PAPAL CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER 2017 APRIL 2018 Bishops Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican Via dell Umiltà, 30 00187 Rome Tel (calling from USA): 011.39.06.6900.1821 FAX (faxing from USA): 011.39.06.679.1448 e-mail: visitorsoffice@pnac.org (edited January 16, 2018) Please note that this calendar is not official, but created by this office. 2018 JANUARY 2018 January 1 World Day of Peace Papal Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are and are limited.) January 3 January 6 Papal Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are.) January 7 January 10 January 14 Papal Mass for World Day of Migrants and Refugees at 10 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are ) January 15-22 Papal visit to Peru
January 17 January 21 January 24 January 25 January 28 January 31 NO PAPAL ANGELUS Papal Vespers for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle at 5:30 p.m. in Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (Tickets are.) FEBRUARY 2018 February 2 February 4 February 7 February 11 February 14 Papal Mass for Religious at 5:30 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are.) Ash Wednesday Papal Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina at 5:00 p.m. (Tickets must be requested directly from the Prefecture of the Papal Household.) February 18 February 19-23 February 21 February 25 Holy Father s Lenten Retreat
February 28 MARCH 2018 March 4 March 7 March 11 March 14 March 18 March 21 March 25 PALM SUNDAY MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter s Square Diocesan Day for Youth March 28 March 29 March 30 CHRISM MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATION OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum at 9:15 p.m. (No tickets.) March 31 EASTER VIGIL PAPAL MASS at 8:30 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica APRIL 2018 April 1 EASTER SUNDAY PAPAL MASS at 10:15 a.m. in St. Peter s Square Urbi et Orbi blessing at 12 Noon in St. Peter s Square (No tickets.) April 2 Pasquetta (Holy Father s blessing) at 12 Noon in St. Peter s Square (No
tickets.) April 4 April 8 April 11 April 15 April 18 April 22 April 25 April 29 MAY 2018 May 2 May 6 May 9 May 13 May 16 May 20 Papal Mass on the occasion of Solemnity of Pentecost at 10 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica Tickets are May 23 May 27
May 30 May 31 Papal Mass for Corpus Christi at St. John Lateran at 7:00 p.m., followed by a Eucharistic Procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Tickets to the Mass are very limited. No tickets are necessary to participate in the Eucharistic Procession.) To be confirmed. JUNE 2018 June 3 June 6 June 10 June 13 June 17 June 20 June 24 June 27 June 29 Papal Mass on the occasion of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in the morning in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.) JULY 2018 *All Wednesday Papal audiences are suspended during the month of July. July 1 July 8
July 15 July 22 July 29 AUGUST 2018 August 1 August 5 August 8 August 12 August 15 No tickets No tickets Solemnity of the Assumption the Blessed Virgin Mary Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter s Square at 12 Noon No tickets August 19 August 22 August 26 August 29 Papal Audience To be confirmed Papal Angelus To be confirmed August 12 Noon No tickets SEPTEMBER 2018 September 2 September 5 September 9
September 12 September 16 September 19 September 23 September 26 September 30 NO Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter s Square at 12 Noon OCTOBER 2018 October 3 October 7 October 10 October 14 October 17 October 21 October 24 October 28 October 31 NOVEMBER 2018 November 1 November 4 Solemnity of All Saints - Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter s Square at 12 Noon No tickets
November 7 November 11 November 14 November 18 November 21 November 25 November 28 DECEMBER 2018 December 2 December 5 December 8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter s Square at 12 Noon No tickets Laying of the Wreath in Piazza di Spagna at 4:00 p.m. No tickets are December 9 December 12 Papal Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter s Basilica in the evening Tickets are necessary December 16 December 19 December 23
December 24 December 25 December 26 Papal Mass for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord at 9:15 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.) Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter s Square at 12 Noon (No tickets are necessary to attend.) December 30 December 31 First Vespers of the Solemnity of the Mother of God and Te Deum at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.)