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LITURGICAL YEAR 2017 ____________________________________________________________________________ Sunday, 27 November 2016: First Sunday of Advent Sunday, 4 December 2016: Second Sunday of Advent Thursday 8 December 2016: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 11 December 2016: Third Sunday of Advent Sunday, 18 December 2016: Fourth Sunday of Advent Sunday, 25 December 2016: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Friday, 30 December 2016: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Sunday, 1 January 2017: Mary, the Holy Mother of God Friday, 6 January 2017: The Epiphany of the Lord Sunday, 8 January 2017: The Baptism of the Lord Monday, 9 January 2017: First Week in Ordinary Time Sunday, 15 January 2017: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 22 January 2017: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 29 January 2017: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 5 February 2017: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 12 February 2017: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 19 February 2017: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 26 February 2017: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, 1 March 2017: Ash Wednesday Sunday, 5 March 2017: First Sunday of Lent Sunday, 12 March 2017: Second Sunday of Lent Friday, 17 March 2017: St Patrick Sunday, 19 March 2017: Third Sunday of Lent Monday, 20 March 2017: St Joseph Saturday, 25 March 2017: The Annunciation of the Lord Sunday, 26 March 2017: Fourth Sunday of Lent Sunday, 2 April 2017: Fifth Sunday of Lent Sunday, 9 April 2017: Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion Thursday, 13 April 2017: Holy Thursday Friday, 14 April 2017: Good Friday Saturday, 15 April 2017: Holy Saturday Sunday, 16 April 2017: Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection Sunday, 23 April 2017: Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) Sunday, 30 April 2017: Third Sunday of Easter Sunday, 7 May 2017: Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday, 14 May 2017: Fifth Sunday of Easter Sunday, 21 May 2017: Sixth Sunday of Easter Sunday, 28 May 2017: The Ascension of the Lord Sunday, 4 June 2017: Pentecost Sunday

Monday, 5 June 2017: Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Sunday, 11 June 2017: The Most Holy Trinity Sunday, 18 June 2017: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Friday, 23 June 2017: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Saturday, 24 June 2017: The Nativity of St John the Baptist Sunday, 25 June 2017: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Tome Thursday, 29 June 2017: Ss Peter and Paul Sunday, 2 July 2017: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 9 July 2017: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 16 July 2017: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 23 July 2017: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 30 July 2017: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 6 August 2017: The Transfiguration of the Lord Sunday, 13 August 2017: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, 15 August 2017: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 20 August 2017: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 27 August 2017: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 3 September 2017: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 10 September 2017: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Thursday, 14 September 2017: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sunday, 17 September 2017: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 24 September 2017: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 1 October 2017: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 8 October 2017: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 15 October 2017: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 22 October 2017: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 29 October 2017: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, 1 November 2017: All Saints Thursday, 2 November 2017: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Sunday, 5 November 2017: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Thursday, 9 November 2017: The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Sunday, 12 November 2017: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 19 November 2017: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, 26 November 2017: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Sunday, 3 December 2017: First Sunday of Advent Friday 8 December 2017: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 10 December 2017: Second Sunday of Advent Sunday, 17 December 2017: Third Sunday of Advent Sunday, 24 December 2017: Fourth Sunday of Advent Monday, 25 December 2017: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Sunday, 31 December 2017: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Notes for 2017 Lectionary Sunday: Cycle A Weekday: Cycle 1 Weeks in Ordinary Time Before Lent: 8 weeks – ending Tuesday, 28 February After Eastertime beginning Monday, 15 June –9th Week

Holydays of Obligation The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary –Thursday, 8 December 2016 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – Sunday 25 December 2016 The Epiphany of the Lord –Friday, 6 January 2017 St Patrick –Friday, 17 March 2017 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary –Tuesday, 15 August 2017 All Saints –Wednesday, 1 November 2017 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary –Friday, 8 December 2017 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) –Monday, 25 December 2017 All Sundays The Baptism of the Lord, The Ascension of the Lord, The Most Holy Trinity, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Christ the King) are celebrated on Sundays. The Transfiguration of the Lord (6 August) replaces 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is celebrated on Friday, 30 December 2016. Sunday, 1 January 2017 is the solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God.

Days of Prayer World Day of Peace Sunday, 1 January 2017 World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sunday, 15 January 2017 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Wednesday, 18 January 2017 Catholic Schools Week begins Sunday, 29 January 2017 World Day for Consecrated Life Thursday, 2 February 2017 World Day of the Sick Saturday, 11 February 2017 Day of Prayer for Temperance Sunday, 26 February 2017 Day of Prayer for Vocations Sunday, 7 May 2017 World Communications Day Sunday, 28 May 2017 Day for Life Sunday, 1 October 2017 Mission Sunday Sunday, 22 October 2017 Prisoners’ Sunday Sunday, 12 November 2017 St Patrick’s Day (Friday, 17 March 2017) is a Special Day of Prayer for Emigrants Wednesday, 24 May 2017 is a Day of Prayer for the Church in China Friday, 1 September 2017 is World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

NOVEMBER 2016

27 Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

28 Monday 1st Week of Advent

29 Tuesday 1st Week of Advent

30 Wednesday St Andrew, apostle Feast

DECEMBER 2016

1 Thursday 1st Week of Advent

2 Friday 1st Week of Advent

3 Saturday 1st Week of Advent

St Francis Xavier, priest Memorial

4 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

5 Monday 2nd

Week of Advent

6 Tuesday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Nicholas, bishop Opt. Mem.

Galway: St Nicholas, bishop Feast

7 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

8 Thursday THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED

VIRGIN MARY Solemnity

9 Friday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin Opt. Mem.

10 Saturday 2nd

Week of Advent

11 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

12 Monday 3rd

Week of Advent

Our Lady of Guadalupe Opt. Mem.

St Finnian, bishop Opt. Mem.

Meath: St Finnian, bishop Feast

13 Tuesday 3rd

Week of Advent

St Lucy, virgin and martyr Memorial

14 Wednesday 3rd

Week of Advent

St John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

15 Thursday 3rd

Week of Advent

16 Friday 3rd

Week of Advent

17 Saturday 3rd

Week of Advent

18 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

19 Monday 4th

Week of Advent

20 Tuesday 4th

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Fachanan, bishop Opt. Mem.

Kilfenora: St Fachanan, bishop Feast

21 Wednesday 4th

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Peter Canisius, priest and doctor

of the Church Opt. Mem.

22 Thursday 4th

Week of Advent

23 Friday 4th

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St John of Kanty, priest Opt. Mem.

24 Saturday 4th

Week of Advent

25 Sunday THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) Solemnity

26 Monday St Stephen, first martyr Feast

27 Tuesday St John, apostle and evangelist Feast

28 Wednesday The Holy Innocents, martyrs Feast

29 Thursday 5th

Day in the Octave of Christmas

Memorial may be made of St Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

30 Friday THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH Feast

31 Saturday 7th


Memorial may be made of St Sylvester I, pope Opt. Mem.

JANUARY 2017

1 Sunday MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD Solemnity

2 Monday Before Epiphany

Ss Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen,

bishops and doctors of the Church Memorial

3 Tuesday Before Epiphany

The Most Holy Name of Jesus Opt. Mem.)

St Munchin (Mainchin), bishop Opt. Mem.

Limerick: St Munchin (Mainchin), bishop Feast

4 Wednesday Before Epiphany

5 Thursday Before Epiphany

Dublin: St Charles of St Andrew Opt. Mem.

6 Friday THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity

7 Saturday After Epiphany

St Raymond of Penyafort, priest Opt. Mem.

8 Sunday THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Feast

9 Monday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

10 Tuesday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

11 Wednesday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

12 Thursday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

13 Friday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

St Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

14 Saturday 1st Week in Ordinary Time

[Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary]

15 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Limerick: St Ita, virgin Feast -This year as Solemnity

16 Monday 2nd

Week in Ordinary Time

St Fursa, abbot and missionary Opt. Mem.

17 Tuesday 2nd


St Anthony, abbot Memorial

18 Wednesday 2nd


19 Thursday 2nd


20 Friday 2nd


St Fabian, pope and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Sebastian, martyr Opt. Mem.

21 Saturday 2nd


St Agnes, virgin and martyr Memorial

22 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

23 Monday 3rd


24 Tuesday 3rd


St Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

25 Wednesday The Conversion of St Paul, apostle Feast

26 Thursday 3rd


Ss Timothy and Titus, bishops Memorial

27 Friday 3rd


St Angela Merici, virgin Opt. Mem.

28 Saturday 3rd


St Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

29 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

30 Monday 4th


St Aidan, bishop Opt. Mem.

Ferns: St Aidan, abbot Feast

Dublin: Bl Margaret Ball and Francis Taylor, martyrs Opt. Mem.

Meath: Bl Margaret Ball and Francis Taylor, martyrs Opt. Mem.

31 Tuesday 4th

Week in Ordinary Time St John Bosco, priest Memorial

FEBRUARY 2017

1 Wednesday St Brigid, abbess, secondary patron of Ireland Feast

Kildare and Leighlin: St Brigid, abbess, secondary patron

of Ireland Feast

2 Thursday The Presentation of the Lord Feast

3 Friday 4th


St Blaise, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Ansgar, bishop Opt. Mem.

4 Saturday 4th



5 Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

6 Monday 5th


Ss Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs Memorial

7 Tuesday 5th


St Mel, bishop Opt. Mem.

Ardagh and Clonmacnois: St Mel, bishop Feast

8 Wednesday 5th


St Jerome Emiliani Opt. Mem.

St Josephine Bakhita, virgin Opt. Mem.

9 Thursday 5th


10 Friday 5th


St Scholastica, virgin Memorial

11 Saturday 5th


Our Lady of Lourdes Opt. Mem.

St Gobnait, virgin Opt. Mem.


12 Sunday SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

13 Monday 6th


14 Tuesday Ss Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop, patrons of Europe Feast

15 Wednesday 6th


16 Thursday 6th


17 Friday 6th


St Fintan, abbot Opt. Mem.

Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Opt. Mem.

18 Saturday 6th



19 Sunday SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

20 Monday 7th


21 Tuesday 7th


St Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

22 Wednesday The Chair of St Peter, apostle Feast

23 Thursday 7th


St Polycarp, bishop and martyr Memorial

24 Friday 7th


25 Saturday 7th


26 Sunday EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

27 Monday 8th


28 Tuesday 8th


MARCH 2017

1 Wednesday ASH WEDNESDAY

2 Thursday After Ash Wednesday

3 Friday After Ash Wednesday

4 Saturday After Ash Wednesday

Memorial may be made of St Casimir Opt. Mem.

5 Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

6 Monday 1st Week of Lent

7 Tuesday 1st Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of Ss Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs Memorial

8 Wednesday 1st Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St John of God, religious Opt. Mem.

Memorial may be made of St Senan, bishop Opt. Mem.

9 Thursday 1st Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Frances of Rome, religious Opt. Mem.

10 Friday 1st Week of Lent

11 Saturday 1st Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Aengus, bishop and abbot Opt. Mem.

12 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

13 Monday 2nd

Week of Lent

14 Tuesday 2nd

Week of Lent

15 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Lent

16 Thursday 2nd

Week of Lent

17 Friday ST PATRICK, bishop, principal patron of Ireland Solemnity

18 Saturday 2nd

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and

doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

19 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT 20 Monday ST JOSEPH, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity

21 Tuesday 3rd

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Enda, abbot Opt. Mem

22 Wednesday 3rd

Week of Lent

23 Thursday 3rd

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Turibius of Mongrovejo, bishop Opt. Mem

24 Friday 3rd

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Macartan, bishop Opt. Mem

Clogher: St Macartan, bishop Feast

25 Saturday THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Solemnity

26 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

27 Monday 4th

Week of Lent

28 Tuesday 4th

Week of Lent

29 Wednesday 4th

Week of Lent

30 Thursday 4th

Week of Lent

31 Friday 4th

Week of Lent

APRIL 2017

1 Saturday 4th

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Ceallach (Celsus), bishop Opt. Mem.

2 Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

3 Monday 5th

Week of Lent

4 Tuesday 5th

Week of Lent Memorial may be made of St Isidore, bishop and doctor


5 Wednesday 5th

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St Vincent Ferrer, priest Opt. Mem.

6 Thursday 5th

Week of Lent

7 Friday 5th

Week of Lent

Memorial may be made of St John Baptist de la Salle, priest Memorial

8 Saturday 5th

Week of Lent

9 Sunday PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

10 Monday Monday in Holy Week

11 Tuesday Tuesday in Holy Week

12 Wednesday Wednesday in Holy Week

13 Thursday HOLY THURSDAY

14 Friday GOOD FRIDAY

15 Saturday HOLY SATURDAY

16 Sunday EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION

17 Monday Easter Monday

18 Tuesday Easter Tuesday

19 Wednesday Easter Wednesday

20 Thursday Easter Thursday

21 Friday Easter Friday

22 Saturday Easter Saturday

23 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Divine Mercy Sunday

24 Monday 2nd

Week of Easter

St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr Opt. Mem.

25 Tuesday St Mark, evangelist Feast

26 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Easter

27 Thursday 2nd

Week of Easter

St Asicus, bishop Opt. Mem.

Elphin: St Asicus, bishop Feast

28 Friday 2nd

Week of Easter

St Peter Chanel, priest and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, priest Opt. Mem.

29 Saturday St Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church, patron of

Europe Feast

30 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

MAY 2017

1 Monday 3rd

Week of Easter

St Joseph the Worker Opt. Mem.

2 Tuesday 3rd

Week of Easter

St Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

3 Wednesday Ss Philip and James, apostles Feast

4 Thursday 3rd

Week of Easter

St Conleth, bishop Opt. Mem.

Kildare: St Conleth, bishop Feast

5 Friday 3rd

Week of Easter

Bl Edmund Rice, religious Opt. Mem.

6 Saturday 3rd

Week of Easter

7 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

8 Monday 4th

Week of Easter

9 Tuesday 4th

Week of Easter

10 Wednesday 4th

Week of Easter

St Comgall, abbot Opt. Mem.

11 Thursday 4th

Week of Easter

12 Friday 4th

Week of Easter

Ss Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs Opt. Mem.

St Pancras, martyr Opt. Mem.

13 Saturday 4th

Week of Easter

Our Lady of Fatima Opt. Mem.

14 Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

15 Monday 5th

Week of Easter

St Carthage, bishop Opt. Mem.

Waterford & Lismore: St Carthage, bishop Feast

16 Tuesday 5th

Week of Easter

St Brendan, abbot Opt. Mem.

Clonfert: St Brendan, abbot Feast

Kerry: St Brendan, abbot Feast

17 Wednesday 5th

Week of Easter

18 Thursday 5th

Week of Easter St John I, pope and martyr Opt. Mem.

19 Friday 5th

Week of Easter

20 Saturday 5th

Week of Easter

St Bernadine of Siena, priest Opt. Mem.

21 Sunday SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Solemnity

22 Monday 6th

Week of Easter

St Rita of Cascia, religious Opt. Mem.

23 Tuesday 6th

Week of Easter

24 Wednesday 6th

Week of Easter

25 Thursday 6th

Week of Easter

St Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

St Gregory VII, pope Opt. Mem.

St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, virgin Opt. Mem.

26 Friday 6th

Week of Easter

St Philip Neri, priest Memorial

27 Saturday 6th

Week of Easter

St Augustine of Canterbury, bishop Opt. Mem.

28 Sunday THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Solemnity

29 Monday 7th

Week of Easter

30 Tuesday 7th

Week of Easter

31 Wednesday The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast

JUNE 2017

1 Thursday 7th

Week of Easter St Justin, martyr Memorial

2 Friday 7th

Week of Easter

Ss Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs Opt. Mem.

3 Saturday 7th

Week of Easter

St Kevin, abbot Memorial

Dublin: St Kevin, abbot Feast

4 Sunday PENTECOST

5 Monday 9th


St Boniface, bishop and martyr Memorial

6 Tuesday 9th


St Norbert, bishop Opt. Mem.

St Jarlath, bishop Opt. Mem.

Tuam: St Jarlath, bishop Feast

7 Wednesday 9th

Week in Ordinary Time St Colman, bishop Opt. Mem.

Dromore: St Colman, bishop Feast

8 Thursday 9th


9 Friday St Columba (Colum Cille), abbot and missionary, secondary patron

of Ireland Feast

Derry: St Columba (Colum Cille), abbot and missionary Feast

10 Saturday 9th


St Ephrem, deacon and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.


11 Sunday THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Solemnity

12 Monday 10th


13 Tuesday 10th


St Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

14 Wednesday 10th

Week in Ordinary Time St Davnet, virgin Opt. Mem.

15 Thursday 10th


16 Friday 10th


17 Saturday 10th



18 Sunday THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Corpus Christi) Solemnity

19 Monday 11th


St Romuald, abbot Opt. Mem.

20 Tuesday 11th


The Irish Martyrs Memorial

21 Wednesday 11th

Week in Ordinary Time St Aloysius Gonzaga, religious Memorial

22 Thursday 11th

Week in Ordinary Time St Paulinus of Nola, bishop Opt. Mem.

Ss John Fisher, bishop and Thomas More, martyrs Opt. Mem.

23 Friday THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Solemnity

24 Saturday THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Solemnity

25 Sunday TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

26 Monday 12th


27 Tuesday 12th


St Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

28 Wednesday 12th

Week in Ordinary Time St Irenaeus, bishop and martyr Memorial

29 Thursday SS PETER AND PAUL, apostles Solemnity

30 Friday 12th


The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Opt. Mem.

JULY 2017

1 Saturday 12th


St Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr Memorial

Armagh: St Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr Feast

Meath: St Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr Feast

2 Sunday THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

3 Monday St Thomas, apostle Feast

4 Tuesday 13th


St Elizabeth of Portugal Opt. Mem.

5 Wednesday 13th


St Anthony Zaccaria, priest Opt. Mem.

6 Thursday 13th


St Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Monnine, virgin Opt. Mem.

7 Friday 13th


St Maelruain, bishop and abbot Opt. Mem.

8 Saturday 13th


St Kilian, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.


9 Sunday FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

10 Monday 14th


11 Tuesday St Benedict, abbot, patron of Europe Feast

12 Wednesday 14th


13 Thursday 14th


St Henry Opt. Mem.

14 Friday 14th


St Camillus de Lellis, priest Opt. Mem.

15 Saturday 14th


St Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

16 Sunday FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

17 Monday 15th


18 Tuesday 15th


19 Wednesday 15th


20 Thursday 15th


St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

21 Friday 15th


St Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

22 Saturday St Mary Magdalene Feast

23 Sunday SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

24 Monday 16th


St Sharbel Makhlūf, priest Opt. Mem.

St Declan, bishop Opt. Mem.

Waterford and Lismore: St Declan, bishop Feast

25 Tuesday St James, apostle Feast

26 Wednesday 16th


Ss Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial

27 Thursday 16th


28 Friday 16th


29 Saturday 16th


St Martha Memorial

30 Sunday SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

31 Monday 17th


St Ignatius Loyola, priest Memorial

AUGUST 2017

1 Tuesday 17th


St Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

2 Wednesday 17th


St Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop Opt. Mem.

St Peter Julian Eymard, priest Opt. Mem.

3 Thursday 17th


4 Friday 17th


St John Mary Vianney, priest Memorial

5 Saturday 17th


The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major Opt. Mem.


6 Sunday THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD Feast

7 Monday 18th


Ss Sixtus II, pope and Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

St Cajetan, priest Opt. Mem.

8 Tuesday 18th


St Dominic, priest Memorial

9 Wednesday St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein),

virgin and martyr, patron of Europe Feast

Achonry: St Nathy, bishop Feast

Kilmore: St Felim, bishop Feast

10 Thursday St Lawrence, deacon and martyr Feast

11 Friday 18th


St Clare, virgin Memorial

12 Saturday 18th


St Jane Frances de Chantal, religious Opt. Mem.

St Lelia, virgin Opt. Mem.

St Attracta, virgin Opt. Mem.

St Muredach, bishop Opt. Mem.

Achonry: St Attracta, virgin Feast

Killala: St Muredach, bishop Feast


13 Sunday NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

14 Monday 19th


St Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr Memorial

15 Tuesday THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Solemnity

16 Wednesday 19th


St Stephen of Hungary Opt. Mem.

17 Thursday 19th


Our Lady of Knock Memorial

18 Friday 19th


19 Saturday 19th

Week in Ordinary Time St John Eudes, priest Opt. Mem.


20 Sunday TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

21 Monday 20th


St Pius X, pope Memorial

22 Tuesday 20th


The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial

23 Wednesday 20th


St Rose of Lima, virgin Opt. Mem.

St Eugene, bishop Opt. Mem.

Derry: St Eugene, bishop Feast

24 Thursday St Bartholomew, apostle Feast

25 Friday 20th


St Louis of France Opt. Mem.

St Joseph Calasanz, priest Opt. Mem.

26 Saturday 20th



27 Sunday TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

28 Monday 21st Week in Ordinary Time

St Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial


The Passion of St John the Baptist Memorial


St Fiacre, monk Opt. Mem.

31 Thursday 21st Week in Ordinary Time

St Aidan of Lindisfarne, bishop and missionary Opt. Mem.

SEPTEMBER 2017




3 Sunday TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

4 Monday 22nd


St Mac Nissi, bishop Opt. Mem.

Down: St Mac Nissi, bishop Memorial

Connor: St Mac Nissi, bishop Feast

5 Tuesday 22nd


6 Wednesday 22nd


7 Thursday 22nd


8 Friday The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast

9 Saturday 22nd


St Ciaran, abbot Memorial

Clonmacnois: St Ciaran, abbot Feast

10 Sunday TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

11 Monday 23rd


12 Tuesday 23rd


The Most Holy Name of Mary Opt. Mem.

St Ailbe, bishop Opt. Mem.

Cashel and Emly: St Ailbe, bishop Feast

13 Wednesday 23rd


St John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

14 Thursday The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast

15 Friday 23rd


Our Lady of Sorrows Memorial

16 Saturday 23rd


Ss Cornelius, pope and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs Memorial

17 Sunday TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

18 Monday 24th


19 Tuesday 24th


St Januarius, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

20 Wednesday 24th


Ss Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, priest, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang and

Companions, martyrs Memorial

21 Thursday St Matthew, apostle and evangelist Feast

22 Friday 24th


23 Saturday 24th


St Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Memorial

Raphoe: St Eunan (Adomnan), abbot Feast

24 Sunday TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

25 Monday 25th


St Finbarr, bishop Opt. Mem.

Cork: St Finbarr, bishop Feast

26 Tuesday 25th


Ss Cosmas and Damian, martyrs Opt. Mem.

27 Wednesday 25th


St Vincent de Paul, priest Memorial

28 Thursday 25th


St Wenceslaus, martyr Opt. Mem.

Ss Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

29 Friday Ss Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels Feast

30 Saturday 25th


St Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

OCTOBER 2017

1 Sunday TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

2 Monday 26th


The Guardian Angels Memorial

3 Tuesday 26th


Bl Columba Marmion, priest Opt. Mem.

4 Wednesday 26th


St Francis of Assisi Memorial

5 Thursday 26th


6 Friday 26th


St Bruno, priest Opt. Mem.

7 Saturday 26th


Our Lady of the Rosary Memorial

8 Sunday TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

9 Monday 27th


Bl John Henry Newman, priest Opt. Mem.

Ss Denis, bishop and Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

St John Leonardi, priest Opt. Mem.

10 Tuesday 27th


11 Wednesday 27th


St John XXIII, pope Opt. Mem.

St Canice, abbot Opt. Mem.

Kilkenny City: St Canice, abbot Feast

12 Thursday 27th


13 Friday 27th


14 Saturday 27th


St Callistus I, pope and martyr Opt. Mem.


15 Sunday TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

16 Monday 28th


St Hedwig, religious Opt. Mem.

St Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin Opt. Mem.

St Gall, abbot and missionary Opt. Mem.

17 Tuesday 28th


St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr Memorial

18 Wednesday St Luke, evangelist Feast

19 Thursday 28th


Ss John Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, priests, and

Companions, martyrs Opt. Mem.

St Paul of the Cross, priest Opt. Mem.

20 Friday 28th


21 Saturday 28th



22 Sunday TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

23 Monday 29th


St John of Capistrano, priest Opt. Mem.

24 Tuesday 29th


St Anthony Claret, bishop Opt. Mem.

25 Wednesday 29th


Cork and Ross: Bl Thaddeus MacCarthy, bishop Memorial

Cloyne: Bl Thaddeus MacCarthy, bishop Memorial

26 Thursday 29th


27 Friday 29th


St Otteran, monk Opt. Mem.

Waterford: St Otteran, monk Feast

28 Saturday Ss Simon and Jude, apostles Feast

29 Sunday THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

30 Monday 30th


31 Tuesday 30th


Cloyne: Bl Dominic Collins, martyr Opt. Mem.

NOVEMBER 2017

1 Wednesday ALL SAINTS Solemnity

2 Thursday THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

(All Souls’ Day)

3 Friday 30th


St Malachy, bishop Memorial

Armagh: St Malachy, bishop Feast

Down and Connor: St Malachy, bishop Feast

4 Saturday 30th


St Charles Borromeo, bishop Memorial

5 Sunday THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

6 Monday All the Saints of Ireland Feast


St Willibrord, bishop and missionary Opt. Mem.


9 Thursday The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Feast


St Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Memorial


St Martin of Tours, bishop Memorial

12 Sunday THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

13 Monday 32nd


14 Tuesday 32nd


St Laurence O’Toole, bishop Opt. Mem.

Dublin: St Laurence O’Toole, bishop Feast

15 Wednesday 32nd


St Albert the Great, bishop and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

16 Thursday 32nd


St Margaret of Scotland Opt. Mem.

St Gertrude, virgin Opt. Mem.

17 Friday 32nd


St Elizabeth of Hungary, religious Memorial

18 Saturday 32nd


The Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss Peter and Paul Opt. Mem.


19 Sunday THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

20 Monday 33rd


21 Tuesday 33rd


The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial

22 Wednesday 33rd


St Cecilia, virgin and martyr Memorial

23 Thursday 33rd


St Columban, abbot and missionary Memorial

24 Friday 33rd


Ss Andrew Dŏng-Lạc, priest and Companions, martyrs Memorial

Cloyne: St Colman, bishop Feast

25 Saturday 33rd


St Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Clement I, pope and martyr Opt. Mem.

St Colman, bishop Opt. Mem.


26 Sunday OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE Solemnity

27 Monday 34th


St Fergal, bishop and missionary Opt. Mem.

28 Tuesday 34th


29 Wednesday 34th


30 Thursday St Andrew, apostle Feast

DECEMBER 2017

1 Friday 34th


2 Saturday 34th



3 Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

4 Monday 1st Week of Advent

St John Damascene, priest and doctor of the Church Opt. Mem.

5 Tuesday 1st Week of Advent

6 Wednesday 1st Week of Advent

St Nicholas, bishop Opt. Mem.

Galway: St Nicholas, bishop Feast

7 Thursday 1st Week of Advent

St Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church Memorial

8 Friday THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED

VIRGIN MARY Solemnity

9 Saturday 1st Week of Advent

St Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin Opt. Mem.

10 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

11 Monday 2nd Week of Advent

St Damasus I, pope Opt. Mem.

12 Tuesday 2nd

Week of Advent

Our Lady of Guadalupe Opt. Mem.

St Finnian, bishop Opt. Mem.

Meath: St Finnian, bishop Feast

13 Wednesday 2nd

Week of Advent

St Lucy, virgin and martyr Memorial

14 Thursday 2nd

Week of Advent

St John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church Memorial

15 Friday 2nd

Week of Advent

16 Saturday 2nd

Week of Advent

17 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

18 Monday 3rd

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Flannan, bishop Opt. Mem.

Killaloe: St Flannan, bishop Feast

19 Tuesday 3rd

Week of Advent

20 Wednesday 3rd

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Fachanan, bishop Opt. Mem.

Kilfenora: St Fachanan, bishop Feast

21 Thursday 3rd

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St Peter Canisius, priest and doctor


22 Friday 3rd

Week of Advent

23 Saturday 3rd

Week of Advent

Memorial may be made of St John of Kanty, priest Opt. Mem.

24 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

25 Monday THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) Solemnity

26 Tuesday St Stephen, first martyr Feast

27 Wednesday St John, apostle and evangelist Feast

28 Thursday The Holy Innocents, martyrs Feast

29 Friday 5th


Memorial may be made of St Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr Opt. Mem.

30 Saturday 6th


31 Sunday THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH Feast

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