2021 Liturgical Calendar

January 2021

Day Date Event
FridayJanuary 1New Year's Day
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
SaturdayJanuary 2Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen
SundayJanuary 3The Most Holy Name of Jesus
Epiphany (observed)
St. Genevieve
MondayJanuary 4St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
TuesdayJanuary 5St. John Neumann
WednesdayJanuary 6Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
Epiphany (official)
St. André Bessette
ThursdayJanuary 7St. Raymond of Peñafort
FridayJanuary 8
SaturdayJanuary 9
SundayJanuary 10Baptism of the Lord
MondayJanuary 11
TuesdayJanuary 12
WednesdayJanuary 13St. Hilary
ThursdayJanuary 14
FridayJanuary 15
SaturdayJanuary 16
SundayJanuary 172nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Anthony
MondayJanuary 18Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
TuesdayJanuary 19
WednesdayJanuary 20St. Fabian
St. Sebastian
ThursdayJanuary 21St. Agnes
FridayJanuary 22Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
SaturdayJanuary 23St. Vincent
St. Ildephonsus
St. Marianne Cope
St. Emerentiana
SundayJanuary 243rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Francis de Sales
MondayJanuary 25Conversion of St. Paul
TuesdayJanuary 26Sts. Timothy and Titus
WednesdayJanuary 27St. Angela Merici
ThursdayJanuary 28St. Thomas Aquinas
FridayJanuary 29
SaturdayJanuary 30
SundayJanuary 314th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. John Bosco

February 2021

Day Date Event
MondayFebruary 1Blessed Claretian Martyrs
TuesdayFebruary 2Presentation of the Lord
Groundhog Day
WednesdayFebruary 3Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
St. Blase
St. Ansgar
ThursdayFebruary 4
FridayFebruary 5St. Philip of Jesus
St. Agatha
SaturdayFebruary 6SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE BEGINS
St. Paul Miki and Companions
SundayFebruary 75th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Blessed Pius IX
MondayFebruary 8St. Jerome Emiliani
St. Josephine Bakhita
TuesdayFebruary 9
WednesdayFebruary 10St. Scholastica
ThursdayFebruary 11Our Lady of Lourdes
FridayFebruary 12Lincoln's Birthday
SaturdayFebruary 13
SundayFebruary 14SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE ENDS
6th Sunday in Orindary time
St. Valentine's Day
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
MondayFebruary 15President's Day
Washington's Birthday
TuesdayFebruary 16Mardi Gras
WednesdayFebruary 17Ash Wednesday
Fasting and No Meat
Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
ThursdayFebruary 18
FridayFebruary 19No Meat
SaturdayFebruary 20Sts. Jacinta and Francisco Marto
SundayFebruary 211st Sunday of Lent
St. Peter Damian
MondayFebruary 22Chair of St. Peter
TuesdayFebruary 23St. Polycarp
WednesdayFebruary 24
ThursdayFebruary 25
FridayFebruary 26No Meat
SaturdayFebruary 27
SundayFebruary 282nd Sunday of Lent

March 2021

Day Date Event
MondayMarch 1
TuesdayMarch 2
WednesdayMarch 3Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
St. Katharine Drexel
ThursdayMarch 4St. Casimir
FridayMarch 5No Meat
SaturdayMarch 6St. Colette
SundayMarch 73rd Sunday of Lent
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
MondayMarch 8St. John of God
TuesdayMarch 9St. Frances of Rome
WednesdayMarch 10
ThursdayMarch 11
FridayMarch 12No Meat
SaturdayMarch 13
SundayMarch 144th Sunday of Lent
Daylight Savings Begins
MondayMarch 15
TuesdayMarch 16
WednesdayMarch 17St. Patrick's Day
St. Joseph of Arimathea
ThursdayMarch 18St. Cyril of Jerusalem
FridayMarch 19St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
No Meat
SaturdayMarch 20Spring Begins
SundayMarch 215th Sunday of Lent
MondayMarch 22
TuesdayMarch 23St. Turibius
WednesdayMarch 24St. Oscar Romero
ThursdayMarch 25Annunciation of the Lord
FridayMarch 26No Meat
SaturdayMarch 27
SundayMarch 28Palm Sunday
MondayMarch 29
TuesdayMarch 30
WednesdayMarch 31

April 2021

Day Date Event
ThursdayApril 1Holy Thursday
FridayApril 2Good Friday
Fasting and No Meat
St. Francis of Paola
SaturdayApril 3Holy Saturday
SundayApril 4Easter Sunday
MondayApril 5St. Vincent Ferrer
TuesdayApril 6
WednesdayApril 7Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
St. John Baptist de la Salle
ThursdayApril 8
FridayApril 9
SaturdayApril 10
SundayApril 112nd Sunday of Easter
St. Stanislaus
MondayApril 12
TuesdayApril 13St. Martin I
WednesdayApril 14
ThursdayApril 15
FridayApril 16St. Bernadette
SaturdayApril 17
SundayApril 183rd Sunday of Easter
MondayApril 19
TuesdayApril 20
WednesdayApril 21St. Anselm
ThursdayApril 22Earth Day
FridayApril 23St. George
St. Adalbert
SaturdayApril 24SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE BEGINS
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
SundayApril 254th Sunday of Easter
St. Mark
MondayApril 26
TuesdayApril 27
WednesdayApril 28St. Peter Chanel
St. Louis Grignion de Montfort
ThursdayApril 29St. Catherine of Siena
FridayApril 30St. Pius V

May 2021

Day Date Event
SaturdayMay 1St. Joseph the Worker
SundayMay 2SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE ENDS
5th Sunday of Easter
St. Athanasius
MondayMay 3St. Philip & St. James
TuesdayMay 4
WednesdayMay 5Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
ThursdayMay 6
FridayMay 7St. Rose Venerini
SaturdayMay 8
SundayMay 96th Sunday of Easter
Mother's Day
MondayMay 10St. Damien de Veuster
TuesdayMay 11
WednesdayMay 12Sts. Nereus and Achilleus
St. Pancras
ThursdayMay 13Ascension Thursday
Our Lady of Fatima
FridayMay 14St. Matthias
SaturdayMay 15St. Isidore the Farmer
SundayMay 167th Sunday of Easter
MondayMay 17
TuesdayMay 18St. John I
WednesdayMay 19
ThursdayMay 20St. Bernardine of Siena
FridayMay 21St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions
SaturdayMay 22St. Rita of Cascia
SundayMay 23Pentecost
MondayMay 24Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Victoria Day (Canada)
TuesdayMay 25St. Bede the Venerable
St. Gregory VII
St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
WednesdayMay 26St. Philip Neri
ThursdayMay 27St. Augustine of Canterbury
FridayMay 28
SaturdayMay 29
SundayMay 30Trinity Sunday
St. Joan of Arc
MondayMay 31Visitation of the Blessed Mary the Virgin
Memorial Day

June 2021

Day Date Event
TuesdayJune 1St. Justin
WednesdayJune 2Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
Sts. Marcellinus and Peter
ThursdayJune 3Sts. Charles Lwanga and Companions
St. Kevin of Glendalough
FridayJune 4
SaturdayJune 5St. Boniface
SundayJune 6Corpus Christi Sunday
St. Norbert
MondayJune 7
TuesdayJune 8
WednesdayJune 9St. Ephrem
ThursdayJune 10
FridayJune 11Sacred Heart of Jesus
St. Barnabas
SaturdayJune 12Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
SundayJune 1311th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Anthony of Padua
MondayJune 14Flag Day
TuesdayJune 15
WednesdayJune 16
ThursdayJune 17
FridayJune 18
SaturdayJune 19SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE BEGINS
St. Romuald
SundayJune 2012th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father's Day
Summer begins
MondayJune 21St. Aloysisus Gonzaga
TuesdayJune 22St. Paulinus of Nola
Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More
WednesdayJune 23
ThursdayJune 24Birth of St. John the Baptist
FridayJune 25
SaturdayJune 26
SundayJune 27SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE ENDS
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Cyril of Alexandria
MondayJune 28St. Irenaeus of Lyons
TuesdayJune 29Sts. Peter and Paul
WednesdayJune 30First Martyrs of the Roman Church

July 2021

Day Date Event
ThursdayJuly 1St. Junipero Serra
Canada Day (Canada)
FridayJuly 2
SaturdayJuly 3St. Thomas the Apostle
SundayJuly 414th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Independence Day
MondayJuly 5St. Anthony Zaccaria
St. Elizabeth of Portugal
TuesdayJuly 6St. Maria Goretti
WednesdayJuly 7Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
ThursdayJuly 8
FridayJuly 9St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions
SaturdayJuly 10
SundayJuly 1115th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Benedict
MondayJuly 12
TuesdayJuly 13St. Henry
WednesdayJuly 14St. Kateri Tekakwitha
ThursdayJuly 15St. Bonaventure
FridayJuly 16Foundation Day of the Claretian Missionaries
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
SaturdayJuly 17
SundayJuly 1816th Sunday of Ordinary Time
St. Camillus de Lellis
MondayJuly 19
TuesdayJuly 20St. Apollinaris
WednesdayJuly 21St. Lawrence of Brindisi
ThursdayJuly 22St. Mary Magdalene
FridayJuly 23St. Bridget of Sweden
SaturdayJuly 24St. Sharbel Makhlúf
SundayJuly 2517th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. James
MondayJuly 26St. Joachim
St. Anne
TuesdayJuly 27
WednesdayJuly 28
ThursdayJuly 29St. Martha
FridayJuly 30St. Peter Chrysologus
SaturdayJuly 31St. Ignatius of Loyola

August 2021

Day Date Event
SundayAugust 118th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Alphonsus Liguori
MondayAugust 2St. Eusebius of Vercelli
St. Peter Julian Eymard
TuesdayAugust 3
WednesdayAugust 4Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
St. John Vianney
ThursdayAugust 5Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica
FridayAugust 6Transfiguration of the Lord
SaturdayAugust 7St. Sixtus II and Companions
St. Cajetan
SundayAugust 819th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Dominic
MondayAugust 9St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
TuesdayAugust 10St. Lawrence
WednesdayAugust 11St. Clare
ThursdayAugust 12St. Jane Frances de Chantal
FridayAugust 13Claretian Martyrs of Barbastro
Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus
SaturdayAugust 14St. Maximilian Kolbe
SundayAugust 15Assumption of Blessed Mary the Virgin
MondayAugust 16St. Stephen of Hungary
TuesdayAugust 17
WednesdayAugust 18
ThursdayAugust 19St. John Eudes
FridayAugust 20St. Bernard of Clairvaux
SaturdayAugust 21SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE BEGINS
St. Pius X
SundayAugust 2221st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Queenship of Mary
MondayAugust 23St. Rose of Lima
TuesdayAugust 24St. Bartholomew
WednesdayAugust 25St. Louis IX
St. Joseph Calasanz
ThursdayAugust 26
FridayAugust 27St. Monica
SaturdayAugust 28St. Augustine
SundayAugust 29SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE ENDS
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Beheading of St. John the Baptist
MondayAugust 30
TuesdayAugust 31

September 2021

Day Date Event
WednesdaySeptember 1Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
ThursdaySeptember 2
FridaySeptember 3St. Gregory the Great
SaturdaySeptember 4
SundaySeptember 523rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
MondaySeptember 6Labor Day
TuesdaySeptember 7
WednesdaySeptember 8Birth of the Virgin Mary
ThursdaySeptember 9St. Peter Claver
FridaySeptember 10
SaturdaySeptember 11
SundaySeptember 1224th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
MondaySeptember 13St. John Chrysostom
TuesdaySeptember 14Triumph of the Holy Cross
WednesdaySeptember 15Our Lady of Sorrows
ThursdaySeptember 16Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian
FridaySeptember 17St. Robert Bellarmine
SaturdaySeptember 18
SundaySeptember 1925th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Januarius
MondaySeptember 20Sts. Andrew Kim & Paul Chong and Companions
TuesdaySeptember 21St. Matthew
WednesdaySeptember 22Fall Begins
ThursdaySeptember 23St. Pio of Pietrelcina
FridaySeptember 24
SaturdaySeptember 25
SundaySeptember 2626th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sts. Cosmas and Damian
MondaySeptember 27St. Vincent de Paul
TuesdaySeptember 28St. Wenceslaus
St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions
WednesdaySeptember 29Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
ThursdaySeptember 30St. Jerome

October 2021

Day Date Event
FridayOctober 1St. Thérèse of Lisieux
SaturdayOctober 2The Guardian Angels
SundayOctober 327th Sunday in Ordinary Time
MondayOctober 4St. Francis of Assisi
TuesdayOctober 5Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos
WednesdayOctober 6Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
St. Bruno
Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher
ThursdayOctober 7Our Lady of the Rosary
FridayOctober 8
SaturdayOctober 9St. Denis and Companions
St. John Leonardi
SundayOctober 1028th Sunday in Ordinary Time
MondayOctober 11Native American Awareness Day
Thanksgiving (Canada)
St. John XXIII
TuesdayOctober 12
WednesdayOctober 13
ThursdayOctober 14St. Callistus I
FridayOctober 15St. Teresa of Avila
SaturdayOctober 16St. Hedwig
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
SundayOctober 1729th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Ignatius of Antioch
MondayOctober 18St. Luke
TuesdayOctober 19Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf, and Companions
WednesdayOctober 20SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE BEGINS
St. Paul of the Cross
ThursdayOctober 21
FridayOctober 22St. John Paul II
SaturdayOctober 23St. John of Capistrano
SundayOctober 2430th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Anthony Mary Claret (Founder of the Claretians)
MondayOctober 25
TuesdayOctober 26
WednesdayOctober 27
ThursdayOctober 28SOLEMN NOVENA TO ST. JUDE ENDS
Feast of St. Jude
St. Simon
FridayOctober 29
SaturdayOctober 30
SundayOctober 3131st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Halloween

November 2021

Day Date Event
MondayNovember 1All Saints’ Day
TuesdayNovember 2All Souls’ Day
Election Day
WednesdayNovember 3Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
St. Martin de Porres
ThursdayNovember 4St. Charles Borromeo
FridayNovember 5
SaturdayNovember 6
SundayNovember 732nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Daylight Savings Ends
MondayNovember 8
TuesdayNovember 9Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica
WednesdayNovember 10St. Leo the Great
ThursdayNovember 11St. Martin of Tours
Veterans Day
Remembrance Day (Canada)
FridayNovember 12St. Josaphat
SaturdayNovember 13St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
SundayNovember 1433rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
MondayNovember 15St. Albert the Great
TuesdayNovember 16St. Margaret of Scotland
St. Gertrude
WednesdayNovember 17St. Elizabeth of Hungary
ThursdayNovember 18St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
Dedication of the Basilicas of the Apostles Peter and Paul
FridayNovember 19
SaturdayNovember 20
SundayNovember 21Christ the King
Presentation of Blessed Mary the Virgin
MondayNovember 22St. Cecilia
TuesdayNovember 23St. Clement I
St. Columban
Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro
WednesdayNovember 24Sts. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions
ThursdayNovember 25Thanksgiving
St. Catherine of Alexandria
FridayNovember 26
SaturdayNovember 27
SundayNovember 281st Sunday of Advent
MondayNovember 29Anniversary of Dorothy Day's death
TuesdayNovember 30St. Andrew

December 2021

Day Date Event
WednesdayDecember 1Day of Remembrance & Healing for Cancer
ThursdayDecember 2
FridayDecember 3St. Francis Xavier
SaturdayDecember 4St. John Damascene
SundayDecember 52nd Sunday of Advent
MondayDecember 6St. Nicholas
TuesdayDecember 7St. Ambrose
WednesdayDecember 8Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
ThursdayDecember 9St. Juan Diego
FridayDecember 10
SaturdayDecember 11St. Damasus I
SundayDecember 123rd Sunday of Advent
Our Lady of Guadalupe
MondayDecember 13St. Lucy
TuesdayDecember 14St. John of the Cross
WednesdayDecember 15
ThursdayDecember 16
FridayDecember 17
SaturdayDecember 18
SundayDecember 194th Sunday of Advent
MondayDecember 20
TuesdayDecember 21St. Peter Canisius
Winter Begins
WednesdayDecember 22
ThursdayDecember 23St. John of Kanty
FridayDecember 24Christmas Eve
SaturdayDecember 25Christmas Day
SundayDecember 26The Holy Family
St. Stephen
Boxing Day (Canada & UK)
MondayDecember 27St. John
TuesdayDecember 28The Holy Innocents
WednesdayDecember 29St. Thomas Becket
ThursdayDecember 30
FridayDecember 31New Years' Eve
St. Sylvester I

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