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INTRODUCTION
Each year the Secretariat of Divine Worship of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
publishes the Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America. This
calendar is used by authors of ordines and other liturgical aids published to foster the celebration
of the liturgy in our country.
The calendar is based upon the General Roman Calendar, promulgated by Pope Paul VI on
February 14, 1969, subsequently amended by the Holy See, and the Proper Calendar for the
Dioceses of the United States of America, approved by the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops.1 This calendar has been updated to reflect the names and titles of the various liturgical
days in conformity with the Roman Missal, Third Edition.
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal reminds us that in the cycles of readings and
prayers proclaimed throughout the year in the sacred liturgy “the mysteries of redemption are
celebrated so as to be in some way made present.” Thus may each celebration of the Holy
Eucharist which is served by this calendar be for the Church in the United States of America “the
high point both of the action by which God sanctifies the world in Christ and of the worship that
the human race offers to the Father, adoring him through Christ, the Son of God, in the Holy
Spirit.”2
Sincerely in Christ,
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For the significance of the several grades or kinds of celebrations, the norms of the Roman Calendar should be
consulted (cf. Liturgy Documentary Series 6: Norms Governing Liturgical Calendars, Washington, DC: USCC,
1984). For information concerning the choice of texts and formularies, the General Instruction of the Roman Missal
and the Introduction to the 1998 revised Lectionary for Mass (cf. Liturgy Documentary Series 1: Lectionary for
Mass, Introduction, Washington, DC: USCC, 1998) should be consulted.
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General Instruction of the Roman Missal, third edition, no. 16.
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PRINCIPAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR 2020
The cycles given above have been used in the preparation of this calendar. The readings from
the Proper of Time and Proper of Saints have been used for all Solemnities and all Feasts since
they must take the place of the weekday readings for those respective days. The readings from
the weekday cycle generally are to be used even on days on which a Memorial or Optional
Memorial of a Saint occurs. The exceptions to this rule are the Memorials or Optional
Memorials which have “proper readings” (usually only the Gospel) assigned to them in the
Lectionary for Mass and which must be used on those days. Substitutions from the Commons or
Proper of Saints may be made for the other readings suggested for those Memorials or Optional
Memorials. The Priest Celebrant, however, should not omit “too often or without sufficient
cause the readings assigned for each day in the weekday Lectionary” (Introduction to the
Lectionary for Mass, no. 83). In this calendar, Optional Memorials are designated by the use of
italics within brackets.
The Scripture citations and Lectionary numbers for all readings are from the Lectionary for Mass
for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, second typical edition (1998/2001), and
the Lectionary for Mass Supplement (2017), which is based on the Ordo Lectionum Missæ, editio
typica altera (1981). The spellings of the names of Saints and Blesseds are from the Roman
Missal, Third Edition (2011), based on the Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia emendata
(2008).
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LITURGY OF THE HOURS
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
1. The 2020 liturgical year begins on the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2019.
2. Scripture citations are based on the New American Bible with the revised New Testament and
may differ slightly from the citations given in the Ordo Lectionum Missæ (1981) due to
difference in versification.
3. In the preparation of diocesan and provincial Calendars and ordines, the dedication of
diocesan cathedrals, the dedication of parish churches, and special days of prayer (cf.
General Instruction of the Roman Missal, no. 373) should be added, along with other
commemorations of Saints and Blesseds which are included in those particular Calendars.
4. Regarding the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, the ecclesiastical provinces of
Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia have retained its celebration
on the proper Thursday, while all other ecclesiastical provinces of the United States of
America have transferred this Solemnity to the following Sunday, May 24, 2020. In those
archdioceses and dioceses, Thursday, May 21, 2020, is observed either as an Easter weekday
or the Optional Memorial of Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs.
5. Outside Advent, Christmas Time, Lent, and Easter Time, on Saturdays which have no
commemoration having the rank of Obligatory Memorial or higher, a Mass in honor of the
Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated. This is indicated in the calendar by “BVM.” The
readings and prayers may be selected from the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
6. In a decree dated March 23, 1992, the Bishop of Honolulu designated Christmas and the
Immaculate Conception as the only two Holydays of Obligation for the State of Hawaii. This
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implements the indult received from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline
of the Sacraments on May 26, 1990, and the subsequent nihil obstat from the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops allowing Hawaii to legislate on this matter in accord with the
policies of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC).
7. Since December 8, 2019, is the Second Sunday of Advent, the Solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to Monday, December 9, 2019. The
obligation to attend Mass, however, does not transfer. The Optional Memorial of Saint Juan
Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, December 9, is omitted this year.
8. In a decree dated February 11, 2018, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline
of the Sacraments inscribed the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
in the General Roman Calendar to be observed on the Monday after Pentecost, taking
precedence over an obligatory Memorial that coincides with it. Thus, June 1, 2020 shall be
observed as the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, and the
Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr, is omitted.
9. This liturgical calendar includes some but not all civic holidays commonly celebrated in the
United States (for example, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc.)
and makes no suggestions of Mass formularies for those days.
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ABBREVIATIONS OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
OLD TESTAMENT
NEW TESTAMENT
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PROPER CALENDAR FOR THE DIOCESES OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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When the rank of the celebration is not indicated, it is an Optional Memorial.
**
January 23, when January 22 falls on a Sunday.
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YEAR A – WEEKDAYS II
DECEMBER 2019
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Citations indicating the proper week of the Psalter for the Liturgy of the Hours, or proper psalms, when applicable,
designated by Pss I, Pss II, etc., or Pss Prop respectively, are included in this calendar.
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Optional Memorials are indicated by the use of italics within brackets.
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11 Wed Advent Weekday violet/white
[Saint Damasus I, Pope]
Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 (183)
14 Sat Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 (186)
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24 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Lk 1:67-79 (200)
30 Mon Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40 (203) Pss Prop
31 Tue Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
[Saint Sylvester I, Pope]
1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18 (204) Pss Prop
JANUARY 2020
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3 Fri Christmas Weekday white/white
[The Most Holy Name of Jesus]
1 Jn 2:29—3:6/Jn 1:29-34 (206)
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16 Thu Weekday green
1 Sm 4:1-11/Mk 1:40-45 (308)
24 Fri Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
1 Sm 24:3-21/Mk 3:13-19 (315)
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27 Mon Weekday green/white
[Saint Angela Merici, Virgin]
2 Sm 5:1-7, 10/Mk 3:22-30 (317)
28 Tue Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19/Mk 3:31-35 (318)
FEBRUARY 2020
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8 Sat Weekday green/white/white/white
[Saint Jerome Emiliani; Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin; BVM]
1 Kgs 3:4-13/Mk 6:30-34 (328)
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21 Fri Weekday green/white
[Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church]
Jas 2:14-24, 26/Mk 8:34—9:1 (339)
MARCH 2020
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5 Thu Lenten Weekday violet
Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25/Mt 7:7-12 (227)
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The following readings may be used on any Lenten day this week, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel of
the Samaritan Woman is not read on the Third Sunday of Lent: Ex 17:1-7/Jn 4:5-42 (236).
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18 Wed Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church]
Dt 4:1, 5-9/Mt 5:17-19 (239)
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The following readings may be used on any Lenten day this week, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel of
the Man Born Blind is not read on the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Mi 7:7-9/Jn 9:1-41 (243).
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Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Jn 8:1-11 (251)
APRIL 2020
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The following readings may be used on any day this week, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel of
Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent: 2 Kgs 4:18b-21, 32-37/Jn 11:1-45 (250).
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If necessary, the Chrism Mass may be celebrated on a suitable day before Holy Thursday.
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Nine readings are assigned to the Easter Vigil: seven from the Old Testament and two from the New. If
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Easter Vigil: Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/
Ex 14:15—15:1/Is 54:5-14/Is 55:1-11/Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/
Rom 6:3-11/Mt 28:1-10 (41) Pss Prop
circumstances demand in individual cases, the number of prescribed readings may be reduced. Three selections
from the Old Testament, both from the Law and the Prophets, should be read before the Epistle and Gospel. In any
case, the reading from Exodus about the escape through the Red Sea (reading 3) should never be omitted.
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Although not given the title of Solemnity, “[t]he first eight days of Easter Time constitute the Octave of Easter
and are celebrated as Solemnities of the Lord” (Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, no. 24).
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Acts 5:17-26/Jn 3:16-21 (269)
29 Wed Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Acts 8:1b-8/Jn 6:35-40 (275)
MAY 2020
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Acts 2:14a, 36-41/1 Pt 2:20b-25/Jn 10:1-10 (49) Pss IV
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17 SUN SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER11 white
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21 (55) Pss II
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When the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on the following Sunday, the Second Reading and Gospel from the
Seventh Sunday of Easter (see no. 59) may be read on the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
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25 Mon Easter Weekday white/white/white/white
[Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church;
Saint Gregory VII, Pope; Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin]
Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33 (297)
JUNE 2020
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4 Thu Weekday green
2 Tm 2:8-15/Mk 12:28-34 (356)
13 Sat Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
1 Kgs 19:19-21/Mt 5:33-37 (364)
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17 Wed Weekday green
2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 (367)
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29 Mon SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES red
Solemnity
Acts 12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19 (591) Pss Prop
JULY 2020
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10 Fri Weekday green
Hos 14:2-10/Mt 10:16-23 (387)
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22 Wed Saint Mary Magdalene white
Feast
Sg 3:1-4b or 2 Cor 5:14-17/Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 (603) Pss Prop
AUGUST 2020
1 Sat Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Jer 26:11-16, 24/Mt 14:1-12 (406)
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3 Mon Weekday green
Jer 28:1-17 (407)/Mt 14:22-36 (408)
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15 Sat THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY white
Solemnity [not a Holyday of Obligation this year]
Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28 (621)
Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39-56 (622) Pss Prop
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27 Thu Saint Monica white
Memorial
1 Cor 1:1-9/Mt 24:42-51 (428)
SEPTEMBER 2020
3 Thu Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
1 Cor 3:18-23/Lk 5:1-11 (434)
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8 Tue The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Feast
Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30/Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23 (636) Pss Prop
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21 Mon Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist red
Feast
Eph 4:1-7, 11-13/Mt 9:9-13 (643) Pss Prop
OCTOBER 2020
1 Thu Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Jb 19:21-27/Lk 10:1-12 (458)
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3 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17/Lk 10:17-24 (460)
15 Thu Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Eph 1:1-10/Lk 11:47-54 (470)
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16 Fri Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Hedwig, Religious; Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin]
Eph 1:11-14/Lk 12:1-7 (471)
19 Mon USA: Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, red
and Companions, Martyrs
Memorial
Eph 2:1-10/Lk 12:13-21 (473)
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28 Wed Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles red
Feast
Eph 2:19-22/Lk 6:12-16 (666) Pss Prop
NOVEMBER 2020
2 Mon The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed violet or white or black
(All Souls’ Day)
Any readings from no. 668 or from the Lectionary for Mass (vol. IV),
the Masses for the Dead, nos. 1011-1016 Pss Prop
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9 Mon The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica white
Feast
Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17/Jn 2:13-22 (671) Pss Prop
10 Tue Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Ti 2:1-8, 11-14/Lk 17:7-10 (492)
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21 Sat The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Memorial
Rv 11:4-12/Lk 20:27-40 (502)
YEAR B – WEEKDAYS 1
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DECEMBER 2020
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12 Sat USA: Our Lady of Guadalupe white
Feast
Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 (690A),
or any readings from the Lectionary for Mass (vol. IV), the Common of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712 Pss Prop
14 Mon Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Mt 21:23-27 (187)
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25 Fri THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas) white
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 (13)
Night: Is 9:1-6/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 (14)
Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 (15)
Day: Is 52:7-10/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 (16) Pss Prop
29 Tue Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
[Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr]
1 Jn 2:3-11/Lk 2:22-35 (202) Pss Prop
30 Wed Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40 (203) Pss Prop
31 Thu Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord white
[Saint Sylvester I, Pope]
1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18 (204) Pss Prop
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LITURGICAL TITLES IN SPANISH /
TÍTULOS LITÚRGICOS EN ESPAÑOL
The titles of the liturgical days in Spanish, as given in the U.S. edition of the Misal Romano,
Tercera Edición (2018), are provided for publishers of liturgical calendars and ordines.
Los títulos de los días litúrgicos en español, según se ofrecen en el Misal Romano, Tercera
Edición para los Estados Unidos (2018), se proporcionan aquí para los publicadores de
calendarios litúrgicos y ordines.
Tiempo Pascual
Domingo de Pascua de la Resurrección del Señor
[Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sábado] de la Octava de Pascua
II Domingo de Pascua (Domingo de la Divina Misericordia)
[III, IV, V, VI, VII] Domingo de Pascua
Ascensión del Señor
Domingo de Pentecostés
Tiempo Ordinario
[II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII,
XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII,
XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII] Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
Santísima Trinidad
Santísimo Cuerpo y Sangre de Cristo (Corpus Christi)
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo
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PROPER OF SAINTS / PROPIO DE LOS SANTOS
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Abril 2 San Francisco de Paula, ermitaño
4 San Isidoro, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
5 San Vicente Ferrer, presbítero
7 San Juan Bautista de la Salle, presbítero
11 San Estanislao, obispo y mártir
13 San Martín I, Papa y mártir
21 San Anselmo, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
23 San Jorge, mártir; San Adalberto, obispo y mártir
24 San Fidel de Sigmaringa, presbítero y mártir
25 San Marcos, evangelista
28 San Pedro Chanel, presbítero y mártir; San Luis María Grignion de
Montfort, presbítero
29 Santa Catalina de Siena, virgen y doctora de la Iglesia
30 San Pío V, Papa
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22 San Paulino de Nola, obispo; Santos Juan Fisher, obispo, y Tomás Moro,
mártires
24 Natividad de san Juan Bautista
27 San Cirilo de Alejandría, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
28 San Ireneo, obispo y mártir
29 Santos Pedro y Pablo, apóstoles
30 Primeros santos mártires de la Iglesia Romana
Lunes después del Pentecostés
Bienaventurada Virgen María, Madre de la Iglesia
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15 Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María
16 San Esteban de Hungría
19 San Juan Eudes, presbítero
20 San Bernardo, abad y doctor de la Iglesia
21 San Pío X, Papa
22 Bienaventurada Virgen María Reina
23 Santa Rosa de Lima, virgen
24 San Bartolomé, apóstol
25 San Luis, rey de Francia; San José de Calasanz, presbítero
27 Santa Mónica
28 San Agustín, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia
29 Martirio de san Juan Bautista
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18 San Lucas, evangelista
19 Santos Juan de Brébeuf e Isaac Jogues, presbíteros, y compañeros, mártires
20 San Pablo de la Cruz, presbítero
22 San Juan Pablo II, Papa
23 San Juan de Capistrano, presbítero
24 San Antonio María Claret, obispo
28 Santos Simón y Judas, apóstoles
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27 San Juan, apóstol y evangelista
28 Santos Inocentes, mártires
29 Santo Tomás Becket, obispo y mártir
31 San Silvestre I, Papa
Although not inscribed in the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America,
the following patronal feasts appear in Appendix I of the U.S. edition of the Misal Romano,
Tercera Edición (2018). Respecting the liturgical norms, they may be celebrated for pastoral
reasons whenever Votive Masses are permitted.
Aunque no están inscritas en el Calendario propio para las diócesis de los Estados Unidos de
América, las siguientes fiestas patronales aparecen en el apéndice I del Misal Romano, Tercera
Edición para los Estados Unidos (2018). Respetando las normas litúrgicas, pueden ser
celebradas por razones pastorales siempre que estén permitidas las Misas votivas.
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