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Popular feasts and days of obligation for each month.

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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 – Ash Wednesday

March

17 – Saint Patrick
19 – Saint Joseph
25 – Annunciation of the Lord

April

1 –  Palm Sunday
5 –  Holy Thursday:  Washing of Feet
6 –  Good Friday: The Passion of Christ
7 –  Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil
8  – Holy Sunday: Resurrection of the Lord
15 - Divine Mercy Sunday

25-  Saint Mark

May

3 –   Saint Philip and Saint James
13 – Feast of Our Lady of Fatima

20-   Feast of the Ascension of the Lord (holy day of obligation)

22 – Saint Rita of Cascia

27-   Pentecost Sunday

29 – Saint Cyril of Caesarea
30 – Saint Joann of Arc
31 – The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

June

3-   Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

7 –   Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
11 – The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 
15-   Corpus Christi (holy day of obligation)
24 – Birth of Saint John the Baptist
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

26- St. Joachim and St. Anne

31 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola

August

1 –  Saint Alphonsus Liguori
4 –  Saint John Vianney
6 -  The Transfiguration of the Lord
8 –  Saint Dominic

10-  St. Lawrence Martyr
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
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

October

1 – Saint Therese of Lisieux
2 – Feast of the Guardian Angeles
4 – Saint Francis of Assisi
5 – Saint Faustina
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

9- Dedication of the Basilica of St John Lateran

22 – Saint Cecilia

25 – Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
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

30- Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

31 – Saint Sylvester