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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 Saint 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 2022
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. 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.
2. 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 [GIRM], no. 373) should be added, along with other
commemorations of Saints and Blesseds which are included in those particular Calendars.
More information is available in the Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar,
particularly Chapter II.
3. “On Saturdays in Ordinary Time when no Obligatory Memorial occurs, an Optional Memorial
of the Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated” (Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and
the Calendar, no. 15). This is indicated in the Calendar by “BVM.” The readings and prayers
may be selected from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Votive Masses of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in the Roman Missal, or the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
4. 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
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).
5. This liturgical Calendar has entries for Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day, since they
are inscribed in the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America, but it
does not include other civic holidays commonly celebrated in this country (for example, Martin
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Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc.). Respecting the liturgical norms (cf.
GIRM, nos. 368-378), the Roman Missal offers appropriate Masses, but this Calendar makes
no suggestions for those holidays.
6. The 2022 liturgical year begins on the First Sunday of Advent, November 28, 2021. During
the year 2022:
a. Sunday, December 12, 2021 is the Third Sunday of Advent, and the Feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe is omitted this year. Our Lady of Guadalupe may be appropriately honored in
the Homily, Universal Prayer, and hymns during the Sunday liturgy. If pastoral advantage
calls for it (cf. GIRM, no. 376), a Votive Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe may be celebrated
on a weekday before or after December 12, with the proper readings and prayers.
b. Saturday, January 1, 2022 is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and Monday,
August 15 is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This year, the
obligation to attend Mass on these dates is abrogated, in accord with the complementary
norm to canon 1246 §2 confirmed for the dioceses of the United States of America.
c. Thursday, May 26 is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord in the ecclesiastical
provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia, while all
other ecclesiastical provinces of the United States of America have transferred this
Solemnity to the following Sunday, May 29. In those archdioceses and dioceses, Thursday,
May 26 is observed as the Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest.
d. Friday, June 24 is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and at the direction of
the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Solemnity
of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist is transferred this year to Thursday, June 23.
However, where Saint John the Baptist is the patron of a nation, diocese, city, or religious
community, the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist is instead celebrated on
Friday, June 24, and the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is transferred to
Thursday, June 23.
e. Since a Sunday does not occur between December 25 and January 1, 2023, the Feast of the
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is celebrated on Friday, December 30 with only
one reading before the Gospel.
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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 C – WEEKDAYS II
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2021
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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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8 Wed THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE white
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Patronal Feastday of the United States of America)
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 (689) Pss Prop
14 Tue Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Zep 3:1-2, 9-13/Mt 21:28-32 (188)
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21 Tue Advent Weekday violet
[Saint Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the Church]
Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Lk 1:39-45 (197)
29 Wed 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 Thu 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 Fri 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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JANUARY 2022
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12 Wed Weekday green
1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Mk 1:29-39 (307)
22 Sat USA: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection white or violet
of Unborn Children
2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27/Mk 3:20-21 (316)
or, for the Day of Prayer, any readings from the Mass “For Giving Thanks to God
for the Gift of Human Life” (Lectionary for Mass Supplement, 947A-947E),
or the Mass “For Justice and Peace” (887-891)
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24 Mon Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
2 Sm 5:1-7, 10/Mk 3:22-30 (317)
28 Fri Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
2 Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17/Mk 4:26-34 (321)
FEBRUARY 2022
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4 Fri Weekday green
Sir 47:2-11/Mk 6:14-29 (327)
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17 Thu Weekday green/white
[The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order]
Jas 2:1-9/Mk 8:27-33 (338)
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MARCH 2022
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14 Mon Lenten Weekday violet
Dn 9:4b-10/Lk 6:36-38 (230)
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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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26 Sat Lenten Weekday violet
Hos 6:1-6/Lk 18:9-14 (242)
APRIL 2022
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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 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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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 the Year A readings were used on the preceding Sunday, Jn 8:1-11 (the first Gospel) replaces Jn 8:12-20 as the
Gospel on this day (251).
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5 Tue Lenten Weekday violet
[Saint Vincent Ferrer, Priest]
Nm 21:4-9/Jn 8:21-30 (252)
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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
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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17 SUN EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD11 white
Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 (42) or Lk 24:1-12 (41)
or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24:13-35 (46) Pss Prop
29 Fri Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Acts 5:34-42/Jn 6:1-15 (271)
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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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30 Sat Easter Weekday white/white
[Saint Pius V, Pope]
Acts 6:1-7/Jn 6:16-21 (272)
MAY 2022
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13 Fri Easter Weekday white/white
[Our Lady of Fatima]
Acts 13:26-33/Jn 14:1-6 (283)
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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. 61) may be read on the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
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25 Wed 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 17:15, 22—18:1/Jn 16:12-15 (293)
JUNE 2022
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2 Thu Easter Weekday white/red
[Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs]
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26 (300)
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13 Mon Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
(Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time)
Memorial
1 Kgs 21:1-16/Mt 5:38-42 (365) Pss III
19 SUN USA: THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST white
(Corpus Christi)
Solemnity
Gn 14:18-20/1 Cor 11:23-26/Lk 9:11b-17 (169) Pss Prop
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25 Sat The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Memorial
Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 (376)/Lk 2:41-51 (573)
JULY 2022
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5 Tue Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; USA: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal]
Hos 8:4-7, 11-13/Mt 9:32-38 (384)
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18 Mon Weekday green/white
[USA: Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest]
Mi 6:1-4, 6-8/Mt 12:38-42 (395)
26 Tue Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Memorial
Jer 14:17-22/Mt 13:36-43 (402)
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30 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church; BVM]
Jer 26:11-16, 24/Mt 14:1-12 (406)
AUGUST 2022
1 Mon Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Jer 28:1-17/Mt 14:13-21 (407)
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10 Wed Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr red
Feast
2 Cor 9:6-10/Jn 12:24-26 (618) Pss Prop
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22 Mon The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary white
Memorial
2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12/Mt 23:13-22 (425)
SEPTEMBER 2022
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3 Sat Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
1 Cor 4:6b-15/Lk 6:1-5 (436)
13 Tue Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a/Lk 7:11-17 (444)
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16 Fri Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs red
Memorial
1 Cor 15:12-20/Lk 8:1-3 (447)
20 Tue Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, red
and Companions, Martyrs
Memorial
Prv 21:1-6, 10-13/Lk 8:19-21 (450)
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28 Wed Weekday green/red/red
[Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr; Saint Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs]
Jb 9:1-12, 14-16/Lk 9:57-62 (457)
OCTOBER 2022
1 Sat Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17/Lk 10:17-24 (460)
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9 SUN TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green
2 Kgs 5:14-17/2 Tm 2:8-13/Lk 17:11-19 (144) Pss IV
15 Sat Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Eph 1:15-23/Lk 12:8-12 (472)
19 Wed USA: Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, red
and Companions, Martyrs
Memorial
Eph 3:2-12/Lk 12:39-48 (475)
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22 Sat Weekday green/white/white
[Saint John Paul II, Pope; BVM]
Eph 4:7-16/Lk 13:1-9 (478)
NOVEMBER 2022
2 Wed The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed violet or white or black
(All Souls’ Day)
Any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead (1011-1016) Pss Prop
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3 Thu Weekday green/white
[Saint Martin de Porres, Religious]
Phil 3:3-8a/Lk 15:1-10 (488)
10 Thu Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Phlm 7-20/Lk 17:20-25 (494)
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16 Wed Weekday green/white/white
[Saint Margaret of Scotland; Saint Gertrude, Virgin]
Rv 4:1-11/Lk 19:11-28 (499)
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26 Sat Weekday green/white
[BVM]
Rv 22:1-7/Lk 21:34-36 (508)
YEAR A – WEEKDAYS I
DECEMBER 2022
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8 Thu THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE white
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Patronal Feastday of the United States of America)
Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation]
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 (689) Pss Prop
14 Wed Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church white
Memorial
Is 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25/Lk 7:18b-23 (189)
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20 Tue Advent Weekday violet
Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38 (196)
29 Thu 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
31 Sat 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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19 San Romualdo, abad
21 San Luis Gonzaga, religioso
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
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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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26 San Esteban, protomártir
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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