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LITURGICAL YEAR 2016 ______________________________________________________________________________ Sunday, 29 November 2015: First Sunday of Advent Sunday, 6 December 2015: Second Sunday of Advent Tuesday 8 December 2015: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 13 December 2015: Third Sunday of Advent Sunday, 20 December 2015: Fourth Sunday of Advent Friday, 25 December 2015: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Sunday, 27 December 2015: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Friday, 1 January 2016: Mary, the Holy Mother of God Sunday, 3 January 2016: Second Sunday after Christmas Wednesday, 6 January 2016: The Epiphany of the Lord Sunday, 10 January 2016: The Baptism of the Lord Monday, 11 January 2016: First Week in Ordinary Time Sunday, 17 January 2016: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 24 January 2016: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 31 January 2016: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 7 February 2016: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, 10 February 2016: Ash Wednesday Sunday, 14 February 2016: First Sunday of Lent Sunday, 21 February 2016: Second Sunday of Lent Sunday, 28 February 2016: Third Sunday of Lent Sunday, 6 March 2016: Fourth Sunday of Lent Sunday, 13 March 2016: Fifth Sunday of Lent Thursday, 17 March 2016: St Patrick Saturday, 19 March 2016: St Joseph Sunday, 20 March 2016: Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion Thursday, 24 March 2016: Holy Thursday Friday, 25 March 2016: Good Friday Saturday, 26 March 2016: Holy Saturday Sunday, 27 March 2016: Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection Sunday, 3 April 2016: Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) Monday, 4 April 2016: The Annunciation of the Lord Sunday, 10 April 2016: Third Sunday of Easter Sunday, 17 April 2016: Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday, 24 April 2016: Fifth Sunday of Easter Sunday, 1 May 2016: Sixth Sunday of Easter Sunday, 8 May 2016: The Ascension of the Lord Sunday, 15 May 2016: Pentecost Sunday Monday, 16 May 2016: Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Sunday, 22 May 2016: The Most Holy Trinity Sunday, 29 May 2016: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)

Friday, 3 June 2016: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Sunday, 5 June 2016: Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 12 June 2016: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 19 June 2016: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Tome Friday, 24 June 2016: The Nativity of St John the Baptist Sunday, 26 June 2015: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, 29 June 2016: Ss Peter and Paul Sunday, 3 July 2016: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 10 July 2065: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 17 July 2016: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 24 July 2016: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 31 July 2016: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday, 6 August 2016: The Transfiguration of the Lord Sunday, 7 August 2016: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 14 August 2016: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday, 15 August 2016: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 21 August 2016: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 28 August 2016: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 4 September 2016: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 11 September 2016: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, 14 September 2015: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sunday, 18 September 2016: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 25 September 2016: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 2 October 2016: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 9 October 2016: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 16 October 2016: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 23 October 2016: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 30 October 2016: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, 1 November 2016: All Saints Wednesday, 2 November 2016: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Sunday, 6 November 2015: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, 9 November 2016: The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Sunday, 13 November 2016: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 20 November 2016: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Sunday, 27 November 2016: First Sunday of Advent Sunday, 4 December 2016: Second Sunday of Advent Thursday 8 December 2016: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 11 December 2016: Third Sunday of Advent Sunday, 18 December 2016: Fourth Sunday of Advent Sunday, 25 December 2016: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Friday, 30 December 2016: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Notes for 2016 Lectionary Sunday: Cycle C Weekday: Cycle 2 Weeks in Ordinary Time Before Lent: 5 weeks – ending Tuesday, 9 February After Eastertime beginning Monday, 16 May –7th Week

Holydays of Obligation The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary –Tuesday, 8 December 2015 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – Friday 25 December 2015 The Epiphany of the Lord –Wednesday, 6 January 2016 St Patrick –Thursday, 17 March 2016 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary –Monday, 15 August 2016 All Saints –Tuesday, 1 November 2016 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary –Thursday, 8 December 2016 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) –Sunday, 25 December 2016 All Sundays The Baptism of the Lord, The Ascension of the Lord, The Most Holy Trinity, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Christ the King) are celebrated on Sundays.

Days of Prayer World Day of Peace Friday, 1 January 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sunday, 17 January 2016 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Monday, 18 January 2016 Catholic Schools Week begins Sunday, 24 January 2016 World Day for Consecrated Life Tuesday, 2 February 2016 Day of Prayer for Temperance Sunday, 7 February 2016 World Day of the Sick Thursday, 11 February 2016 Day of Prayer for Vocations Sunday, 17 April 2016 World Communications Day Sunday, 8 May 2016 Day for Life Sunday, 2 October 2016 Mission Sunday Sunday, 23 October 2016 Prisoners’ Sunday/beginning of Restorative Justice Week Sunday, 13 November 2016 St Patrick’s Day (Thursday, 17 March 2016) is a Special Day of Prayer for Emigrants Tuesday, 24 May 2016 is a Day of Prayer for the Church in China

DAILY CALENDAR 2016 __________________________________________________________________________________

Sunday/Holyday of Obligation

NOVEMBER 2015

29 Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

30 Monday St Andrew, apostle Feast

DECEMBER 2015

1Tuesday 1st Week of Advent

2 Wednesday 1st Week of Advent

3 Thursday 1st Week of Advent

St Francis Xavier, priest Memorial

4 Friday 1st Week of Advent

St John Damascene, priest and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

5 Saturday 1st Week of Advent

6 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

7 Monday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

8 Tuesday THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED

VIRGIN MARY Solemnity

9 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin Opt. Mem.

10 Thursday 2nd

Week of Advent

11 Friday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Damasus I, pope Opt. Mem.

12 Saturday 2nd

Week of Advent

Our Lady of Guadalupe Opt. Mem.

St Finnian, bishop Opt. Mem.

13 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

14 Monday 3rd

Week of Advent

St John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

15 Tuesday 3rd

Week of Advent

16 Wednesday 3rd

Week of Advent

17 Thursday 3rd

Week of Advent

18 Friday 3rd

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Flannan, bishop Opt. Mem.

19 Saturday 3rd

Week of Advent

20 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

21 Monday 4th

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Peter Canisius, priest and doctor

of the Church Opt. Mem.

22 Tuesday 4th

Week of Advent

23 Wednesday 4th

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St John of Kanty, priest Opt. Mem.

24 Thursday 4th

Week of Advent

25 Friday THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) Solemnity

26 Saturday St Stephen, first martyr Feast

27 Sunday THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH Feast

28 Monday The Holy Innocents, martyrs Feast

29 Tuesday 5th

Day in the Octave of Christmas

Memorial may be made of St Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

30 Wednesday 6th


31 Thursday 7th


Memorial may be made of St Sylvester I, pope Opt. Mem.

JANUARY 2016

1 Friday MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD Solemnity

2 Saturday Before Epiphany

Ss Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen,

bishops and doctors of the Church Memorial

3 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

4 Monday Before Epiphany

5 Tuesday Before Epiphany

6 Wednesday THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity

7 Thursday After Epiphany

St Raymond of Penyafort, priest Opt. Mem.

8 Friday After Epiphany

9 Saturday After Epiphany

10 Sunday THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Feast

11 Monday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

12 Tuesday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

13 Wednesday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

St Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

14 Thursday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

15 Friday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

St Ita, virgin Memorial

16 Saturday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

St Fursa, abbot and missionary Opt. Mem.

17 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

18 Monday 2nd

Week in Ordinary Time

19 Tuesday 2nd


20 Wednesday 2nd


St Fabian, pope and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Sebastian, martyr Opt. Mem.

21 Thursday 2nd


St Agnes, virgin and martyr Memorial

22 Friday 2nd


St Vincent, deacon and martyr Opt. Mem.

23 Saturday 2nd


24 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

25 Monday The Conversion of St Paul, apostle Feast

26 Tuesday 3rd


Ss Timothy and Titus, bishops Memorial

27 Wednesday 3rd


St Angela Merici, virgin Opt. Mem.

28 Thursday 3rd


St Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

29 Friday 3rd


30 Saturday 3rd


St Aidan, bishop Opt. Mem.

31 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

FEBRUARY 2016

1 Monday St Brigid, abbess, secondary patron of Ireland Feast

2 Tuesday The Presentation of the Lord Feast

3 Wednesday 4th


St Blaise, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Ansgar, bishop Opt. Mem.

4 Thursday 4th


5 Friday 4th


St Agatha, virgin and martyr Memorial

6 Saturday 4th


Ss Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs Memorial

7 Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8 Monday 5th


St Jerome Emiliani Opt. Mem.

St Josephine Bakhita, virgin Opt. Mem.

9 Tuesday 5th


10 Wednesday ASH WEDNESDAY

11 Thursday After Ash Wednesday

Memorial may be made of Our Lady of Lourdes Opt. Mem.

Memorial may be made of St Gobnait, virgin Opt. Mem.

12 Friday After Ash Wednesday

13 Saturday 5th


14 Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

15 Monday 1st Week of Lent

16 Tuesday 1st Week of Lent

17 Wednesday 1st Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Fintan, abbot Opt. Mem.

Memorial may be made of Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Opt. Mem.

18 Thursday 1st Week of Lent

19 Friday 1st Week of Lent

20 Saturday 1st Week of Lent

21 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

22 Monday The Chair of St Peter, apostle Feast

23 Tuesday 2nd

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Polycarp, bishop and martyr Memorial

24 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Lent

25 Thursday 2nd

Week of Lent

26 Friday 2nd

Week of Lent

27 Saturday 2nd

Week of Lent

28 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

29 Monday 3rd

Week of Lent

MARCH 2016

1 Tuesday 3

rd Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St David, bishop Opt. Mem.

2 Wednesday 3rd

Week of Lent

3 Thursday 3rd

Week of Lent

4 Friday 3rd

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Casimir Opt. Mem.

5 Saturday 3rd

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Kieran, bishop Opt. Mem.

6 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

7 Monday 4th

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of Ss Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs Memorial

8 Tuesday 4th

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St John of God, religious Opt. Mem.

Memorial may be made of St Senan, bishop Opt. Mem.

9 Wednesday 4th

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Frances of Rome, religious Opt. Mem.

10 Thursday 4th

Week of Lent

11 Friday 4th

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Aengus, bishop and abbot Opt. Mem.

12 Saturday 4th

Week of Lent

13 Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

14 Monday 5th

Week of Lent

15 Tuesday 5th

Week of Lent

16 Wednesday 5th

Week of Lent

17 Thursday ST PATRICK, bishop, principal patron of Ireland Solemnity

18 Friday 5th

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and

doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

19 Saturday ST JOSEPH, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity

20 Sunday PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

21 Monday Monday in Holy Week

22 Tuesday Tuesday in Holy Week

23 Wednesday Wednesday in Holy Week

24 Thursday HOLY THURSDAY

26 Saturday HOLY SATURDAY

27 Sunday EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION

28 Monday Easter Monday

29 Tuesday Easter Tuesday

30 Wednesday Easter Wednesday

31 Thursday Easter Thursday

APRIL 2016

1 Friday Easter Friday

2 Saturday Easter Saturday

3 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Divine Mercy Sunday

4 Monday THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Solemnity

5 Tuesday 2nd

Week of Easter

St Vincent Ferrer, priest Opt. Mem.

6 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Easter

7 Thursday 2nd

Week of Easter

St John Baptist de la Salle, priest Memorial

8 Friday 2nd

Week of Easter

9 Saturday 2nd

Week of Easter

10 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

11 Monday 3rd

Week of Easter

St Stanislaus, bishop and martyr Memorial

12 Tuesday 3rd

Week of Easter

13 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Easter

St Martin I, pope and martyr Opt. Mem.

14 Thursday 3rd

Week of Easter

15 Friday 3rd

Week of Easter

16 Saturday 3rd

Week of Easter

17 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

18 Monday 4th

Week of Easter

St Laserian, bishop Opt. Mem.

19 Tuesday 4th

Week of Easter

20 Wednesday 4th

Week of Easter

21 Thursday 4th

Week of Easter

St Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

22 Friday 4th

Week of Easter

23 Saturday 4th

Week of Easter

St George, martyr Opt. Mem.

St Adalbert of Prague, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

24 Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

25 Monday St Mark, evangelist Feast

26 Tuesday 5th

Week of Easter

27 Wednesday 5th

Week of Easter

St Asicus, bishop Opt. Mem.

Elphin: St Asicus, bishop Feast

28 Thursday 5th

Week of Easter

St Peter Chanel, priest and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, priest Opt. Mem.

29 Friday St Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church, patron of

Europe Feast

30 Saturday 5th

Week of Easter

St Pius V, pope Opt. Mem.

MAY 2016

1 Sunday SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

2 Monday 6th

Week of Easter

St Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

3 Tuesday Ss Philip and James, apostles Feast

4 Wednesday 6th

Week of Easter

St Conleth, bishop Opt. Mem.

Kildare: St Conleth, bishop Feast

5 Thursday 6th

Week of Easter

Bl Edmund Rice, religious Opt. Mem.

6 Friday 6th

Week of Easter

7 Saturday 6th

Week of Easter

8 Sunday THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Solemnity

9 Monday 7th

Week of Easter

10 Tuesday 7th

Week of Easter

St Comgall, abbot Opt. Mem.

11 Wednesday 7th

Week of Easter

12 Thursday 7th

Week of Easter

Ss Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs Opt. Mem.

St Pancras, martyr Opt. Mem.

13 Friday 7th

Week of Easter

Our Lady of Fatima Opt. Mem.

14 Saturday St Matthias, apostle Feast

15 Sunday PENTECOST

16 Monday 7th


St Brendan, abbot Opt. Mem.

Clonfert: St Brendan, abbot Feast

Kerry: St Brendan, abbot Feast

17 Tuesday 7th


18 Wednesday 7th


St John I, pope and martyr Opt. Mem.

19 Thursday 7th


20 Friday 7th


St Bernadine of Siena, priest Opt. Mem.

21 Saturday 7th


Ss Christopher Magallánes, priest and Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

22 Sunday THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Solemnity

(Not celebrated St Rita of Cascia, religious Opt. Mem).

23 Monday 8th


24 Tuesday 8th


25 Wednesday 8th


St Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

St Gregory VII, pope Opt. Mem.

St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, virgin Opt. Mem.

26 Thursday 8th


St Philip Neri, priest Memorial

27 Friday 8th


St Augustine of Canterbury, bishop Opt. Mem.

28 Saturday 8th


29 Sunday THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi) Solemnity

30 Monday 9th


31 Tuesday The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast

JUNE 2016

1 Wednesday 9th

Week in Ordinary Time St Justin, martyr Memorial

2 Thursday 9th


Ss Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs Opt. Mem.

3 Friday THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Solemnity

4 Saturday 9th


The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Opt. Mem.

Ss Charles Lwanga and Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

5 Sunday TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

6 Monday 10th


St Norbert, bishop Opt. Mem.

St Jarlath, bishop Opt. Mem.

7 Tuesday 10th

Week in Ordinary Time St Colman, bishop Opt. Mem.

8 Wednesday 10th


9 Thursday St Columba (Colum Cille), abbot and missionary, secondary patron

of Ireland Feast

10 Friday 10th


11 Saturday 10th


St Barnabas, apostle Memorial

12 Sunday ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

13 Monday 11th


St Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

14 Tuesday 11th

Week in Ordinary Time St Davnet, virgin Opt. Mem.

15 Wednesday 11th


16 Thursday 11th


17 Friday 11th


18 Saturday 11th


19 Sunday TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

20 Monday 12th


The Irish Martyrs Memorial

21 Tuesday 12th

Week in Ordinary Time St Aloysius Gonzaga, religious Memorial

22 Wednesday 12th

Week in Ordinary Time St Paulinus of Nola, bishop Opt. Mem.

Ss John Fisher, bishop and Thomas More, martyrs Opt. Mem.

23 Thursday 12th


24 Friday THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Solemnity

25 Saturday 12th


26 Sunday THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

27 Monday 13th


St Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

28 Tuesday 13th

Week in Ordinary Time St Irenaeus, bishop and martyr Memorial

29 Wednesday SS PETER AND PAUL, apostles Solemnity

30 Thursday 13th


The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Opt. Mem.

JULY 2016

1 Friday 13th


St Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr Memorial

2 Saturday 13th


3 Sunday FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

4 Monday 14th


St Elizabeth of Portugal Opt. Mem.

5 Tuesday 14th


St Anthony Zaccaria, priest Opt. Mem.

6 Wednesday 14th


St Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Monnine, virgin Opt. Mem.

7 Thursday 14th


St Maelruain, bishop and abbot Opt. Mem.

8 Friday 14th


St Kilian, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

9 Saturday 14th


Ss Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

10 Sunday FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

11 Monday St Benedict, abbot, patron of Europe Feast

12 Tuesday 15th


13 Wednesday 15th


St Henry Opt. Mem.

14 Thursday 15th


St Camillus de Lellis, priest Opt. Mem.

15 Friday 15th


St Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

16 Saturday 15th


Our Lady of Mount Carmel Opt. Mem.

17 Sunday SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

18 Monday 16th


19 Tuesday 16th


20 Wednesday 16th


St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

21 Thursday 16th


St Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

22 Friday 16th


St Mary Magdalene Memorial

23 Saturday St Bridget of Sweden, religious, patron of Europe Feast

24 Sunday SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

25 Monday St James, apostle Feast

26 Tuesday 17th


Ss Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial

27 Wednesday 17th


28 Thursday 17th


29 Friday 17th


St Martha Memorial

30 Saturday 17th


St Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

31 Sunday EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

AUGUST 2016

1 Monday 18th


St Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

2 Tuesday 18th


St Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop Opt. Mem.

St Peter Julian Eymard, priest Opt. Mem.

3 Wednesday 18th


4 Thursday 18th


St John Mary Vianney, priest Memorial

5 Friday 18th


The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major Opt. Mem.

6 Saturday The Transfiguration of the Lord Feast

7 Sunday NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8 Monday 19th


St Dominic, priest Memorial

9 Tuesday St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein),

virgin and martyr, patron of Europe Feast

10 Wednesday St Lawrence, deacon and martyr Feast

11 Thursday 19th


St Clare, virgin Memorial

12 Friday 19th


St Jane Frances de Chantal, religious Opt. Mem.

St Lelia, virgin Opt. Mem.

St Attracta, virgin Opt. Mem.

St Muredach, bishop Opt. Mem.

13 Saturday 19th


Ss Pontian, pope and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs Opt. Mem.

St Fachtna, bishop Opt. Mem.

14 Sunday TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

15 Monday THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Solemnity

16 Tuesday 20th


St Stephen of Hungary Opt. Mem.

17 Wednesday 20th


Our Lady of Knock Memorial

18 Thursday 20th


19 Friday 20th

Week in Ordinary Time St John Eudes, priest Opt. Mem.

20 Saturday 20th


St Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church Memorial

21 Sunday TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME


The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial

23 Tuesday 21st Week in Ordinary Time

St Rose of Lima, virgin Opt. Mem.

St Eugene, bishop Opt. Mem.

24 Wednesday St Bartholomew, apostle Feast


St Louis of France Opt. Mem.

St Joseph Calasanz, priest Opt. Mem.



St Monica Memorial

28 Sunday TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

29 Monday 22nd


The Passion of St John the Baptist Memorial

30 Tuesday 22nd


St Fiacre, monk Opt. Mem.

31 Wednesday 22nd


St Aidan of Lindisfarne, bishop and missionary Opt. Mem.

SEPTEMBER 2016

1 Thursday 22nd


2 Friday 22nd


3 Saturday 22nd


St Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Memorial

4 Sunday TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

5 Monday 23rd


6 Tuesday 23rd


7 Wednesday 23rd


8 Thursday The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast

9 Friday 23rd


St Ciaran, abbot Memorial

Clonmacnois: St Ciaran, abbot Feast

10 Saturday 23rd


11 Sunday TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

12 Monday 24th


The Most Holy Name of Mary Opt. Mem.

St Ailbe, bishop Opt. Mem.

13 Tuesday 24th


St John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

14 Wednesday The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast

15 Thursday 24th


Our Lady of Sorrows Memorial

16 Friday 24th


Ss Cornelius, pope and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs Memorial

17 Saturday 24th


St Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem

18 Sunday TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

19 Monday 25th


St Januarius, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

20 Tuesday 25th


Ss Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, priest, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang and

Companions, martyrs Memorial

21Wednesday St Matthew, apostle and evangelist Feast

22 Thursday 25th


23 Friday 25th


St Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Memorial

24 Saturday 25th


25 Sunday TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

26 Monday 26th


Ss Cosmas and Damian, martyrs Opt. Mem.

27 Tuesday 26th


St Vincent de Paul, priest Memorial

28 Wednesday 26th


St Wenceslaus, martyr Opt. Mem.

Ss Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

29 Thursday Ss Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels Feast

30 Friday 26th


St Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

OCTOBER 2016

1 Saturday 26th


St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church Memorial

2 Sunday TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

3 Monday 27th


Bl Columba Marmion, priest Opt. Mem.

4 Tuesday 27th


St Francis of Assisi Memorial

5 Wednesday 27th


6 Thursday 27th


St Bruno, priest Opt. Mem.

7 Friday 27th


Our Lady of the Rosary Memorial

8 Saturday 27th


9 Sunday TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

10 Monday 28th


11 Tuesday 28th


St John XXIII, pope Opt. Mem.

St Canice, abbot Opt. Mem.

12 Wednesday 28th


13 Thursday 28th


14 Friday 28th


St Callistus I, pope and martyr Opt. Mem.

15 Saturday 28th


St Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor of the Church Memorial

16 Sunday TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

17 Monday 29th


St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr Memorial

18 Tuesday 29th


St Luke, evangelist Feast

19 Wednesday 29th


Ss John Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, priests, and

Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

St Paul of the Cross, priest Opt. Mem.

20 Thursday 29th


21 Friday 29th


22 Saturday 29th


St John Paul II, pope Opt. Mem.

23 Sunday THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

24 Monday 30th


St Anthony Claret, bishop Opt. Mem.

25 Tuesday 30th


26 Wednesday 30th


27 Thursday 30th


St Otteran, monk Opt. Mem.

28 Friday Ss Simon and Jude, apostles Feast

29 Saturday 30th


St Colman, bishop Opt. Mem.

30 Sunday THIRTY-FIRST IN SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME


NOVEMBER 2016

1 Tuesday ALL SAINTS Solemnity

2 Wednesday THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

(All Souls’ Day)


St Malachy, bishop Memorial


St Charles Borromeo, bishop Memorial


[Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary]

6 Sunday THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

7 Monday 32nd


St Willibrord, bishop and missionary Opt. Mem.

8 Tuesday 32nd


9 Wednesday The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Feast

10 Thursday 32nd


St Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Memorial

11 Friday 32nd


St Martin of Tours, bishop Memorial

12 Saturday 32nd


St Josaphat, bishop and martyr Memorial

13 Sunday THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

14 Monday 33rd


St Laurence O’Toole, bishop Opt. Mem.

15 Tuesday 33rd


St Albert the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

16 Wednesday 33rd


St Margaret of Scotland Opt. Mem.

St Gertrude, virgin Opt. Mem.

17 Thursday 33rd


St Elizabeth of Hungary, religious Memorial

18 Friday 33rd


The Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss Peter and Paul Opt. Mem.

19 Saturday 33rd


20 Sunday OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE Solemnity

21 Monday 34th


The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial

22 Tuesday 34th


St Cecilia, virgin and martyr Memorial

23 Wednesday 34th


St Columban, abbot and missionary Memorial

24 Thursday 34th


Ss Andrew Dŏng-Lạc, priest and Companions, martyrs Memorial

25 Friday 34th


St Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Colman, bishop Opt. Mem.

26 Saturday 34th


27 Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

28 Monday 1st Week of Advent

29 Tuesday 1st Week of Advent

30 Wednesday St Andrew, apostle Feast

DECEMBER 2016

1Thursday 1st Week of Advent

2 Friday 1st Week of Advent

3 Saturday 1st Week of Advent

St Francis Xavier, priest Memorial

4 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

5 Monday 2nd

Week of Advent

6 Tuesday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Nicholas, bishop Opt. Mem.

7 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

8 Thursday THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED

VIRGIN MARY Solemnity

9 Friday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin Opt. Mem.

10 Saturday 2nd

Week of Advent

11 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

12 Monday 3rd

Week of Advent

Our Lady of Guadalupe Opt. Mem.

St Finnian, bishop Opt. Mem.

13 Tuesday 3rd

Week of Advent

St Lucy, virgin and martyr Memorial

14 Wednesday 3rd

Week of Advent

St John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

15 Thursday 3rd

Week of Advent

16 Friday 3rd

Week of Advent

17 Saturday 3rd

Week of Advent

18 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

19 Monday 4th

Week of Advent

20 Tuesday 4th

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Fachanan, bishop Opt. Mem.

21 Wednesday 4th

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Peter Canisius, priest and doctor

of the Church Opt. Mem.

22 Thursday 4th

Week of Advent

23 Friday 4th

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St John of Kanty, priest Opt. Mem.

24 Saturday 4th

Week of Advent

25 Sunday THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) Solemnity

26 Monday St Stephen, first martyr Feast

27 Tuesday St John, apostle and evangelist Feast

28 Wednesday The Holy Innocents, martyrs Feast

29 Thursday 5th


Memorial may be made of St Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

30 Friday The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Feast

31 Saturday 7th


Memorial may be made of St Sylvester I, pope Opt. Mem.

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