The sacred rhythm of the Church year
All Saints
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Soul’s Day)
Tuesday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time
Hubert of Liège, Martin de Porres, Pirmin of Hornbach
Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Thursday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time
Guido Maria Conforti
Friday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time
Nuno of Saint Mary Pereira
Saturday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time
Willibrord of Utrecht
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
John Duns Scotus
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
Josaphat Kuntsevych
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin
Saturday of the thirty-second week of Ordinary Time
Nikola Tavelić
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Albertus Magnus, Leopold III of Babenberg
Monday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time
Gertrude the Great, Margaret of Scotland
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious
Salomea of Poland
Wednesday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time
Karolina Kózka, The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, Rose Philippine Duchesne
Thursday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time
Saints Roque González de Santa Cruz, Alphonsus Rodríguez Olmedo, and John del Castillo, Priests and Martyrs
Friday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time
Saint Raphael Kalinowski
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Monday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
Clement I, Pope, Columban, Miguel Agustín Pro
Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
Wednesday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
Catherine of Alexandria
Thursday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
Conrad of Constance
Friday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
Virgil of Salzburg
Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
James of the Marches
First Sunday of Advent
Radboud of Utrecht
Saint Andrew, Apostle
All Saints
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Soul’s Day)
Tuesday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time
Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Thursday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time
Friday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time
Saturday of the thirty-first week of Ordinary Time
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin
Saturday of the thirty-second week of Ordinary Time
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious
Wednesday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time
Thursday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time
Friday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Monday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
Wednesday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
Thursday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
Friday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
Saturday of the thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time
First Sunday of Advent
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Tuesday of the first week of Advent
Wednesday of the first week of Advent
Saint Francis Xavier, Priest
Friday of the first week of Advent
Saturday of the first week of Advent
On the First Sunday of Advent, four Sundays before Christmas — so the Church's year opens in late November or early December, not in January.
Advent, Christmas, Lent, the Sacred Paschal Triduum, Easter and Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is the longest, and falls in two stretches: between Christmas and Lent, and between Pentecost and Advent.
Green for Ordinary Time, violet for Advent and Lent, white for Christmas, Easter and most feasts of the Lord, Our Lady and non-martyr saints, and red for Pentecost, Palm Sunday, Good Friday and the martyrs.
They are ranks. A solemnity is the highest and keeps its own Mass with Gloria and Creed; a feast ranks below it; a memorial lower still, and an optional memorial may be kept or passed over at the priest's discretion.
A day on which the faithful are bound to attend Mass and to rest from work that would hinder it. Every Sunday is one, along with a handful of solemnities that vary by country.
