Saints’ feast days are a core component of every liturgical year. Along with saints’ feast days, Catholics celebrate various seasons, usually centered around key holy days. The most significant holy day is Sunday, the day dedicated to the Lord. Easter and Christmas form the heart of the two main festal seasons in the liturgical calendar. Easter celebrates Jesus’ life, ministry, passion, death, resurrection, ascension and the descent of the Spirit. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus, God with us and his epiphany or revelation of himself to the world. During these festal season we also celebrate particular saints’ feast days that are connected to the season in some fashion. Our liturgical calendar is built around liturgical seasons and the celebration of saints’ feast days.
Jan 25th – Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
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Jan. 28th – Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
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Feb. 2 – Candlemas Day
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Feb. 3 – Feast of St. Blaize
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March 24 – Feast of St. Oscar Romero
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March 25 – Feast of the Annunciation
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May 29th – Feast of St. Pope Paul VI
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40 Days after Easter – Ascension
50 Days after Easter – Pentecost
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50 Days after Easter – Feast of Pentecost
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Thursday after Trinity Sunday
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June 29 – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
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July 22 – Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
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Aug. 15 – Solemnity of Assumption of Mary into Heaven
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Aug. 27 and 28 – Feasts of Saints Monica and Augustine
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Aug. 29 – Feast of St. Sabina
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First Monday in September – Labor Day
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Sept. 8 – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Sept. 12 – Feast of St. Matthew
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Sept. 14 – Feast of the Exhaltation of the Holy Cross
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Sept. 30 – Feast of St. Jerome
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First Sunday in October – Respect Life Sunday
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Oct. 4th – Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
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Oct. 11 – Feast of St. Pope John XXIII
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Oct. 31 – Halloween
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Nov. 2 – All Souls Day
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Between Nov. 20 and Nov. 26 – The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
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Between Nov. 20 and Nov. 26 – The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
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Nov. 21 – Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Nov. 30 – Feast of St. Andrew
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