| Class | Color | Celebration | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Movable Celebrations
| S | Epiphany | Sunday between 2 Jan and 8 Jan | |
| F | Baptism of the Lord | Sunday after Epiphany | ||
| F | Ash Wednesday | |||
| S | Passion (Palm) Sunday | Sunday before Easter | ||
| S | Holy Thursday | Thursday before Easter | ||
| S | Good Friday | Friday before Easter | ||
| S | Holy Saturday | Saturday before Easter | ||
| S | Easter | |||
| S | Ascension of the Lord | |||
| S | Pentecost | |||
| M | Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church | Monday after Pentecost | ||
| S | Holy Trinity | 1st Sunday after Pentecost | ||
| S | Corpus Christi | Thursday after Holy Trinity | ||
| S | Sacred Heart | Friday following the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost | ||
| O | Immaculate Heart of Mary | Saturday after Sacred Heart | ||
| S | Christ the King | Last Sunday of Ordinary Time | ||
| F | Holy Family | Sunday within octave of Christmas or 30 Dec |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January
| 1 | S | Mary, Mother of God | |
| 2 | S | Sts Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, B & D | ||
| 3 | S | The Most Holy Name of Jesus | ||
| 7 | S | St Raymond of Penyafort, Pr | ||
| 13 | S | St Hilary, B & D | ||
| 17 | S | St Anthony, Ab | ||
| 20 | S | St Fabian, P & M | ||
| 20 | S | St Sebastian, M | ||
| 21 | S | St Agnes, V & M | ||
| 22 | S | St Vincent, De & M | ||
| 24 | S | St Francis de Sales, B & D | ||
| 25 | S | Conversion of St Paul, A | ||
| 26 | S | Sts Timothy & Titus, B | ||
| 27 | S | St Angela Merici, V | ||
| 31 | S | St John Bosco, Pr |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
February
| 2 | F | Presentation of the Lord | |
| 3 | O | St Ansgar, B | ||
| 3 | O | St Blase, B & M | ||
| 5 | M | St Agatha, V & M | ||
| 6 | M | Sts Paul Miki and companions, M | ||
| 8 | O | St Jerome Emiliani | ||
| 8 | O | St Josephine Bakhita, v | ||
| 10 | M | St Scholastica, V | ||
| 11 | O | Our Lady of Lourdes | ||
| 14 | M | Sts Cyril, Mo, and Methodius, B | ||
| 17 | O | Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, R | ||
| 21 | O | St Peter Damian, B & D | ||
| 22 | F | Chair of St Peter, A | ||
| 23 | M | St Polycarp, B & M | ||
| 27 | O | St Gregory of Narek, Ab & D |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March
| 4 | O | St Casimir | |
| 7 | M | Sts Perpetua & Felicity, M | ||
| 8 | O | St John of God, R | ||
| 9 | O | St Frances of Rome, R | ||
| 17 | O | St Patrick, B | ||
| 18 | O | St Cyril of Jerusalem, B & D | ||
| 19 | S | St Joseph, Husband of Mary | ||
| 23 | O | St Turibius de Mongrovejo, B | ||
| 25 | S | Annunciation of the Lord |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April
| 2 | O | St Francis of Paolo, H | |
| 4 | O | St Isidore, B & D | ||
| 5 | O | St Vincent Ferrer, Pr | ||
| 7 | M | St John Baptist de la Salle, Pr | ||
| 11 | M | St Stanislaus, B & M | ||
| 13 | O | St Martin I, P & M | ||
| 21 | O | St Anselm, B & D | ||
| 23 | O | St George, M | ||
| 23 | O | St Adalbert, B & M | ||
| 24 | O | St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Pr & M | ||
| 25 | F | St Mark, E | ||
| 28 | O | St Peter Chanel, Pr & M | ||
| 28 | O | St Louis Mary de Montfort, Pr | ||
| 29 | M | St Catherine of Siena, V & D | ||
| 30 | O | St Pius V, P |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May
| 1 | O | St Joseph the Worker | |
| 2 | M | St Athanasius, B & D | ||
| 3 | F | Sts Philip & James, A | ||
| 10 | O | St John De Avila, Pr & D | ||
| 12 | O | Sts Nereus & Achilleus, M | ||
| 12 | O | St Pancras, M | ||
| 13 | F | Our Lady of Fatima | ||
| 14 | F | St Matthias, A | ||
| 18 | O | St John I, P & M | ||
| 20 | O | St Bernardine of Siena, Pr | ||
| 21 | O | St Christopher Magallanes, Pr & M, and companions, M | ||
| 22 | O | St Rita of Cascia, R | ||
| 25 | O | St Venerable Bede, Pr & D | ||
| 25 | O | St Gregory VII, P | ||
| 25 | O | St Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, V | ||
| 26 | M | St Philip Neri, Pr | ||
| 27 | O | St Augustine of Canterbury, B | ||
| 29 | O | St Paul VI, P | ||
| 31 | F | Visitation of Mary |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
June
| 1 | M | St Justin, M | |
| 2 | O | Sts Marcellinus & Peter, M | ||
| 3 | M | Sts Charles Lwanga and companions, M | ||
| 5 | M | St Boniface, B & M | ||
| 6 | O | St Norbert, B | ||
| 9 | O | St Ephrem, De & D | ||
| 11 | M | St Barnabas, A | ||
| 13 | M | St Anthony of Padua, Pr & D | ||
| 19 | O | St Romuald, Ab | ||
| 21 | M | St Aloysius Gonzaga, R | ||
| 22 | O | St Paulinus of Nola, B | ||
| 22 | O | Sts John Fisher, B & M; Thomas More, M | ||
| 24 | S | Birth of St John the Baptist | ||
| 27 | O | St Cyril of Alexandria, B & D | ||
| 28 | M | St Irenaeus, B & M | ||
| 29 | S | Sts Peter & Paul, A | ||
| 30 | O | First Martyrs of the Church of Rome |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
July
| 3 | F | St Thomas, A | |
| 4 | O | St Elizabeth of Portugal | ||
| 5 | O | St Anthony Zaccaria, Pr | ||
| 6 | O | St Maria Goretti, V & M | ||
| 9 | O | St Augustine Zhao Rong, Pr & M, and companions, M | ||
| 11 | M | St Benedict, Ab | ||
| 13 | O | St Henry | ||
| 14 | O | St Camillus de Lellis, Pr | ||
| 15 | M | St Bonaventure, B & D | ||
| 16 | O | Our Lady of Mount Carmel | ||
| 20 | O | St Apollinarus, B & M | ||
| 21 | O | St Lawrence of Brindisi, Pr & D | ||
| 22 | F | St Mary Magdalene | ||
| 23 | O | St Bridget, R | ||
| 24 | O | St Sharbel Makhluf, Pr | ||
| 25 | F | St James, A | ||
| 26 | M | Sts Joachim and Ann, Parents of Mary | ||
| 29 | M | Sts Martha, Mary and Lazarus | ||
| 30 | O | St Peter Chrysologus, B & D | ||
| 31 | M | St Ignatius of Loyola, Pr |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
August
| 1 | M | St Alphonsus Liguori, B & D | |
| 2 | O | St Eusebius of Vercelli, B | ||
| 2 | O | St Peter Julian Eymard, Pr | ||
| 4 | M | St John Vianney, Pr | ||
| 5 | O | Dedication of Basilica of St Mary Major | ||
| 6 | F | Transfiguration | ||
| 7 | O | St Cajetan, Pr | ||
| 7 | O | Sts Sixtus II, P & M, and companions, M | ||
| 8 | M | St Dominic, Pr | ||
| 9 | M | St Teresiae Benedicta of the Cross, V & M | ||
| 10 | F | St Lawrence, De & M | ||
| 11 | M | St Clare, V | ||
| 13 | O | Sts Pontian, P & M, and Hippolytus, Pr & M | ||
| 14 | M | St Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Pr & M | ||
| 15 | S | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | ||
| 16 | O | St Stephen of Hungary, K | ||
| 19 | O | St John Eudes, Pr | ||
| 20 | M | St Bernard, Ab & D | ||
| 21 | M | St Pius X, P | ||
| 22 | M | Queenship of Mary | ||
| 23 | O | St Rose of Lima, V | ||
| 24 | F | St Bartholomew, A | ||
| 25 | O | St Louis, K | ||
| 25 | O | St Joseph Calasanz, Pr | ||
| 27 | M | St Monica, W | ||
| 28 | M | St Augustine, B & D | ||
| 29 | M | Beheading of St John the Baptist, M |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
September
| 3 | M | St Gregory the Great, P & D | |
| 8 | O | Birth of Mary | ||
| 9 | O | St Peter Claver, Pr | ||
| 12 | M | The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary | ||
| 13 | O | St John Chrysostom, B & D | ||
| 14 | F | Triumph of the Cross | ||
| 15 | O | Our Lady of Sorrows | ||
| 16 | O | Sts Cornelius, P & M, and Cyprian, B & M | ||
| 17 | M | St Robert Bellarmine, B & D | ||
| 17 | O | St Hildegard of Bingen, V & D | ||
| 19 | M | St Januarius, B & M | ||
| 20 | F | Sts Andrew Kim Taegon, Pr & M, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, M | ||
| 21 | M | St Matthew, A & E | ||
| 23 | O | St Pio of Pietreclina, Pr (Padre Pio) | ||
| 26 | M | Sts Cosmas and Damian, M | ||
| 27 | S | St Vincent de Paul, Pr | ||
| 28 | O | St Wenceslaus, M | ||
| 28 | O | Sts Lawrence Ruiz and companions, M | ||
| 29 | M | Sts Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels | ||
| 30 | M | St Jerome, Pr & D |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
October
| 1 | M | St Theresa of the Child Jesus, V | |
| 2 | M | Guardian Angels | ||
| 4 | M | St Francis of Assisi, R | ||
| 5 | O | St Maria Faustina (Helena) Kowalska, V | ||
| 6 | O | St Bruno, Pr | ||
| 7 | M | Our Lady of the Rosary | ||
| 9 | O | St John Leonardi, Pr | ||
| 9 | O | Sts Denis, B & M, and companions, M | ||
| 11 | O | St John XXIII, P | ||
| 14 | O | St Callistus I, P & M | ||
| 15 | M | St Teresa of Jesus, V & D | ||
| 16 | O | St Hedwig, R | ||
| 16 | O | St Margaret Mary Alacoque, V | ||
| 17 | M | St Ignatius of Antioch, B & M | ||
| 18 | F | St Luke, E | ||
| 19 | O | St Paul of the Cross, Pr | ||
| 19 | O | Sts Isaac Jogues and John de Brébeuf, Pr & M, and companions, M | ||
| 22 | O | St John Paul II, P | ||
| 23 | O | St John of Capistrano, Pr | ||
| 24 | O | St Anthony Claret, B | ||
| 28 | F | Sts Simon and Jude, A |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
November
| 1 | S | All Saints | |
| 2 | F | All Souls | ||
| 3 | O | St Martin de Porres, R | ||
| 4 | M | St Charles Borromeo, B | ||
| 9 | F | Dedication of St. John Lateran | ||
| 10 | M | St Leo the Great, P & D | ||
| 11 | M | St Martin of Tours, B | ||
| 12 | M | St Josaphat, B & M | ||
| 15 | O | St Albert the Great, B & D | ||
| 16 | O | St Margaret of Scotland; Gertrude, V | ||
| 17 | M | St Elizabeth of Hungary, R | ||
| 18 | O | Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, A | ||
| 21 | M | Presentation of Mary | ||
| 22 | M | St Cecilia, V & M | ||
| 23 | O | St Clement I, P & M; Columban, Ab | ||
| 24 | M | Sts Andrew Dung-Lac, Pr & M, and companions, M | ||
| 25 | O | St Catherine of Alexandria, V & M | ||
| 30 | F | St Andrew, A |
| Day | Class | Color | Celebration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
December
| 3 | M | St Francis Xavier, Pr | |
| 4 | O | St John Damascene, Pr & D | ||
| 6 | O | St Nicholas, B | ||
| 7 | M | St Ambrose, B & D | ||
| 8 | S | Immaculate Conception | ||
| 10 | O | Our Lady of Loreto | ||
| 11 | O | St Damasus I, P | ||
| 12 | O | St Jane Frances de Chantal, R | ||
| 13 | M | St Lucy, V & M | ||
| 14 | M | St John of the Cross, Pr & D | ||
| 21 | O | St Peter Canisius, Pr & D | ||
| 23 | O | St John of Kanty, Pr | ||
| 25 | S | Christmas | ||
| 26 | F | St Stephen, First M | ||
| 27 | F | St John, A & E | ||
| 28 | F | Holy Innocents, M | ||
| 29 | O | St Thomas Becket, B & M | ||
| 31 | O | St Sylvester I, P |
Abbreviations for Class: Solemnity, Feast, Memorial, Optional Memorial
Other Abbreviations: Blessed, Saint, Apostle, Abbot, Doctor, Deacon, Evangelist, Hermit, King, Martyr, Monk, Pope, Priest, Religious, Virgin, Widow.
Note: The color is the color of Mass vestments for that celebration.
Updated to reflect the Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia, released in 2002.
Copyright David M. Cheney, 2000-2021.