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Traditional
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Saint Jude Shrine

3101 North Main Street
Madonna in Prayer - by Giovanni Sassoferrato (1650)
Stafford, Texas 77477
 DAYS OF FAST AND ABSTINENCE
HOW TO USE THIS CALENDAR
DAYS OF FAST: Catholics between the ages of 21 and
First line of print for day: TITLE OF THE FEAST 59, inclusive, may have but one principal or full meal,
Second line: CLASSIFICATION and VESTMENT COLOR and meat may be eaten at this meal only. They may have
Following lines: GLORIA, CREDO, and PREFACE two other light meals with no meat. Days of FAST are
Commemorations (if any) are in Italics the weekdays of LENT including HOLY SATURDAY;
Additional Saints are in bold print at bottom of box. the Ember Days and the Vigils of PENTECOST, ALL
SAINTS (Oct. 31), the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
ABBREVIATIONS (December 7), and of CHRISTMAS (December 24), or
the day before if the vigil falls on a Sunday.
Ab – Abbot
Ap – Apostle ABSTINENCE: Complete – ; Partial –
B – Bishop
C – Confessor * Partial abstinence on the ordinary weekdays of
D – Doctor Lent applies only to those between the ages of 21 and 59.
M – Martyr This is indicated by the asterisk (*) shown on these days.
Mm – Martyrs Those under 21 and those having attained the age of 60
P – Pope may eat meat more than once on these days.
St – Saint
Ss – Saints On days of COMPLETE ABSTINENCE all Catholics 7
V – Virgin years of age and older may NOT take meat, meat gravy,
W – Widow or meat soup at any time.

EUCHARISTIC FAST FOR THE LAITY
AS OF MARCH 25, 1957
All must fast from solid food and alcoholic beverages for
THREE HOURS before receiving Holy Communion.
All must fast from non-alcoholic liquids for ONE HOUR
before receiving Holy Communion.
The infirm, even if not bedridden, may take non-alcoholic
beverages and that which is really and properly medicine,
either in liquid or in solid form, without time limit
Abstinence is complete on all FRIDAYS, ASH
WEDNESDAY, HOLY SATURDAY, and the Vigil of
the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (December 7), and
the Vigil of CHRISTMAS (December 24).
Abstinence is partial on Ember Wednesdays and
Saturdays, and the Vigils of PENTECOST and ALL
SAINTS (Oct. 31). All above the age of 7 are obliged to
partial abstinence on these days. This means meat only
at the principal meal.

Please see the supplement to these instructions on the last page of this calendar.
JANUARY 2024 Month of the Holy Name of Jesus
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 HOLYDAY 2 MOST HOLY NAME 3 Ferial Day Simple (W) 4 5 6 FEAST OF EPIPHANY
CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS Mass of Jan 1/Gl/Prf Nativ. Ferial Day Ferial Day Dbl 1 Cl (W)/Gloria/Credo
Double II Class (W) Simple (W) Simple (W) Preface of Epiphany
OF OUR LORD Gloria/Credo
Double II Class (W) Mass of January 1 Mass of January 1
Preface of the Nativity Gloria Gloria
Octave of Nativity
Gloria/Credo Preface of Nativity Preface of Nativity

St. Telesphorus, PM
Infant of Prague St. Genevieve, V First Friday First Saturday

7 THE HOLY FAMILY 8 9 10 11 12 13 Baptism of Our Lord

First Sunday after Epiphany Ferial Day Ferial Day Ferial Day Ferial Day Ferial Day Octave of the Epiphany
Dbl Mjr (W)/Gloria/Credo Simple (W) Simple (W) Simple (W) Simple (W) Simple (W) Dbl Maj (W)/Glo/Cre/Pref Eph
Preface of Epiphany Mass of the Holy Family Mass of Epiphany Mass of Epiphany Mass of Epiphany Mass of Epiphany Mass Proper, Gloria/Credo
Gloria Gloria Gloria Gloria Gloria
Preface of Epiphany Preface of Epiphany Preface of Epiphany Preface of Epiphany Preface of Epiphany

St. Hyginus, PM St. Veronica of Binasco, V

14 15 16 17 18 St. Peter’s Chair at Rome 19 20

SECOND SUNDAY St. Paul, first Hermit, C. St. Marcellus I, PM St. Anthony, Ab Dbl Mjr (W)/Glo/Crd/Pref Apostles St. Marius & Com., Mm. Ss. Fabian & Sebastian,
AFTER EPIPHANY Double (W) Simple (R) Double (W) Simple (R) Mm
Double (G) Gloria/Common Preface Gloria Gloria Gloria Double (R)
Gloria/Credo Preface of the Apostles Common Preface Common Preface Gloria
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface

St. Maurus, Ab.

St. Hilary, BCD St. Ita, V St. Paul / St. Prisca, VM St. Canute

21 THIRD SUNDAY 22 23 24 St. Timothy, BM 25 26 27

AFTER EPIPHANY Ss. Vincent & Anastasius, St. Raymond of Pennafort, C Dbl (R)/Gl/Common Preface Conversion of St. Paul, Ap St. Polycarp, BM St. John Chrysostom, CBD
Double (G) Gloria/Credo Mm. Simple (W) Double Major (W) Double (R) Dbl (W)/Gl/Cr/Com Pref
Preface of the Holy Trinity Simple (R) Gloria Gloria/Credo Gloria
Gloria Common Preface Preface of Apostles Common Preface
Common Preface

St. Agnes, VM St. Vincent Pallotti, C St Emerentiana, VM St.Peter

28 29 30 St. Martina, VM 31
SEPTUAGESIMA St. Francis de Sales, BCD Smpl/(R)/Gl/Comm Pref St. John Bosco, C
SUNDAY Double (W) Double (W)
Double (V) Gloria/Credo Gloria
Credo Common Preface Common Preface
Preface of the Holy Trinity

St. Peter Nolasco, C

JANUARY 2024 Month of the Holy Name of Jesus
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 HOLYDAY 2 3 4 5 6
CIRCUMCISION FEAST OF EPIPHANY
OF OUR LORD

New Year’s Day First Friday First Saturday

7 THE HOLY FAMILY 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
SECOND SUNDAY
AFTER EPIPHANY

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
THIRD SUNDAY
AFTER EPIPHANY

28 29 30 31
SEPTUAGESIMA
SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 2024 Month of the Holy Trinity
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 St. Ignatius of Antioch, BM 2 3
Dbl (R)/Gloria/Common Pref. PURIFICATION OF Our Lady on Saturday
THE B.V.M. Simple (W)
Double II Class Gloria
Gloria/Credo Preface of BVM
Preface of BVM

St. Blaise, BM
St. Bridget of Ireland, V First Friday First Saturday

4 5 St. Agatha. VM 6 7 8 9 10 St. Scholastica, V

SEXAGESIMA Double (R) Gloria St. Titus, BC St. Romuald, Ab St. John of Matha, C St. Cyril of Alexandria, BCD Dbl (W)/Gloria/Comm Pref
SUNDAY Common Preface Double (W) Double (W) Double (W) Double (W)
Double (V) Credo Gloria Gloria Gloria Gloria/Credo
Preface of the Holy Trinity Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface

St. Andrew Corsini, BC St. Dorothy, VM St. Apollonia, VM

11 12 13 Feria Simple (V) 14 FAST 15 FAST * 16 FAST 17 FAST *

QUINQUAGESIMA Seven Holy Founders Mass Sunday/Comm Pref ASH WEDNESDAY Lenten Ferial Lenten Ferial Lenten Feria
SUNDAY of the Servites, Cc. Privileged Major (V) Simple (V) Simple (V) Simple (V)
Double (V) Double (W) Lenten Preface Mass Proper Mass Proper Mass Proper
Credo Gloria Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Lenten Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface

Our Lady of Lourdes St. Catherine di Ricci St. Valentine, M Ss. Faustinus & Jovita, Mm St. Onesimus, BM Flight into Egypt

18 19 FAST * 20 FAST * 21 FAST * 22 FAST * 23 FAST 24 FAST *

LENT I Ferial Day Ferial Day Simple (V) St. Peter’s Chair St. Peter Damian, BCD Lenten Feria
Double I Class (V) Simple (V) Simple (V) Mass Proper at Antioch Dbl Mjr (W) Double (W) Double II Class (R)
Credo Mass Proper Mass Proper Lenten Preface Gorial/Credo/Pref Apos Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo
Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Preface of the Apostles

(Annual Easter Duty

Ember Day Ember Day Ember Day
Begins)
St. Bernadette V

25 LENT II Dbl I Cl (V) 26 FAST * 27 FAST * 28 FAST * 29 FAST *

Credo/ Lenten Preface Lenten Feria Lenten Feria St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Lenten Feria
Simple (V) Simple (V) Dbl/(W)/Glo/Lenten Pref Simple (V)
Mass Proper Mass Proper Mass Proper
Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Lenten Preface

St. Matthias, Ap
FEBRUARY 2024 Month of the Holy Trinity
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
PURIFICATION OF St. Blaise, BM
THE B.V.M. Blessing of Throats
Blessing of Candles at
beginning of Mass

First Friday First Saturday

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SEXAGESIMA
SUNDAY

11 12 13 14 FAST 15 FAST * 16 FAST 17 FAST *

QUINQUAGESIMA ASH WEDNESDAY
SUNDAY

Solemnization of
Weddings Closes

18 19 FAST * 20 FAST * 21 FAST * 22 FAST * 23 FAST 24 FAST *

LENT I
Ember Day Ember Day Ember Day

(Annual Easter Duty Begins)

25 26 FAST * 27 FAST * 28 FAST * 29 FAST *

LENT II
MARCH 2024 Month of St. Joseph
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 FAST 2 FAST *
Simple (V), Mass Proper Simple (V), Mass Proper
Lenten Preface Lenten Preface

Saint David of Wales, CB

First Friday First Saturday

3 4 FAST * 5 FAST * 6 FAST * 7 FAST * 8 FAST 9 FAST *

LENT III St. Casimir, C/Smpl(W)/ Lenten Feria Sts. Perpetua & Felicitas, St. Thomas Aquinas, CD St. John of God, C St. Frances of Rome, Vid.
Double I Class (V) Glo/Lent Pref St. Lucius,PM Simple (V) Mm Dbl (W)/Glo/Pref.Lent/Feria Double (W) Dbl (W)/Glo/Pref. Lent/Feria
Credo Mass Proper Double (R) Gloria
Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Gloria Lenten Preface
Lenten Preface

Feria
Feria St. John Joseph of the Cross, C, St. Colette, V. Feria

10 11 FAST * 12 FAST * 13 FAST * 14 FAST * 15 FAST 16 FAST *

LENT IV (LAETARE) Lenten Feria St. Gregory I, PCD Lenten Feria Lenten Feria Lenten Feria Lenten Feria
Double I Class (V or Rose) Simple (V) Double (W) Simple (V) Simple (V) Simple (V) Simple (V)
Credo Mass Proper Gloria/Credo Mass Proper Mass Proper Mass Proper Mass Proper
Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Preface of the Apostles Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Lenten Preface

Feria
Forty Holy Martyrs St. Seraphina, V. St. Euphrasia, V. St. Louise de Marillac, W

17 PASSION SUNDAY 18 FAST * 19 FAST * 20 FAST * 21 FAST * 22 FAST 23 FAST *

Double I Class (V) St. Cyril of Jerusalem, ST. JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF Lenten Feria St. Benedict, Ab Seven Sorrows of the Lenten Feria
Omit Psalm 42, Credo BCD B.V.M. Dbl. I Class (W) Simple (V) Double (W) Blessed Virgin Mary Simple (V)
Preface of Holy Cross Double (W) Glo/Credo/Pref St.Jos/Feria Mass Proper Gloria Double Major(W) Mass Proper
Gloria/Credo Lenten Preface Lenten Preface Gloria/Credo Lenten Preface
Lenten Preface Preface of the Apostles

Feast of the Five Wounds

St. Patrick, BC Feria Feria

24 PALM SUNDAY 25 FAST * 26 FAST * 27 FAST * 28 FAST * 29 FAST 30 FAST

Dbl I Class (V) Palms
Passion of St. Matthew
Passion/Pref. Holy Cross__
31 EASTER SUNDAY
Dbl I Cl (W)/Gl/Cr/Easter Prf
Monday in Holy Week
Privileged Major (V)
Preface of Holy Cross
Tuesday in Holy Week
Privileged Major (V)
Passion from St. Mark
Preface of the Apostles
Wednesday in Holy Week HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY
Privileged Major (V) Double I Class (W) Double I Class (Black) Double I Class (W)
Passion from St. Luke Blessing of New Fire
Preface of Holy Cross Blessing of Paschal Candle
Evening Vigil Mass
Alleluia/Gloria
Preface of Easter
MARCH 2024 Month of St. Joseph
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 FAST 2 FAST *

First Friday First Saturday

3 4 FAST * 5 FAST * 6 FAST * 7 FAST * 8 FAST 9 FAST *

LENT III

10 11 FAST * 12 FAST * 13 FAST * 14 FAST * 15 FAST 16 FAST *

LENT IV (LAETARE)

US Daylight Saving Time begins

(advance clock 1 hour)

17 18 FAST * 19 FAST * 20 FAST * 21 FAST * 22 FAST 23 FAST *

PASSION SUNDAY

St. Patrick’s Day

24 PALM SUNDAY 25 FAST * 26 FAST * 27 FAST * 28 FAST * 29 FAST 30 FAST

HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY
Holy Mass, Procession & Passion from St. John Easter Vigil Mass,
___________________ Exposition of the Blessed Solemn Prayers, Blessing of New Fire &
31 EASTER SUNDAY Sacrament Veneration of Cross, Mass Paschal Candle
of the Pre-sanctified (Fast ends after Easter
Vigil Evening Mass)
APRIL 2024 Month of the Resurrection
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 EASTER MONDAY 2 3 4 5 6
Double I Class (W) EASTER TUESDAY EASTER WEDNESDAY EASTER THURSDAY EASTER FRIDAY EASTER SATURDAY
Gloria/Credo, Preface of Easter Double (W) Double (W) Double (W) Double (W) Double (W)
Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo
Preface of Easter Preface of Easter Preface of Easter Preface of Easter Preface of Easter

First Friday First Saturday

7 8 ANNUNCIATION OF THE 9 10 11 St. Leo the Great, PCD 12 13

LOW SUNDAY BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Ferial Day Ferial Day Dbl/ (W)/Glo/Cr/Pref of Apostles Ferial Day St. Hermenegild, M
Double I Class (W) Double I Class (W) Simple (W) Simple (W) Simple (W) Simple (R)
Gloria/Credo Glo/Credo/Preface of BVM Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Gloria
Preface of Easter Gloria Gloria Gloria Preface of Easter
Preface of Easter Preface of Easter Preface of Easter

14 15 16 17 SOLEMNITY OF ST. 18 19 20
SECOND SUNDAY Ferial Day Ferial Day JOSEPH Ferial Day Ferial Day Our Lady on Saturday
AFTER EASTER Simple (W) Simple (W) Dbl I Cl (W) Pref St. Joseph Simple (W) Simple (W) Simple (W)
Double (W) Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Gloria
Gloria/Credo Gloria Gloria Gloria Gloria Preface of BVM
Preface of Easter Preface of Easter Preface of Easter Preface of Easter Preface of Easter

St. Justin, M

21 22 23 24 25 ST. MARK, Ev 26 27
THIRD SUNDAY Sts. Soter & Caius, Pp & Ferial Day St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, M Dbl II Cl/(R)/Gl/Cr/Pr Apos Sts. Cletus & Marcellinus, St. Peter Canisius, CD
AFTER EASTER Mm Simple (W) Double (R) Greater Litanies PpMm Simple (R) Gloria Double (W)
Double (W) Simple (R) Mass of Previous Sunday Gloria Preface of Easter Gloria/Credo
Gloria/Credo Gloria Gloria Preface of Easter Preface of Easter
Preface of Easter Preface of the Apostles Preface of Easter

St. Anselm, BCD St. George, M St. Urban PM Mother of Good Counsel St. Zita, V

28 29 30 St. Catherine of Siena, V.

FOURTH SUNDAY St. Peter of Verona, M Dbl (W)/Gl/Pref of Easter
AFTER EASTER Double (R)
Double (W) Gloria
Gloria/Credo Preface of Easter
Preface of Easter

St. Louis de Montfort

St. Paul of the Cross, C St. Joseph Benedict, C
APRIL 2024 Month of the Resurrection
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6

Solemnization of
Weddings Resumes First Friday First Saturday

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
LOW SUNDAY

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
SECOND SUNDAY
AFTER EASTER

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
THIRD SUNDAY
AFTER EASTER

28 29 30
FOURTH SUNDAY
AFTER EASTER
MAY 2024 Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 St. Monica, W
Sts. PHILIP & JAMES, St. Athanasius, BCD FINDING OF THE Dbl (W)/Gl/Pref of Easter
App Double (W) HOLY CROSS
Double II Class (R) Gloria/Credo Double II Class (R)
Gloria/Credo Preface of Easter Gloria/Credo
Preface of Apostles Preface of Holy Cross

First Friday First Saturday

5 6 7 8 9 HOLYDAY 10 11
FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER St. John at the Latin Gate St. Stanislaus, BM Apparition of St. Michael ASCENSION THURSDAY St. Antoninus, BC Our Lady on Saturday
EASTER Double Major (R) Double (R) Double Major (W) Dbl I Cl/Glo/Cr/Pref. Ascen. Double (W) Simple (W)
Double (W) Gloria/Credo Gloria Gloria/Credo Gloria Gloria
Gloria/Credo Preface of Apostles Preface of Easter Easter Preface Preface of Ascension Preface of BVM
Preface of Easter

St. Dominic Savio

Rogation Day Rogation Day Rogation Day
St. Pius V, PC (Minor Litanies) (Minor Litanies) (Minor Litanies) Sts. Gordian &Epimachu, Mn

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FAST *
SUNDAY AFTER St. Robert Bellarmine, Ferial Day St. John Baptist de la St. Ubaldus, BC St. Paschal Baylon, C Vigil of Pentecost
THE ASCENSION BCD Simple (W) Salle, C Simple (W) Double (W) Double (V/R)
Double (W) Double, (W) Mass of Previous Sunday Double (W) Gloria Gloria Gloria
Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo Preface of Ascension Gloria Preface of Ascension Preface of Ascension Preface of Pentecost
Preface of Ascension Preface of Ascension Preface of Ascension

Sts. Nereus, Achilleus,

Domitilla, V, Pancras, Mm St. Boniface, M St. Venantius, M

19 PENTECOST 20 PENTECOST MONDAY 21 22 FAST * 23 24 FAST 25 FAST *

Dbl/1Cl/W/Gl/Cr/Easter Prf.
Double I Class (R) PENTECOST TUESDAY Pentecost Wednesday Pentecost Thursday Pentecost Friday Pentecost Saturday
Gloria/Credo, Pref. of Pentecost Double I Class (R) Double (R) Double (R) Double (R) Dopuble (R)
Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo
Preface of Pentecost Preface of Pentecost Preface of Pentecost Preface of Pentecost Preface of Pentecost
Ember Day Ember Day Ember Day
St. Gregory VII, PC
St. Bernardine of Siena,C St. Rita of Cascia, W Our Lady Help of Christians St. Urban

26 TRINITY SUNDAY 27 28 29 30 CORPUS CHRISTI 31

Dbl/1Cl/W/Gl/Cr/H.Trinity Prf. St. Bede the Venerable, CD St. Augustine of St. Mary Magdalene de Dbl I Cl (W)/Gloria/Credo QUEENSHIP OF THE
Double (W) Canterbury, BC Pazzis, V Preface of the Nativity BLESSED VIRGIN
Gloria/Credo Double (W) Gloria Simple (W) Gloria MARY
Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Double II Class (W)
Gloria/Credo
Preface of BVM
St. Philip Neri,
Easter Duty Ends St. John I, PM St. Petronilla, V
MAY 2024 Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 St. Monica, W

First Friday First Saturday

5 6 7 8 9 HOLYDAY 10 11
FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION THURSDAY
EASTER

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FAST *
SUNDAY AFTER
THE ASCENSION

US Mothers’ Day
19 20 21 22 FAST * 23 24 FAST 25 FAST *
PENTECOST SUNDAY Pentecost Wednesday Pentecost Friday Pentecost Saturday
Ember Day Ember Day Ember Day

26 27 28 29 30 31
TRINITY SUNDAY

Time of Easter Duty Ends US Memorial Day

JUNE 2024 Month of the Sacred Heart
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
St. Angela Merici, V
Double (W)
Gloria
Common Preface

First Saturday

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CORPUS CHRISTI Ferial Day St. Francis Caracciolo, C St. Boniface, BM St. Norbert, BC SACRED HEART Our Lady on Saturday
(External Celebration) Simple (G) Double (W) Double (R) Double (W) Dbl 1 Cl (W)/Gloria/Credo Simple (W)
Double (W) Mass of 2nd Sunday after Gloria Gloria Gloria Pref Sacred Heart Gloria
Gloria/Credo Pentecost Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Preface of BVM
Preface of Nativity Common Preface

2nd Sunday after Pentecost St. Kevin, C First Friday

9 10 St. Margaret of 11 12 13 St. Anthony of Padua, CD 14 15

THIRD SUNDAY Scotland, Q, Vid. St. Barnabas, Ap. St. John of St. Facundus, C (W)/Dbl/Gl/Cr/Com Prf St. Basil the Great, BCD Our Lady on Saturday
AFTER PENTECOST Smpl (W)/Glo/Comm. Pref Double Major (R) Double (W) Double Simple (W)
Double (W) Gloria/Credo Gloria Gloria/Credo Gloria
Gloria/Credo Preface of Apostles Common Preface Common Preface Preface of BVM
Preface of Holy Trinity

Sts. Basilidis, Cyrini, Sts. Vitus, Modestus, &

Ss. Primus & Felician, Mm Naboris & Nazarius, Mm. Crescentia, Mm

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
FOURTH SUNDAY Ferial Day St. Ephrem the Syrian, CD St. Juliana Falconieri, V Ferial Day St. Aloysius Gonzaga, C St. Paulinus of Nola, BC
AFTER PENTECOST Simple (G) Double (W) Double (W) Simple (G) Double (W) Double (W)
Double (G) Mass of Previous Sunday Gloria/Credo Gloria Mass of Previous Sunday Gloria Gloria
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity

St. John Francis Regis, C Sts. Marcus & Marcellianus, Mm Sts. Gervase & Protase, Mm St. Silverius, PM

23 5th SUNDAY AFTER 24 NATIVITY OF 25 26 27 Ferial Day (G) 28 29 STS. PETER & PAUL
PENTECOST ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST St. William, Ab. Sts. John & Paul, Mm Mass of Previous Sunday St. Irenaeus, B.M. Dbl.I Cl/(R)/Gl/Cr/Prf Apos
Dbl (G) Glo/Cre/Pref Trinity Dbl. I Cl/Glo/Cr/Com.Pref. Double (W) Double (R) Double (R)
Vigil St. John the Baptist__ Gloria Gloria Gloria
30 6th SUNDAY AFTER Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface
PENTECOST
Dbl (G) Glo/Cre/Pref Trinity
Comm. St. Paul
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
JUNE 2024 Month of the Sacred Heart
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1

First Saturday

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CORPUS CHRISTI SACRED HEART
(External Celebration)

Second Sunday after Pentecost First Friday

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
THIRD SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
FOURTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

US Fathers’ Day

23 5th SUN AFTER PENT 24 25 26 27 28 29

_______________________
30 6th SUN AFTER PENT
JULY 2024 Month of the Precious Blood
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 FEAST OF THE 2 VISITATION OF B.V.M. 3 4 5 6 Our Lady on Saturday
PRECIOUS BLOOD Dbl II Cl/W/Gl/Cr/Prf BVM St. Leo II, PC Ferial Day (G) St. Anthony Maria Simple (W)/Gloria
Dbl I Cl/(R)/Glo/Cr/Hl.Cross Simple (W) /Glor/ Pref Apostles Mass of Previous Sunday Zaccharia, C. Preface of BVM
Common Preface Double (W)
Gloria
Common Preface

St. Maria Goretti, V.

First Friday First Saturday
7 SEVENTH SUNDAY 8 9 10 11 12 13
AFTER PENTECOST St. Elizabeth of Portugal, Q Ferial Day (G) Seven Holy Brothers, Mm; Ferial Day (G) St. John Gaulbert, Ab St. Anacletus, PM
Double (G). Gloria/Credo Simple (W) Mass of Previous Sunday Sts. Rufina & Secunda, Mass of Previous Sunday Double (W) Simple (R)
Preface of Holy Trinity, Gloria Common Preface VvMm Common Preface Gloria Gloria
Common Preface Simple (R) Common Preface Preface of the Apostles
Gloria
Common Preface
St. Thomas More, M, &
Sts. Cyril & Methodius, Bb, Cc Sts. Pricilla & Aquila, Mn St. John Fisher, BM St. Veronica Giuliani, V St. Pius I, PM Sts. Nabor & Felix, Mm

14 15 16 Our Lady of Mt Carmel 17 18 19 20

EIGHTH SUNDAY St. Henry Emperor, C Double Major (W) St. Alexius, C St. Camillus de Lellis, C St. Vincent de Paul, C St. Jerome Aemilian, C
AFTER PENTECOST Simple (W) Glo/Cr/Preface of B.V.M. Simple (W) Double (W) Double (W) Double (W)
Double (G) Gloria Gloria Gloria Gloria Gloria
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity

St. Symphorosa & Seven

St. Bonaventure, BCD Sons, Mm St. Margaret, VM

21 22 St. Mary Magdalene, 23 24 25 26 ST. ANNE, 27

NINTH SUNDAY Penitent Dbl(W) St. Apollinaris, BM Ferial Day (G) ST. JAMES, APOSTLE MOTHER OF B.V.M. Our Lady on Saturday
AFTER PENTECOST Gl/Credo/Comm Preface Double (R) Mass of Previous Sunday Double II Class (R) Dbl II Cl(W)/Gl/Com.Prf Simple (W)
Double (G) Gloria Common Preface Gloria/Credo Gloria
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Preface of Apostles Preface of BVM
Preface of Holy Trinity

St. Praxedes, V St. Liborius, BC St. Christina, VM St. Christopher, M St. Pantaleon, M

28 TENTH SUNDAY 29 30 31
AFTER PENTECOST St. Martha, V Ferial Day (G) St. Ignatius of Loyola, C
Double (G) Simple (W) Mas of Previous Sunday Double Major (W)
Gloria/Credo Gloria Common Preface Gloria
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface Common Preface

Sts. Nazarius & Celsus, Mm;

St. Victor I, PM; Sts. Felix II, p, Simplicius,
St. Innocent I, PC Faustinus & Beatrice, Mm Ss. Abdon & Sennen, Mm.
JULY 2024 Month of the Precious Blood
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6

Canada Day US Independence Day First Friday First Saturday

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
SEVENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
EIGHTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
NINTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

28 TENTH SUNDAY 29 30 31
AFTER PENTECOST
AUGUST 2024 Month of the Immaculate Heart
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 St. Peter in Chains 2 3
Dbl Mj / Glo/Cr/Prf.Apostles St. Alphonsus Liguori, Finding of the Relics of St.
St. Paul, Ap / Holy Machabees BCD Stephen, Protomartyr
Double (W) Simple (R)
Gloria/Credo Gloria
Preface of the Apostles Common Preface

St. Stephen, PM
First Friday First Saturday

4 5 6 TRANSFIGURATION 7 8 9 10
ELEVENTH SUNDAY DEDICATION OF THE OF OUR LORD Dbl II Cl (W) St. Cajetan, C Sts Cyriacus, Largus & St. John Vianney, C ST. LAWRENCE, M
AFTER PENTECOST BASILICA OF OUR LADY Gloria/Credo, Prf. of Nativity Double (W) Smaragdus, Mm Double (W) Double II Class (R)
Double (G) OF THE SNOWS Gloria Simple (R) Gloria Gloria
Gloria/Credo Double Major (W) Common Preface Gloria Common Preface Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity Gloria/Credo Common Preface
Preface of BVM
Vigil of St. Lawrence
St. Dominic, C St. Donatus, BM St. Romanus, M

11 12 13 14 15 H0LYDAY 16 17
TWELFTH SUNDAY St. Clare of Assisi, V Ferial Day Vigil of the Assumption ASSUMPTION OF THE ST. JOACHIM, FATHER St. Hyacinth, C
AFTER PENTECOST Double (W) Simple (G) Simple (V) BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF THE B.V.M. Double (W)
Double (G) Gloria Common Preface Common Preface Dbl I Cl (W)/Glo/Cr/Pref.BVM Double II Class (W) Gloria
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Gloria Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface
St. Tibertius, M, & St. Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners
Susanna,VM Sts Hippolitus & Cassian,Mm
St. Philomena, VM St. John Berchmans, C St. Eusebius, C St. Clare of Montefalco, V

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY St. John Eudes, C St. Bernard, AbCD St. Jane Frances de IMMACULATE HEART St. Philip Benizi, C ST. BARTHOLOMEW,
AFTER PENTECOST Double (W) Double (W) Chantal, W OF MARY Double (W) Ap.
Double (G) Gloria Gloria/Credo Double (W) Double II Class (W) Gloria Double II Class (R)
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Common Preface Gloria Gloria/Credo Common Preface Gloria/Credo
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface Preface of BVM Common of Apostles

St. Agapitus, M
St. Helen, Empress, W Our Lady of Knock St. Timothy & Com., MM

25 26 27 28 St. Augustine, BCD 29 30 31

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY Ferial Day (G) St. Joseph Calasanctius, C Db (W)/Glo/Cr/Com.Pref Beheading of St. John the St. Rose of Lima, V St. Raymond Nonnatus, C.
AFTER PENTECOST Mass of Previous Sunday Double (W) Baptist Dbl (W)/Gloria/Comm Pref Double (W)
Double (G) Common Preface Gloria Double Major (R) Gloria
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Gloria Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface

St. Louis, King, C St. Zephyrinus, PM St. Hermes, M St. Sabina, M Sts. Felix & Adauctus, Mm
AUGUST 2024 Month of the Immaculate Heart
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3

First Friday First Saturday

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ELEVENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

11 12 13 14 15 HOLYDAY 16 17
TWELFTH SUNDAY ASSUMPTION OF THE
AFTER PENTECOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST
SEPTEMBER 2024 Month of the Holy Cross
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 St. Stephen, King, C 3 St. Pius X, PC 4 5 St. Lawrence Justinian, EC 6 7
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY Smpl/(W)/Gl/Common Prf Dbl (W)/Glo/ Pref of Apostles Ferial Day (G) Smpl (W)/Glo/Comm Pref Ferial Day (G) Our Lady on Saturday
AFTER PENTECOST Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Simple (W)
Double (G) Common Preface Preface of the Nativity Gloria
Gloria/Credo Preface of B.V.M.
Preface of Holy Trinity

St. Giles, Ab First Friday First Saturday

8 NATIVITY OF BVM 9 10 11 12 13 14 EXALTATION OF

Dbl II Cl/Glo/Cr/Pref.BVM St. Peter Claver, C St. Nicholas of Tolentine, C Ferial Day (G) Most Holy Name of Mary Ferial Day (G) THE HOLY CROSS
Double (W) Double (W) Mass of Previous Sunday Double Major (W) Mass of Previous Sunday Dbl Maj (R)/Glo/Cr/Hl.Cross
Gloria Gloria Common Preface Gloria/Credo Common Preface
Common Preface Common Preface Preface of BVM

16th Sunday after Pentecost St. Gorgonius, M Sts. Protus & Hyacinth, Mm

15 16 17 18 FAST * 19 St. Januarius, E, & 20 FAST 21 FAST *

SEVEN SORROWS OF Sts. Cornelius, P & Impression of the St Joseph of Cupertino, C Com,Mm Dbl(R)/Gl St. Eustace & Com, Mm ST. MATTHEW, Ap., Ev.
THE BLESSED VIRGIN Cyprian, B, Mm Stigmata of St. Francis, C Double (W) Common Pref Double (R) Double II Class (R)
MARY Simple (R) Double (W) Gloria Gloria Gloria/Credo
Double II Class Gloria Gloria Common Preface Common Preface Preface of Apostles
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Common Preface Ember Day Ember Day Ember Day
Preface of B.V.M.
Sts. Euphema, Lucy &
17th Sunday after Pentecost Geminians, Mn Our Lady of La Salette
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY St. Linus, PM Our Lady of Ransom Ferial Day (G) Sts. Isaac Jogues, Jean de Sts. Cosmas & Damian, St. Wenceslaus, M
AFTER PENTECOST Simple (R) Double Major (W) Mass of Previous Sunday Brebeuf & Com., Mm Mm Simple (R)
Double (G) Gloria Gloria/Credo Common Preface Double II Class (R) Simple (R) Gloria
Gloria/Credo Preface of Apostles Preface of B.V.M. Gloria Gloria Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface Common Preface

St. Thomas of Villanova, BC St. Thecla, VM Our Lady of Walsingham St. Firmin, BC Sts. Cyprian & Justina, V, Mm

29 DEDICATION OF ST. 30
MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL St. Jerome, CD
Dbl I Cl (W)/Gl/Comm Pref Double (W)
Gloria/Credo
Common Preface

19th Sunday after Pentecost

SEPTEMBER 2024 Month of the Holy Cross
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

US Labor Day First Friday First Saturday

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 FAST * 19 20 FAST 21 FAST *

SEVEN SORROWS OF Ember Day Ember Day Ember Day
THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

29 DEDICATION OF ST. 30
MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
OCTOBER 2024 Month of the Holy Rosary
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
Ferial Day (G) Holy Guardian Angels St. Therese of Lisieux, V St. Francis of Assisi, C. Our Lady on Saturday
Mass of Previous Sunday Double Major (W) Dbl(W)/Gloria/Comm Pref. Double Major (W) Simple (W)
Common Preface Gloria/Credo Gloria Gloria
Common Preface Common Preface Preface of BVM

St. Placidus & Com, Mm

St. Remigius, BC First Friday First Saturday

6 7 MOST HOLY ROSARY 8 9 10 11 12

TWENTIETH SUNDAY OF THE BLESSED St. Bridget of Sweden, W St. John Leonard, C St. Francis Borgia, C MATERNITY OF THE Our Lady on Saturday
AFTER PENTECOST VIRGIN MARY Double (W) Double (W) Simple (W) BLESSED VIRGIN Simple (W)
Double (G) Double II Class (W) Gloria Gloria Gloria MARY Gloria
Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Double II Class (W) Preface of BVM
Preface of Holy Trinity Preface of BVM Gloria/Credo
Preface of B.V.M.
St. Mark, PC Sts. Denis, B, Rusticus, &
St. Bruno, C Sts. Sergius & Com.Mn Eleutherius, Mm St. Wilfred, BC

13 14 15 16 17 18 ST. LUKE, Ev 19
TWENTY-FIRST St.Callistus I, PM St. Teresa of Avila, V St. Hedwig, W St. Margaret Mary Dbl II Cl (R)/Glo/Cr/P.Apos St. Peter of Alcantara, C
SUNDAY AFTER Double (R) Dbl/(W)/Gloria/Comm.Pref Simple (W) Alacoque, V Double (W)
PENTECOST Gloria Gloria Double (W) Gloria
Double (G) Preface of the Apostles Common Preface Gloria Common Preface
Gloria/Credo Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity

St. Edward the King, C St. Gerard Majella, C

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
TWENTY-SECOND Ferial Day (G) Ferial Day (G) St. Anthony Mary Claret, St. Raphael, Archangel Ferial Day (G) Our Lady on Saturday
SUNDAY AFTER Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday BC Dbl Maj/(W)/Glo/Cr/Com Pref Mass of Previous Sunday Simple (W)
PENTECOST Common Preface Common Preface Double (W) Common Preface Gloria
Double (G) Gloria Preface of BVM
Gloria/Credo Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity
St. Hilarion, Ab/ St. Ursula Sts. Chrysanthus & Daria,
St. John Cantius, C & Com., Vv, Mm Mm St. Evaristus, PM

27 CHRIST THE KING 28 Ss. SIMON & JUDE, Ap 29 30 31 FAST *

Dbl I Cl/(W)/Gloria/Credo Dbl.II Cl/Glo/Credo/Pref.Ap Ferial Day (G) Ferial Day (G) Vigil of All Saints (V)
Pref Christ the King/23rd Sun Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Mass Proper
(23rd after Pentecost) (23rd after Pentecost) Common Preface
Common Preface Common Preface
OCTOBER 2024 Month of the Holy Rosary
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5

First Friday First Saturday

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
TWENTIETH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
TWENTY-FIRST
SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST

US Columbus Day
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
TWENTY-SECOND
SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST

27 28 29 30 31 FAST *
CHRIST THE KING St. JUDE – Patronal Feast Vigil of All Saints (V)
NOVEMBER 2024 Month of the Holy Souls
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 HOLY DAY 2
FEAST OF ALL SAINTS COMMMEMORATION
Dbl I Cl/Gl/Cr/Comm Pref OF ALL SOULS
Double (Bl)
Preface of the Dead

First Friday First Saturday

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
24th SUNDAY AFTER St. Charles Borromeo, BC Ferial Day (G) Ferial Day (G) Ferial Day (G) Ferial Day (G) DEDICATION OF THE
PENTECOST Double (W) Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday ARCHBASILICA OF
(Fourth after Epiphany) Gloria Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface OUR SAVIOR
Double (G) Common Preface Double II Class (W)
Gloria/Credo Gloria/Credo
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface
Four Holy Crowned
St. Malachy, CB Sts. Vitalis & Agricola, Mm Martyrs St. Theodore, M

10 11 St. Martin of Tours, BC 12 13 14 St. Josaphat, BM 15 16 St. Gertrude, V

25th SUNDAY AFTER Dbl (W)/Gloria/Comm Pref St. Martin I, PM St. Didacus, C Dbl/(R)/Gl/Common Pref St. Albert the Great, BCD Dbl/(W)/Gl/Comm Preface
PENTECOST Simple (R) Simple (W) Double (W)
(Fifth after Epiphany) Gloria Gloria Gloria/Credo
Double (G) Preface of the Apostles Common Preface Common Preface
Gloria/Credo
Preface of Holy Trinity

St. Andrew Avellino, C St. Menna, M St. Stanislaus Kostka, C

17 18 19 St. Elizabeth of Hungary, W 20 21 22 23

26th SUNDAY AFTER Dedication of the Basilica Dbl (W)/Gl/Comm. Pref St. Felix of Valois, C PRESENTATION OF THE St. Cecilia, VM St. Clement, PM
PENTECOST of Sts. Peter & Paul, App Double (W) BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Dbl (R) Glo/Comm Pref Double (R)
(Sixth after Epiphany) Double Major (W) Gloria Double Major (W) Gloria
Double (G) Gloria/Credo Common Preface Gloria/Credo Preface of Apostles
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Preface of the B.V.M.
Preface of Holy Trinity

St. Gregory the Wonder-

Worker, BC St. Pontianus, PM St. Felicitas, M

24 25 26 27 Ferial Day (G) 28 29 30 ST. ANDREW, Ap.

LAST SUNDAY AFTER St. Catherine, VM St. Sylvester, Ab Mass of Previous Sunday Ferial Day Ferial Day Dbl II Cl/(R)Gl/Cr/Apos/
PENTECOST Double (R) Double (W) Common Preface Simple (G) Simple (G)
Double (G) Gloria Gloria Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday
Gloria/Credo Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity

Our Lady of the

St. John of the Cross, CD St. Peter of Alexandria, BM Miraculous Medal St. Catherine Laboure, V St. Saturninus, M
NOVEMBER 2024 Month of the Holy Souls
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 HOLYDAY 2
FEAST OF ALL SAINTS COMMMEMORATION
OF ALL SOULS

(Abstinence From Meat Not

Required On Holy Day)
First Friday First Saturday

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
24th SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
(Fourth after Epiphany)

Daylight Saving Ends

(Set clock back 1 hour)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
25th SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
(Fifth after Epiphany)

US Veterans Day
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
26th SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST
(Sixth after Epiphany)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
LAST SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST

US Thanksgiving Day
DECEMBER 2024 Month of the Child Jesus
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 St. Francis Xavier, C 4 5 6 St. Nicholas, BC 7 FAST
FIRST SUNDAY OF St. Bibiana, VM Double Major (W)/Gloria St. Peter Chrysologus, BCD Advent Feria Dbl (W)/Gl/C.Preface/Feria St. Ambrose, BCD
ADVENT Simple (R) Common Preface / Feria Double (W) Simple (V) Double (W)
Double I Class (V) Gloria Gloria/Credo Mass of Previous Sunday Gloria/Credo
Credo Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity St. Sabbas, Ab
Vigil of Immaculate
St. Barbara, VM St. Sabbas, Ab Conception/Feria
Feria Feria Feria First Friday First Saturday

8 9 HOLYDAY 10 11 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe 13 14

SECOND SUNDAY OF IMMACULATE Advent Feria St. Damasus, PC Dbl II Cl (W) Glo/Cre/Pref St. Lucy, VM Advent Feria/Smpl (V)
ADVENT CONCEPTION OF THE BVM Simple (V) Simple (W) of BVM/Feria Double (R) Mass Prev Sun/ Comm Prf
Dbl I Cl (W)/Glo/Cr/Prf BVM
Double I Class (V) Mass of Previous Sunday Gloria Gloria or
Credo Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Our Lady in Advent
Preface of Holy Trinity Missa “Rorate” (W)
Gloria
Vigil of the Immaculate Our Lady of Loreto Preface of BVM
Conception St. Melchiades, PM Feria Feria St. Christina, V

15 16 17 18 FAST * 19 20 FAST 21 FAST *

THIRD SUNDAY OF St. Eusebius, BM Advent Feria Ember Day Advent Feria Ember Day ST. THOMAS, Ap.
ADVENT (GAUDETE) Simple (R) Simple (V) Simple (V) Double II Class
Simple (V) Simple (V)
Double I Class (V or Rose) Gloria Mass of Previous Sunday Mass of Previous Sunday Gloria/Credo
Mass Proper Mass Proper
Credo Common Preface Common Preface Common Preface Preface of Apostles
Common Preface Common Preface
Preface of Holy Trinity Ember Day

Feria St. Adelaide, W

22 23 24 FAST 25 HOLYDAY 26 27 28
FOURTH SUNDAY St. Frances Xavier VIGIL OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST ST. STEPHEN, ST. JOHN, ApEv THE HOLY INNOCENTS
OF ADVENT Cabrini, V NATIVITY Dbl I Cl (W)/Gloria/Credo PROTOMARTYR Dbl. II Cl (W)/Gloria/Credo Double II Class (V)
Double I Class (V) Double II Class (W) Double I Cl (V) Preface of the Nativity Double II Class (R) Preface of Nativity / Octave Credo
Credo Gloria Common Preface Gloria/Credo Preface of Nativity
Preface of Holy Trinity Common Preface Preface of Nativity Octave
Octave

St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, V Feria

29 30 31
SUNDAY WITHIN Sixth Day within the St Sylvester I, PC
CHRISTMAS OCTAVE (W) Octave of Christmas Double (W)
Gloria/Credo Double (W) Gloria/Credo
Preface of Nativity Gloria/Credo Preface of Nativity
Octave Preface of Nativity Octave
Octave

St. Thomas Becket, BM

DECEMBER 2024 Month of the Child Jesus
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FAST
FIRST SUNDAY OF Vigil of Immaculate
ADVENT Conception transferred from
Sunday

First Friday First Saturday

8 9 HOLYDAY 10 11 12 13 14
SECOND SUNDAY OF IMMACULATE
ADVENT CONCEPTION OF THE BVM

15 16 17 18 FAST * 19 20 FAST 21 FAST *

THIRD SUNDAY OF Ember Day Ember Day Ember Day
ADVENT (GAUDETE)

22 23 24 FAST 25 HOLYDAY 26 27 28
FOURTH SUNDAY VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS DAY
OF ADVENT

Midnight Mass
29 30 31
SUNDAY WITHIN
CHRISTMAS OCTAVE (W)

New Year’s Eve

 SUPPLEMENT TO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FASTING AND ABSTINENCE
This supplement page will attempt to answer ongoing questions that have been raised about the modifications in liturgical practice and penitential discipline that
were enacted in the mid-1950’s, during the final months of the pontificate of Pius XII. Of particular concern are the innovations that occurred shortly before the
death, on 9 October 1958, of that last unquestionably lawful and publicly functioning Pope. A growing number of informed Catholic researchers now doubt whether
these alterations came about with the full knowledge and consent of the head of the Church, since the pontiff had nearly died in 1954 and was in frail health
throughout the remaining four years of his life. The primary architect of the liturgical changes from 1948 to 1975 was Msgr. Hannibal Bugnini, who was exposed by
the Italian Government as a secret Freemason in 1977. What gave initial momentum to the wave of experimentations that ultimately lead to the total overthrow of
the ancient Roman Liturgy and its replacement with Bugnini’s “New Mass” in 1969, were the changes in the Holy Week observances in 1956.

The restoration of the evening/nocturnal time of the celebration of the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday was, by itself, completely legitimate. For even though the
practice of early morning, pre-dawn Holy Week ceremonies had been in place for centuries, it had no basis in Apostolic Tradition but had come about hundreds of
years later due to social conditions distinctive of the 12th century. By the late 19th century those factors were largely mitigated, and the bishops rightly began to
petition Rome to restore the former time of the rites to facilitate greater attendance by the faithful at the solemn ceremonies of the Pascal Vigil. After decades of
considerations by successive pontiffs, Pope Pius XII in 1951 finally allowed, on a trial basis, the observance of the Holy Saturday rituals to begin no earlier than
sundown and as late as midnight. This would thereafter oblige the extension of Lenten fasting and abstinence beyond the previously-observed 12 Noon cutoff time
on Holy Saturday until the conclusion of the Pascal Vigil Mass, usually 60 to 90 minutes before midnight, but only for those present. For all others, the obligation
would end at 12 A.M. Easter Sunday. After an overwhelmingly positive response from clergy and laity, the old practice became the norm once again by the
promulgation of the 1955 papal constitution, Maxima Redemptionis, and by 1956, celebration of the Holy Thursday liturgy was also restored to the evening, and
Good Friday to 12 Noon. Unfortunately, this reasonable accommodation to the needs of the faithful presented an opportunity for liturgical revolutionaries to
introduce alterations and omissions in the ancient rites themselves, for which no specific authorization can be found in the constitution of Pius XII – who was once
described as, “a prisoner in his own palace.” These changes to (and omissions from) the Holy Week ceremonies are steadfastly avoided at Saint Jude’s, while the
Pope’s legitimate order for the resumption of their celebration during later hours is faithfully observed at the shrine.

This brief historical background serves as an introduction to the main purpose of this advisory, namely, to address the questions surrounding the abrogation of the
Vigils of All Saints and the Assumption, and the suspension of the fasting and abstinence regulations for those two vigils. Both were abolished in the 1950’s, quite
possibly as the first phase of “change for the sake of change,” engineered by the aforementioned Masonic infiltrator, Hannibal Bugnini. When the American Bishops
requested an official determination from Rome on whether the custom of fasting and abstinence on the suspended Vigil of All Saints had been terminated, they
received only a pre-printed notice, dated 15 March 1957, stating that, “The Decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites … looks simply to the liturgical part of the day
and does not touch the obligation of fast and abstinence that are a penitential preparation for the following feast day.” Thus, without any official confirmation from
the Vatican that the disciplines associated with the Vigil of All Saints no longer applied, the U.S. Bishops unilaterally dispensed American Catholics from those long-
standing regulations. In 1957, the power of the still-valid and legitimate American bishops to bind and loose in disciplinary matters pertaining to the faithful under
their care was certainly lawful. However, the bishops’ decision to abolish the All Saint’s vigil fast was likely in reaction to the first wave of Vatican innovations that
would soon morph into an all-out, anti-Catholic assault on worship, doctrine and tradition that was spring-loaded to be unleashed upon the death of Pius XII.

Just fourteen months before the demise of that aged and ailing pontiff, the penitential custom of fasting and abstinence on the Vigil of the Assumption was also
effectively eliminated by its transfer to the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception, this time by official decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Council on 25 July 1957.
This unusual move seemed to contradict the Pope’s prohibition against rearranging the liturgical calendar, issued by his encyclical, Mediator Dei, ten years earlier.
It is beyond the scope of this brief review to provide an analysis of this legislation, or, for that matter, to challenge every alteration in discipline that was enacted
during the pontificate of Pius XII. Indeed, three of them turned out to be providential just a few years later, after the true Mass had been taken away from parish
churches. The exemption of water from the Eucharistic fast in 1953; the shortening of the Eucharistic fast from Midnight to three hours; and the simultaneous
introduction of Sunday Evening Masses in 1957, made it possible for circuit-riding, Latin Mass clergy to bring valid Sacraments to remote groups of traditional
Catholics on Sunday nights, sometimes hundreds of miles away from the priests’ home churches, after assisting their own congregations earlier in the day. Thus,
legislative revisions in the waning years of Pope Pius XII may be viewed as a “mixed blessing,” with some seemingly inspired by the Holy Ghost and others
considered a “gray area” of doubtful origin. In any case, there can be no imputation of sin to those who no longer observe the old rules for fasting and abstinence on
the Vigils of All Saints and the Assumption. The faithful who are able to continue those traditions (while retaining the practice also on the Vigil of the Immaculate
Conception) are encouraged to do so, as voluntary acts of penance win greater spiritual merit than those done purely for compliance with the law. Finally, the rules
for fasting and abstinence on the Vigils of Pentecost and Christmas were not affected by the changes in question, and therefore, are still listed as obligatory by this
calendar.□ For information about Saint Jude Shrine Catholic Church, see our website: saintjudeshine.tv. To talk with a live person, call: 832-512-9993.