Liturgical calendar
"Liturgical calendar" refers to the cycle of "liturgical seasons" celebrated by Catholics in Mass and prayer.
Liturgical Year
The first day of the year is the First Sunday of Advent
- in the 2024 Liturgical Year, this date fell upon December 3, 2023
Liturgical seasons
- or "cycles"
- Advent
- Lent
- Easter
- Ordinary Time (also falls between Advent and Lent)
Principle Celebrations of the 2024 Liturgical Year
| First Sunday of Advent | December 3, 2023 |
| Ash Wednesday | February 14, 2024 |
| Easter Sunday | March 31, 2024 |
| The Ascension of the Lord [Thursday] | May 9, 2024 |
| Pentecost Sunday | May 19, 2024 |
| The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ | June 2, 2024 |
| First Sunday of Advent | December 1, 2024 |
Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of American (USA)
| Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious |Memorial | |
| Saint John Neumann, Bishop |Memorial | |
| Saint André Bessette, Religious* | | |
| Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children | | |
| Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr
Saint Marianne Cope, Virgin | | |
| Saint Katharine Drexel, Virgin | | |
| Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest | |
| Saint Isidore | | |
| Saint Junípero Serra, Priest | Feast |
| Independence Day | | |
| Saint Elizabeth of Portugal | |
| Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin | Memorial | |
| Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest | | |
| Saint Peter Claver, Priest | Memorial | |
|
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest | | |
| Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin | | |
| Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs | | |
| Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest | | |
| Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin | | |
| Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin | | |
| Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr | | |
| Fourth Thursday
in November |Thanksgiving Day | | |
| THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Patronal Feast day of the United States of America) |
Solemnity |
| OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE | Feast |
| Sunday between January 2 and January 8:
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity: THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi) |
Solemnity |
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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.