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31 December: Saint Sylvester I, Pope – optional memorial; Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, or, if there is no such Sunday, 30 December: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph – feast ^a On 31 October 2019, Pope Francis inscribed Our Lady of Loreto in the General Roman Calendar. [25]
World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities, such as Anneka Svenska, Brian Blessed and Melanie C. [29]
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
This article lists the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as they were at the end of 1954. It is essentially the same calendar established by Pope Pius X (1903–1914) following his liturgical reforms, but it also incorporates changes that were made by Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), such as the institution of the Feast of Christ the King (assigned to the last Sunday in October), and the ...
1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker – Feast; 4 May: Saint Florian, martyr – Memorial; 12 May: Saint Leopold Mandić, priest – Memorial; 16 May: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr – Memorial; 24 May: Our Lady, Help of Christians – Solemnity; 27 June: Saint Hemma of Gurk – Memorial; 5 July: Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop ...
31 Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556; Alternative dates: The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May. Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July. Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December.
In addition to the national calendar of the United States, the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter contains a number of saints from the British Isles in its liturgical calendar; [1] this calendar now supplants the former one used by Anglican Use Catholics in the United States [2] prior to 2015.
Blessing of the Animals on St. Francis' Day at an Episcopal church in Lincoln, Nebraska. Annually now, on or around October 4, Christians worldwide celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis with a blessing of animals and prayers for creation. [7] Catholicism [12] has specific liturgies for the blessing of animals, highlighting creation and ...