THE HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION

Days on which attendance at Mass is required

All Sundays of the Year
Circumcision of Our Lord - Jan 1
Epiphany of Our Lord - Jan 6
Ascension Thursday
Assumption of the BVM - Aug 15
All Saints Day - Nov 1
Immaculate Conception BVM - Dec 8
Nativity of Our Lord - Dec 25

DAYS OF LITURGICAL DEVOTION

Days on which attendance at Mass is commended and encouraged

Holy Name of Jesus - Jan 2
Holy Family
Baptism of Our Lord - Jan 13
St Peter's Chair at Rome - Jan 18
Conversion of St Paul - Jan 25
Purification BVM - Feb 2
St Peter's Chair at Antioch - Feb 22
St Matthias - Feb 24
St Patrick - Mar 17
St Joseph - Mar 19
Annuciation BVM - Mar 25
Easter Monday
Easter Tuesday
St Mark - Apr 25
St Joseph the Worker - May 1
Finding of the Holy Cross - May 3
Sts Phillip & James - May 11
Queenship BVM - May 31
Rogation Days
Pentecost Monday
Pentecost Tuesday
Corpus Christi
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Nativity of St John the Baptist - Jun 24
Sts Peter & Paul - Jun 29
Most Precious Blood of Jesus - Jul 1
Visitation BVM - Jul 2
St James the Greater - Jul 25
St Anne - Jul 26
Transfiguration of Our Lord - Aug 6
St Lawrence - Aug 10
St Joachim - Aug 16
Immaculate Heart BVM - Aug 22
St Bartholomew - Aug 24
Nativity BVM - Sept 8
Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Sept 14
Seven Sorrows of BVM - Sept 15
St Michael and All Angels - Sept 29
Holy Rosary BVM - Oct 7
Maternity BVM - Oct 11
St Luke - Oct 18
Sts Simon & Jude - Oct 28
Christ the King
All Souls - Nov 2
Dedication of Our Savior - Nov 9
Presentation BVM - Nov 21
St Andrew - Nov 30
St Thomas - Dec 21
St Stephen - Dec 26
St John the Evangelist - Dec 27
Holy Innocents - Dec 28

OUR DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE

Days on which attendance at Mass is recommended

St Vincent of Lerins - May 24
Proclamation of the Faith - Aug 5
St Augustine of Hippo - Aug 28
Bestowal of American Episcopate - Oct 4
Founding of the NAORCC - Oct 17
Ultrajectine Luminaries & Notables - Nov 3
Arrival of the ORCC in America - Nov 7
Bl John van Ruysbroeck - Dec 2
Preservation of the Church - Dec 29