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Jewish, Christian and Muslim (1)

Religious Days of Note

and

Marian Feast Days

For Calendar Year 2015


JANUARY

1st
Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God

2nd First Friday of the Month

3rd First Saturday of the Month , Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad

4th Celebration of the Epiphany of the Lord (2)

6th Actual day of The Epiphany of The Lord (2)

11th Baptism of The Lord [The Sunday after January 6th]

22nd Day of Penance in the US (3)

23rd [Mary's Wedding] (4)

25th Conversion of St. Paul

26th Sts. Timothy and Titus

31st St. John Bosco

                
(1) Muslim and Jewsih religious Holy Days are dependent on Lunar cycles thus are different every year.
For more details Jewish Religious Dates Click Here and Muslim Religious Dates Click Here
(2) In 2015, this Solemnity falls on Tuesday, January 6. The Epiphany is not a Holiday of Obligation in the United States, and so it is always celebrated on the Sunday between January 2 and 8 instead of specifically on January 6th (UNLYC, no. 37).
(3) January 22 has been designated by the U.S. Bishops as a "particular day of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life."
(4) [ ] Denotes Feast Days which do not appear in the most current Vatican Roman Missal



FEBRUARY

2nd
Presentation of The Lord (Candlemas)

6th First Friday of the Month

7th First Saturday of the Month

11th Our Lady of Lourdes

18th Ash Wednesday

20th Our Lady of Tears

24th Discovery of the Head of John the Baptizer (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church)



MARCH

5th
Feast of Purim (Defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia)

7th First Friday of the Month

8th First Saturday of the Month

24th Gabriel the Archangel (traditional)

25th Feast of the Annunciation

27th Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (Friday before Palm Sunday)

29th Palm Sunday



APRIL

2nd
Last Passover Meal

3th Holy Friday and First Friday of the Month

4th Holy Saturday and First Saturday of the Month and, at Sundown, Begin Jewish Passover

5th Easter Sunday and, at Sundown, Ends Jewish Pasover

12th Divine Mercy Sunday

25th St. Mark the Evangelist

26th Mary, Mother of Good Counsel



MAY

1st
First Friday of the Month and St. Joseph, Worker

2nd First Saturday of the Month

3rd Sts. Philip and James the Lesser - Apostles

8th Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces

13th Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and First Apparition of Our Lady at Fátima

14th Solemnity of Ascension of Our Lord and Feast of St. Matthias - Apostle

17th Solemnity of Ascension of Our Lord (observed on this day in certain U.S. Parishes and certain foreign countries)

21st Mary, Mother of Light

24th Pentecost Sunday, Mary, Help of Christians and Mary of the Path

30th St. Joan of Arc and Mary, Queen of the Apostles (Saturday during the Octave following Ascension Day)

31st Trinity Sunday as well as Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (used to be on July 2nd) as well as Mary, Queen of all Saints + Our Lady of the Most Holy Mountain + Mary, Mother of Wonderful Love



JUNE

4th
Actual Feast of Corpus Christi

5th First Friday of the Month

6th First Saturday of the Month

7th Feast of Corpus Christi celebrated today for convenience purposes.

9th Mary, Mother of Grace

12th Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

13th Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Saturday after Sacred Heart of Jesus) as well as St. Anthony of Lisbon (Padua)

18th Muslim - Ramadan Starts

24th Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist

27th Mary of Perpetual Help

29th Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul - Apostles

30th First Martyrs of the Roman Church

Need to update from here on down



JULY

3rd
First Friday of the Month and St. Thomas - Apostle

4th First Saturday of the Month and St. Elizabeth (Queen) of Portugal and U.S. Celebration of Independence Day

5th Feast of the Seven Joys of Mary

9th Mary, Miraculous Mother

11th St. Benedict - Patron of Europe

13th Mary, Mystical Rose (Rosa Mystica)

I wish that the 13th July be celebrated each year in honour of the Rosa Mystica.

Special prayers are to be said during the proceeding twelve days. With an expression of great joy, She continued: On this day I shall pour out vocational holiness and abundant graces on those religious orders and spiritual institutes who have honoured me especially.

and also on the

13th Revelation of the Secret of Fátima

16th
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Scapular Feast Day

17th Feast of Mary's Humility

18th End of Ramadan

22nd St. Mary Magdalene

25th St. James the Greater - Apostle and Mary, Mother of Mercy (Saturday before 4th Sunday of July)

26th Saints Anne and Joachim - Grandparents of Jesus

28th Mary, Queen of Peace



AUGUST

2nd
First Saturday of the Month; and Mary of the Angels

5th Feast of Our Lady of Snows; and Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica - Rome

6th Transfiguration of Our Lord; and Anniversary of the Nuclear Devastation in Hiroshima, Japan

7th First Friday of the Month

13th Mary, Refuge of Sinners

15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

22nd The Queenship of Mary

24th St. Bartholomew - Apostle

29th Martyrdom of John the Baptist and Mary, Health of the Sick (Saturday before last Sunday in August)



SEPTEMBER

3rd
Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd

4th First Friday of the Month

5th First Saturday of the Month

8th The Birthday of Our Lady

12th The Holy Name of Mary

14th The Triumph of the Cross and Beginning of Rosh HaShanh (at sundown)

[Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish near year. It is both a day of judgment for mankind, as well as an exhilarating time of closeness and reconciliation with God.]

15th Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

21st St. Matthew - Evangelist

23rd Conception of John the Baptist (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church) and Jewish Yom Kippur and Muslim Eid ul Adha

[Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a day of fasting and repentance, affording man the opportunity to cleanse himself of his sins and renew his relationship with God.]

[Eid ul Adha, remembers the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to.]

24th Our Lady of Ransom

27th Mary, Protector of Orphans

29th Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael



OCTOBER

1st Feast of the Veil of Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church)

2nd First Friday of the Month and Feast of Guardian Angels

3rd First Saturday of the Month

6th Simchat Torah (Judaism - Day of Celebrating the Torah)

7th Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

11th Feast of theMotherhood of Mary

13th The Miracle at Fatima

15th St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila) and Islamic New Year (Muharram)

16th Feast of Mary's Purity

18th St. Luke - Evangelist

20th Mary, Wonderful Mother

25th Mary, Mother of the Dying (4th Sunday in October)

28th Sts. Simon and Jude - Apostles



NOVEMBER

1st
All Saints Day and

2nd
All Souls Day

6th First Friday of the Month

7th First Saturday of the Month and Our Lady of All Graces (1st Saturday after All Saints Day)

8th Feast of Mary, Our Shelter and

9th
Dedication of Basilica of St. John of Lateran

14th Mary, Mother of Divine Providence (Saturday before 3rd Sunday in November)

18th Consecration of the two Basilicas honoring St. Peter and St. Paul

21st Mary's Presentation

22nd Christ the King

26th Thanksgiving Day in the US

27th Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Paris)

29th First Sunday of Advent

30th St. Andrew - Apostle and First Sunday of Advent



DECEMBER

4th
First Friday of the Month

5th First Saturday of the Month

6th Chanukah begins at Sunset [The Jewish festival of rededication of the Holy Temple]

8th Rosa Mystica Hour of Grace and Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady

10th Our Lady of Loretto

12th
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patroness of the Americas)

14th Chanukah ends at Sunset

18th Mary's Expectation

21st Sunni Muslims celebrate birthday of Prophet Muhammad

22nd Jewish Fast of
Tevet 10 [The armies of Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem].

25th Christmas Day

26th St. Stephen - First Martyr and Shia Muslims celebrate birthday of Prophet Muhammad

27th Feast of Holy Family and St. John - Apostle and Evangelis
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28th Feast of the Holy Innocents

31st Last Day of the Year 2015 plus Silvester I, Pope
(1st Pope after the deliverance of Catholic Church to Emperor Constantine)



NOTES                
For more details on Jewish Religious Dates Click Here
For more details on Muslim Religious Dates Click Here



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