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General Roman Calendar

The saints celebrated in one country are not necessarily celebrated everywhere. The General Roman Calendar contains only those celebrations that are intended to be observed throughout the world, in application of the decision of the Second Vatican Council: "Lest the feasts of the saints should take precedence over the feasts which commemorate the very mysteries of salvation, many of them should be left to be celebrated by a particular Church or nation or family of religious; only those should be extended to the universal Church which commemorate saints who are truly of universal importance. "Sacrosanctum Concilium, 111."

Variations from the following list of celebrations is indicated
under the heading "National Calendars".

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Moveable (General Calendar)

• Sunday after Epiphany or, if Epiphany is celebrated on 7 January or 8 January, the following Monday: Baptism of the Lord - Feast

• Sunday after the first full moon occurring after March 20: Easter - Solemnity

• Fortieth day from Easter (Thursday after Sixth Sunday of Easter): Ascension of the Lord - Solemnity

• Fiftieth day from Easter: Pentecost - Solemnity

• First Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Trinity - Solemnity

• Thursday after Holy Trinity: Body and Blood of Christ - Solemnity

• Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost: Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity

• Saturday following the second Sunday after Pentecost: Immaculate Heart of Mary - Memorial (if the date coincides with that of another Memorial, both become optional)

• Last Sunday in Ordinary Time (last Sunday before 27 November): Christ the King - Solemnity

• Sunday within the Octave of Christmas or, if there is no such Sunday, 30 December: Holy Family - Feast
  

  Epiphany is celebrated on the Sunday after 1 January, the Ascension of the Lord on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, and the Body and Blood of Christ on the Sunday after Holy Trinity in countries where the Episcopal Conference, with the prior approval of the Apostolic See, has decided that they are not treated as Holy Days of Obligation.
  

  "For the pastoral advantage of the people, it is permissible to observe on the Sundays in Ordinary Time those celebrations that fall during the week and have special appeal to the devotion of the faithful, provided the celebrations take precedence over these Sunday in the Table of Liturgical Days" (General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, 58).

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January (General Calendar)

• January 1: Octave of Christmas, Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity

• January 2: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops - Memorial

• January 3: The Most Holy Name of Jesus - Optional Memorial

• January 4:

• January 5:

• January 6: Epiphany

• January 7: Saint Raymond of Pe?afort, Priest - Optional Memorial

• January 8:

• January 9:

• January 10:

• January 11:

• January 12:

• January 13: Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Doctor - Optional Memorial

• January 14:

• January 15:

• January 16:

• January 17: Saint Anthony of Egypt, Abbot - Memorial

• January 18:

• January 19:

• January 20: Saint Fabian, Pope, Martyr; or Saint Sebastian, Martyr - Optional Memorial

• January 21: Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr - Memorial

• January 22: Saint Vincent, Deacon, Martyr - Optional Memorial

• January 23:

• January 24: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor - Memorial

• January 25: The Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle - Feast

• January 26: Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops - Memorial

• January 27: Saint Angela Merici, Virgin - Optional Memorial

• January 28: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor - Memorial

• January 29:

• January 30:

• January 31: Saint John Bosco - Memorial

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February (General Calendar)

• February 1:

• February 2: Presentation of the Lord - Feast

• February 3: Saint Blaise or Saint Ansgar, Bishop, Martyr - Optional Memorial

• February 4:

• February 5: Saint Agatha, Martyrs - Memorial

• February 6: Saints Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs - Memorial

• February 7:

• February 8: Saint Jerome Emiliani, Priest; or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin - Optional Mem.

• February 9:

• February 10: Saint Scholastica, Virgin - Memorial

• February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes, - Optional Memorial

• February 12:

• February 13:

• February 14: Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop - Memorial

• February 15:

• February 16:

• February 17: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order - Optional Memorial

• February 18:

• February 19:

• February 20:

• February 21: Saint Peter Damian - Optional Memorial

• February 22: Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle - Feast

• February 23: Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr - Memorial

• February 24:

• February 25:

• February 26:

• February 27:

• February 28:

• February 29, occurring only in leap year:

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March (General Calendar)

• March 1:

• March 2:

• March 3:

• March 4: Saint Casimir - Optional Memorial

• March 5:

• March 6:

• March 7: Saints Perpetua and Felicity - Memorial

• March 8: Saint John of God - Optional Memorial

• March 9: Saint Frances of Rome - Optional Memorial

• March 10:

• March 11:

• March 12:

• March 13:

• March 14:

• March 15:

• March 16:

• March 17: Saint Patrick - Optional Memorial

• March 18: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem - Optional Memorial

• March 19: Saint Joseph - Solemnity

• March 20:

• March 21:

• March 22:

• March 23: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo - Optional Memorial

• March 24:

• March 25: Annunciation of the Lord - Solemnity

• March 26:

• March 27:

• March 28:

• March 29:

• March 30:

• March 31:

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April (General Calendar)

• April 1:

• April 2: Saint Francis of Paola - Optional Memorial

• April 3:

• April 4: Saint Isidore - Optional Memorial

• April 5: Saint Vincent Ferrer - Optional Memorial

• April 6:

• April 7: Saint John Baptist de la Salle - Memorial

• April 8:

• April 9:

• April 10:

• April 11: Saint Stanislaus - Memorial

• April 12:

• April 13: Saint Martin I - Optional Memorial

• April 14:

• April 15:

• April 16:

• April 17:

• April 18:

• April 19:

• April 20:

• April 21: Saint Anselm of Canterbury - Optional Memorial

• April 22:

• April 23: Saint George or Saint Adalbert - Optional Memorial

• April 24: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen - Optional Memorial

• April 25: Saint Mark the Evangelist - Feast

• April 26:

• April 27:

• April 28: Saint Peter Chanel or Saint Louis Marie de Montfort - Optional Memorial

• April 29: Saint Catherine of Siena - Memorial

• April 30: Saint Pius V - Optional Memorial

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May (General Calendar)

• May 1: Saint Joseph the Worker - Optional Memorial

• May 2: Saint Athanasius - Memorial

• May 3: Saints Philip and James - Feast

• May 4:

• May 5:

• May 6:

• May 7:

• May 8:

• May 9:

• May 10:

• May 11:

• May 12: Saints Nereus and Achilleus or Saint Pancras - Optional Memorial

• May 13: Our Lady of Fatima - Optional Memorial

• May 14: Saint Matthias the Apostle - Feast

• May 15:

• May 16:

• May 17:

• May 18: Saint John I - Optional Memorial

• May 19:

• May 20: Saint Bernardine of Siena - Optional Memorial

• May 21: Saint Christopher Magallanes and companions - Optional Memorial

• May 22: Saint Rita of Cascia - Optional Memorial

• May 23:

• May 24:

• May 25: Saint Bede the Venerable or Saint Gregory VII or Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi -
                   Optional Memorial

• May 26: Saint Philip Neri - Memorial

• May 27: Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury - Optional Memorial

• May 28:

• May 29:

• May 30:

• May 31: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast

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June (General Calendar)

• June 1: Saint Justin Martyr - Memorial

• June 2: Saints Marcellinus and Peter - Optional Memorial

• June 3: Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions - Memorial

• June 4:

• June 5: Saint Boniface - Memorial

• June 6: Saint Norbert - Optional Memorial

• June 7:

• June 9: Saint Ephrem - Optional Memorial

• June 10:

• June 11: Saint Barnabas the Apostle - Memorial

• June 12:

• June 13: Saint Anthony of Padua - Memorial

• June 14:

• June 15:

• June 16:

• June 17:

• June 18:

• June 19: Saint Romuald - Optional Memorial

• June 20:

• June 21: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga - Memorial

• June 22: Saint Paulinus of Nola or Saints John Fisher and Thomas More- Optional Memorial

• June 23:

• June 24: Birth of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity

• June 25:

• June 26:

• June 27: Saint Cyril of Alexandria - Optional Memorial

• June 28: Saint Irenaeus - Memorial

• June 29: Saints Peter and Paul - Solemnity

• June 30: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome - Optional Memorial

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July (General Calendar)

• July 1:

• July 2:

• July 3: Saint Thomas the Apostle - Feast

• July 4: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal - Optional Memorial

• July 5: Saint Anthony Zaccaria - Optional Memorial

• July 6: Saint Maria Goretti - Optional Memorial

• July 7:

• July 8:

• July 9: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and companions - Optional Memorial

• July 10:

• July 11: Saint Benedict - Memorial

• July 12:

• July 13: Saint Henry - Optional Memorial

• July 14: Saint Camillus de Lellis - Optional Memorial

• July 15: Saint Bonaventure - Memorial

• July 16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Optional Memorial

• July 17:

• July 18:

• July 19:

• July 20: Saint Apollinaris - Optional Memorial

• July 21: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi - Optional Memorial

• July 22: Saint Mary Magdalene - Memorial

• July 23: Saint Birgitta- Optional Memorial

• July 24: Saint Sharbel Makhluf - Optional Memorial

• July 25: Saint James the Greater - Feast

• July 26: Saints Joachim and Anne - Memorial

• July 27:

• July 28:

• July 29: Saint Martha - Memorial

• July 30: Saint Peter Chrysologus - Optional Memorial

• July 31: Saint Ignatius of Loyola - Memorial

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August (General Calendar)

• August 1: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori - Memorial

• August 2: Saint Eusebius of Vercelli or Saint Peter Julian Eymard - Optional Memorial

• August 3:

• August 4: Saint Jean Vianney (the Cur? of Ars) - Memorial

• August 5: Dedication of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Optional Memorial

• August 6: Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast

• August 7: Saint Sixtus II and Companions or Saint Cajetan - Optional Memorial

• August 8: Saint Dominic - Memorial

• August 9: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) - Optional Memorial

• August 10: Saint Lawrence - Feast

• August 11: Saint Clare - Memorial

• August 12: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal - Optional Memorial

• August 13: Saints Pontian and Hippolytus - Optional Memorial

• August 14: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe - Memorial

• August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity

• August 16: Saint Stephen of Hungary - Optional Memorial

• August 17:

• August 18:

• August 19: Saint John Eudes - Optional Memorial

• August 20: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux - Memorial

• August 21: Saint Pius X - Memorial

• August 22: Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary - Memorial

• August 23: Saint Rose of Lima - Optional Memorial

• August 24: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle - Feast

• August 25: Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of Calasanz - Optional Memorial

• August 26:

• August 27: Saint Monica - Memorial

• August 28: Saint Augustine of Hippo - Memorial

• August 29: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist - Memorial

• August 30:

• August 31:

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September (General Calendar)

• September 1:

• September 2:

• September 3: Saint Gregory the Great - Memorial

• September 4:

• September 5:

• September 6:

• September 7:

• September 8: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast

• September 9: Saint Peter Claver - Optional Memorial

• September 10:

• September 11:

• September 12: Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Optional Memorial

• September 13: Saint John Chrysostom - Memorial

• September 14: Triumph of the Holy Cross - Feast

• September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows - Memorial

• September 16: Saints Cornelius and Cyprian - Memorial

• September 17: Saint Robert Bellarmine - Optional Memorial

• September 18:

• September 19: Saint Januarius - Optional Memorial

• September 20: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions - Memorial

• September 21: Saint Matthew the Evangelist - Feast

• September 22:

• September 23: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) - Memorial

• September 24:

• September 25:

• September 26: Saints Cosmas and Damian - Optional Memorial

• September 27: Saint Vincent de Paul - Memorial

• September 28: Saint Wenceslaus or Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions - Optional Memorial

• September 29: Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels - Feast

• September 30: Saint Jerome - Memorial

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October (General Calendar)

• October 1: Saint Therese of the Child Jesus - Memorial

• October 2: Guardian Angels - Memorial

• October 3:

• October 4: Saint Francis of Assisi - Memorial

• October 5:

• October 6: Saint Bruno - Optional Memorial

• October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary - Memorial

• October 8:

• October 9: Saint Denis and Companions or Saint John Leonardi - Optional Memorial

• October 10:

• October 11:

• October 12:

• October 13:

• October 14: Saint Callistus I - Optional Memorial

• October 15: Saint Teresa of Jesus - Memorial

• October 16: Saint Hedwig or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque - Optional Memorial

• October 17: Saint Ignatius of Antioch - Memorial

• October 18: Saint Luke the Evangelist - Feast

• October 19: Saints Jean de Br?beuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions or Saint Paul of the Cross -
     Optional Memorial

• October 20:

• October 21:

• October 22:

• October 23: Saint John of Capestrano - Optional Memorial

• October 24: Saint Anthony Mary Claret - Optional Memorial

• October 25:

• October 26:

• October 27:

• October 28: Saint Simon and Saint Jude - Feast

• October 29:

• October 30:

• October 31:

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November (General Calendar)

• November 1: All Saints - Solemnity

• November 2: All Souls - ranked with solemnities

• November 3: Saint Martin de Porres - Optional Memorial

• November 4: Saint Charles Borromeo - Memorial

• November 5:

• November 6:

• November 7:

• November 8:

• November 9: Dedication of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano - Feast

• November 10: Saint Leo the Great - Memorial

• November 11: Saint Martin of Tours - Memorial

• November 12: Saint Josaphat - Memorial

• November 13:

• November 14:

• November 15: Saint Albert the Great - Optional Memorial

• November 16: Saint Margaret of Scotland or Saint Gertrude the Great - Optional Memorial

• November 17: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary - Memorial

• November 18: Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul - Optional Memorial

• November 19:

• November 20:

• November 21: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Memorial

• November 22: Saint Cecilia - Memorial

• November 23: Saint Clement I or Saint Columban - Optional Memorial

• November 24: Saint Andre Dung Lac and his Companions - Memorial

• November 25: Saint Catherine of Alexandria - Optional Memorial

• November 26:

• November 27:

• November 28:

• November 29:

• November 30: Saint Andrew the Apostle - Feast

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December (General Calendar)

• December 1:

• December 2:

• December 3: Saint Francis Xavier - Memorial

• December 4: Saint John Damascene - Optional Memorial

• December 5:

• December 6: Saint Nicholas - Optional Memorial

• December 7: Saint Ambrose - Memorial

• December 8: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity

• December 9: Saint Juan Diego - Optional Memorial

• December 10:

• December 11: Saint Damasus I - Optional Memorial

• December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe - Optional Memorial

• December 13: Saint Lucy of Syracuse- Memorial

• December 14: Saint John of the Cross - Memorial

• December 15:

• December 16:

• December 17:

• December 18:

• December 19:

• December 20:

• December 21: Saint Peter Canisius - Optional Memorial

• December 22:

• December 23: Saint John of Kanty - Optional Memorial

• December 24:

• December 25: Nativity of the Lord - Solemnity

• December 26: Saint Stephen - Feast

• December 27: Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist - Feast

• December 28: Holy Innocents - Feast

• December 29: Saint Thomas Becket - Optional Memorial

• December 30:  (Sixth Day with the Octave of Christmas)

• December 31: Saint Sylvester I - Optional Memorial

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Specific to USA

Moveable (United States of America Calendar)

• Sunday Between 1/2 and 1/8: Epiphany - Solemnity

• First Sunday After Epiphany: Baptism of the Lord - Feast (If January 7th or 8th is a Sunday, then
    this Feast is moved to the following day, which is Monday)

• Sixth Sunday After Easter: The Ascension of the Lord (In some dioceses) - Solemnity

• Second Sunday After Pentecost: Body and Blood of Christ - Solemnity

• Fourth Thursday In November: Thanksgiving Day - Optional Memorial

Fixed (United States of America Calendar)

• January 4: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton - Memorial

• January 5: Saint John Neumann - Memorial

• January 6: Blessed Andre Bessette - Optional Memorial

• January 22: Day of Penance (For violations to the dignity of the human person committed
    through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of
    the right to life.) - (Or January 23, when January 22 falls on a Sunday)

• March 3: Saint Katharine Drexel - Optional Memorial

• May 10: Blessed Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka'i - Optional Memorial

• May 15: Saint Isidore of Seville - Optional Memorial

• June 26: Saint Josemaria Escriva (In some dioceses) - Optional Memorial

• July 1: Blessed Jun?pero Serra - Optional Memorial

• July 4: Independence Day - Optional Memorial

• July 14: Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha - Memorial

• July 18: Saint Camillus de Lellis - Optional Memorial

• August 18: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal - Optional Memorial

• September 9: Saint Peter Claver - Memorial

• October 6: Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher - Optional Memorial

• October 19: Saint John de Brebeuf and Issac Jogues and their companions - Memorial

• October 20: Saint Paul of the Cross - Optional Memorial

• November 13: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini - Memorial

• November 18: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne - Optional Memorial

• November 23: Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro - Optional Memorial

• December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe - Feast

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