Feasts 2019 APPOINTMENT CALENDAR & Saints THE OFFICIAL CATHOLIC CALENDAR FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS 100 percent of the proceeds we raise from our calendars strengthen the presence and mission of the Catholic Church in under-resourced Catholic communities across the United States.
JANUARY 2019 Catholic Extension funds more than $2.4 million annually to subsidize the salaries of sisters. SOLEMNITY OF MARY, ST. BASIL THE GREAT The Most Holy Name ST. ELIZABETH ANN 3 4 5 THE HOLY MOTHER ST. GREGORY of Jesus SETON, RELIGIOUS OF GOD The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord New Year s Day NAZIANZEN Christmas Weekday Christmas Weekday Christmas Weekday ST. JOHN NEUMANN, BISHOP Christmas Weekday THE EPIPHANY OF Saint Raymond of Christmas Weekday Christmas Weekday Christmas Weekday Christmas 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 THE LORD Penyafort Weekday Christmas Weekday Christmas Weekday THE BAPTISM First Week in ST. ANTHONY, 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Ordinary Time ABBOT SECOND ST. AGNES, VIRGIN DAY OF PRAYER St. Vincent, Martyr ST. FRANCIS THE 20 22 23 24 25 26 AND MARTYR FOR THE LEGAL St. Marianne Cope DE SALES, BISHOP CONVERSION ORDINARY TIME Martin Luther King Jr. Day PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN AND DOCTOR OF THE OF ST. PAUL THE STS. TIMOTHY AND TITUS, BISHOPS THIRD ST. THOMAS 27 28 29 30 31 AQUINAS, PRIEST ORDINARY TIME AND DOCTOR OF THE ST. JOHN BOSCO, PRIEST DECEMBER 2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY 24 25 26 27 28
FEBRUARY 2019 FOURTH ST. AGATHA, VIRGIN ST. PAUL MIKI AND St. Jerome Emiliani AND MARTYR COMPANIONS, St. Josephine Bakhita Since 1905, Catholic Extension has provided $1.2 billion (in today s dollars) to strengthen the presence and mission of the Catholic Church across the United States. MARTYRS THE PRESENTATION FIFTH Our Lady of Lourdes ST. CYRIL, MONK ST. METHODIUS, BISHOP St. Valentine s Day SIXTH Presidents Day St. Peter Damian THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER THE ST. POLYCARP, BISHOP AND MARTYR SEVENTH 24 25 26 27 28 JANUARY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MARCH 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
MARCH 2019 Hispanic ministries receive more than $2.5 million annually from Catholic Extension. FEBRUARY 24 25 26 27 28 APRIL 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 EIGHTH St. Casimir ASH WEDNESDAY THURSDAY AFTER FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY ASH WEDNESDAY Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs St. John of God SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY St. Frances of Rome FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Daylight Savings Time Begins SECOND Saint Cyril of SAINT JOSEPH, SUNDAY OF Jerusalem SPOUSE OF THE LENT St. Patrick s Day BLESSED VIRGIN MARY St. Turibius of Mogrovejo THIRD SUNDAY THE 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OF LENT ANNUNCIATION 31 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT or
APRIL 2019 MARCH 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 St. Francis of Paola, St. Isidore St. Vincent Ferrer, 3 4 5 6 Hermit Priest FIFTH SUNDAY OF St. Stanislaus, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 LENT Bishop and Martyr St. Martin I, Pope and Martyr PALM SUNDAY Monday of Tuesday of Wednesday of THURSDAY OF FRIDAY OF 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 OF THE PASSION Holy Week Holy Week Holy Week HOLY WEEK THE PASSION (HOLY THURSDAY) (GOOD FRIDAY) HOLY SATURDAY MONDAY WITHIN TUESDAY WITHIN WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WITHIN 22 23 24 25 26 27 SUNDAY OF THE THE OCTAVE OF THE OCTAVE OF WITHIN THE WITHIN THE THE OCTAVE OF RESURRECTION OCTAVE OF OCTAVE OF SATURDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF SECOND SAINT 28 29 30 SUNDAY OF CATHERINE OF (SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY) SIENA Saint Pius V Year after year, Catholic Extension funds more than 1,000 ministries and programs in poor Catholic communities and parishes. MAY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
MAY 2019 Every school year, 100,000 Catholic students benefit from Catholic Extension support for campus ministries. APRIL 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Saint Joseph the ST. ATHANASIUS STS. PHILIP AND 3 4 Worker JAMES, S THIRD SUNDAY Saint Damien de 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OF Veuster FOURTH Our Lady of Fatima SAINT MATTHIAS, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 SUNDAY OF St. Isidore St. John I, Pope and Martyr FIFTH SUNDAY St. Bernardine of St. Christopher St. Rita of Cascia 19 20 22 23 24 25 OF Siena Magallanes and Companions, Martyrs St. Bede the Venerable St. Gregory VII St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi SIXTH SUNDAY St. Augustine of 26 27 28 29 30 31 OF Canterbury Memorial Day THE ASCENSION Holy Day of Obligation Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha & Philadephia THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY JUNE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
JUNE 2019 Through Catholic Extension s Seminarian Endowment Challenge, mission dioceses have raised nearly $5.5 million to support seminarian education. THE ASCENSION ST. CHARLES ST. BONIFACE, Saint Norbert 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LWANGA AND BISHOP AND MARTYR SEVENTH SUNDAY OF Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha & Philadephia COMPANIONS, MARTYRS PENTECOST TENTH WEEK IN ST. BARNABAS, ST. ANTHONY OF Flag Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SUNDAY PADUA, PRIEST MAY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 AND DOCTOR OF THE JULY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 ST. JUSTIN, MARTYR THE MOST ELEVENTH St. Romuald ST. ALOYSIUS 16 17 18 19 20 22 HOLY TRINITY WEEK IN GONZAGA, Father s Day RELIGIOUS St. Paulinus of Nola Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, Martyrs THE MOST HOLY THE NATIVITY OF TWELFTH WEEK IN St. Cyril of THE MOST 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 BODY AND ST. JOHN THE Alexandria SACRED HEART 30 BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI) THIRTEENTH BAPTIST OF JESUS STS. PETER AND PAUL, S
JULY 2019 JUNE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Saint Junípero Serra ST. THOMAS, Independence Day St. Anthony Zaccaria 3 4 5 6 St. Elizabeth of FOURTEENTH St. Augustine ST. BENEDICT, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Zhao Rong and ABBOT 1 Companions, Martyrs Portugal St. Maria Goretti, Martyr St. Henry FIFTEENTH ST. Our Lady of St. Camillus 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BONAVENTURE, Mount Carmel de Lellis BISHOP AND St. Apollinaris SIXTEENTH ST. MARY St. Bridget St. Sharbel Makhluf ST. JAMES, STS. JOACHIM 22 23 24 25 26 27 MAGDELENE AND ANNE, ORDINARY TIME PARENTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SEVENTEENTH ST. MARTHA St. Peter 28 29 30 31 Chrysologus ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, PRIEST Every year Catholic Extension funds more than 55 parishes to renovate their churches and church facilities. AUGUST 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
AUGUST 2019 Annually Catholic Extension supports on average 570 seminarians from more than 50 mission dioceses attending 60 seminaries. ST. ALPHONSUS St. Eusebius of Vercelli 3 LIGUORI, BISHOP St. Peter Julian EIGHTEENTH The Dedication THE St. Sixtus II and ST. DOMINIC, PRIEST St. Teresa Benedicta 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 of the Basilica of TR ANSFIGUR ATION Companions, Martyrs of the Cross Saint Mary Major JULY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 St. Cajetan AND DOCTOR OF THE Eymard ST. LAWRENCE, DEACON AND MARTYR NINETEENTH St. Jane Frances Sts. Pontian and ST. MAXIMILIAN THE St. Stephen of 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 de Chantal Hippolytus, Martyrs KOLBE, PRIEST ASSUMPTION OF Hungary AND MARTYR THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY TWENTIETH St. John Eudes ST. BERNARD, ST. PIUS X, POPE QUEENSHIP OF St. Rose of Lima 18 19 20 22 23 24 ABBOT AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ST. BARTHOLOMEW, TWENTY-FIRST ST. MONICA ST. AUGUSTINE, THE PASSION OF 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 BISHOP AND ST. JOHN THE ORDINARY TIME BAPTIST
SEPTEMBER 2019 TWENTY-SECOND Labor Day ST. GREGORY THE 3 4 5 6 7 GREAT, POPE AND TWENTY-THIRD ST. PETER CLAVER, The Most Holy ST. JOHN 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PRIEST Name of Mary CHRYSOSTOM, BISHOP AND THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS TWENTY- STS. CORNELIUS, St. Robert St. Januarius STS. ANDREW 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 FOURTH POPE, AND Bellarmine KIM TAE-GŎN CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYRS AND PAUL CHŎNG HA- SANG AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS TWENTY-FIFTH ST. PIUS OF St. Cosmas and ST. VINCENT 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PIETRELCINA, Damian DE PAUL, PRIEST ORDINARY TIME PRIEST ST. MATTHEW, AND EVANGELIST St. Wenceslaus St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs TWENTY-SIXTH 29 30 ORDINARY TIME ST. JEROME, PRIEST AND Hundreds of priests and women religious are able to work in remote areas of mission dioceses because of salary subsidies from Catholic Extension. AUGUST 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 OCTOBER 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
OCTOBER 2019 Each year Catholic Extension grants more than $1 million to support Native Americans in 20 mission dioceses. ST. THÉRÈSE OF THE THE HOLY GUARDIAN ST. FRANCIS OF 3 4 5 CHILD JESUS, VIRGIN ANGELS ASSISI TWENTY-SEVENTH OUR LADY OF THE St. Denis and St. John XXIII 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ROSARY Companions, Martyrs AND DOCTOR OF THE St. John Leonardi Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos TWENTY- St. Callistus I ST. TERESA OF St. Hedwig ST. IGNATIUS ST. LUKE, 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 EIGHTH Columbus Day JESUS, VIRGIN St. Margaret Mary OF ANTIOCH, EVANGELIST AND DOCTOR OF THE Alacoque BISHOP AND MARTYR STS. JOHN DE BRÉBEUF AND ISAAC JOGUES AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS TWENTY-NINTH St. John Paul II St. John of St. Anthony Mary 20 22 23 24 25 26 Capistrano Claret THIRTIETH STS. SIMON AND 27 28 29 30 31 JUDE, S SEPTEMBER 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 NOVEMBER 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
NOVEMBER 2019 Annually 40 mission dioceses receive priest salary subsidies to ensure a Catholic presence in parishes that cannot afford a priest. OCTOBER 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DECEMBER 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ALL SAINTS DAY Holy Day of Obligation COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS DAY) or or THIRTY-FIRST ST. CHARLES BORROMEO, BISHOP Daylight Savings Time Ends THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA THIRTY-SECOND ST. MARTIN OF ST. JOSAPHAT, ST. FRANCIS St. Albert the Great TOURS, BISHOP MARTYR XAVIER CABRINI, Veterans Day VIRGIN St. Margaret of Scotland St. Gertrude THIRTY-THIRD The Dedication THE ST. CECILIA, of the Basilicas of PRESENTATION VIRGIN AND Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles St. Rose Philippine Duchesne OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OUR LORD LAST WEEK IN Thanksgiving Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE St. Catherine of Alexandria MARTYR St. Clement I St. Columban Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Martyr ST. ANDREW,
DECEMBER 2019 FIRST SUNDAY ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, St. John Damascene St. Nicholas 3 4 5 6 7 OF ADVENT PRIEST ST. AMBROSE, BISHOP AND SECOND SUNDAY THE IMMACULATE St. Damasus I OUR LADY OF ST. LUCY, VIRGIN 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 OF ADVENT CONCEPTION OF GUADALUPE AND MARTYR THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, PRIEST AND THIRD SUNDAY 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 OF ADVENT or St. Peter Canisius FOURTH Saint John of Kanty THE NATIVITY ST. STEPHEN, THE ST. JOHN, 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SUNDAY FIRST MARTYR AND OF ADVENT (CHRISTMAS) EVANGELIST THE HOLY INNOCENTS THE HOLY Sixth Day within 29 30 31 FAMILY OF the Octave of the JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH Nativity of the Lord Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord New Year s Eve NOVEMBER 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 JANUARY 2020 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31