Feasts, Festivals, & Holydays

2023
Underline = Holy Day of Obligation (R.C.)
Italic = Marian Feast Day
Green = Link

(Solstice—December 21)

Christmas—December 25

Mary, Mother of God—
January 1

Epiphany—January 6

St. Brigid—February 1

Candlemas—February 2

St. Valentine—February 14

Ash Wednesday—February 22

Lent—Feb 22 – Apr 6

St. Patrick—March 17

St. Joseph—March 19

(Equinox—March 20)

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary—March 25

Easter—April 9

St. George—April 25

May Day—May 1

May is Mary’s Month

Ascension—May 18

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary—May 31

Pentecost (Whitsun)—May 28

(Solstice—June 21)

Midsummer Eve—June 23

St. John—June 24

Sts. Peter & Paul—June 29

Independence Day—July 4

Sts. Ann & Joachim—July 26

Lammas—August 1

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—August 15

St. Michael’s Lent
begins August 15

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marymas)—September 8

Holy Cross—September 14

(Equinox—September 23)

Michaelmas—September 29

Hallowe’en—October 31

All Saints Day—November 1

All Souls Day—November 2

Martinmas—November 11

Advent—Dec 3 – Dec 24

St. Nicholas—December 6

Immaculate Conception—
December 8

St. Lucy—December 13