Liturgical and Sanctoral Catholic Calendar 2007 - 2008 (prior current next)

For use with the Liturgy of the Hours tutorial provided by The Rosary Shop (http://www.rosaryshop.com/), and Simple Way Limited Partnership and Lay Apostolate (http://prayer.rosaryshop.com/). This is a computer-generated calendar. Please note that some solemnities and other feasts are observed on (moved to) Sundays by particular dioceses and national conferences; this calendar notes their date per the Roman calendar. Items in parentheses are typically not celebrated due to another observation of greater priority on the same day and are included for informative purposes only.

December 2007

2: Psalter I, Advent Week 1.

3: Memorial of Frances Xavier, priest.

4: Memorial of John Damascene, priest and doctor.

6: Optional memorial of Nicholas, bishop.

7: Memorial of Ambrose, bishop and doctor. Vigil of the Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception.

8: Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception.

9: Psalter II, Advent Week 2.

11: Optional memorial of Damasus I, pope.

12: Memorial of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Americas). Optional memorial of Jane Frances de Chantal, religious.

13: Memorial of Lucy, virgin and martyr.

14: Memorial of John of the Cross, priest and doctor.

16: Psalter III, Advent Week 3.

21: (Optional memorial of Peter Canisius, priest and doctor.)

23: Psalter IV, Advent Week 4.

24: Vigil of the Solemnity of Christmas.

25: Solemnity of Christmas. Begin Christmas Octave.

26: Feast of Stephen, first martyr.

27: Feast of John, apostle and evangelist.

28: Feast of Holy Innocents, martyrs.

29: (Optional memorial of Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr.)

30: Psalter I, Octave of Christmas. Feast of The Holy Family.

31: (Optional memorial of Sylvester I, pope.) Vigil of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

January 2008

1: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

2: Memorial of Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors.

4: Memorial of Elizabeth Ann Seton (Americas).

5: Memorial of John Neumann (Americas). Vigil of the Solemnity of Epiphany.

6: Psalter II, Christmas Season. Solemnity of Epiphany.

7: Optional memorial of Raymond of Penyafort, priest.

13: Psalter Varies, Christmas Season. Feast of The Baptism of the Lord. (Optional memorial of Hilary, bishop and doctor.)

14: Psalter I, Ordinary Time Week 1.

17: Memorial of Anthony, abbot.

20: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 2. (Optional memorial of Fabian, pope and martyr. Optional memorial of Sebastian, martyr.)

21: Memorial of Agnes, virgin and martyr.

22: Optional memorial of Vincent, deacon and martyr.

24: Memorial of Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor.

25: Feast of Conversion of Paul.

26: Memorial of Timothy and Titus, bishops.

27: Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 3. (Optional memorial of Angela Merici, virgin.)

28: Memorial of Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor.

31: Memorial of John Bosco, priest.

February 2008

2: Feast of Presentation of the Lord.

3: Psalter IV, Ordinary Time Week 4. (Optional memorial of Blase, bishop and martyr. Optional memorial of Ansgar, bishop.)

5: Memorial of Agatha, virgin and martyr.

6: Ash Wednesday; Beginning of Lent. (Memorial of Paul Miki and companions, martyrs.)

8: (Optional memorial of Jerome Emiliani.)

10: Psalter I, Lent Week 1. (Memorial of Scholastica, virgin.)

11: (Optional memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes.)

14: (Optional memorial of Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop.)

17: Psalter II, Lent Week 2. (Optional memorial of Seven founders of the order of Servites.)

21: (Optional memorial of Peter Damian, bishop and doctor.)

22: Feast of Chair of St. Peter, apostle.

23: (Memorial of Polycarp, bishop and martyr.)

24: Psalter III, Lent Week 3.

March 2008

2: Psalter IV, Lent Week 4.

4: (Optional memorial of Casimir.)

7: (Memorial of Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs.)

8: (Optional memorial of John of God, religious.)

9: Psalter I, Lent Week 5. (Optional memorial of Frances of Rome, religious.)

16: Psalter II, Holy Week. Palm Sunday.

17: (Optional memorial of Patrick, bishop.)

18: (Optional memorial of Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor.) Vigil of the Solemnity of Joseph, husband of Mary.

19: (Solemnity of Joseph, husband of Mary.)

20: Holy Thursday.

21: Good Friday.

22: Holy Saturday. Vigil of the Solemnity of Easter.

23: Psalter I, Octave of Easter. Solemnity of Easter. (Optional memorial of Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop.)

24: Vigil of the Solemnity of Annunciation.

25: (Solemnity of Annunciation.)

30: Psalter II, Easter Week 2. Last Day of Octave.

April 2008

2: Optional memorial of Francis of Paola, hermit.

4: Optional memorial of Isidore, bishop and doctor.

5: Optional memorial of Vincent Ferrer, priest.

6: Psalter III, Easter Week 3.

7: Memorial of John Baptist de la Salle, priest.

11: Optional memorial of Stanislaus, bishop and martyr.

13: Psalter IV, Easter Week 4. (Optional memorial of Martin I, pope and martyr.)

20: Psalter I, Easter Week 5.

21: Optional memorial of Anselm, bishop and doctor.

23: Optional memorial of George, martyr.

24: Optional memorial of Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr.

25: Feast of Mark, evangelist.

27: Psalter II, Easter Week 6.

29: Memorial of Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor.

30: Optional memorial of Pius V, pope.

May 2008

1: Optional memorial of Joseph the Worker.

2: Memorial of Athanasius, bishop and doctor.

3: Feast of Philip and James, apostles.

4: Psalter III, Easter Week 7.

10: Vigil of the Solemnity of Pentecost.

11: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 6. Solemnity of Pentecost.

12: Optional memorial of Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs; Pancras, martyr.

14: Feast of Matthias, apostle.

15: Optional memorial of Isidore.

17: Vigil of the Solemnity of The Holy Trinity.

18: Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 7. Solemnity of The Holy Trinity. (Optional memorial of John I, pope and martyr.)

20: Optional memorial of Bernardine of Siena, priest.

21: Vigil of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.

22: Solemnity of Corpus Christi.

25: Psalter IV, Ordinary Time Week 8. (Optional memorial of Venerable Bede, priest and doctor; Gregory VII, pope; Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin.)

26: Memorial of Philip Neri, priest.

27: Optional memorial of Augustine of Canterbury, bishop.

29: Vigil of the Solemnity of Sacred Heart.

30: Solemnity of Sacred Heart.

31: Feast of The Visitation.

June 2008

1: Psalter I, Ordinary Time Week 9. (Memorial of Justin, martyr.)

2: Optional memorial of Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs.

3: Memorial of Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs.

5: Memorial of Boniface, bishop and martyr.

6: Optional memorial of Norbert, bishop.

8: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 10.

9: Optional memorial of Ephrem, deacon and doctor.

11: Memorial of Barnabas, apostle.

13: Memorial of Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor.

15: Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 11.

19: Optional memorial of Romuald, abbot.

21: Memorial of Aloysius Gonzaga, religious.

22: Psalter IV, Ordinary Time Week 12. (Optional memorial of Paulinus of Nola, bishop; John Fisher, bishop and martyr; Thomas More, martyr.)

23: Vigil of the Solemnity of Birth of John the Baptist.

24: Solemnity of Birth of John the Baptist.

27: Optional memorial of Cyril of Alexandra, bishop and doctor.

28: Memorial of Irenaeus, bishop and martyr. Vigil of the Solemnity of Peter and Paul, apostles.

29: Psalter I, Ordinary Time Week 13. (Solemnity of Peter and Paul, apostles.)

30: Optional memorial of First martyrs of the Church in Rome.

July 2008

3: Feast of Thomas, apostle.

4: Optional memorial of Elizabeth of Portugal. Optional memorial of Independence Day (USA).

5: Optional memorial of Anthony Zaccaria, priest.

6: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 14. (Optional memorial of Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr.)

11: Memorial of Benedict, abbot.

13: Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 15. (Optional memorial of Henry.)

14: Optional memorial of Camilus de Lellis, priest.

15: Memorial of Bonaventure, bishop and doctor.

16: Optional memorial of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

20: Psalter IV, Ordinary Time Week 16.

21: Optional memorial of Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor.

22: Memorial of Mary Magdalene.

23: Optional memorial of Bridget, religious.

25: Feast of James, apostle.

26: Memorial of Joachim and Ann, parents of Mary.

27: Psalter I, Ordinary Time Week 17.

29: Memorial of Martha.

30: Optional memorial of Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor.

31: Memorial of Ignatius of Loyola, priest.

August 2008

1: Memorial of Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor.

2: Optional memorial of Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop.

3: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 18.

4: Memorial of John Vianney, priest.

5: Optional memorial of The Dedication of St. Mary Major.

6: Feast of The Transfiguration.

7: Optional memorial of Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and companions; Cajetan, priest.

8: Memorial of Dominic, priest.

10: Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 19. (Feast of Lawrence, deacon and martyr.)

11: Memorial of Clare, virgin.

13: Optional memorial of Pontian, pope and martyr; Hippolytus, priest and martyr.

14: Optional memorial of Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr. Vigil of the Solemnity of The Assumption.

15: Solemnity of The Assumption.

16: Optional memorial of Stephen of Hungary.

17: Psalter IV, Ordinary Time Week 20.

19: Optional memorial of John Eudes, priest.

20: Memorial of Bernard, abbot and doctor.

21: Memorial of Pius X, pope.

22: Memorial of The Queenship of Mary.

23: Optional memorial of Rose of Lima, virgin.

24: Psalter I, Ordinary Time Week 21. (Feast of Bartholomew, apostle.)

25: Optional memorial of Louis; Joseph Calasanz, priest.

27: Memorial of Monica.

28: Memorial of Augustine, bishop and doctor.

29: Memorial of Beheading of John the Baptist, martyr.

31: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 22.

September 2008

3: Memorial of Gregory the Great, pope and doctor.

7: Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 23.

8: Feast of The Birth of Mary.

9: Memorial of Peter Claver, priest (Americas).

13: Memorial of John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor.

14: Psalter IV, Ordinary Time Week 24. Feast of The Triumph of the Cross.

15: Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows.

16: Memorial of Cornelius, pope and martyr; Cyprian, bishop and martyr.

17: Optional memorial of Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor.

19: Memorial of Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf, priests and martyrs, and companions, martyrs (Americas). Optional memorial of Januarius, bishop and martyr.

20: Optional memorial of Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr; Paul Chong Hasang and companions, martyrs.

21: Psalter I, Ordinary Time Week 25. (Feast of Matthew, apostle and evangelist.)

26: Optional memorial of Cosmas and Damian, martyrs.

27: Memorial of Vincent de Paul, priest.

28: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 26. (Optional memorial of Wencaslaus, martyr; Lawrence Ruiz and companions, martyrs.)

29: Feast of Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels.

30: Memorial of Jerome, priest and doctor.

October 2008

1: Memorial of Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin.

2: Memorial of Guardian Angels.

4: Memorial of Francis of Assisi.

5: Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 27.

6: Optional memorial of Bruno, priest.

7: Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary.

9: Optional memorial of Denis, bishop and martyr, and companions, martyrs; John Leonardi, priest.

12: Psalter IV, Ordinary Time Week 28.

14: Optional memorial of Callistus I, pope and martyr.

15: Memorial of Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor.

16: Optional memorial of Hedwig, religious; Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin.

17: Memorial of Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr.

18: Feast of Luke, evangelist.

19: Psalter I, Ordinary Time Week 29. (Optional memorial of Paul of the Cross, priest.)

23: Optional memorial of John of Capistrano, priest.

24: Optional memorial of Anthony Claret, bishop.

26: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 30.

28: Feast of Simon and Jude, apostles.

31: Vigil of the Solemnity of All Saints.

November 2008

1: Solemnity of All Saints.

2: Psalter III, Ordinary Time Week 31. Optional memorial of All Souls.

3: Optional memorial of Martin de Porres, religious.

4: Memorial of Charles Borromeo, bishop.

9: Psalter IV, Ordinary Time Week 32. (Feast of The Dedication of St. John Lateran.)

10: Memorial of Leo the Great, pope and doctor.

11: Memorial of Martin of Tours, bishop.

12: Memorial of Josaphat, bishop and martyr.

13: Memorial of Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin (Americas).

15: Optional memorial of Albert the Great, bishop and doctor.

16: Psalter I, Ordinary Time Week 33. (Optional memorial of Margaret of Scotland; Gertrude, virgin.)

17: Memorial of Elizabeth of Hungary, religious.

18: Optional memorial of The Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, apostles.

21: Memorial of Presentation of Mary.

22: Memorial of Cecilia, virgin and martyr. Vigil of the Solemnity of Christ the King.

23: Psalter II, Ordinary Time Week 34. Solemnity of Christ the King. (Optional memorial of Clement I, pope and martyr; Columban, abbot.)

24: Optional memorial of Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs.

27: Optional memorial of Thanksgiving (USA).