Holy Days of Obligation, Days of Devotion and Days of Special Observance

 

 

 

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