2016 Liturgical Calendar: Liturgy Office

Summary of Dates
2016
Sundays:
Year C Gospel of St Luke & St John
Weekdays:
Year II
1st Sunday of Advent
Sunday 29 November 2015
Christmas
Friday 25 December 2015
Epiphany of the Lord
Sunday 3 January 2016
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 10 February
Easter Sunday
Sunday 27 March
Ascension of the Lord
Sunday 8 May
Pentecost
Sunday 15 May
Body and Blood of the Lord
Sunday 29 May
St Peter & St Paul
Wednesday 29 June
The Assumption
Sunday 14 August
All Saints
Tuesday 1 November
All Souls
Wednesday 2 November
2016
Liturgical
Calendar
2017
Sundays:
Year A Gospel of St Matthew & St John
Weekdays:
Year I
Christmas
Sunday 25 December 2016
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 1 March
Easter Sunday
Sunday 16 April
Sunday 28 May
Pentecost
Sunday 4 June
Sunday 18 June
St Peter & St Paul
Thursday 29 June
The Assumption
Tueday 15 August
All Saints
All Souls
Thursday 2 November
Liturgy
Office
This liturgical calendar for 2016 was produced by the Liturgy Office of
the Bishops Conference of England and Wales for use with Breviaries and
peoples Missals. It is one of a number of resources that can be downloaded for the website: www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar
2015 Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales
Summary of Dates
2016
Sundays:
Year C Gospel of St Luke & St John
Weekdays:
Year II
Christmas
Friday 25 December 2015
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 10 February
Easter Sunday
Sunday 27 March
Sunday 8 May
Pentecost
Sunday 15 May
Sunday 29 May
St Peter & St Paul
Wednesday 29 June
The Assumption
Sunday 14 August
All Saints
Tuesday 1 November
All Souls
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2016
Liturgical
Calendar
2017
Sundays:
Year A Gospel of St Matthew & St John
Weekdays:
Year I
Christmas
Sunday 25 December 2016
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 1 March
Easter Sunday
Sunday 16 April
Sunday 28 May
Pentecost
Sunday 4 June
Sunday 18 June
St Peter & St Paul
Thursday 29 June
The Assumption
Tueday 15 August
All Saints
All Souls
Thursday 2 November
This liturgical calendar for 2016 was produced by the Liturgy Office of
the Bishops Conference of England and Wales for use with Breviaries and
peoples Missals. It is one of a number of resources that can be downloaded for the website: www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar
2015 Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales
Liturgy
Office
ENGLAND
& WA L E S
The Cycle of Prayer

Advent/Christmas
Openness to the Word of God
Migrants and Refugees
Expectant Mothers
Ordinary Time: Winter

Peace on Earth
Christian Unity
The Sick and Those Who Care for Them
Victims of Trafficking and Those who Work to Combat it
The Unemployed
Lent
Candidates for the Sacraments
Womens World Day of Prayer
The Needy and Hungry of the World
Penitents and Wanderers
For more information about the Cycle of Prayer see www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/Cycle
The Cycle of Prayer

Advent/Christmas
Openness to the Word of God
Migrants and Refugees
Expectant Mothers
Ordinary Time: Winter

Peace on Earth
Christian Unity
The Sick and Those Who Care for Them
Victims of Trafficking and Those who Work to Combat it
The Unemployed
Lent
Candidates for the Sacraments
Womens World Day of Prayer
The Needy and Hungry of the World
Penitents and Wanderers
For more information about the Cycle of Prayer see www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/Cycle
Easter
New Members of the Church
Vocations
Human Work
The Right Use of the Media
The Church
Ordinary Time: Summer

A Deeper Understanding
between Christians and Jews
Those Who Suffer Persecution,
Oppression and Denial of Human Rights
Europe
Human Life
Seafarers
Ordinary Time: Autumn

The Spread of the Gospel
The Harvest, the Fruits of Human Work,
and the Reverent Use of Creation
Students and Teachers
CP
Justice and Peace in the

World
All Victims of War
Young People
Prisoners and their Families
ycle
of
rayer
Easter
New Members of the Church
Vocations
Human Work
The Right Use of the Media
The Church
Ordinary Time: Summer

A Deeper Understanding
between Christians and Jews
Those Who Suffer Persecution,
Oppression and Denial of Human Rights
Europe
Human Life
Seafarers
Ordinary Time: Autumn

The Spread of the Gospel
The Harvest, the Fruits of Human Work,
and the Reverent Use of Creation
Students and Teachers
Justice and Peace in the
World
All Victims of War
Young People
Prisoners and their Families
CP
ycle
of
rayer
December 2016
1
2
3
4
5
6
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
7
8
9
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
10 Saturday
11 Sunday
12 Monday
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
22 Thursday
23 Friday
24
25
26
27
28
29
12
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
30 Friday
31 Saturday
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
St Francis Xavier, Priest
2nd Sunday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent,
St Nicholas, Bishop
St Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Weekday of Advent,
St Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin
Weekday of Advent,
St John Roberts, Priest, Martyr (W)
3rd Sunday of Advent
Weekday of Advent,
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St Lucy, Virgin, Martyr
St John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor of the Church
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
4th Sunday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent,
St Peter Canisius, Priest, Doctor of the Church
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent,
St John of Kanty, Priest
Weekday of Advent
The Nativity of the Lord
St Stephen, the first Martyr
St John, Apostle, Evangelist
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
5th day of Christmas Octave,
St Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
7th day of Christmas Octave, St Sylvester I, Pope
January 2016
memorial
Week II
memorial
solemnity
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
7
8
9
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
10 Saturday
11 Sunday
12 Monday
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
22 Thursday
23 Friday
24
25
26
27
28
29
12
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
30 Friday
31 Saturday
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
St Francis Xavier, Priest
2nd Sunday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent,
St Nicholas, Bishop
St Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Weekday of Advent,
St Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin
Weekday of Advent,
St John Roberts, Priest, Martyr (W)
3rd Sunday of Advent
Weekday of Advent,
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St Lucy, Virgin, Martyr
St John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor of the Church
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
4th Sunday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent,
St Peter Canisius, Priest, Doctor of the Church
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent,
St John of Kanty, Priest
Weekday of Advent
The Nativity of the Lord
St Stephen, the first Martyr
St John, Apostle, Evangelist
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
5th day of Christmas Octave,
St Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
7th day of Christmas Octave, St Sylvester I, Pope
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
6
7
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8 Friday
9 Saturday
10 Sunday
Week III
11 Monday
12 Tuesday
memorial
memorial
13 Wednesday
Week IV
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
21 Thursday
22 Friday
solemnity
feast
feast
feast
feast (E)
feast
December 2016
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Octave of the Nativity)

Ss Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen,
Bishops, Doctors of the Church
The Epiphany of the Lord
Weekday after Epiphany
or St Raymond of Peafort, Priest
The Baptism of the Lord
Weekday in Ordinary Time
or St Aelred of Rievaulx, Religious (E)
or St Hilary, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Wulstan, Bishop (E)
or St Fabian, Pope, Martyr, St Sebastian, Martyr
St Agnes, Virgin, Martyr
or St Vincent, Deacon, Martyr
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle
Ss Timothy and Titus, Bishops
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Angela Merici, Virgin
St Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor of the Church
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
solemnity
memorial
solemnity
feast
Week I
Week II
memorial
Week III
feast
memorial
memorial
Week IV
January 2016
memorial
Week II
memorial
solemnity
1
2
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
6
7
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8 Friday
9 Saturday
10 Sunday
Week III
11 Monday
12 Tuesday
memorial
memorial
13 Wednesday
Week IV
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
21 Thursday
22 Friday
solemnity
feast
feast
feast
feast (E)
feast
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Octave of the Nativity)

Ss Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen,
Bishops, Doctors of the Church
The Epiphany of the Lord
or St Raymond of Peafort, Priest
The Baptism of the Lord
or St Aelred of Rievaulx, Religious (E)
or St Hilary, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Wulstan, Bishop (E)
or St Fabian, Pope, Martyr, St Sebastian, Martyr
St Agnes, Virgin, Martyr
or St Vincent, Deacon, Martyr
The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle
Ss Timothy and Titus, Bishops
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Angela Merici, Virgin
St Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor of the Church
solemnity
memorial
solemnity
feast
Week I
Week II
memorial
Week III
feast
memorial
memorial
Week IV
February 2016
1
2
Monday
Tuesday

feast
Wednesday
4
5
6
7
8
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday

or St Blaise, Bishop, Martyr; St Ansgar, Bishop
St Agatha, Virgin, Martyr
St Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs
or St Jerome Emiliani; St Josephine Bakhita, Virgin
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Teilo, Bishop (W)
Ash Wednesday
9 Tuesday
10 Wednesday
11 Thursday
12
13
14
15
16
17
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Weekday of Lent
or Our Lady of Lourdes
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
1st Sunday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
or The Seven Founders of the Order of Servants of the BVM
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
2nd Sunday of Lent
The Chair of St Peter, Apostle
St Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
3rd Sunday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
November 2016
The Presentation
of the Lord
1
2
3
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
memorial
memorial
Week I
4
5
6
7
8
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Week I
16 Wednesday
17 Thursday
18 Friday
Week II
feast
memorial
Week III
February 2016
Monday
Tuesday

feast
Wednesday
4
5
6
7
8
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday

or St Blaise, Bishop, Martyr; St Ansgar, Bishop
St Agatha, Virgin, Martyr
St Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs
or St Jerome Emiliani; St Josephine Bakhita, Virgin
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Teilo, Bishop (W)
Ash Wednesday
9 Tuesday
10 Wednesday
11 Thursday
12
13
14
15
16
17
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Weekday of Lent
or Our Lady of Lourdes
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
1st Sunday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
or The Seven Founders of the Order of Servants of the BVM
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
2nd Sunday of Lent
The Chair of St Peter, Apostle
St Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
3rd Sunday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
24 Thursday
25 Friday
1
2
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
All Saints
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
or St Martin de Porres, Religious; St Winefride, Virgin (EW)
St Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Willibrord, Bishop
Weekday in Ordinary Time (E);
All Saints of Wales (W)
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
St Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church
St Martin of Tours, Bishop
St Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Dyfrig, Bishop (W)
or St Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Margaret of Scotland;
St Gertrude, Virgin; St Edmund of Abingdon, Bishop (E)
St Elizabeth of Hungary, married woman, Religious (mem (W));
St Hilda, abbess (E); St Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or The Dedication of the Basilicas of
the Ss Peter and Paul, Apostles
Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Clement I, Pope, Martyr;
St Columban, abbot, missionary
Ss Andrew Dng-Lc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
or St Catherine of Alexandria
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
St Andrew, Apostle, patron of Scotland
solemnity
memorial
Week IV
feast (W)
feast
memorial
memorial
memorial
Week I
Week II
memorial
memorial
memorial
Week I
feast
11
November 2016
The Presentation
of the Lord
1
2
3
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
memorial
memorial
Week I
4
5
6
7
8
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Week I
16 Wednesday
17 Thursday
18 Friday
Week II
feast
memorial
19
20
21
22
23
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
24 Thursday
25 Friday
Week III
26
27
28
29
30
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
All Saints
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
or St Martin de Porres, Religious; St Winefride, Virgin (EW)
St Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Willibrord, Bishop
Weekday in Ordinary Time (E);
All Saints of Wales (W)
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
St Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church
St Martin of Tours, Bishop
St Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Dyfrig, Bishop (W)
or St Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Margaret of Scotland;
St Gertrude, Virgin; St Edmund of Abingdon, Bishop (E)
St Elizabeth of Hungary, married woman, Religious (mem (W));
St Hilda, abbess (E); St Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or The Dedication of the Basilicas of
the Ss Peter and Paul, Apostles
Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Clement I, Pope, Martyr;
St Columban, abbot, missionary
Ss Andrew Dng-Lc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
or St Catherine of Alexandria
Weekday of Advent
Weekday of Advent
St Andrew, Apostle, patron of Scotland
solemnity
memorial
Week IV
feast (W)
feast
memorial
memorial
memorial
Week I
Week II
memorial
memorial
memorial
Week I
feast
11
October 2016
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
11 Tuesday
12 Wednesday
13 Thursday
14
15
16
17
18
19
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
20
21
22
23
24
25
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
26 Wednesday
10
27
28
29
30
31
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
March 2016
St Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church
St Francis of Assisi
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Bruno, Priest
Our Lady of the Rosary
or St Paulinus of York, Bishop (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John XXIII, Pope
or St Wilfred , Bishop (E)
or St Edward the Confessor (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Callistus I, Pope, Martyr
St Teresa of Jesus Virgin, Doctor of the Church
St Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr
St Luke, Evangelist
or Ss John de Brbeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and their
Companions, Martyrs; St Paul of the Cross, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John Paul II, Pope
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop
Weekday in Ordinary Time (E));
The Six Welsh Martyrs and their Companions (W)
or Ss Chad and Cedd, Bishops (E)
Ss Simon and Jude, Apostles
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
memorial
Week III
memorial
memorial
Week IV
memorial
Week I
memorial
feast
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
11 Tuesday
12 Wednesday
13 Thursday
14
15
16
17
18
19
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
20
21
22
23
24
25
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
26 Wednesday
10
27
28
29
30
31
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
St David, Bishop, Patron of Wales
2
3
4
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
5
6
7
8
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent,
St Casimir
Weekday of Lent
4th Sunday of Lent
Ss Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs
Weekday of Lent,
St John of God, Religious
Weekday of Lent,
St Frances of Rome, Religious
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
5th Sunday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent (W),
St Patrick, Bishop (E)
Weekday of Lent,
St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Monday of Holy Week
Tuesday of Holy Week
Wednesday of Holy Week
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Easter Sunday: Vigil, Day
Easter Monday
Easter Tuesday
Easter Wednesday
Easter Thursday
18 Friday
Week II
feast
feast
Week III
October 2016
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
solemnity (W)
feast (E)
Week IV
memorial
Week I
feast
solemnity
Week II
March 2016
St Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church
St Francis of Assisi
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Bruno, Priest
Our Lady of the Rosary
or St Paulinus of York, Bishop (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John XXIII, Pope
or St Wilfred , Bishop (E)
or St Edward the Confessor (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Callistus I, Pope, Martyr
St Teresa of Jesus Virgin, Doctor of the Church
St Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr
St Luke, Evangelist
or Ss John de Brbeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and their
Companions, Martyrs; St Paul of the Cross, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John Paul II, Pope
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop
Weekday in Ordinary Time (E));
The Six Welsh Martyrs and their Companions (W)
or Ss Chad and Cedd, Bishops (E)
Ss Simon and Jude, Apostles
memorial
Week III
memorial
memorial
Week IV
memorial
Week I
memorial
feast
Tuesday
St David, Bishop, Patron of Wales
2
3
4
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
5
6
7
8
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent,
St Casimir
Weekday of Lent
4th Sunday of Lent
Ss Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs
Weekday of Lent,
St John of God, Religious
Weekday of Lent,
St Frances of Rome, Religious
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
5th Sunday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent
Weekday of Lent (W),
St Patrick, Bishop (E)
Weekday of Lent,
St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Monday of Holy Week
Tuesday of Holy Week
Wednesday of Holy Week
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Easter Sunday: Vigil, Day
Easter Monday
Easter Tuesday
Easter Wednesday
Easter Thursday
18 Friday
Week II
feast
feast
Week III
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
solemnity (W)
feast (E)
Week IV
memorial
Week I
feast
solemnity
Week II
April 2016
1
2
3
4
5
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
21 Thursday
22 Friday
23 Saturday
24
25
26
27
28
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
29 Friday
30 Saturday
September 2016
Easter Friday
Easter Saturday
2nd Sunday of Easter
The Annunciation of the Lord
Weekday of Easter,
St Vincent Ferrer, Priest
Weekday of Easter
St John Baptist de la Salle, Priest
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
3rd Sunday of Easter
St Stanislaus, Bishop, Martyr
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
or St Martin I, Pope, Martyr
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
4th Sunday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
or St Beuno, abbot (in Wales)
Weekday of Easter
or St Anselm, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday of Easter
St George, Martyr, Patron of England;
(or Weekday of Easter or St Adalbert, Bishop, Martyr (W))
St Mark, Evangelist
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter or St Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr;
St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest
St Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor of the Church,
patron of Europe
Weekday of Easter
or St Pius V, Pope, Religious
Week II
solemnity
memorial
Week III
memorial
Week IV
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
21 Thursday
22 Friday
23 Saturday
24
25
26
27
28
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
29 Friday
30 Saturday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

St Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church
4
5
6
7
8
9
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
or St Peter Claver, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or Most Holy Name of Mary
St John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Our Lady of Sorrows
Ss Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs
or St Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Januarius, Bishop, Martyr;
St Theodore of Canterbury, Bishop (E)
Ss Andrew Kim Tae-gn, Priest, Paul Chng Ha-sang, &
Companions, Martyrs
St Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist
St Pio of Pietrelcina
Our Lady of Walsingham (E)
or Ss Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs
St Vincent de Paul, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Wenceslaus, Martyr;
Ss Lawrence Ruiz, and Companions, Martyrs
Ss Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
St Jerome, Priest, Doctor of the Church
18 Sunday
19 Monday
20 Tuesday
solemnity (E)
opt. mem. (W)
Week I
feast
21
22
23
24
25
26
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
feast (Eu)
29 Thursday
30 Friday
memorial
(feast(E))
Week III
feast
Week IV
memorial
feast
memorial
memorial
Week I
memorial
feast
memorial
memorial
Week II
memorial
feast
memorial
April 2016
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
September 2016
Easter Friday
Easter Saturday
2nd Sunday of Easter
The Annunciation of the Lord
Weekday of Easter,
St Vincent Ferrer, Priest
Weekday of Easter
St John Baptist de la Salle, Priest
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
3rd Sunday of Easter
St Stanislaus, Bishop, Martyr
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
or St Martin I, Pope, Martyr
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
or St Beuno, abbot (in Wales)
Weekday of Easter
or St Anselm, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday of Easter
St George, Martyr, Patron of England;
(or Weekday of Easter or St Adalbert, Bishop, Martyr (W))
St Mark, Evangelist
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter or St Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr;
St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest
St Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor of the Church,
patron of Europe
Weekday of Easter
or St Pius V, Pope, Religious
Week II
solemnity
memorial
Week III
memorial
Week IV
1
2
3
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

St Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church
4
5
6
7
8
9
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
or St Peter Claver, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or Most Holy Name of Mary
St John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Our Lady of Sorrows
Ss Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs
or St Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Januarius, Bishop, Martyr;
St Theodore of Canterbury, Bishop (E)
Ss Andrew Kim Tae-gn, Priest, Paul Chng Ha-sang, &
Companions, Martyrs
St Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist
St Pio of Pietrelcina
Our Lady of Walsingham (E)
or Ss Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs
St Vincent de Paul, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Wenceslaus, Martyr;
Ss Lawrence Ruiz, and Companions, Martyrs
Ss Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
St Jerome, Priest, Doctor of the Church
18 Sunday
19 Monday
20 Tuesday
solemnity (E)
opt. mem. (W)
Week I
feast
21
22
23
24
25
26
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
feast (Eu)
29 Thursday
30 Friday
memorial
(feast(E))
Week III
feast
Week IV
memorial
feast
memorial
memorial
Week I
memorial
feast
memorial
memorial
Week II
memorial
feast
memorial
August 2016
1
2
Monday
Tuesday
3
4
5
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
27
28
29
30
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
31 Wednesday
May 2016
St Alphonsus Mary de Liguori, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
or St Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; St Peter Julian Eymard, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Germanus of Auxerre, Bishop (W)
St John Mary Vianney, Priest
or The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary
The Transfiguration of the Lord
St Dominic, Priest
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin, Martyr, patron of Europe
St Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr
St Clare, Virgin,
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Jane Frances de Chantal
or Ss Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Weekday in Ordinary Time (20)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Stephen of Hungary
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John Eudes, Priest
St Bernard, abbot, Doctor of the Church
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Rose of Lima, Virgin
St Bartholomew, Apostle
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Louis; St Joseph Calasanz, Priest
or B. Dominic of the Mother of God Barberi, Priest (E);
St David Lewis, Priest, Martyr (W)
St Monica
The Passion of St John the Baptist
or Ss Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line & Margaret Ward, Martyrs (E)
or St Aidan, Bishop, and Saints of Lindisfarne (E)
memorial
Monday
Tuesday
3
4
5
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
27
28
29
30
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
31 Wednesday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
memorial
feast
Week III
memorial
feast (Eu)
feast
memorial
solemnity
Week IV
memorial
Week I
memorial
feast
memorial
Week II
memorial
August 2016
1
2
1
2
3
4
21 Saturday
22
23
24
25
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
26 Thursday
27 Friday
28
29
30
31
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday

St Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Ss Philip and James, Apostles
The English Martyrs (E)
Weekday of Easter (W)
Weekday of Easter or St Asaph, Bishop (W)
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
The Ascension of the Lord
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
or Ss Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs; St Pancras, Martyr
Weekday of Easter or Our Lady of Fatima
St Matthias, Apostle
Pentecost Sunday
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John I, Pope, Martyr
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Dunstan, Bishop (E)
or St Bernardine of Siena, Priest, Religious, missionary
or Ss Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and companions, Martyrs
Most Holy Trinity
St Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor of the Church (mem (E));
or Gregory VII, Pope; St Mary Magdalene dePazzi, Virgin
St Philip Neri, Priest
(Weekday in Ordinary Time (W)
or St Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Week II
memorial
feast
feast (E)

St Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Ss Philip and James, Apostles
The English Martyrs (E)
Weekday of Easter (W)
Weekday of Easter or St Asaph, Bishop (W)
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
The Ascension of the Lord
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
Weekday of Easter
or Ss Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs; St Pancras, Martyr
Weekday of Easter or Our Lady of Fatima
St Matthias, Apostle
Pentecost Sunday
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John I, Pope, Martyr
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Dunstan, Bishop (E)
or St Bernardine of Siena, Priest, Religious, missionary
or Ss Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and companions, Martyrs
Most Holy Trinity
St Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor of the Church (mem (E));
or Gregory VII, Pope; St Mary Magdalene dePazzi, Virgin
St Philip Neri, Priest
(Weekday in Ordinary Time (W)
or St Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Week II
memorial
feast
feast (E)
solemnity
Week III
feast
solemnity
Week III
solemnity
Week IV
memorial
feast (E)
solemnity
Week I
feast
May 2016
St Alphonsus Mary de Liguori, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
or St Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; St Peter Julian Eymard, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Germanus of Auxerre, Bishop (W)
St John Mary Vianney, Priest
or The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary
The Transfiguration of the Lord
St Dominic, Priest
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin, Martyr, patron of Europe
St Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr
St Clare, Virgin,
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Jane Frances de Chantal
or Ss Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Stephen of Hungary
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John Eudes, Priest
St Bernard, abbot, Doctor of the Church
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Rose of Lima, Virgin
St Bartholomew, Apostle
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Louis; St Joseph Calasanz, Priest
or B. Dominic of the Mother of God Barberi, Priest (E);
St David Lewis, Priest, Martyr (W)
St Monica
The Passion of St John the Baptist
or Ss Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line & Margaret Ward, Martyrs (E)
or St Aidan, Bishop, and Saints of Lindisfarne (E)
memorial
1
2
3
4
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
memorial
feast
Week III
memorial
feast (Eu)
feast
memorial
solemnity
Week IV
memorial
Week I
memorial
feast
memorial
Week II
memorial
21 Saturday
22
23
24
25
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
26 Thursday
27 Friday
28
29
30
31
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
solemnity
Week III
feast
solemnity
Week III
solemnity
Week IV
memorial
feast (E)
solemnity
Week I
feast
June 2016
1
2
Wednesday
Thursday
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
17
18
19
20
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
21 Tuesday
22 Wednesday
23
24
25
26
27
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 day
July 2016
St Justin, Martyr
or Ss Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Norbert, Bishop
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Ephrem, Deacon, Doctor of the
Church; (St Columba, abbot (E))
St Barnabas, Apostle
St Anthony of Padua, Priest, Doctor of the Church
or St Richard of Chichester, Bishop (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Alban, Martyr (E)
or St Alban, Julius and Aaron, protoMartyrs (W)
St Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious
Ss John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs (E);
(or St Paulinus of Nola, Bishop optional memorial (W))
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Ethelreda (Audrey), abbess (E)
The Nativity of John the Baptist
or St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
St Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr
Ss Peter and Paul, Apostles
or The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
memorial
solemnity
memorial
Week II
memorial
Week III
memorial
Week IV
memorial
feast (E)
solemnity
Week I
memorial
solemnity
Friday
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 Sunday
11 Monday
12 Tuesday
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
22 Friday
23 Saturday
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
31 Sunday

or St Oliver Plunket, Bishop, Martyr (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Elizabeth of Portugal
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr
or Ss Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest and companions, Martyrs
St Benedict, abbot, patron of Europe
or St John Jones, Priest, Martyr (W)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Henry
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Camillus de Lellis, Priest
St Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr
or St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor of the Church
St Mary Magdalene
St Bridget, Religious, patron of Europe (Eu);
Ss Philip Evans & John Lloyd, Priests & Martyrs (opt. mem. (W))
St James, Apostle
Ss Joachim and Ann, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Martha
or St Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Week II
Week III
feast (Eu)
memorial
Week IV
memorial
feast (Eu)
Week I
feast
memorial
memorial
Week II
June 2016
1
2
Wednesday
Thursday
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
17
18
19
20
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
21 Tuesday
22 Wednesday
23
24
25
26
27
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 day
July 2016
St Justin, Martyr
or Ss Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Norbert, Bishop
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Ephrem, Deacon, Doctor of the
Church; (St Columba, abbot (E))
St Barnabas, Apostle
St Anthony of Padua, Priest, Doctor of the Church
or St Richard of Chichester, Bishop (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Alban, Martyr (E)
or St Alban, Julius and Aaron, protoMartyrs (W)
St Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious
Ss John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs (E);
(or St Paulinus of Nola, Bishop optional memorial (W))
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Ethelreda (Audrey), abbess (E)
The Nativity of John the Baptist
or St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
St Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr
Ss Peter and Paul, Apostles
or The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
memorial
solemnity
memorial
Week II
memorial
Week III
memorial
Week IV
memorial
feast (E)
solemnity
Week I
memorial
solemnity
Friday
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 Sunday
11 Monday
12 Tuesday
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
22 Friday
23 Saturday
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
31 Sunday

or St Oliver Plunket, Bishop, Martyr (E)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Elizabeth of Portugal
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Priest
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr
or Ss Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest and companions, Martyrs
St Benedict, abbot, patron of Europe
or St John Jones, Priest, Martyr (W)
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Henry
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Camillus de Lellis, Priest
St Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Weekday in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr
or St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor of the Church
St Mary Magdalene
St Bridget, Religious, patron of Europe (Eu);
Ss Philip Evans & John Lloyd, Priests & Martyrs (opt. mem. (W))
St James, Apostle
Ss Joachim and Ann, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Martha
or St Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Week II
Week III
feast (Eu)
memorial
Week IV
memorial
feast (Eu)
Week I
feast
memorial
memorial
Week II

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Summary of Dates

The Cycle of Prayer

Ordinary Time: Winter

For more information about the Cycle of Prayer see www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/Cycle

The Cycle of Prayer

Ordinary Time: Winter

For more information about the Cycle of Prayer see www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/Cycle

Ordinary Time: Summer

Ordinary Time: Autumn

Justice and Peace in the

Ordinary Time: Summer

Ordinary Time: Autumn

Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Octave of the Nativity)

Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Octave of the Nativity)

Weekday in Ordinary Time

Weekday in Ordinary Time

Weekday in Ordinary Time

Weekday in Ordinary Time

St David, Bishop, Patron of Wales

St David, Bishop, Patron of Wales

Weekday in Ordinary Time

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Weekday in Ordinary Time

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

6th Sunday of Easter

6th Sunday of Easter

Weekday in Ordinary Time

Weekday in Ordinary Time

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