
Thu 29
Fri 30
Sat 31

Saint John Bosco, Priest

Psalm
week 3

February

February 2015
Sun 1

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 2

The Presentation of the Lord Feast

Tue 3

Tuesday of week 4 in Ordinary Time or Saint Ansgar (Oscar), Bishop or

Saint Blaise, Bishop, Martyr

Psalm
week 4

Wed 4
Thu 5

Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr

Fri 6

Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs

Sat 7

Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

Sun 8
Mon 9

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm
week 1

Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time

Tue 10 Saint Scholastica, Virgin

Wed 11 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Lourdes
Thu 12
Fri 13
Sat 14 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop
Sun 15

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm
week 2

Mon 16 Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time

An 1881 Polish painting of a priest sprinkling ashes on the heads of worshippers

Tue 17 Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time or The Seven Holy Founders of the
Servite Order

18th February 2015 Ash Wednesday

Wed 18

Lent is the period of 40 days which comes before Easter in the Christian calendar. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, Lent is a
season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. By observing the 40 days of Lent, Christians replicate
Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for 40 days. Lent is marked by fasting, both from food and festivities.

Thu 19

Ash Wednesday

Psalm
week 4

Fri 20
Sat 21 Saturday after Ash Wednesday (commemoration of Saint Peter Damian,
Bishop, Doctor)
Sun 22

1st Sunday of Lent

Mon 23 Monday of the 1st week of Lent (commemoration of Saint Polycarp,

Bishop, Martyr)
Tue 24
Wed 25
Thu 26
Fri 27
Sat 28

Psalm
week 1

March

March 2015

Sun 1

2nd Sunday of Lent

Mon 2

Monday of the 2nd week of Lent

Psalm week 2

Tue 3
Wed 4

Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent (commemoration of Saint Casimir)

Thu 5
Fri 6
Sat 7

Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent (commemoration of Saints Perpetua

and Felicity, Martyrs)

Sun 8

3rd Sunday of Lent

Mon 9

Monday of the 3rd week of Lent (commemoration of Saint Frances of

Rome, Religious)

Psalm week 3

Tue 10
Wed 11
Thu 12
Fri 13
Sat 14
Sun 15

4th Sunday of Lent

Mon 16

Monday of the 4th week of Lent

Tue 17

Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent (commemoration of Saint Patrick,

Bishop, Missionary)

Wed 18

Wednesday of the 4th week of Lent (commemoration of Saint Cyril of

Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor)

Thu 19

Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity

Psalm week 4

Fri 20
Sat 21
Sun 22

5th Sunday of Lent

Mon 23

Monday of the 5th week of Lent (commemoration of Saint Turibius of

Mongrovejo, Bishop)

Psalm week 1

Tue 24
Wed 25

The Annunciation of the Lord Solemnity

Thu 26
Fri 27
Sat 28

Painting of Joseph with the infant Jesus by Bartolom Esteban Murillo

Sun 29

Palm Sunday

Mon 30

Monday of Holy Week

Tue 31

Tuesday of Holy Week

Psalm week 2

19th March 2015 Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solomnity)
Not a single word of his is recorded in Sacred Scripture and yet St Joseph is one of the greatest and most popular saints, largely because of his humility and closeness to Our Lord. He died before the beginning of Jesus's
public ministry and since he probably died in the presence of Jesus and Mary, is venerated as patron of a good death. Blessed Pius IX named him patron of the universal church and Saint John XXIII added his name to the
Roman Canon

April 2015
April
Wed 1

Wednesday of Holy Week

Thu 2

Maundy Thursday

Fri 3

Good Friday

Sat 4

Holy Saturday

Sun 5

Easter Sunday

Mon 6

Easter Monday

Tue 7

Easter Tuesday

Wed 8

Easter Wednesday

Thu 9

Easter Thursday

Fri 10

Easter Friday

Sat 11

Easter Saturday

Sun 12

Divine Mercy Sunday (2nd Sunday of Easter)

Mon 13

Monday of the 2nd week of Eastertide or Saint Martin I, Pope, Martyr

Psalm week 2

Sun 19

3rd Sunday of Easter

Psalm week 3

Mon 20

Monday of the 3rd week of Eastertide

Tue 21

Tuesday of the 3rd week of Eastertide or Saint Anselm of Canterbury,

Bishop, Doctor

Tue 14
Wed 15
Thu 16
Fri 17
Sat 18

Wed 22
Thu 23

Thursday of the 3rd week of Eastertide or Saint George, Martyr or Saint

Adalbert of Prague, Bishop, Martyr

Fri 24

Friday of the 3rd week of Eastertide or Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen,

Priest, Martyr

Sat 25

Saint Mark, Evangelist Feast

Sun 26

4th Sunday of Easter

Mon 27

Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide

Tue 28

Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Peter Chanel, Priest,

Martyr or Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest

Wed 29

Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor

Painting of the Resurrection by Lucas Cranach

5th April 2015 Easter Sunday the feast of the Resurrection

Psalm week 4

Thu 30
Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Pius V, Pope
We know that Christ has truly risen from the dead. Yes indeed! This is the fundamental core of our profession of faith;
this is the cry of victory that unites us all today. And if Jesus is risen, and is therefore alive, who will ever be able to deprive us of the love of Him who conquered hatred and overcame death? The Easter proclamation spreads
throughout the world with the joyful song of the Alleluia. Let us sing it with our lips, and let us sing it above all with our hearts and lives, with the manner of life that is "unleavened", that is to say, simple, humble and fruitful in
good works. The Risen One goes before and He accompanies us along the paths of the world. He is our hope, He is the true peace of the world. (Pope

May 2015
May
Fri 1

Friday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Joseph the Worker

Sat 2

Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor

Sun 3

5th Sunday of Easter

Mon 4

Monday of the 5th week of Eastertide

Psalm week 1

Tue 5
Wed 6
Thu 7
Fri 8
Sat 9
Sun 10

6th Sunday of Easter

Mon 11

Monday of the 6th week of Eastertide

Tue 12

Tuesday of the 6th week of Eastertide or Saints Nereus and Achilleus,

Martyrs or Saint Pancras, Martyr

Wed 13

Wednesday of the 6th week of Eastertide or Our Lady of Ftima

Thu 14

The Ascension of the Lord Solemnity

Psalm week 2

Fri 15
Sat 16
Sun 17

7th Sunday of Easter

Mon 18

Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint John I, Pope, Martyr

Psalm week 3

Tue 19

A typical Western image of the Pentecost painted by Duccio di Buoninsegna (1308)

24th May 2015 Pentecost (Solemnity)

The Holy Spirit is first and foremost a Creator Spirit, hence Pentecost is also a feast of creation. For us Christians, the
world is the fruit of an act of love by God who has made all things in which He rejoices because it is "good", it is "very
good", as the creation narrative tells us (cf. Gn 1:1-321). Consequently God is totally Other, unnameable and obscure.
God reveals Himself, he has a face. God is reason, God is will, God is love, God is beauty. Faith in the Creator Spirit
and faith in the Spirit whom the Risen Christ gave to the Apostles and gives to each one of us are therefore inseparably
united. The Gospel passage offers us a marvellous image to clarify the connection between Jesus, the Holy Spirit and
the Father: the Holy Spirit is potrayed as the breath of the Risen Jesus Christ. Here the Evangelist John takes up an
image of the creation narrative, where it says that God breathed into the nostrils of man the breath of life (cf. Gen 2:7).
The breath of God is life. Now, the Lord breathes into our soul the new breath of life, the Holy Spirit, His most intimate
essence, and in this way welcomes us into God's family. With Baptism and Confirmation this gift was given to us
specifically, and the sacraments of the Eucharist and Penance it is continuously repeated: the Lord breathes a breath of
life into our soul.
(Pope Benedict XVI)

Wed 20

Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Bernardine of Siena,

Priest

Thu 21

Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes

and his Companions, Martyrs

Fri 22

Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Rita of Cascia

Sat 23
Sun 24

Pentecost

Mon 25

Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time or Saint Gregory VII, Pope or Saint Psalm week 4
Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, Virgin or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest,
Doctor

Tue 26

Saint Philip Neri, Priest

Wed 27

Wednesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time or Saint Augustine of

Canterbury, Bishop

Thu 28
Fri 29
Sat 30

Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary Time

or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sun 31

The Most Holy Trinity Solemnity

June

June 2015

Mon 1

Saint Justin, Martyr

Tue 2

Tuesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter,

Martyrs

Wed 3

Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs

Thu 4

Corpus Christi Solemnity

Fri 5

Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr

Sat 6

Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saint Norbert, Bishop or

Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sun 7

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 8

Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time

Tue 9

Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time or Saint Ephraem, Deacon,

Doctor

Psalm week 1

Psalm week 2

Wed 10
Thu 11

Saint Barnabas, Apostle

Fri 12

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Solemnity

Sat 13

The Immaculate Heart of Mary

Sun 14

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 15

Monday of week 11 in Ordinary Time

Psalm week 3

Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19

Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time or Saint Romuald, Abbot

Sat 20

Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

Sun 21

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 22

Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop

or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs

Psalm week 4

Tue 23
Wed 24

The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist Solemnity

Thu 25
Fri 26

The Corpus Christi Procession painted by Carl Emil Doepler

th

4 June 2015 Corpus Christi (Solemnity)

Sat 27

Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time

or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor
or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sun 28

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 29

Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Solemnity

Psalm week 1

Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or The First Martyrs of the See of

The Eucharist is the food reserved for those who in Baptism were delivered from slavery and have become sons; it is the Tue 30
Rome
food that sustained them on the long journey of the exodus through the desert of human existence. Like the manna for
the people of Israel, for every Christian generation the Eucharist is the indispensable nourishment that sustains them as they cross the desert of this world, parched by the ideological and economic systems that do not promote
life but rather humiliate it. It is a world where the logic of power and possessions prevails rather than that of service and love; a world where the culture of violence and death is frequently triumphant. Yet Jesus comes to meet
us and imbues us with certainty; He himself is the "Bread of Life". He repeated this to us in the words of the Gospel Acclamation: "I am the living bread from Heaven, if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever".

July

July 2015

Wed 1
Thu 2
Fri 3

Saint Thomas, Apostle Feast

Sat 4

Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Elizabeth of Portugal or

Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sun 5
Mon 6

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm week
2

Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time or Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr

Tue 7
Wed 8
Thu 9

Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary Time or Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and

his Companions, Martyrs

Fri 10
Sat 11
Sun 12

Saint Benedict, Abbot

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 13

Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time or Saint Henry

Tue 14

Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time or Saint Camillus of Lellis, Priest

Wed 15

Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor

Thu 16

Thursday of week 15 in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Psalm week
3

Fri 17
Sat 18
Sun 19

Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the

Blessed Virgin Mary
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 20

Monday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr

Tue 21

Tuesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Laurence of Brindisi,

Priest, Doctor

Doubting Thomas painted by Caravaggio

Wed 22

Saint Mary Magdalen

3rd July Saint Thomas (Feast)

Thu 23

Thursday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Bridget of Sweden,

Religious

St Thomas (first century), called "the twin", is chiefly remembered for doubting the reality of the resurrection until he saw
the Lord for himself. Once he was satisfied, he made a heartfelt profession of faith: "MY Lord and my God". St Thomas,
who probably suffered martyrdom as a result of preaching the Gospel in India, comforts us when our faith is weak,
encourages us to persevere and demonstrates that "every doubt can lead to an outcome brighter than any uncertainty".

Fri 24

Friday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Charbel Makhlouf, Priest

Sat 25

Saint James, Apostle Feast

Sun 26
Mon 27

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday of week 17 in Ordinary Time

Tue 28
Wed 29

Saint Martha

Thu 30

Thursday of week 17 in Ordinary Time or Saint Peter Chrysologus,

Bishop, Doctor

Fri 31

Saint Ignatius Loyola, Priest

Psalm week
4

Psalm week
1

August

August 2015

Sat 1
Sun 2

Saint Alphonsus Mary de Liguori, Bishop, Doctor

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 3

Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time

Tue 4

Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest

Wed 5

Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time or Dedication of the Basilica of

Saint Mary Major

Thu 6

The Transfiguration of the Lord Feast

Fri 7

Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time or Saints Sixtus II, Pope, and his
Companions, Martyrs or Saint Cajetan, Priest

Sat 8

Saint Dominic, Priest

Sun 9

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 10

Saint Laurence, Deacon, Martyr Feast

Tue 11

Saint Clare, Virgin

Wed 12

Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jane Frances de

Chantal, Religious

Thu 13

Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saints Pontian, Pope, and

Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs

Fri 14

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr

Sat 15

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity

Sun 16
Mon 17

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm week
2

Psalm week
3

Psalm week
4

Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time

Tue 18
Wed 19

Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest

Thu 20

Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor

Fri 21

Saint Pius X, Pope

Sat 22

Our Lady, Mother and Queen

Sun 23

The Transfiguration of the Lord painted by Pietro Perugino

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 24

Saint Bartholomew, Apostle Feast

Tue 25

Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time or Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of

Calasanz, Priest

6th August the Transfiguration of the Lord (Feast)

Wed 26

The Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor came to strengthen the faith of the disciples, for trying times ahead: the
Son of Man would be put to death and all that the human eye could see was weakness, humiliation, and suffering.
Beyond the shame of the cross, however, is the light and glory of Easter, and it is this that the Transfiguration reveals. It
shows the disciples and us, Christ's divinity He who is Light from Light anticipates the glory of Heaven.

Thu 27

Saint Monica

Fri 28

Saint Augustine, Bishop, Doctor

Sat 29

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Sun 30
Mon 31

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time

Psalm week
1

Psalm week
2

September
Tue 1

September 2015

Wed 2
Thu 3

Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor

Fri 4
Sat 5
Sun 6

Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the

Blessed Virgin Mary
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 7

Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time

Tue 8

The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast

Wed 9

Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time or Saint Peter Claver

Psalm week
3

Thu 10
Fri 11
Sat 12
Sun 13

Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary Time or The Most Holy Name of Mary or

Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 14

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast

Tue 15

Our Lady of Sorrows

Wed 16

Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

Thu 17

Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine,

Bishop, Doctor

Psalm week
4

Fri 18
Sat 19
Sun 20
The Birth of Mary painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio

Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr

or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 21

Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist Feast

8 September the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Feast)

Tue 22

Tuesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time

Nothing is known for sure about the details of the Blessed' Virgin's birth. Even her parents , traditionally known a St
Joachim and St Anne, are not mentioned in Sacred Scripture. Today's feast originated in the East, probably during the
sixth century, and was later introduced to the West. A French legend tells of a man hearing angels singing on the night
of the 8th September and being told that the Virgin Mary had been born on that night. Her earthly birth is celebrated (like
that of St John the Baptist) because it announced to the world the coming of Jesus, the beginning of the New Covenant.

Wed 23

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

th

Psalm week
1

Thu 24
Fri 25
Sat 26
Sun 27

Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time or Saints Cosmas and Damian,

Martyrs or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 28

Monday of week 26 in Ordinary Time or Saint Wenceslaus (Wacaw),

Martyr or Saints Laurence Ruiz and his Companions, Martyrs

Tue 29

Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels Feast

Wed 30

Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor

Psalm week
2

October

October 2015

Thu 1

Saint Thrse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor

Fri 2

The Holy Guardian Angels

Sat 3

Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

Sun 4

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 5

Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time

Tue 6

Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time or Saint Bruno, Priest

Wed 7

Our Lady of the Rosary

Psalm week
3

Thu 8
Fri 9

Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time or Saints Denis, Bishop, and his

Companions, Martyrs or Saint John Leonardi, Priest

Sat 10

Saturday of week 27 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

Sun 11
Mon 12

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm week
4

Monday of week 28 in Ordinary Time

Tue 13
Wed 14

Wednesday of week 28 in Ordinary Time or Saint Callistus, Pope, Martyr

Thu 15

Saint Teresa of vila, Virgin, Doctor

Fri 16

Friday of week 28 in Ordinary Time or Saint Hedwig, Religious or Saint

Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin

Sat 17

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr

Sun 18
Mon 19

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm week
1

Monday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saints John of Brbeuf and Isaac

Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs or Saint Paul of the Cross,
Priest

Tue 20
Saints Simon and Jude painted by Ugolino di Nerio

Wed 21

28th October 2015 Saints Simon and Jude (Feast)

Thu 22

St Simon (first century) is usually called "the Canaanite" and " the Zealot" suggesting he belonged to the Jewish party of
the "Zealous of the Law".

Fri 23

Friday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint John of Capistrano, Priest

Sat 24

Saturday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint Antony Mary Claret, Bishop

or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sun 25
St Jude or Thaddeus (first century) has a short epistle in the New Testament ascribed to him, and is popularly invoked as
the patron of hopeless causes.

Mon 26

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday of week 30 in Ordinary Time

Tue 27
Tradition says that after Pentecost they evangelised, Simon in Egypt, Jude in Mesopotamia, and then together in Persia,
where they were martyred. Their names appear in the Roman Canon.

Wed 28

Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Feast

Thu 29
Fri 30
Sat 31

Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

Psalm week
2

November

November 2015

Sun 1
Mon 2

All Saints Solemnity

All Souls

Tue 3

Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious

Wed 4

Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop

Psalm
week 3

Thu 5
Fri 6
Sat 7
Sun 8

Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed

Virgin Mary
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 9

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Feast

Tue 10

Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor

Wed 11

Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop

Thu 12

Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr

Fri 13

Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time

Sat 14

Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

Sun 15

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mon 16

Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Saint Margaret of Scotland or

Saint Gertrude, Virgin

Tue 17

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious

The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs painted by Fra Angelico

Wed 18

1st November 2015 All Saints

Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Dedication of the Basilicas of

Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

Thu 19

The Solemnity of All Saints celebrates all those who are in Heaven, in light of God's face both those recognised by the
Church as saints and those known only to the Lord. We ask for their intercession and we strive to follow their example, so
that we too can find our vocation to be saints.

Psalm
week 4

Psalm
week 1

Fri 20
Sat 21

The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sun 22

Christ the King

Mon 23

Monday of week 34 in Ordinary Time or Saint Clement I, Pope, Martyr or

Saint Columbanus, Abbot and Missionary

Tue 24

Saints Andrew Dng-Lc and his Companions, Martyrs

Wed 25

Wednesday of week 34 in Ordinary Time or Saint Catherine of Alexandria,

Virgin, Martyr

Psalm
week 2

Thu 26
Fri 27
Sat 28
Sun 29
Mon 30

Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed

Virgin Mary
1st Sunday of Advent
Saint Andrew, Apostle Feast

Psalm
week 1

December 2015

Tue 1

Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent

Wed 2
Thu 3

Saint Francis Xavier, Priest

Fri 4

Friday of the 1st week of Advent

or Saint John Damascene, Priest, Doctor

Sat 5
Sun 6

2nd Sunday of Advent

Mon 7

Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor

Tue 8

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity

Wed 9

Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent or Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

Psalm week
2

Thu 10
Fri 11

Friday of the 2nd week of Advent or Saint Damasus I, Pope

Sat 12

Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent or Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sun 13

3rd Sunday of Advent

Mon 14

Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor

Tue 15

Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent

Psalm week
3

Wed 16
Thu 17

17 December

Fri 18

18 December

Sat 19

19 December

Sun 20

4th Sunday of Advent

Mon 21

21 December (commemoration of Saint Peter Canisius, Priest, Doctor)

Tue 22

22 December

Wed 23

23 December (commemoration of Saint John of Kty, Priest)

Thu 24

24 December

Fri 25

Christmas Day Solemnity

Adoration of the Shepherds painted by Gerard van Honthorst

Sat 26

Saint Stephen, the first Martyr Feast

25th December 2015 Christmas

Sun 27

The Holy Family

Psalm week
4

Psalm week
1

The Gospel from Matthew proposes to us precisely the account of Jesus's birth. However the Evangelist introduces it Mon 28
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs Feast
with a summary of genealogy, which he sets out at the beginning as a prologue. Here the full evidence of Mary's role in Tue 29
5th day within the octave of Christmas (commemoration of Saint Thomas
the salvation history stands out: Mary's being is totally relative to Christ and in particular to his Incarnation. "Jacob the
Becket, Bishop, Martyr)
father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ". The lack of continuity in the layout
Wed 30 6th day within the octave of Christmas
of the genealogy immediately meets the eye; we do not rad "begot" but instead: "Mary, of whom Jesus was born who is
7th day within the octave of Christmas
called Christ". Precisely in this we perceive beauty of the plan of God who, respecting the human being, makes him Thu 31
(commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope)
fertile from within, causing the most beautiful fruit of creative and redeeming work to develop the humble Virgin of
Nazareth. Then the Evangelist brings on the stage the figure of Joseph, his inner drama, his robust faith and his exemplary rectitude. Behind Joseph's thoughts and deliberations is his love of God and his firm determination to
obey him. But how is it possible not to feel that Joseph's distress, hence his prayers and his decision were motivated at the same time by esteem and love for his betrothed? God's beauty and that of Mary are inseparable in
Joseph's heart; he knows that there can be no contradiction between them; he seeks the answer in God and finds it in the light of the Word and of the Holy Spirit: "The Virgin shall be with child and give birth to a son, and they
shall call him Emmanuel (which means, God with us)".
(Pope Benedict XVI)