The Twenty-six Major Feast Days
Traditional Roman
Catholicism
Easter                                                    
The first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21 from
March 22 to April 25

Ash Wednesday
46 Days before Easter

Ascension Thursday
40 Days after Easter

Pentecost Sunday
50 Days after Easter

Trinity Sunday
The Sunday after Pentecost

Corpus Christi
Thursday after Trinity Sunday

Sacred Heart
Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi


The following are the movable feasts which change yearly and are
tied to no particular date. The Sunday nearest to the Feast of St.
Andrew ( Nov. 9 ) is the first Sunday of Advent and therefore of the
new year.

Immaculate Conception
December 8

Christmas
December 25

Circumcision
January 1

Epiphany
January 6

Saint Joseph
March 19

Annunciation
March 25

Birth of St. John the Baptist
June 24

Sts. Peter and Paul
June 29 and 30

Saint Anne
July 26

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
July 16

Transfiguration
August 6

Assumption
August 15

Immaculate Heart of Mary
August 22

Our Lady's Nativity
September 8

The Holy Angels
October 2

The Holy Rosary
October 7

All Saints
November 1

All Souls
November 2

The Miaculous Medal
November 27
" That was the true Light, which enlighteneth
every man that cometh into this world."

St.John 1:9