THE NORTH AMERICAN
OLD ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
- Primatial See of Nova-Terra -
The Original, Historic, and Canonical Old Roman Catholic
Tridentine Mass Jurisdiction in The Americas
1914
Founded at Jerusalem in 33 A.D.; Organized at Utrecht in 696 A.D.; Established in Great Britain in 1908 A.D.; Established in America in 1914 A.D.
General Liturgical Calendar
JANUARY
1 THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD
The Most Holy Name of Jesus: Sunday between the Circumcision and the Epiphany or January 2nd:
2 Octave Day of St Stephen
3 Octave Day of St John
4 Octave Day of the Holy Innocents
5 Vigil of the Epiphany
6 THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD
The Feast of the Holy Family: Sunday After Epiphany
7 Feria (Flight of the Child Jesus into Egypt)
8 Feria
9 Feria
10 Feria
11 Feria (RIP-Abp Carmel Henry Carfora- 2nd Primate, 1958)
12 Feria
13 Octave Day of Epiphany / The Baptism of Our Lord
14 St Hilary
15 St Paul the First Hermit
16 St Marcellus
17 St Anthony the Abbot
18 St Peter’s Chair at Rome
19 St Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abichum
20 Sts Fabian & Sebastian
21 St Agnes
22 Sts Vincent & Anastasius
23 St Raymond Pennafort / The Espousals of the BVM
24 St Timothy
25 The Conversion of St Paul
26 St Polycarp
27 St John Chrysostom
28 St Peter Nolasco (RIP-Abp James Hubert Rogers-4th Primate, 1991)
29 St Francis de Sales - episcopal consecration of Bp Charles Jerome Bidjo, 2011
30 St Martina
31 St John Bosco
FEBRUARY
1 St Ignatius of Antioch
2 The Purification of the BVM / The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
3 St Blaise
4 St Andrew Corsini
5 St Agatha
6 St Titus
7 St Romuald
8 St John of Matha
9 St Cyril of Alexandria
10 St Scholastica
11 Our Lady of Lourdes
12 The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
13 Feria (RIP-Abp Herve Lionel Quessy-5th Primate, 2008)
14 St Valentine
15 Sts Faustinus and Jovita
16 Feria
17 Feria
18 St Simeon of Jerusalem
19 Feria
20 Feria
21 Feria
22 St Peter’s Chair at Antioch
23 St Peter Damian
24 St Matthias (Vocation of St Francis of Assisi)
25 Feria
26 Feria
27 St Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin
In Leap Year St Matthias is celebrated on February 25 and St Gabriel on February 28.
MARCH
1 Feria
2 Feria
3 Feria
4 St Casimir of Lithuania
5 Feria
6 Sts Perpetua & Felicitas
7 St Thomas Aquinas
8 St John of God
9 St Frances of Roma
10 The Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste
11 Feria
12 St Gregory the Great
13 Feria
14 Feria
15 Feria
16 Feria
17 St Patrick
18 St Cyril of Jerusalem - episcopal consecration of Bp Dieudonne Nitonde, 2007
19 St Joseph, Spouse of the BVM
20 Feria
21 St Benedict
22 Feria
23 Feria
24 St Gabriel the Archangel
25 The Annunciation of the BVM
26 Feria
27 St John Damascene
28 St John Capistran
29 Feria
30 Feria
31 Feria
APRIL
1 Feria
2 St Francis of Paula, Founder of the Minims
3 Feria
4 St Isidore of Seville
5 St Vincent Ferrer
6 Feria
7 Feria
8 Feria
9 Feria
10 Feria
11 St Leo the Great
12 Feria
13 St Hermenigild
14 St Justin Martyr
15 Feria
16 Feria
17 St Anicetus
18 Feria
19 Feria
20 Feria
21 St Anselm
22 Sts Soter & Caius
23 St George
24 St Fidelis of Sigmaringen
25 St Mark the Evangelist
26 Sts Cletus & Marcellinus
27 St Peter Canisius
28 St Paul of the Cross
29 St Peter of Verona
30 St Catherine of Siena
MAY
1 St Joseph the Worker
2 St Athanasius
3 The Invention (Finding) of the Holy Cross
4 St Monica / The Blessed English Martyrs
5 St Pius V
6 St John Before the Latin Gate (commemoration of Bp Cornelius Jansenius, 1638)
7 St Stanislaus of Cracow
8 The Apparition of St Michael the Archangel
9 St Gregory Nazianzen
10 St Antoninus
11 Sts Phillip & James
12 Sts Nereus, Achilleus & Companions
13 St Robert Bellarmine
14 St Boniface of Tarsus
15 St John Baptiste de la Salle
16 St Ubald of Gubbio
17 St Paschal Baylon
18 St Venantius of Camerino (RIP-Abp Edmund F Leeman, TOR-7th Primate, 2011)
19 St Peter Celestine
20 St Bernardine of Siena
21 Feria
22 Feria
23 Feria
24 ST VINCENT OF LERINS
25 St Gregory VII
26 St Phillip Neri
27 St Bede the Venerable
28 St Augustine of Canterbury
29 St Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi
30 St Felix I - episcopal consecration of Abp Edward J Ford, 1978
31 The Queenship of the BVM
JUNE
1 St Angela Merici
2 Sts Peter & Marcellinus / St Erasmus
3 Feria
4 St Francis Caracciolo
5 St Boniface of Germany
6 St Norbert of Magdeburg (RIP-Bp Beldon E Gannon, 2017)
7 Feria
8 Feria
9 Sts Primus & Felicianus (RIP-Abp Bernard Mary Williams, 1952)
10 St Margaret, Queen of Scotland
11 St Barnabas
12 St John of Facundo
13 St Anthony of Padua
14 St Basil the Great
15 Sts Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia
16 Feria
17 St Gregory Barbarigo
18 St Ephraim the Syrian
19 St Juliana of Falconieri
20 St Silverius
21 St Aloysius Gonzaga
22 St Paulinus / St Alban
23 The Vigil of the Nativity of St John
24 The Nativity of St John the Baptist
25 St William
26 Sts John & Paul
27 Feria
28 St Irenaeus
29 Sts Peter & Paul
30 The Commemoration of St Paul
JULY
1 The Most Precious Blood of Jesus
2 The Visitation of the BVM
3 St Leo II
4 Feria
5 St Anthony Mary Zaccaria
6 Octave Day of Sts Peter & Paul
7 Sts Cyril & Methodius
8 St Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal
9 Sts John Fischer & Thomas More
10 The Seven Holy Brothers
11 St Pius I
12 St John Gualbert
13 St Anacletus
14 St Bonaventure
15 St Henry
16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel
17 St Alexis
18 St Camillus de Lellis
19 St Vincent de Paul
20 St Jerome Aemilianus
21 St Lawrence of Brindsi / St Praxedes
22 St Mary Magdalen
23 St Apollinaris
24 The Vigil of St James / St Christina
25 St James (the Greater) the Apostle (commemoration of Thomas a Kempis, 1471)
26 St Anne, Mother of the BVM
27 St Pantalaeon of Nicomedia
28 St Nazarius & Celsus, Victor I, Innocent I
29 St Martha
30 Sts Abdon & Sennen
31 St Ignatius Loyola
AUGUST
1 St Peter’s Chains / The Seven Holy Maccabees
2 St Alphonsus Mary de Liguori
3 The Finding of St Stephen (commemoration of Our Lady of Port Royal)
4 St Dominic (commemoration of Mere Angelique, 1661)
5 THE PROCLAMATION OF THE FAITH
6 The Transfiguration of Our Lord
7 St Cajetan (commemoration of Antoine Arnauld, 1694)
8 Sts Cyriacus & Companions
9 St John Mary Vianney
10 St Lawrence
11 Sts Tiburtius & Susanna (RIP-Bp Irvin N Plant, 2021)
12 St Clare of Assisi
13 Sts Hippolytus & Cassian
14 The Vigil of the Assumption of the BVM - episcopal consecration of Bp Waldemar Maj, 2021
15 THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BVM
16 St Joachim, Father of the BVM
17 St Hyacinth
18 St Agapitus
19 St John Eudes (commemoration of Blaise Paschal, 1662)
20 St Bernard of Clairvaux (commemoration of Geert Groote, 1384)
21 St Jane Frances de Chantal
22 The Immaculate Heart of Mary
23 St Phillip Benizi
24 St Bartholomew (RIP-Abp Gerard G Shelley, 1980)
25 St Louis, King of France (RIP-Abp Hubert Augustus Rogers- 3rd Primate, 1976)
26 St Zephyrinus
27 St Joseph Calasanctius
28 ST AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, PATRON SAINT OF THE ORCC
29 The Beheading of St John the Baptist
30 St Rose of Lima
31 St Raymond Nonnatus
SEPTEMBER
1 St Giles / The Twelve Holy Brothers
2 St Stephen, King of Hungary
3 St Pius X
4 Feria
5 St Lawrence Justinian
6 Feria
7 Feria
8 The Nativity of the BVM - episcopal consecration of Bp John O Finney, 2021
9 St Gorgonius of Nicomedia
10 St Nicholas of Tolentino
11 Sts Protus & Hyacinthus
12 The Most Holy Name of Mary - episcopal consecration Bp George Odhiamba, 2009
13 Feria
14 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
15 The Seven Sorrows of the BVM
16 Sts Cornelius & Cyprian
17 The Sacred Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi
18 St Joseph of Cupertino
19 St Januarius & Companions
20 St Eustachius & Companions
21 St Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist
22 St Thomas of Villanova
23 St Linus
24 Our Lady of Ransom
25 Feria
26 Sts Cyprian & Justina
27 Sts Cosmas & Damian
28 St Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia
29 St Michael and all Angels - episcopal consecration of Bp Simonpeter Nnolumfu, 2010
30 St Jerome
OCTOBER
1 St Remigius of Rheims
2 The Holy Guardian Angels
3 St Teresa (Lisieux) of the Child Jesus
4 BESTOWAL OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPATE / St Francis
5 Sts Placidius & Companions
6 St Bruno
7 The Most Holy Rosary of the BVM
8 St Bridget of Sweden
9 St John Leonardi / St Denis & Companions
10 St Francis Borgia
11 The Maternity of the BVM
12 Feria
13 St Edward the Confessor, King of England
14 St Callistus
15 St Teresa of Avila -episcopal consecration of Bishop I Nicholas Plant, 2011
16 St Hedwig
17 FOUNDING OF THE NAORCC / St Margaret Mary Alacoque
18 St Luke the Evangelist
19 St Peter of Alcantara
20 St John Cantius
21 St Hilarion
22 Feria
23 St Anthony Mary Claret
24 St Raphael the Archangel
25 Sts Chrysanthus & Dara
26 St Evaristus
27 The Vigil of Sts Simon & Jude
28 Sts Simon & Jude the Apostles
29 Feria (commemoration of the Confessors of Port Royal, 1709)
30 Feria
31 The Vigil of All Saints
Last Sunday in October – The Feast of Christ the King
NOVEMBER
1 ALL SAINTS
2 All Souls
3 ALL ULTRAJECTINE LUMINARIES & NOTABLES
4 St Charles Borromeo / Sts Vitalis & Agricola (commemoration of Antoine LeMaistre, 1658)
5 The Feast of the Holy Relics
6 The Vigil of St Willibrord
7 THE ARRIVAL OF THE ORCC IN AMERICA / ST WILLIBRORD
8 The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs
9 Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Savior
10 St Andrew Avellino
11 St Martin of Tours
12 St Martin I
13 St Didacus (Diego)
14 St Josaphat (commemoration of Antoine Le Maistre, 1658)
15 St Albertus Magnus
16 St Gertrude (commemoration of Pierre Nicole, 1695)
17 St Gregory Thaumaturgus (RIP-Abp Rudolphe de Landas Berghes- 1st Primate,
1920)
18 The Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts Peter & Paul
19 St Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary
20 St Felix of Valois
21 The Presentation of the BVM
22 St Cecilia
23 St Clement
24 St John of the Cross
25 St Catherine of Alexandria
26 St Sylvester
27 Feria
28 Feria
29 The Vigil of St Andrew / St Saturninus
30 St Andrew the Apostle
DECEMBER
1 Feria
2 BL JOHN VAN RUYSBROECK / St Bibiana
3 St Francis Xavier
4 St Peter Chrysologus
5 St Sabbas
6 St Nicholas
7 St Ambrose
8 THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BVM
9 Feria
10 St Melchiades
11 St Damasus
12 Feria (RIP-Abp Arnold Harris Mathew, 1919)
13 St Lucy of Syracuse
14 Feria
15 Feria
16 St Eusebius of Vercelli
17 Feria [O Sapientia]
18 Feria [O Adonai]
19 Feria [O Radix Jesse]
20 Vigil of St Thomas [O Clavis David]
21 St Thomas the Apostle [O Oriens]
22 Feria [O Rex Gentium]
23 Feria [O Emmanuel]
24 The Vigil of the Nativity [O Virgo Virginum]
25 THE SOLEMN NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
26 St Stephen, Proto-Martyr
27 St John the Apostle and Evangelist
28 The Holy Innocents
29 THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCH / St Thomas, Canterbury
30 Feria
31 St Sylvester I