Catholic Calendar
Please see below for key dates of feasts, festivals and solemnities in the Church’s calendar
September 2022
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation – 1st
The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 8th
Education Day – 11th
The Most Holy Name of Mary – 12th
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Feast – 14th
Home Mission Day – 18th
St. Matthew – Feast – 21st
St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) – 23rd
Our Lady of Walsingham – 24th
Harvest -25th
St. Vincent de Paul – 27th
Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael – Feast – 29th
St. Jerome – 30th
October 2022
St. Therese of Lisieux – 1st
(In other years: Holy Guardian Angels – 2nd)
St. Francis of Assisi – 4th
Our Lady of the Rosary – 7th
Harvest Fast Day – 7th
St. Edward the Confessor – 13th
St. Teresa of Ávila – 15th
St. Luke – Feast – 18th
St. John Paul II – 22nd
World Mission Day – 23rd
November 2022
All Saints – Solemnity – 1st (Holy Day of Obligation)
All Souls – 2nd
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica – Feast – 9th
Remembrance Day/World Day of the Poor – 13th
St. Hilda of Whitby – 17th
Youth Sunday/Christ the King – Solemnity – 20th
St. Cecilia – 22nd
First Sunday of Advent – 27th
St. Andrew – Feast – 30th
December 2022
Migrants’ Day – 3rd
2nd Sunday of Advent – 4th
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 8th
3rd Sunday of Advent – 11th
4th Sunday of Advent – 18th
The Nativity of the Lord – Solemnity – 25th (Holy Day of Obligation)
St. Stephen, the first Martyr – Feast – 26th
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs – Feast – 28th
The Holy Family – Feast – 30th
January 2023
Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity – 1st
The Most Holy Name of Jesus – 3rd
The Epiphany of the Lord – Solemnity – 6th (Holy Day of Obligation)
The Baptism of the Lord – Feast – 8th
Peace Sunday – 15th
Sunday of the Word of God – 22nd
The Conversion of St. Paul – Feast – 25th
St. John Bosco – 31st
February 2023
The Presentation of the Lord – Feast – 2nd
Racial Justice Day – 5th
Our Lady of Lourdes – 11th
Ash Wednesday – 22nd (In other years: St. Peter’s Chair – Feast)
1st Sunday of Lent – 26th
March 2023
St. David – Feast – 1st
Lent Fast Day – 3rd
2nd Sunday of Lent – 5th
3rd Sunday of Lent – 12th
St. Patrick – Feast – 17th
4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare) – 19th
St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 20th (In other years: 19th)
The Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity – 25th
5th Sunday of Lent – 26th
April 2023
Palm Sunday – 2nd
Maundy Thursday – 6th
Good Friday – 7th
Holy Saturday – 8th
Easter Sunday – 9th
Divine Mercy Sunday – 16th
St. George – Solemnity – 24th
St. Mark – Feast – 25th
World Day of Prayer for Vocations – 30th
May 2023
The English Martyrs – Feast – 4th
Our Lady of Fatima – 13th
The Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity – 18th (Holy Day of Obligation)
St. Bede – 25th
Pentecost – 28th
Mary, Mother of the Church – 29th
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 31st
June 2023
Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest – Feast – 1st
The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity – 4th
Corpus Christi – Solemnity – 11th
St. Anthony – 13th
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity – 16th
The Immaculate Heart of Mary – 17th
Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More – 22nd
The Nativity of John the Baptist – Solemnity – 24th
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Patron of the Diocese) – Feast – 27th
Sts. Peter and Paul – Solemnity – 29th (Holy Day of Obligation)
July 2023
Sea Sunday – 9th
St. Benedict – Feast – 11th
(In other years: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – 16th)
St. Mary Magdalene – Feast – 22nd
Sts. Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 26th
Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus – 29th
August 2023
St. Jean Vianney – 4th
The Transfiguration of the Lord – Feast – 6th
Blessed Nicholas Postgate, Martyr – 7th
St. Maximilian Kolbe – 14th
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 15th (Holy Day of Obligation)
Our Lady, Mother and Queen – 22nd
Saint Aiden, Bishop and Missionary, and the saints of Lindisfarne – 31st
