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RESOURCES FOR THE CHURCH SEASONS:

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION:

OTHER FEAST DAYS OF IMPORT:

2024

• November 1, All Saints Day - a Holy Day of Obligation*
• November 2, All Souls Day
• November 9, the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
• November 20, the Feast of Christ the King
• November 30, the Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle

• December 1, 2024 - Advent - begins the Sunday nearest the Feast of St. Andrew and ends December 24.
• December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - a Holy Day of Obligation
  • Also the Feast of Our Lady of Caacupé
• December 12, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
• December 25, Christmas - a Holy Day of Obligation
• December 26, the Feast of St. Stephen, the First Martyr
• December 27, the Feast of St. John the Apostle
• December 28, the Feast of the Holy Innocents
• December 29, 2024 - The Feast of the Holy Family - celebrated on the Sunday between Christmas and the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.  If those feasts occur on Sundays, then the Feast of the Holy Family is celebrated on December 30th.

2025

• January 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - a Holy Day of Obligation *
• January 2, Memorial of Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church
• January 3, the Most Holy Name of Jesus
• January 4, Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
• January 5, 2025 - Epiphany - celebrated in the US on the Sunday following the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.  On the General Calendar of the Church the date is January 6th.  
• January 12, 2025 - the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - celebrated on the Sunday after January 6th. 
• January 17, Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot 
• January 21, Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
• January 22, Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (moved to the 23rd if the 22nd is a Sunday)
• January 24, Memorial of St. Francis de Sales
• January 25, the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
• January 28, St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church
• January 31, St. John Bosco, Priest

• February 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also called Candlemas for the custom of using lighted candles.
• February 22, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter - may move if it conflicts with Ash Wednesday. 

• March 5th, 2025 - Ash Wednesday
• March 5th - April 19, 2025 - Lent - starts with Ash Wednesday and continues through Holy Saturday
• March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph
• March 25, 2025 - the Solemnity of the Annunciation

• April 13 - April 19, 2025 - Holy Week 
  • April 13 - Palm Sunday
  • April 17 - Holy Thursday
  • April 18 - Good Friday
  • April 19 - Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)
• April 20, 2025 - Easter Sunday
• April 25, the Feast of St. Mark, Apostle
• April 27, 2025 - Divine Mercy Sunday - Visit our Divine Mercy site...

• May 1, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker - While St. Joseph's primary feast day is March 19th, Pope Pius XII added this second feast in honor of St. Joseph in 1955.
• May 3, the Feast of Saints Philip and James
• May 14, the Feast of St. Matthias
• May 28/29, 2025 - The Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord has been permanently transferred from Thursday of the sixth week of Easter to the seventh Sunday of Easter, a decision made after much discernment by the Bishops of New Jersey.
• May 31, the Feast of the Visitation

• June 7/8, 2025 - Pentecost - the 50th day after Easter Sunday.  It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, and ends the Season of Easter.
• June 9, 2025 - Mary Mother of the Church - celebrated the Monday following Pentecost
• June 14/15, 2025 - the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - celebrated the Sunday following Pentecost.
• June 16, the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
• June 17, Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
• June 18/19, 2025 - the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) - the Solemnity is actually the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but is transferred to Sunday in our Diocese. 
• Jun 24, the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
• June 29, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

• July 1, the Feast of the Most Precious Blood 
• July 3, the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle
• July 16, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• July 22, the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
• July 25, the Feast of St. James the Great, Apostle

• August 5, the Feast of the Dedication of St. Mary Major
• August 6, the Transfiguration
• August 10, the Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr
• August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary - a Holy Day of Obligation*
• August 22, the Queenship of Mary
• August 24, the Feast of St. Bartholomew

• September 8, the Nativity of Mary
• September 14, the Exaltation of the Cross
• September 15, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
• September 21, the Feast of St. Matthew
• September 29, the Feast of the Holy Archangels, Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

• October 2, The Feast of the Guardian Angels
• October 4, Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi
• October 5, St. Faustina Kowalska
• October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
• October 11, St. John XXIII, Pope
• October 17, St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
• October 18, St. Luke, Evangelist
• October 28, Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles