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New Liturgical Calendar (part 2)

June

  1   Saint Justin, martyr   memorial
  2   Saint Marcellinus and Saint Peter, martyrs   optional memorial
  3   Saint Charles Lwanga and his companions, martyrs   memorial
  5   Saint Boniface, bishop & martyr   memorial
  6   Saint Norbert, bishop   optional memorial
  9   Saint Ephrem, deacon & doctor   optional memorial
11   Saint Barnabas, apostle   memorial
13   Saint Anthony of Padua, priest & doctor   memorial
19   Saint Romuald, abbot   optional memorial
21   Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious   memorial
22   Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop   optional memorial
       Saint John Fisher, bishop & martyr, and Saint Thomas More, martyr   optional memorial
24   The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist   solemnity
27   Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop & doctor   optional memorial
28   Saint Irenæus, bishop & martyr   memorial
29   Saint Peter and Saint Paul, apostles   solemnity
30   The First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church   optional memorial

July

  1   Blessed Junipero Serra, priest   optional memorial
  3   Saint Thomas, apostle   feast
  4   Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, [queen]   optional memorial
       Independence Day   local civil observance
  5   Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest   optional memorial
  6   Saint Maria Goretti, virgin & martyr   optional memorial
  9   Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest & martyr, and his companions, martyrs   optional memorial
11   Saint Benedict, abbot   memorial
13   Saint Henry [king]   optional memorial
14   Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin   memorial
15   Saint Bonaventure, bishop & doctor   memorial
16   Our Lady of Mount Carmel   optional memorial
18   Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest   optional memorial
20   Saint Apollinaris, bishop & martyr   optional memorial
21   Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest & doctor   optional memorial
22   Saint Mary Magdalene [holy woman]   memorial
23   Saint Bridget of Sweden, religious   optional memorial
24   Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, priest   optional memorial
25   Saint James, apostle   feast
26   Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary   memorial
29   Saint Martha [holy woman]   memorial
30   Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor   optional memorial
31   Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest   memorial

August

  1   Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop & doctor   memorial
  2   Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop   optional memorial
       Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest   optional memorial
  4   Saint John Mary Vianney, priest   memorial
  5   The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome   optional memorial
  6   The Transfiguration of the Lord   feast
  7   Saint Sixtus II, pope & martyr, and his companions, martyrs   optional memorial
       Saint Cajetan, priest   optional memorial
  8   Saint Dominic, priest   memorial
  9   Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross [Edith Stein], virgin & martyr   optional memorial
10   Saint Lawrence, deacon & martyr   feast
11   Saint Clare, virgin   memorial
13   Saint Pontian, pope & martyr, and Saint Hippolytus, priest & martyr   optional memorial
14   Saint Maximillian Mary Kolbe, priest & martyr   memorial
15   The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary   solemnity
16   Saint Stephen of Hungary [king]   optional memorial
18   Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, religious   optional memorial
19   Saint John Eudes, priest   optional memorial
20   Saint Bernard, abbot & doctor   memorial
21   Saint Pius X, pope   memorial
22   The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary   memorial
23   Saint Rose of Lima, virgin   optional memorial
24   Saint Bartholomew, apostle   feast
25   Saint Louis of France [king]   optional memorial
       Saint Joseph Calasanz, priest   optional memorial
27   Saint Monica [holy woman]   memorial
28   Saint Augustine, bishop & doctor   memorial
29   The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist   memorial

September

  3   Saint Gregory the Great, pope & doctor   memorial
  5   Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, religious   local celebration only
  8   The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary   feast
  9   Saint Peter Claver, priest   memorial
12   The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary   optional memorial
13   Saint John Chrysostum, bishop & doctor   memorial
14   The Exaltation of the Holy Cross   feast
15   Our Lady of Sorrows   memorial
16   Saint Cornelius, pope & martyr, and Saint Cyprian, bishop & martyr   memorial
17   Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop & doctor   optional memorial
19   Saint Januarius, bishop & martyr   optional memorial
20   Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest & martyr, Paul Chong Hasang, and their companions, martyrs   memorial
21   Saint Matthew, apostle & evangelist   feast
23   Saint Pio of Pietrelcina [Padre Pio], priest   memorial
26   Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian, martyrs   optional memorial
27   Saint Vincent de Paul, priest   memorial
28   Saint Wenceslaus, martyr   optional memorial
       Saint Lawrence Ruiz and his companions, martyrs   optional memorial
29   Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel and Saint Raphael, archangels   feast
30   Saint Jerome, priest & doctor   memorial

October

  1   Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin & doctor   memorial
  2   Guardian Angels   memorial
  4   Saint Francis of Assisi [religious]   memorial
  6   Saint Bruno, priest   optional memorial
       Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin   optional memorial
  7   Our Lady of the Rosary   memorial
  9   Saint Denis, bishop & martyr, and his companions, martyrs   optional memorial
       Saint John Leonardi, priest   optional memorial
14   Saint Callistus I, pope & martyr   optional memorial
15   Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin & doctor   memorial
16   Saint Hedwig, religious   optional memorial
       Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin   optional memorial
17   Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop & martyr   memorial
18   Saint Luke, evangelist   feast
19   Saint John de Brébeuf and Saint Isaac Jogues, priests & martyrs, and their companions, martyrs   memorial
20   Saint Paul of the Cross, priest   optional memorial
23   Saint John of Capistrano, priest   optional memorial
24   Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop   optional memorial
28   Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles   feast

November

  1   All Saints   solemnity
  2   The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed [All Souls]   privileged commemoration
  3   Saint Martin de Porres, religious   optional memorial
  4   Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop   memorial
  9   The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome   feast
10   Saint Leo the Great, pope & doctor   memorial
11   Saint Martin of Tours, bishop   memorial
12   Saint Josaphat, bishop & martyr   memorial
13   Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin   memorial
15   Saint Albert the Great, bishop & doctor   optional memorial
16   Saint Margaret of Scotland [queen]   optional memorial
       Saint Gertrude, virgin   optional memorial
17   Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious   memorial
18   The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul   optional memorial
       Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, religious   optional memorial
21   The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary   memorial
22   Saint Cecilia, virgin & martyr   memorial
23   Saint Clement I, pope & martyr   optional memorial
       Saint Columban, abbot   optional memorial
       Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, priest   optional memorial
24   Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, priest & martyr, and his companions, martyrs   memorial
25   Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin & martyr   optional memorial
30   Saint Andrew, apostle   feast
 
Fourth Thursday   Thanksgiving Day   local civil observance
 
Last (34th) Sunday in Ordinary Time   Our Lord Jesus Christ the King   solemnity
 
Sunday closest to November 30   First Sunday of Advent
From the First Sunday of Advent are calculated the remaining Sundays of Advent: Second Sunday of Advent, Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete, Fourth Sunday of Advent (always the Sunday before Christmas)

December

  3   Saint Francis Xavier, priest   memorial
  4   Saint John of Damascus, priest &   optional memorial
  6   Saint Nicholas, bishop   memorial
  7   Saint Ambrose, bishop & doctor   memorial
  8   The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary   solemnity
  9   Saint Juan Diego [holy man]   optional memorial
11   Saint Damasus I, pope   optional memorial
12   Our Lady of Guadalupe   feast
13   Saint Lucy, virgin & martyr   memorial
14   Saint John of the Cross, priest & doctor   memorial
21   Saint Peter Canisius, priest & doctor   optional memorial
23   Saint John of Kanty, priest   optional memorial
25   The Nativity of the Lord [Christmas]   solemnity
26   Saint Stephen, first martyr   feast
27   Saint John, apostle & evangelist   feast
28   The Holy Innocents, martyrs   feast
29   Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
       Saint Thomas Becket, bishop & martyr   optional memorial
30   Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
31   Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
       Saint Sylvester I, pope   optional memorial
 
Sunday after Christmas *   Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph   feast
    * When Christmas falls on a Sunday, this feast is celebrated on December 30.

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