Marian Feast Days
and
Jewish, Christian and Muslim (*)
Religious Days of Note
For Calendar Year 2008
JANUARY
1st Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
3rd Most Holy Name of Jesus
6th Epiphany of The Lord
10th Al-Hijra/Muharram is the Muslim New Year (The beginning of the first lunar month.) (*)
19th Ashura (recalls an event circa 680-OCT-20 CE in Iraq when an army of the Umayyad regime martyred a group of 70 individuals who refused to submit to the Caliph. One of the martyrs was Imam Husain, the youngest grandson of Prophet Muhammad.)
23rd [Mary's Wedding] (**)
25th Conversion of St. Paul
31st St. John Bosco
(*) All Muslim religious Holy Days are dependent on Lunar
cycles thus are different every year. For more details on Special Muslim Days find the link at end
of this Document.
(**) [ ] Denotes Feast Days which do not appear in the
most current Vatican Roman Missal
FEBRUARY
2nd Presentation of The Lord (Candlemas)
6th Ash Wednesday
11th Our Lady of Lourdes - 150 th Anniversary of the Apparitions
20th [Our Lady of Tears]
22nd Chair of Peter
24th Discovery of the Head of John the Baptizer (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church)
MARCH
14th Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (Friday before Palm Sunday)
16th Palm Sunday
19th Feast of St. Joseph - Husband of Mary
20th Last Supper and Mawlid al-Nabi Mawlid al-Nabi (A Muslim celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam in 570 CE. Sunni Muslims observed it on the 12th of the lunar month of Rabi'-ul-Awwal in the Islamic calendar. Shi'a Muslims celebrate it five days later.)
21st Holy Friday and Feast of Purim (Defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia)
22nd Holy Saturday
23rd Easter Sunday
25th Annunciation to Mary by Gabriel the Archangel
30th Mercy Sunday
APRIL
20th Palm Sunday [Observed by Orthodox Catholic] and Begin Pesach [Night of Passover]
24th Last Supper [Observed by Orthodox Catholic]
25th Holy Friday [Observed by Orthodox Catholic]
26th Holy Saturday [Observed by Orthodox Catholic] and Mary, Mother of Good Counsel
27th Easter Sunday [Observed by Orthodox Catholic] and End of Pesach
MAY
1st Ascension of Our Lord plus St. Joseph, Worker
3rd Mary, Queen of the Apostles (Saturday during the Octave following Ascension Day)
8th [Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces]
11th Feast of Pentecost
13th [Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament + First Apparition of Our Lady at Fátima]
18th Trinity Sunday
21st [Mary, Mother of Light ]
24th [Mary, Help of Christians + Mary of the Path Maria]
25th Feast of Corpus Christi
30th Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost)
31st Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary [Saturday after Sacred Heart of Jesus] plus Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (used to be on July 2nd) + [Mary, Queen of all Saints + Our Lady of the Most Holy Mountain + Mary, Mother of Wonderful Love]
JUNE
9th [Mary, Mother of Grace] plus First day of Shavout - (Feast of Weeks)
13th St. Anthony of Lisbon (Padua)
24th Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist
27th [Mary of Perpetual Help]
29th Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
30th First Martyrs of the Roman Church
JULY
3rd St. Thomas - Apostle
4th St. Elizabeth (Queen) of Portugal plus U.S. Celebration of Independence Day
5th [Feast of the Seven Joys of Mary]
9th Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (patroness of Colombia) plus [Mary, Miraculous Mother]
11th St. Benedict - Patron of Europe
13th [Mary, Mystical Rose (Rosa Mystica)] plus Revelation of the Secret of Fátima
16th Our Lady of Mount Carmel + Scapular Feast Day
17th [Feast of Mary's Humility]
22nd St. Mary Magdalene
26th Mary, Mother of Mercy (Saturday before 4th Sunday of July) plus Sts. Anne and Joachim - Grandparents of Jesus
28th Mary, Queen of Peace
AUGUST
2nd [Mary of the Angels]
5th Feast of Our Lady of Snows - Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica - Rome
6th Transfiguration of Our Lord (and Anniversary of the Nuclear Devastation in Hiroshima, Japan)
13th [Mary, Refuge of Sinners]
15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
22nd The Queenship of Mary
29th Martyrdom of John the Baptist
30th Mary, Health of the Sick (Saturday before last Sunday in August)
31st Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted (Sunday after August 28th - Feast of St. Augustine)
SEPTEMBER
2nd Ramadan (The holiest period in the Islamic year. This was the month in which the Qura'n was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is a time at which almost all Muslims over the age of 12 are expected to fast from sunup to sundown.)
3rd [Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd]
8th The Birthday of Our Lady
11th Our Lady of Coromoto (patroness of Venezuela)
12th [The Holy Name of Mary]
14th The Triumph of the Cross (A date of even greater eschatological importance in the future.]
15th Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
19th Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette
23rd Conception of John the Baptist (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church)
24th Our Lady of Ransom
27th [Mary, Protector of Orphans]
29th Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
30th Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year 5769)
OCTOBER
1st Feast of the Veil of Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (Celebrated by the Orthodox Church) and Id al-Fitr (The day after the end of Ramadan. A time of rejoicing. Houses are decorated; Muslims buy gifts for relatives.)
2nd Guardian Angels
5th Traditional Catholic Church Day of Thanksgiving
7th Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
9th Yom Kippur (Jewish Day of Atonement)
10th Traditional Catholic Church Day of Penance (Friday following Traditional Day of Thanksgiving)
11th [Feast of the Motherhood of Mary]
12th Our Lady of the Pilar (Saragossa)
13th Miracle at Fátima
14th First Day of Sokkot - (Feast of Tabernacles)
15th St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila)
16th [Feast of Mary's Purity]
20th [Mary, Wonderful Mother]
21st Shemini Atzeret -(Jewish Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly)
22nd Simchat Torah - (Jewish Rejoicing of the Law)
26th [Mary, Mother of the Dying] (4th Sunday in October)
28th Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles
NOVEMBER
1st All Saints Day
2nd All Souls Day
8th [Our Lady of All Graces] (1st Saturday after All Saints Day) plus [Feast of Mary, Our Shelter]
9th Dedication of Basilica of St. John of Lateran
15th [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
23rd Christ the King
27th [Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Paris)] plus Thanksgiving Day in the U.S
30th First Sunday of Advent
DECEMBER
8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady and Id al-Adha - Feast of Sacrifice or Day of Sacrifice. (It recalls the day when Abraham intended to follow the instructions of God, and sacrifice his son Ishmael.)
10th [Our Lady of Loretto]
12th Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patroness of the Americas)
18th [Mary's Expectation]
22nd First Day of Chanukah - (Beginning of Festival of Lights)
25th Christmas Day
26th St. Stephen - First Martyr
27th St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
28th Feast of the Holy Family plus Holy Innocents
29th Feast of Chanukah - (End of Festival of Lights) and Al-Hijra/Muharram (The next Muslim New Year)
31st Last Day of the Year 2008 plus Silvester I, Pope (1st Pope after the deliverance of Catholic Church to Emperor Constantine)
NOTES
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