CLERGY FILE Chancery Office Diocese of Columbus 198 E. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 224-2251 FOR YOUR PERMANENT RECORDS PROT. NO. 05/09 October 15, 2009 A LITURGICAL YEAR CALENDAR ADVISORY FROM THE OFFICE OF LITURGY On the following pages you will find a calendar of select liturgical celebrations. We hope that it will be a helpful tool for those who prepare parish liturgies and a handy resource for parish worship commissions as they discuss long-range plans. You may want to be familiar with chapters seven and eight in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2002). Paragraphs nos. 352-385 will assist you as you choose a Mass and its parts. In addition, the General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar guide you through the Liturgical Year its seasons, weeks, days, and hours. Paragraph no. 59, which provides a Table of Liturgical Days according to their Order of Precedence is presented on the back page of this protocol. LITURGICAL CYCLES SUNDAY CYCLE YEAR C 11/29/2009 THROUGH 11/21/2010 1/11/2010 THROUGH 2/16/2010 5/24/2010 THROUGH 11/27/2010 WEEKDAY CYCLE YEAR 2 LITURGY OF THE HOURS ADVENT & CHRISTMAS VOLUME I 11/28/2009 THROUGH 1/10/2010 ORDINARY TIME WEEKS 1-7 VOLUME III 1/11/2010 THROUGH 2/16/2010 LENT, TRIDUUM, EASTER VOLUME II 2/17/2010 THROUGH 5/23/2010 ORDINARY TIME WEEKS 9-17 VOLUME III 5/24/2010 THROUGH 7/31/2010 ORDINARY TIME WEEKS 18-34 VOLUME IV 8/1/2010 THROUGH 11/27/2010 ADVENT & CHRISTMAS VOLUME I 11/28/2010 THROUGH 1/9/2011
DAYS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM... Tuesday, December 8. 2009 This is a holy day of obligation in the USA. Since it is our country's patronal feast, it never falls under the "Monday/Saturday ruling" and the obligation to participate in Mass is never abrogated. As you will recall, that ruling only applies to January 1 (Mary Mother of God), August 15 (Assumption), November 1 (All Saints). Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord... Thursday/Friday, December 24/25, 2009 Texts for the Mass(es) after 4:00 PM on Wednesday, will properly be chosen from the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord - the Vigil Mass. After midnight, the Mass texts will be from the Mass at Midnight, the Mass at Dawn, and the Mass during the Day, respectively. The creche is to be displayed outside the sanctuary; it may be blessed at the Vigil Mass with the appropriate texts from the Book of Blessings (BB Chapter 48). Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God... Friday, January 1, 2010 Since this falls on a Friday this year, it is a holy day of the obligation in the dioceses of the USA. The vigil is celebrated on Thursday evening after 4:00 pm. Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord... Sunday, May 16, 2010 In the dioceses of Michigan and Ohio, the solemnity of the Ascension is celebrated on the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Solemnity of the Assumption... Sunday. August 15, 2010 The Solemnity of the Assumption replaces the 20 th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral... Wednesday, October 20,2010 The dedication of The Cathedral of Saint Joseph is celebrated on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. The anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral is usually celebrated with the rank of a solemnity in the cathedral itself, with the rank of feast in the other churches of the diocese. The Sacramentary provides proper prayers and a proper preface (#53). The readings may be found in the Lectionary, nos. 701-706. Solemnity of All Saints... Monday. November 1, 2010 Due to the "Monday/Saturday ruling" the obligation to attend Mass on this solemnity has been abrogated. This is still a holy day and the Mass for the day is celebrated accordingly. The vigil for this solemnity is not celebrated on Sunday evening. Solemnity of the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)... Tuesday, November 2, 2010 The Lectionary (nos. 668 or 1011-1016) provides a wealth of readings for All Souls. The Sacramentary provides three sets of orations, five Prefaces for Christian Death (77-81), and a solemn blessing.
2009-2010 Diocesan Liturgical Calendar Sundays, Solmnities, Feasts, and special diocesan celebrations during the Year for DAY DATE LITURGICAL DAY RANK COMMENTS Sunday 11/29/2009 First Sunday of Advent Year C V Lect #3 Monday 11/30/2009 Saint Andrew, apostle F R Lect #684 Thursday 12/3/2009 St. Francis Xavier, priest Year for W Lect #685. Sunday 12/6/2009 Second Sunday of Advent V Lect #6 Tuesday 12/8/2009 Immaculate Conception of the BVM S W Holy day of obligation Lect #689 Saturday 12/12/2009 Our Lady of Guadalupe F W Lect #690A or Com of BVM #707-712 Saturday 12/12/2009 3rd Sun. Advent - Deacon Candidacy Rose Cathedral of Saint Joseph @ 5:15p Sunday 12/13/2009 Third Sunday of Advent Rose Lect #9 Sunday 12/20/2009 Fourth Sunday of Advent V Lect #12 Friday 12/25/2009 The Nativity of the Lord/ Christmas S W Holy day of obligation Genuflect at and became man Vigil: Lect #13 Midnight: Lect #14 Dawn: Lect #15 Day: Lect #16 Saturday 12/26/2009 St. Stephen, first martyr F R Lect #696 Sunday 12/27/2009 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and F W Lect #17 Joseph Monday 12/28/2009 The Holy Innocents, martyrs F R Lect #698 Friday 1/1/2010 BVM, Mother of God S W Holy day of obligation Lect #18 Sunday 1/3/2010 The Epiphany of the Lord S W Lect #20 Thursday 1/7/2010 St. Raymond of Peñafort, priest Year for W Lect #215 Sunday 1/10/2010 The Baptism of the Lord F W Lect #21 Sunday 1/17/2010 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #66 Friday 1/22/2010 Day of Penance for Violations to Dignity of the Human Person (USA) V Mass for Peace and Justice violet vestments Lect. Vol. IV 887-891 Sunday 1/24/2010 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #69 Monday 1/25/2010 The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle F W Lect #519 Sunday 1/31/2010 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #72 Tuesday 2/2/2010 Presentation of the Lord F W Lect #524 Thursday 2/4/2010 St. John Vianney Universal Patron of Year for W Lect #612 Sunday 2/7/2010 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #75 Sunday 2/14/2010 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #78 Wednesday 2/17/2010 Ash Wednesday V Lect #219 Ritual Masses not permitted Funeral Mass are permitted Sunday 2/21/2010 First Sunday of Lent V Lect #24 Vest Color
2009-2010 Diocesan Liturgical Calendar Sundays, Solmnities, Feasts, and special diocesan celebrations during the Year for DAY DATE LITURGICAL DAY RANK COMMENTS Sunday 2/21/2010 Diocesan Rite of Election and V St. Andrew Parish Call to Continuing Conversion Monday 2/22/2010 The Chair of Saint Peter, apostle F W Lect #535 Sunday 2/28/2010 Second Sunday of Lent V Lect #27 Thursday 3/4/2010 St. Casimir Year for V Lect #233 Sunday 3/7/2010 Third Sunday of Lent V Lect #30, Scrutiny I (opt #28) Sunday 3/14/2010 Fourth Sunday of Lent Rose Lect #33, Scrutiny II (opt #31) Friday 3/19/2010 St. Joseph, Husband of BVM S W Lect #543 Gloria, Creed, Preface #62 Blessing of Food: BB Chapter 53 Funeral Mass permitted Sunday 3/21/2010 Fifth Sunday of Lent V Lect #36, Scrutiny III (opt #34) Thursday 3/25/2010 The Annunciation of the Lord S W Lect #545 Genuflect at and become man Funeral Mass Permitted Sunday 3/28/2010 Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion R Procession: Lect #37 - Gospel C Mass: Lect #38 Gospel C Monday 3/29/2010 Monday of Holy Week V Lect #257 Tuesday 3/30/2010 Tuesday of Holy Week V Lect #258 Tuesday 3/30/2010 Diocesan Chrism Mass (6:00 pm) The Cathedral of Saint Joseph for this Mass Wednesday 3/31/2010 Wednesday of Holy Week V Lect #259 Thursday 4/1/2010 Holy Thursday Triduum W Lect #39 Year for Mass Plenary Ind. Friday 4/2/2010 Good Friday Triduum R Lect #40 Saturday 4/3/2010 Holy Saturday during the day Triduum W BB, Chapter 54 Vigil is the only Mass celebrated Communion only as Viaticum Saturday 4/3/2010 Easter The Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter Triduum W Lect #41 Sun sets at 7:59 PM; Vigil may begin after 8:30 PM. Sunday 4/4/2010 Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord Triduum W Lect #41 or #42 Masses after 12:00pm #46, Monday 4/5/2010 Monday in the Octave of Easter S W Lect #261 Tuesday 4/6/2010 Tuesday in the Octave of Easter S W Lect #262 Wednesday 4/7/2010 Wednesday in the Octave of Easter S W Lect #263 Thursday 4/8/2010 Thursday in the Octave of Easter S W Lect #264 Friday 4/9/2010 Friday in the Octave of Easter S W Lect #265 Saturday 4/10/2010 Saturday in the Octave of Easter S W Lect #266 Vest Color
2009-2010 Diocesan Liturgical Calendar Sundays, Solmnities, Feasts, and special diocesan celebrations during the Year for DAY DATE LITURGICAL DAY RANK COMMENTS Sunday 4/11/2010 Second Sunday of Easter S W Lect #45 Divine Mercy Sunday Sunday 4/18/2010 Third Sunday of Easter W Lect #48 Sunday 4/25/2010 Fourth Sunday of Easter W Lect #51 Saturday 5/1/2010 Ordination of (transitional) Deacons W Cathedral of Saint Joseph 10:00 am Ritual Mass Sunday 5/2/2010 Fifth Sunday of Easter W Lect #54 Monday 5/3/2010 Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles F R Lect #561 Thursday 5/6/2010 St. John Vianney Universal Patron of Year for W Lect #612 Sunday 5/9/2010 Sixth Sunday of Easter W Lect #57 May use second reading and gospel from the 7th Sunday of Easter Thursday 5/13/2010 Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter W Lect #294 Friday 5/14/2010 St. Matthias, apostle F R Lect #564 Sunday 5/16/2010 Ascension of the Lord S W Lect #58B Sunday 5/23/2010 Pentecost Sunday S R Vigil: Lect #62 (1st reading - A - D) Day: Lect #63C (2nd reading A/B, Gospel A/B) Saturday 5/29/2010 Ordination of W 10:00 am Ritual Mass Cathedral of Saint Joseph Year for Plenary Indulgence offered at this Mass. Sunday 5/30/2010 The Most Holy Trinity S W Lect #166 Monday 5/31/2010 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary F W Lect #572 Thursday 6/3/2010 St. Charles Lwanga, martyr and his companions, martyrs Year for R Lect #576 Sunday 6/6/2010 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ S W Lect #169 Friday 6/11/2010 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus S W Lect #172 Sunday 6/13/2010 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect. #93 Saturday 6/19/2010 St. Romuald,abbot Year for W Lect #370 Sunday 6/20/2010 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #95 Thursday 6/24/2010 The Nativity of St. John the Baptist S W Lect #586(vigil) #587(day) Preface #61 Sunday 6/27/2010 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #99 Tuesday 6/29/2010 Saint Peter and Saint Paul, apostles S R Lect #590(vigil) #591(day) Saturday 7/3/2010 St. Thomas, apostle F R Lect #593 Sunday 7/4/2010 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #102 Sunday 7/11/2010 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #105 Sunday 7/18/2010 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #108 Sunday 7/25/2010 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #111 Monday 7/26/2010 St. Anne, mother of BVM Dioc. W Lect #401 Secondary Patroness for the Diocese Feast Sunday 8/1/2010 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #114 Vest Color
2009-2010 Diocesan Liturgical Calendar Sundays, Solmnities, Feasts, and special diocesan celebrations during the Year for DAY DATE LITURGICAL DAY RANK COMMENTS Friday 8/6/2010 The Transfiguration of the Lord F W Lect #614 Sunday 8/8/2010 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #117 Tuesday 8/10/2010 St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr F R Lect #618 Sunday 8/15/2010 The Assumption of the BVM S W Lect #621(vigil) Lect #622(day) Sunday 8/22/2010 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #123 Tuesday 8/24/2010 St Bartholomew, apostle F R Lect #629 Sunday 8/29/2010 Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #126 Sunday 9/5/2010 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #129 Wednesday 9/8/2010 Nativity of the BVM F W Lect #636 Sunday 9/12/2010 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #132 Tuesday 9/14/2010 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross F R Lect #638 Sunday 9/19/2010 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #135 Tuesday 9/21/2010 Saint Matthew, apostle and evangelist F R Lect #643 Sunday 9/26/2010 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #138 Wednesday 9/29/2010 St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael, F W Lect #647 archangels Sunday 10/3/2010 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #141 Sunday 10/10/2010 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #144 Sunday 10/17/2010 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #147 Monday 10/18/2010 Saint Luke the evangelist F R Lect #661 Wednesday 10/20/2010 Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Saint Joseph F W Lect #701-706 Preface 53 (Solmnity for the Cathedral) Sunday 10/24/2010 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #150 Thursday 10/28/2010 Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles F R Lect #666 Sunday 10/31/2010 Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #153 Monday 11/1/2010 All Saints S W Lect #667 Tuesday 11/2/2010 Commemoration of All the Faithful S W Lect #668 or #1011-1016 Departed (All Souls) V B Funeral Mass permitted Sunday 11/7/2010 Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #156 Tuesday 11/9/2010 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in F W Lect #671 Rome Sunday 11/14/2010 Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time G Lect #159 Sunday 11/21/2010 Our Lord Jesus Christ the King S W Lect #162 Sunday 11/28/2010 First Sunday of Advent - Year A V Lect #1 Vest Color Vestment Color: B - Black G - Green R - Red V - Violet/Purple W - White/Gold and Rose
RITUAL MASSES Choice of Day for the Rite of Marriage Whenever marriage is celebrated during Mass, white vestments are worn and the wedding Mass is used. If the marriage is celebrated on a Sunday or solemnity, the Mass of the day is used with the nuptial blessing and where appropriate, the special final blessing. The liturgy of the word is extremely helpful in emphasizing the meaning of the sacrament and the obligation of marriage. When the wedding Mass may not be used, one of the readings form the Rite of Marriage (nos. 67-105) may be chosen, except from Holy Thursday to Easter and on the feast of Christmas, Epiphany, Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi, and other holy days of obligation. On the Sundays of the Christmas season and throughout the year, in Masses which are not parish Masses, the wedding Mass may be used without change. When a marriage is celebrated during Advent or Lent or other days of penance, the parish priest should advise the couple to take into consideration the special nature of these times (Rite of Marriage, no. 11). Funerals The funeral Mass is not permitted on solemnities of obligation, on Holy Thursday and the Easter Triduum, and on the Sundays of Advent, Lent, and the Easter season (Order of Christian Funerals, no. 178). The funeral liturgy outside Mass may be used on these days. The Choice of the Mass and Its Parts The pastoral effectiveness of a celebration will be greatly increased if the texts of readings, the prayers, and the liturgical songs correspond as closely as possible to the needs, spiritual preparation, and culture of those taking part... The priest, therefore, in planning the celebration of Mass, should have in mind the common spiritual good of the people of God, rather than his own inclinations. He should, moreover, remember that the selection of different parts is to be made in agreement with those who have some role in the celebration, including the faithful, in regard to the parts that more directly belong to each. Since, indeed, a variety of options is provided for the different parts of the Mass, it is necessary for the deacon, the lectors, the psalmist, the cantor, the commentator, and choir to be completely sure before the celebration about those texts for which each is responsible is to be used and that nothing is improvised. Harmonious planning and carrying out of the rites will be of great assistance in disposing the faithful to take part in the Eucharist (GIRM 352).
TABLE OF LITURGICAL DAYS ACCORDING TO THEIR ORDER OF PRECEDENCE General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar #59 I 1. Easter Triduum of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection 2. Christmas, Epiphany, Ascension, and Pentecost Sundays of Advent, Lent, and the Easter Season Ash Wednesday Weekdays of Holy Week from Monday to Thursday inclusive Days within the Octave of Easter 3. Solemnities of the Lord, The Blessed Virgin Mary, and saints listed in the General Calendar All Souls (Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed) 4. Proper Solemnities, namely: a. Solemnity of the principal patron of the place, i.e., the city or state b. Solemnity of the dedication of a particular church and the anniversary c. Solemnity of the title of a particular church d. Solemnity of the title, or of the founder, or of the principal patron of a religious order II 5. Feasts of the Lord in the General Calendar 6. Sundays of the Christmas season and Sundays in Ordinary Time 7. Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the saints in the General Calendar 8. Proper Feasts, namely: a. Feast of the principal patron of the diocese b. Feast of the anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral c. Feast of the principal patron of a region or province, or a country, or of a wider territory d. Feast of the title, founder, or principal patron of an order or congregation and of a religious province, without prejudice to the directives in no. 4. e. Other feasts proper to an individual church f. Other feasts listed in the calendar of a diocese or of a religious order congregation 9. Weekdays of Advent from 17 December to 24 December, inclusive. Days within the Octave of Christmas. Weekdays of Lent III 10. Obligatory memorials in the General Calendar 11. Proper obligatory memorials, namely: a. Memorial of a secondary patron of the place, diocese, region, or province, country or wider territory, or of an order or congregation and of a religious province. b. Obligatory memorials listed in the calendar of a diocese, or of an order or congregation 12. Optional Memorials; but these may be celebrated even on the days listed in no. 9, in the special manner described by the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and of the Liturgy of the Hours. In the same manner obligatory memorials may be celebrated as optional memorials if they happen to fall on the Lenten weekdays. 13. Weekdays of Advent up to 16 December inclusive Weekdays of the Christmas season from 2 January until the Saturday after Epiphany. Weekdays of the Easter Season from Monday after the Octave of Easter until the Saturday before Pentecost inclusive. Weekdays in Ordinary Time.