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Popular feasts and days of obligation for each month.

by Catholic.net Staff Writer | Source: Catholic.net

January
1 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God  (holy day of obligation)
6 – The Epiphany of the Lord
20 – Saint Sebastian
25 – Conversion of St. Paul
28 – Saint Thomas Aquinas
31 – Saint John Bosco

February
2 – The Presentation of Child Jesus in the Temple
11 – Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
14 – Saint Valentine
22 – Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle

March
9 – Ash Wednesday
17 – Saint Patrick
19 – Saint Joseph
25 – Annunciation of the Lord

April
17 – Palm Sunday
21 – Holy Thursday:  Washing of Feet
22 – Good Friday: The Passion of Christ
23 – Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil
24 – Holy Sunday: Resurrection of the Lord
25 – Saint Mark
29 – Saint Catherine

May
1 – Divine Mercy Sunday and Saint Joseph the Worker
3 – Saint Philip and Saint James
13 – Feast of Our Lady of Fatima
22 – Saint Rita of Cascia
29 – Saint Cyril of Caesarea
30 – Saint Joann of Arc
31 – The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

June
2 - Feast of the Ascension of the Lord (holy day of obligation)
6 – Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
11 – The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 
12 – Pentecost Sunday and the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
13 – Saint Anthony of Padua
14 – Birth of Saint John the Baptist
19 – Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
23 – Corpus Christi (holy day of obligation)
27 – Saint Cyril of Alexandria
29 – Saint Peter & Paul
30 – First Martyrs of Rome

July
3 – Saint Thomas
6 – Saint Maria Goretti
11 – Saint Benedict
16 – Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
22 – Saint Mary Magdalene
25 - Saint Christopher & Saint James the Greater
31 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola

August
1 – Saint Alphonsus Liguori
4 – Saint John Vianney
6 - The Transfiguration of the Lord
8 – Saint Dominic
14 – Saint Maximilian
15 – Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (holy day of obligation)
21 – Saint Pius X
22 - The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
23 – Saint Rose of Lima
24 – Saint Bartholomew
25 – Saint Louis
26 – Saint Martha
27 – Monica
28 – Saint Augustine

September
3 – Saint Gregory the Great
4 – Saint Rosalia
8 – Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
13 – Saint John Chrysostom
14 – The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
19 – Feast of Our Lady of La Salette
21 – Saint Matthew
27 - Saint Vincent de Paul
29 – Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael
30 – Saint Jerome

October
1 – Saint Therese of Lisieux
2 – Feast of the Guardian Angeles
4 – Saint Francis of Assisi
5 – Saint Faustina
7 – Feast Our Lady of the Rosary
8 – Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida
15 - Saint Teresa of Avila
16 – Saint Gerard Majella and Saint Hedwig
17 – Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
18 – Saint Luke
28 – Saint Jude Thaddeus
31 – Vigil of All Saints

November
1 – All Saints Day (holy day of obligation)
2 – Feast of All Souls
21 – Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
22 – Saint Cecilia
27 –First Sunday of Advent & Saint Maximinus
30 – Saint Andrew

December
3 – Saint Francis Xavier
8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (holy day of obligation)
12 – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
14 – Saint John of the Cross
24 – Christmas Eve
25 – Christmas: Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ (holy day of obligation)
26 – Saint Stephen and Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
27 – Saint John
28 – Feast of the Holy Innocents
31 – Saint Sylvester