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January 1: Mary, Mother of God—Solemnity
January 2: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors—Memorial
January 3: The Most Holy Name of Jesus—Optional Memorial
January 4: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious—USA Memorial
January 5: Saint John Neumann, Bishop—USA Memorial
January 6: Saint André Bessette, Religious—USA Optional Memorial
January 7: Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest—Optional Memorial
January 8: Saint Angela of Foligno
January 9: Saint Adrian of Caterbury
January 10: Saint Gregory of Nyssa
January 11: Blessed William Carter
January 12: Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys
January 13: Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor—Optional Memorial
January 14: Saint Gregory Nazianzen
January 15: Saint Paul the Hermit
January 16: Saint Berard and Companions
January 17: Saint Anthony of Egypt, Abbot—Memorial
January 18: Saint Charles of Sezze
January 19: Saint Fabian (January 20)
January 20: Saint Sebastian, Martyr—Optional Memorial
January 21: Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr—Memorial
January 22: Saint Vincent of Zaragossa, Deacon and Martyr—Optional Memorial
(Celebrated January 23 in the USA)
January 22: Saint Marianne Cope
January 23: Saint Marianne Cope, Virgin—USA Optional Memorial
January 24: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and 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, Priest and Doctor—Memorial
January 29: Servant of God Brother Juniper
January 30: Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska
January 31: Saint John Bosco, Priest—Memorial
February
February 1: Saint Ansgar (February 3)
February 2: Presentation of the Lord—Feast
February 3: Saint Blase, Bishop and Martyr—Optional Memorial
February 4: Saint Joseph of Leonissa
February 5: Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr—Memorial
(Optional Memorial if Lenten weekday)
February 6: Saints Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs—Memorial
(Optional Memorial if Lenten weekday)
February 7: Saint Colette
February 8: Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin—Optional Memorial
February 9: Saint Jerome Emiliani
February 10: Saint Scholastica, Virgin—Memorial
(Optional Memorial if Lenten weekday)
February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes—Optional Memorial
February 12: Saint Apollonia
February 13: Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph
February 14: Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop—Memorial
February 15: Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
February 16: All Saints for Today
February 17: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order—Optional Memorial
February 18: Blessed John of Fiesole
February 19: Saint Conrad of Piaceza
February 20: Saint Jacinta and Francisco Marto
February 21: Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church—Optional Memorial
February 22: Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle—Feast
February 23: Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
February 24: Blessed Luke Belludi
February 25: Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio
February 26: Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin
February 27: Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
February 28: Blessed Daniel Brottier
(February 29: Saint Oswald
March
March 1: Saint David of Wales
March 2: Saint Agnes of Bohemia
March 3: Saint Katharine Drexel, Virgin—USA Optional Memorial
March 4: Saint Casimir—Optional Memorial
March 5: Saint John Joseph of the Cross
March 6: Saint Mary Ann of Jesus of Paredes
March 7: Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs—Memorial
March 8: Saint John of God, Religious—Optional Memorial
March 9: Saint Frances of Rome, Religious—Optional Memorial
March 10: Saint Dominic Savio
March 11: Saint John Ogilvie
March 12: Blessed Angela Salawa
March 13: Saint Leander of Seville
March 14: Saint Maximilian
March 15: Saint Louise de Marillac
March 16: Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer
March 17: Saint Patrick, Bishop—Optional Memorial
March 18: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor—Optional Memorial
March 19: Saint Joseph Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Solemnity
March 20: Saint Salvator of Horta
March 21: Blessed John of Parma
March 22: Saint Nicholas Owen
March 23: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo
March 24: Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero
March 25: Annunciation of the Lord—Solemnity
March 26: Saint Catherine of Genoa
March 27: Lazarus
March 28: Saint Catharine of Bologna
March 29: Saint Ludovico of Casoria
March 30: Saint Peter Regalado
March 31: Saint Stephen of Mar Saba
April
April 1: Saint Hugh of Grenoble
April 2: Saint Francis of Paola, Hermit—Optional Memorial
April 3: Saint Benedict the African
April 4: Saint Isidore, Bishop and Doctor of the Church—Optional Memorial
April 5: Saint Vincent Ferrer, Priest—Optional Memorial
April 6: Saint Crescentia Hoess
April 7: Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest—Memorial
April 8: Saint Julie BilliartApril 9, 2020
April 9: Saint CasildaApril 10, 2020
April 10: Saint Magdalen of Canossa
April 11: Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
April 12: Saint Teresa of Los Andes
April 13: Saint Martin I, Pope and Martyr—Optional Memorial
April 14: Blessed Peter Gonzalez
April 15: Blessed Caesar de Bus
April 16: Saint Bernadette Soubirous
April 17: Saint Benedict Joseph Labre
April 18: Blessed James Oldo
April 19: Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
April 20: Saint Conrad of Parzham
April 21: Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop and Doctor of the Church—Optional Memorial
April 22: Saint Adalbert of Prague (April 23)
April 23: Saint George, Martyr—Optional Memorial
April 24: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr—Optional Memorial
April 25: Saint Mark the Evangelist—Feast
April 26: Saint Pedro de San José Betancur
April 27: Saint Louis Mary Grignion de Montfort
April 28: Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr—Optional Memorial
April 29: Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church—Memorial
April 30: Saint Pius V, Pope—Optional Memorial
May
May 1: Saint Joseph the Worker—Optional Memorial
May 2: Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor—Memorial
May 3: Saints Philip and James, Apostles—Feast
May 4: Blessed Michael Giedroyc
May 5: Saint Hilary of Arles
May 6: Saints Marian and James
May 7: Saint Rose Venerini
May 8: Saint Peter of Tarentaise
May 9: Saint John of Avila
May 10: Saint Damien de Veuster of Moloka’i, Priest—USA Optional Memorial
May 11: Saint Ignatius of Laconi
May 12: Saint Leopold Mandic
May 13: Our Lady of Fatima—Optional Memorial
May 14: Saint Matthias the Apostle—Feast
May 15: Saint Isidore—USA Optional Memorial
May 16: Saint Margaret of Cortona
May 17: Saint Paschal Baylon
May 18: Saint John I, Pope and Martyr—Optional Memorial
May 19: Saint Theophilus of Corte
May 20: Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest—Optional Memorial
May 21: Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest and Martyr and Companions, Martyrs—Optional Memorial
May 22: Saint Rita of Cascia—Optional Memorial
May 23: Saint Gregory VII
May 24: Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi
May 25: Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor—Optional Memorial
May 26: Saint Philip Neri, Priest—Memorial
May 27: Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop—Optional Memorial
May 28: Venerable Pierre Toussaint
May 29: Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat; Saint Paul VI, Pope—Optional Memorial
May 30: Saint Joan of Arc
May 31: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Feast
June
June 1:
Saint Justin Martyr—Memorial
June 2:
Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs—Optional Memorial
June 3:
Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs—Memorial
June 4:
Blessed Angeline of Marsciano
June 5:
Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
June 6:
Saint Norbert, Bishop—Optional Memorial
June 7:
Blessed Franz Jägerstätter
June 8:
Saint William of York
June 9:
Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor—Optional Memorial
June 10:
Saint Joachima
June 11:
Saint Barnabas the Apostle—Memorial
June 12:
Blessed Jolenta (Yolanda) of Poland
June 13:
Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor—Memorial
June 14:
Saint Albert Chmielowski
June 15:
Saint Marguerite d’Youville
June 16:
Saint John Francis Regis
June 17:
Saint Joseph Cafasso
June 18:
Venerable Matt Talbot
June 19:
Saint Romuald, Abbot—Optional Memorial
June 20:
Saint Paulinus of Nola
June 21:
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious—Memorial
June 22:
Saint Thomas More, Martyr—Optional Memorial
June 23:
Saint John Fisher
June 24:
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist—Solemnity
June 25:
Blessed Jutta of Thuringia
June 26:
Blessed Raymond Lull
June 27:
Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor—Optional Memorial
June 28:
Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
June 29:
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles—Solemnity
June 30:
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome—Optional Memorial
July
July 1:
Saint Junipero Serra, Priest—USA Optional Memorial
July 2:
Saint Oliver Plunkett
July 3:
Saint Thomas the Apostle—Feast
July 4:
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal—Optional Memorial (July 5, USA)
July 5:
Saint Anthony Zaccaria, Priest—Optional Memorial
July 6:
Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr—Optional Memorial
July 7:
Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions
July 8:
Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions
July 9:
Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions, Martyrs—Optional Memorial
July 10:
Saint Veronica Giuliani
July 11:
Saint Benedict, Abbot—Memorial
July 12:
Saints John Jones and John Wall
July 13:
Saint Henry—Optional Memorial
July 14:
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin—USA Memorial
July 15:
Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor—Memorial
July 16:
Our Lady of Mount Carmel—Optional Memorial
July 17:
Saint Francis Solano
July 18:
Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest—USA Optional Memorial
July 19:
Saint Mary MacKillop
July 20:
Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr—Optional Memorial
July 21:
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor—Optional Memorial
July 22:
Saint Mary Magdalene—Feast
July 23:
Saint Bridget of Sweden, Religious—Optional Memorial
July 24:
Saint Sharbel Makhlūf, Priest, Hermit—Optional Memorial
July 25:
Saint James, Apostle—Feast
July 26:
Saints Joachim and Anne—Memorial
July 27:
Blessed Antonio Lucci
July 28:
Blessed Stanley Rother
July 29:
Saint Martha—Memorial
July 30:
Blessed Solanus Casey
July 31:
Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest—Memorial
August
August 1:
Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church—Memorial
August 2:
Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop—Optional Memorial
August 3:
Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest—Optional Memorial
August 4:
Saint Jean Vianney (the Curé of Ars), Priest—Memorial
August 5:
Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major—Optional Memorial
August 6:
Transfiguration of the Lord—Feast
August 7:
Saint Cajetan, Priest—Optional Memorial
August 8:
Saint Dominic, Priest—Memorial
August 9:
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), Virgin and Martyr—Optional Memorial
August 10:
Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr—Feast
August 11:
Saint Clare, Virgin—Memorial
August 12:
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious—Optional Memorial
August 13:
Saints Pontian, Pope and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs—Optional Memorial
August 14:
Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr—Memorial
August 15:
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Solemnity
August 16:
Saint Stephen of Hungary—Optional Memorial
August 17:
Saint Joan of the Cross
August 18:
Saint Louis of Toulouse
August 19:
Saint John Eudes, Priest—Optional Memorial
August 20:
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Doctor of the Church—Memorial
August 21:
Saint Pius X, Pope—Memorial
August 22:
Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary—Memorial
August 23:
Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin—Optional Memorial
August 24:
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle—Feast
August 25:
Saint Louis, King—Optional Memorial
August 26:
Saint Joseph of Calasanz, Priest—Optional Memorial
August 27:
Saint Monica—Memorial
August 28:
Saint Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Doctor of the Church—Memorial
August 29:
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Martyr—Memorial
August 30:
Saint Jeanne Jugan
August 31:
Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
September
September 1: Saint Giles
September 2: Blessed John Francis Burté and Companions
September 3: Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor—Memorial
September 4: Saint Rose of Viterbo
September 5: Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta—Memorial
September 6: Blessed Claudio Granzotto
September 7: Blessed Frédéric Ozanam
September 8: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Feast
September 9: Saint Peter Claver, Priest—USA Memorial
September 10: Saint Thomas of Villanova
September 11: Saint Cyprian
September 12: Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Optional Memorial
September 13: Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor—Memorial
September 14: Exaltation of the Holy Cross—Feast
September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows—Memorial
September 16: Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs—Memorial
September 17: Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor—Optional Memorial
September 18: Saint Joseph of Cupertino
September 19: Saint Januarius, Bishop and Martyr—Optional Memorial
September 20: Sts. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs—Memorial
September 21: Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, Evangelist—Feast
September 22: Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions
September 23: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Priest—Memorial
September 24: Saint John Henry Newman
September 25: Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guerin
September 26: Saint Paul VI
September 27: Saint Vincent de Paul
September 28: Saint Wenceslaus
September 29: Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels—Feast
September 30: Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor—Memorial
October
October 1: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor—Memorial
October 2: Guardian Angels—Memorial
October 3: Saint Theodora Guérin
October 4: Saint Francis of Assisi—Memorial
October 5: Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
October 6: Saint Bruno, Priest—Optional Memorial
October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary—Memorial
October 8: Saint John Leonardi (October 9)
October 9: Saint Denis, Bishop and Companions, Martyrs—Optional Memorial
October 10: Saint Francis Borgia
October 11: Saint John XXIII, Pope—Optional Memorial
October 12: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
October 13: Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher
October 14: Saint Callistus I, Pope and Martyr—Optional Memorial
October 15: Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor—Memorial
October 16: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin—Optional Memorial
October 17: Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
October 18: Saint Luke the Evangelist—Feast
October 19: Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Priests and Martyrs; and their Companions, Martyrs—USA: Memorial
October 20: Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest—USA: Optional Memorial
October 21: Saint Hilarion
October 22: Saint John Paul II, Pope—Optional Memorial
October 23: Saint John of Capistrano, Priest—Optional Memorial
October 24: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop—Optional Memorial
October 25: Saint Antônio de Sant’Anna Galvão
October 26: Saint Peter of Alcantara
October 27: Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza
October 28: Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles—Feast
October 29: Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem
October 30: Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez
October 31: Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg
November
November 1: All Saints—Solemnity
November 2: All Souls Day—Commemoration
November 3: Saint Martin de Porres, Religious—Optional Memorial
November 4: Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop—Memorial
November 5: Saint Peter Chrysologus (July 27)
November 6: Saint Nicholas Tavelic and Companions
November 7: Saint Didacus
November 8: Blessed John Duns Scotus
November 9: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica—Feast
November 10: Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor—Memorial
November 11: Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop—Memorial
November 12: Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
November 13: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin—USA Memorial
November 14: Saint Gertrude the Great
November 15: Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor—Optional Memorial
November 16: Saint Margaret of Scotland—Optional Memorial
Also:
November 16: Saint Gertrude the Great, Virgin—Optional Memorial
November 17: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious—Memorial
November 18: Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles—Optional Memorial
November 19: Saint Agnes of Assisi
November 20: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (November 18)
November 21: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Memorial
November 22: Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr—Memorial
November 23: Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr—USA Optional Memorial
November 24: Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest and his Companions, Martyrs—Memorial
November 25: Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr—Optional Memorial
November 26: Saint Columban
November 27: Saint Francesco Antonio Fasani
November 28: Saint James of the Marche
November 29: Saint Clement
November 30: Saint Andrew the Apostle—Feast
December
December 1: Blessed Charles de Foucauld
December 2: Blessed Rafal Chylinski
December 3: Saint Francis Xavier, Priest—Memorial
December 4: Saint John Damascene, Priest, Religious and Doctor—Optional Memorial
December 5: Saint Sabas
December 6: Saint Nicholas, Bishop—Optional Memorial
December 7: Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor—Memorial
December 8: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Solemnity
December 9: Saint Juan Diego, Hermit—Optional Memorial
December 10: Blessed Adolph Kolping
December 11: Saint Damasus I, Pope—Optional Memorial
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe—USA Feast
December 13: Saint Lucy of Syracuse, Virgin and Martyr—Memorial
December 14: Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor—Memorial
December 15: Blessed Mary Frances Schervier
December 16: Blessed Honoratus Kozminski
December 17: Saint Hildegard of Bingen
December 18: Blessed Anthony Grassi
December 19: Blessed Pope Urban V
December 20: Saint Dominic of Silos
December 21: Saint Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor—Optional Memorial
December 22: Blessed Jacopone da Todi
December 23: Saint John of Kanty, Priest—Optional Memorial
December 24: Christmas at Greccio
December 25: Nativity of the Lord—Solemnity
December 26: Saint Stephen, the First Martyr—Feast
December 27: Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist—Feast
December 28: Holy Innocents, Martyrs—Feast
December 29: Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr—Optional Memorial
December 30: Saint Egwin
December 31: Saint Sylvester I, Pope—Optional Memorial
Liturgical Colors
Seasons of the Liturgical Year
Advent and Lent seasons: purple 🟣.
Easter and Christmas seasons : white ⚪.
Ordinary Time: green 🟢.
Days of the Liturgical Year
Commemoration: the color of the season.
As Commemorations only occur during Lent, their proper color is 🟣 purple.
Optional Memorial: the color of the season.
Memorial or a Feast: white ⚪ except for martyrs in which case it is red 🔴.
The proper color for the Chair of Peter (Feast, Feb 22) and the Conversion of St. Paul (Feast, Jan 25) is white ⚪ , although both St. Peter and St. Paul were martyrs.
Solemnities: white ⚪
except Pentecost and Peter and Paul (Jun 29) in which cases it is red 🔴.
Feasts of the Lord: white ⚪
except the Triumph of the Cross in which case it is red 🔴.
Third Sunday of Advent and the Fourth Sunday of Lent: rose 🌸. Purple 🟣 may also be used on these Sundays.
Holy Week:
Palm Sunday: Red 🔴;
Monday of Holy: WeekPurple 🟣;
Tuesday of Holy Week: Purple 🟣;
Wednesday of Holy Week: Purple 🟣;
Holy Thursday: White ⚪;
Good Friday: Red 🔴;
Easter Vigil: White ⚪;
Easter Sunday: White ⚪.
Miscellaneous
Festive Occasions (e.g. Easter and Christmas): Gold 🟡.
Masses for the dead. Black ⚫ vestments may be used.
Blue 🔵 is not liturgical color in the Roman Rite,
except in some very special cases in Mexico and Spain on feasts of Mary.
It is not an option for Advent.
Advent and Lent: The rubrics do not distinguish between the colors of purple 🟣 used.