Prepared by the Catholic Doors Ministry

LITURGICAL YEAR 2003
AT A GLANCE
(Cycle B)

DECEMBER, 2002
                    SEASON OF ADVENT
Dec 01  FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Dec 03  Saint Francis Xavier, priest
Dec 04  Saint John Damascus, priest, doctor
Dec 06  Saint Nicholas, bishop
Dec 07  Saint Ambrose, bishop, doctor
Dec 08  SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Dec 09  Immaculate Conception of Mary
Dec 11  Saint Damasus I, pope
Dec 12  Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dec 13  Saint Lucy, virgin, martyr
Dec 14  Saint John of the Cross, priest, doctor
Dec 15  THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Dec 21  Saint Peter Canisius, priest, doctor
Dec 22  FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Dec 23  Saint John of Kanty, priest
                    CHRISTMAS SEASON
Dec 24  CHRISTMAS Vigil
        CHRISTMAS Mass During the Night
Dec 25  CHRISTMAS Mass at Dawn
        CHRISTMAS Mass During the Day
Dec 26  Saint Stephen, first Christian martyr
Dec 27  Saint John, apostle, evangelist
Dec 28  Holy Innocents
Dec 29  HOLY FAMILY
Dec 31  Saint Sylvester
        (Prayer Vigil for the New Year)

JANUARY, 2003
Jan 01  MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
        (World Day of Peace)
Jan 02  Saint Basil the Great & Saint Gregory Nazianzen, bishops, doctors
Jan 05  EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Jan 06  Blessed André (Bessette), religious
Jan 07  Saint Raymond of Penyafort, priest
                    ORDINARY TIME
Jan 12  BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Jan 19  SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jan 19-26 Prayer for Christian Unity
Jan 20  Saint Fabian, pope, martyr
        Saint Sebastian, martyr
Jan 21  Saint Agnes, virgin, martyr
Jan 22  Saint Vincent, deacon, martyr
Jan 24  Saint Francis de Sales, bishop, doctor
Jan 25  Conversion of St. Paul, apostle
Jan 26  THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jan 27  Saint Angela Merici, virgin
Jan 28  Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest, doctor
Jan 31  Saint John Bosco, priest

FEBRUARY, 2003
Feb 02  PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
        (World Day for Consecrated Life)
Feb 03  Saint Blase, bishop, martyr
        Saint Ansgar, bishop
Feb 05  Saint Agatha, virgin, martyr
Feb 06  Saint Paul Miki and companions, martyrs
Feb 08  Saint Jerome Emiliani
Feb 09  FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Feb 11  Our Lady of Lourdes
        (World Day of the Sick)
Feb 14  Saint Cyril, monk, and Saint Methodius, bishop
Feb 16  SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Feb 17  Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
Feb 21  Saint Peter Damian, bishop, doctor
Feb 22  Chair of Saint Peter, apostle
Feb 23  SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

MARCH, 2003
Mar 02  EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Mar 04  Saint Casmir
                    SEASON OF LENT
Mar 05  Ash Wednesday
Mar 07  Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity
        World Day of Prayer
Mar 08  Saint John of God
Mar 09  FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
        (Development and Peace)
Mar 16  SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Mar 17  Memorial of St. Patrick
Mar 18  Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Mar 19  Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
        patron of the universal Church, principal patron of Canada
Mar 23  THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
        First Scrutiny of the catechuments
Mar 25  Annunciation of the Lord
Mar 30  FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
        Second Scrutiny of the catechumens

APRIL, 2003
Apr 02  Memorial of Francis of Parola
Apr 04  Memorial of St. Isidore, bishop, doctor
Apr 06  FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
        Third Scrutiny of the catechumens
Apr 07  Memorial of St. John Baptist de la Salle, priest
Apr 11  Saint Stanislaus, bishop, martyr
Apr 13  PASSION SUNDAY (Procession with Palms)
Apr 14  Monday of the Holy Week
Apr 15  Tuesday of the Holy Week
Apr 16  Wednesday of the Holy Week
Apr 17  HOLY THURSDAY - Mass of Chrism
                    EASTER TRIDUUM
        Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
Apr 18  GOOD FRIDAY (Universal day of fasting/abstinence)
Apr 19  HOLY SATURDAY
        THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD - THE EASTER VIGIL
Apr 20  EASTER SUNDAY
                    EASTER SEASON
Apr 27  SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (OF THE DIVINE MERCY)
Apr 28  Saint Peter Chanel, priest, martyr
        Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, priest
Apr 29  Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin, doctor
Apr 30  Saint Pius V, pope
        Blessed Marie of the Incarnation, religious

MAY, 2003
May 01  Saint Joseph the worker
        (International Worker's Day)
May 02  Saint Athanasius, bishop, doctor
May 03  Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles
May 04  THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 06  Blessed François de Laval, bishop
May 08  Blessed Catherine of St. Augustine, religious
May 11  (World Communications Day)
        (Mother's Day)
May 12  Saint Nereus and Saint Archilleus, martyrs
        Saint Pancras, martyr
        Canada Health Day
May 14  Saint Matthias, apostle
May 18  FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 20  Saint Bernadine of Siena, priest
May 21  Saint Eugène de Mazenod, bishop
May 24  Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, bishop
May 25  SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
        (The Pope's Pastoral Work)
May 26  Saint Philip Neri, priest
May 27  Saint Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
May 31  Visitation of Mary

JUNE, 2003
Jun 01  ASCENSION OF THE LORD
        (World Communications Day)
Jun 02  Saint Marcellinus and Saint Peter, martyrs
Jun 03  Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs
Jun 05  Saint Boniface, bishop, martyr
Jun 06  Saint Norbert, bishop
Jun 08  PENTECOST SUNDAY
                    ORDINARY TIME
Jun 09  Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor
Jun 11  Saint Barnabas, apostle
Jun 13  Saint Anthony of Padua, priest, doctor
Jun 15  TRINITY SUNDAY
        (Father's Day)
Jun 19  Saint Romuald, abbot
Jun 21  Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious
Jun 22  SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
Jun 24  Birth of Saint John the Baptist
Jun 27  Sacred Heart of Jesus
Jun 28  Immaculate Heart of Mary
        Saint Irenaeus, bishop, martyr
Jun 29  Saint Peter and Saint Paul, apostles
Jun 30  First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

JULY, 2003
Jul 01  (Canada Day)
Jul 03  Saint Thomas, apostle
Jul 04  Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
Jul 05  Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest
Jul 06  FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 11  Saint Benedict, abbot
Jul 13  FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 15  Saint Bonaventure, bishop, doctor
Jul 14  Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest
Jul 15  Saint Bonaventure, bishop, doctor
Jul 16  Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Jul 20  SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 21  Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest, doctor
Jul 22  Saint Mary Magdalene, disciple of the Lord
Jul 23  Saint Bridget, religious
Jul 25  Saint James, apostle
Jul 26  Saints Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary
Jul 27  SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 29  Saint Martha, disciple of the Lord
Jul 30  Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop, doctor
Jul 31  Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest

AUGUST, 2003
Aug 01  Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop, doctor
Aug 02  Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
        Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest
Aug 03  EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 04  Saint John Vianney, priest
Aug 05  Dedication of St. Mary Major
        Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, priest
Aug 06  Transfiguration of the Lord
Aug 07  Saint Sixtus II, pope and companions
        Saint Cajetan, priest
Aug 08  Saint Dominic, priest
Aug 10  NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 11  Saint Clare, virgin
Aug 13  Saint Pontian, pope, martyr
        Saint Hippolytus, priest, martyr
Aug 14  Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest, martyr
Aug 15  Assumption of Mary
Aug 16  Saint Stephen of Hungary
Aug 17  TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 19  Saint John Eudes, priest
Aug 20  Saint Bernard, abbot, doctor
Aug 21  Saint Pius X, pope
Aug 22  Queenship of Mary
Aug 23  Saint Rose of Lima, virgin
Aug 24  TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 25  Saint Louis
        Saint Joseph Calasanz, priest
Aug 27  Saint Monica
Aug 28  Saint Augustine, bishop, doctor
Aug 29  Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr
Aug 31  TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SEPTEMBER, 2003
Sep 01  (Labour Day)
Sep 03  Saint Gregory the Great, pope, doctor
Sep 04  Blessed Dina Bélanger, religious
Sep 07  TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sep 08  Birth of Mary
Sep 09  Saint Peter Claver, priest
Sep 13  Saint John Chrysostom, bishop, doctor
Sep 14  TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS
Sep 15  Our Lady of Sorrows
Sep 16  Saint Cornelius, pope, martyr
        Saint Cyprian, bishop, martyr
Sep 17  Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop, doctor
Sep 19  Saint Januarius, bishop, martyr
Sep 20  Saint Andrew Kim Kaegön, priest, 
             Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, martyrs
Sep 21  TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sep 26  Saint John de Brébeuf and St. Isaac Jogues, 
             priests, and companions, martyrs
Sep 27  Saint Vincent de Paul, priest
Sep 28  TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
        (Needs of the Church in Canada.)
Sep 29  St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, archangels
Sep 30  Saint Jerome, priest, doctor

OCTOBER, 2003
Oct 01  Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus
Oct 02  Guardian Angels
Oct 04  Saint Francis of Assisi
Oct 05  TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 06  Saint Bruno, priest
        Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, religious
Oct 07  Our Lady of the Rosary
Oct 09  Saint Denis, bishop, and companions, martyrs
        Saint John Leonardi, priest
Oct 12  TWENTY-EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 14  (Thanksgiving Day - public thanks to God)
        Saint Callistus I, pope, martyr
Oct 15  Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin, doctor
Oct 16  Saint Marguerite d'Youville, religious
Oct 17  Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop, martyr
Oct 18  Saint Luke, evangelist
Oct 1   TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
        (World Mission Sunday)
Oct 22  Dedication of Consecrated Churches (of unknown dates)
Oct 22  Saint John of Capistrano, priest
Oct 23  Saint Anthony Claret, bishop
Oct 26  THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 28  Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles

NOVEMBER, 2003
Nov 01  All Saints
Nov 02  COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
Nov 03  Saint Martin de Porres, religious
Nov 04  Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop
Nov 09  DEDICATION OF SAINT JOHN LATERAN
Nov 10  Saint Leo the Great, pope, doctor
Nov 11  Saint Martin of Tours, bishop
        (Remembrance Day)
Nov 12  Saint Josaphat, bishop, martyr
Nov 15  Saint Albert the Great, bishop, doctor
Nov 16  THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Nov 17  Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious
Nov 18  Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, apostles
Nov 21  Presentation of mary
Nov 22  Saint Cecilia, virgin, martyr
Nov 23  CHRIST THE KING
Nov 24  Saitn Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and companions
Nov 30  Saint Andrew, apostle