Solemnities, Feast Days, Memoriae ...
in Mary's month of May, 2012
1st May - St Joseph the Worker
2nd May - St Athanasius, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
3rd May - Ss Philip & James, Apostles
13th May - Our Lady of Fatima
14th May - St Matthias, Apostle
17th May - Ascension Thursday
20th May - World Communications Day
25th May - St Bede the Venerable, Priest & Doctor of the Church
27th May - Pentecost
31st May - Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in June 2012
1st June - St Justin, Martyr
5th June - St Boniface, Bishop & Martyr
7th June - Corpus Christi
9th June - St Ephrem, Church Father
13th June - St Anthony of Padua, Priest & Doctor of the Church
15th June - Sacred Heart of Jesus
16th June - Immaculate Heart of Mary
22nd June - Ss John Fisher & Thomas More, Martyrs
- St Paulinus of Nola, Bishop
24th June - Nativity of St John the Baptist
25th June - 31st anniversary of Our Lady of Medugorje
27th June - St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
28th June - St Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr
29th June - Ss Peter & Paul, Apostles
in December
3rd December - St Francis Xavier
4th December - St John Damascene
7th December - St Ambrose of Milan
8th December - Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9th December - St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
12th December - Our Lady of Guadalupe
14th December - St John of the Cross
21st December - St Peter Canisius
25th December - Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord - 3rd Joyful Mystery of the Rosary
26th December - St Stephen (the First Martyr)
27th December - St John, Apostle & Evangelist
28th December - Holy Innocents, Martyrs
in January
1st January - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - World Day of Peace
2nd January - Ss Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen
3rd January - Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
6th January - Solemnity of the Epiphany - World Day of the Missionary Childhood
(Some countries have transferred this feast to nearest Sunday eg 8th January in 2012)
8th January - Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - 1st Luminous Mystery of the Rosary
(In countries which have budged Epiphany, this is celebrated on Monday 9th January 2012)
13th January - St Hilary of Poitiers
24th January - St Francis de Sales
25th January - Feast of the Conversion of St Paul & end of Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
26th January - Ss Timothy & Titus
27th January - Holocaust Memorial Day
28th January - St Thomas Aquinas
in February
2nd February - Feast of the Presentation of the Lord - Day for Consecrated Life
8th February - St Josephine Bakhita
10th February - St Scholastica
11th February - Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes & the World Day for the Sick
14th February - Ss Cyril & Methodius, Patrons of Europe
21st February - St Peter Damian
22nd February - Ash Wednesday
in March
18th March - St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
19th March - St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
25th March - Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord - 1st Joyful Mystery of the Rosary
moved to 26th March this year, as 25th a Sunday
in April 2012
1st April - Palm Sunday & 27th World Youth Day
5th April - Holy Thursday
6th April - Good Friday (beginning of Divine Mercy novena)
8th April - Easter Sunday
15th April - Divine Mercy Sunday
21st April - St Anselm Bishop & Doctor of the Church
28th April - St Louis Marie de Montfort
29th April - 4th Sunday of Easter & World Day of Prayer for Vocations