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.
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(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 Evangelist
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
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