Prepared by the Catholic Doors Ministry

LITURGICAL YEAR 2005
AT A GLANCE
(Cycle A)

DECEMBER, 2004
                    SEASON OF ADVENT

Nov 22  Saint Cecilia, virgin, martyr
Nov 23  Saint Clement I, pope, martyr
Nov 24  Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, priest, companions
Nov 25  Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin
Nov 28  FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Nov 30  Saint Andrew, apostle

Dec 03  Saint Francis Xavier, priest
Dec 04  Saint John Damascus, priest, doctor
Dec 06  Saint Nicholas, bishop
Dec 07  Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor
Dec 08  Immaculate Conception of Mary
Dec 09  Saint Juan Diego, hermit
Dec 11  Saint Damasus I, pope
Dec 12  THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Dec 13  Saint Lucy, virgin, martyr
Dec 14  Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor
Dec 19  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  HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY
Dec 27  Saint John, apostle, evangelist
Dec 28  Holy Innocents
Dec 29  St, Thomas Becket
Dec 31  Saint Sylvester
        (Prayer Vigil for the New Year)

JANUARY, 2005

Jan 01  MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
        (World Day of Peace)
Jan 02  EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Jan 03  Holy Name of Jesus
Jan 06  Blessed André (Bessette), religious
Jan 07  Saint Raymond of Penyafort, priest
                    ORDINARY TIME
Jan 09  BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Jan 12  Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, religious
Jan 13  Saint Hilary, bishop, doctor
Jan 16  SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jan 17  Saint Anthony, abbot
Jan 20  Saint Fabian, pope, martyr
        Saint Sebastian, martyr
Jan 21  Saint Agnes, virgin, martyr
Jan 22  Saint Vincent, deacon, martyr
        Prayer for Christian Unity - January 23-30
Jan 23  THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jan 24  Saint Francis de Sales, bishop, doctor
Jan 25  Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle
Jan 26  Saint Timothy and Saint Titus, bishops
Jan 27  Saint Angela Merici, virgin
Jan 28  Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest, doctor
Jan 30  FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jan 31  Saint John Bosco, priest

FEBRUARY, 2005
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  FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Feb 08  Saint Jerome Emiliani
        Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin
                    SEASON OF LENT
Feb 09  Ash Wednesday
Feb 10  Optional: Saint Scholastica, virgin
Feb 11  Optional: Our Lady of Lourdes
        (World Day of the Sick)
Feb 13  FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
        (Development and Peace)
Feb 14  Optional: Saint Cyril, monk, and Saint Methodius, bishop
Feb 17  Optional: Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
Feb 20  SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Feb 21  Optional: Saint Peter Damian, bishop, doctor
Feb 23  Optional: Saint Polycarp, bishop, martyr
Feb 27  THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

MARCH, 2005
Mar 04  Optional: Saint Casmir
        World Day of Prayer
Mar 06  FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Mar 07  Optional: Saint Perpetua and St. Felicity
Mar 08  Optional: Memorial of St. John of God
Mar 09  Optional: Saint Frances of Rome
Mar 13  FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Mar 17  Optional: Saint Patrick
Mar 18  Optional: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Mar 19  Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
        patron of the universal Church, principal patron of Canada
Mar 20  PASSION SUNDAY (Palm Sunday)
Mar 21  Monday of Holy Week
Mar 22  Tuesday of Holy Week
Mar 23  Wednesday of Holy Week
Mar 24  HOLY THURSDAY
                    EASTER TRIDUUM
        Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
Mar 25  GOOD FRIDAY (Universal day of fasting/abstinence)
Mar 26  HOLY SATURDAY
        THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD - THE EASTER VIGIL
Mar 27  EASTER SUNDAY
                    EASTER SEASON
Mar 28  Easter Octave - Monday
Mar 29  Easter Octave - Tuesday
Mar 30  Easter Octave - Wednesday
Mar 31  Easter Octave - Thursday

APRIL, 2005
Apr 01  Easter Octave - Friday
Apr 02  Easter Octave - Saturday
Apr 03  SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (OF THE DIVINE MERCY)
Apr 04  Annunciation of the Lord
Apr 05  Saint Vincent Ferrer, priest
Apr 07  Saintt John Baptist de la Salle, priest
Apr 10  THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Apr 11  Saint Stanislaus, bishop, martyr
Apr 13  Saint Martin I, pope, martyr
Apr 17  FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Apr 21  Saint Anselm, bishop, doctor
Apr 23  Saint George, martyr
        Saint Adalbert, bishop, martyr
Apr 24  FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Apr 25  Saint Mark, evangelist
Apr 26  Our Lady of Good Counsel
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, 2005
May 01  SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
        (International Worker's Day)
May 02  Saint Athanasius, bishop, doctor
May 03  Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles
May 04  Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis, religious
May 06  Blessed François de Laval, bishop
May 08  ASCENSION OF THE LORD
        (World Comunications Day)
May 12  Saint Nereus and Saint Archilleus, martyrs
        Saint Pancras, martyr
        Canada Health Day
May 14  Saint Matthias, apostle
May 15  PENTECOST SUNDAY
                   ORDINARY TIME
May 18  Saint John I, pope and martyr
May 20  Saint Bernadine of Siena, priest
May 21  Saint Eugène de Mazenod, bishop
        Saint Christopher Magallanes, priest, martyr and companions
May 22  TRINITY SUNDAY
May 24  Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, bishop
May 25  Saint Bede the Venerable, priest, doctor
        Saint Gregory VII, pope
        Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, virgin
May 26  Saint Philip Neri, priest
May 27  Saint Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
May 29  SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
May 31  Visitation of Mary

JUNE, 2005
Jun 01  Saint Justin, martyr
Jun 02  Saint Marcellinus and Saint Peter, martyrs
Jun 03  Sacred Heart of Jesus
Jun 04  Immaculate Heart of Mary
Jun 05  TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jun 06  Saint Norbert, bishop
Jun 09  Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor
Jun 11  Saint Barnabas, apostle
Jun 12  ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jun 19  TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jun 21  Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious
Jun 22  Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop
        Saint John Fisher, bishop and Saint Thoams Moroe, martyrs
Jun 24  Birth of Saint John the Baptist
Jun 26  THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jun 27  Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop, doctor
Jun 28  Saint Irenaeus, bishop, martyr
Jun 29  Saint Peter and Saint Paul, apostles
Jun 30  First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

JULY, 2005
Jul 01  (Canada Day)
Jul 03  FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 04  Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
Jul 05  Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest
Jul 06  Saint Maria Goretti, virgin, martyr
Jul 09  Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, martyr
Jul 10  FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 13  Saint Henry
Jul 14  Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest
Jul 15  Saint Bonaventure, bishop, doctor
Jul 16  Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Jul 17  SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 20  Saint Apollinarus, bishop, martyr
Jul 21  Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest, doctor
Jul 22  Saint Mary Magdalene, disciple of the Lord
Jul 23  Saint Bridget, religious
Jul 24  SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 25  Saint James, apostle
Jul 26  Saints Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary
Jul 29  Saint Martha, disciple of the Lord
Jul 30  Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop, doctor
Jul 31  EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

AUGUST, 2005
Aug 01  Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop, doctor
Aug 02  Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
        Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest
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  NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 08  Saint Dominic, priest
Aug 09  Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
Aug 10  Saint Lawrence, deacon, martyr  
Aug 11  Saint Clare, virgin
Aug 12  Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, religious
Aug 13  Saint Pontian, pope, martyr
        Saint Hippolytus, priest, martyr
Aug 14  TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 15  Assumption of Mary
Aug 16  Saint Stephen of Hungary
Aug 19  Saint John Eudes, priest
Aug 20  Saint Bernard, abbot, doctor
Aug 21  TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 22  Queenship of Mary
Aug 23  Saint Rose of Lima, virgin
Aug 24  Saint Bartholomew, apostle
Aug 25  Saint Louis
        Saint Joseph Calasanz, priest
Aug 27  Saint Monica
Aug 28  TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 29  Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr

SEPTEMBER, 2005
Sep 03  Saint Gregory the Great, pope, doctor
        (Labour Day Weekend)
Sep 04  TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sep 08  Birth of Mary
Sep 09  Saint Peter Claver, priest
Sep 11  TWENTY-FOUR SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sep 12  Holy Name of Mary
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 18  TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sep 19  Saint Januarius, bishop, martyr
Sep 20  Saint Andrew Kim Kaegön, priest, 
        Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, martyrs
Sep 21  Saint Matthew, apostle, evangelist
Sep 23  Saint Pio of Petreclina (Padre Pio), priest
Sep 25  TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
        (Needs of the Church in Canada.)
Sep 26  Saint John Brébeuf and Saint Isaac Jogues, priests & companions, martyrs
Sep 27  Saint Vincent de Paul, priest
Sep 28  Saint Wenceslaus, martyr
        Saint Lawrence Ruiz and companions, martyrs
Sep 29  St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, archangels
Sep 30  Saint Jerome, priest, doctor

OCTOBER, 2005
Oct 01  Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
Oct 02  TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 04  Saint Francis of Assisi
Oct 06  Saint Bruno, priest
        Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, religious
Oct 07  Our Lady of the Rosary
Oct 09  TWENTY-EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 10  (Thanksgiving Day - public thanks to God)
Oct 14  Saint Callistus 1, pope
Oct 15  Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin, doctor
Oct 16  TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 17  Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop, martyr
Oct 18  Saint Luke, evangelist
Oct 19  Saint Paul of the Cross, priest
Oct 22  Dedication of Consecrated Churches (of unknown dates)
Oct 23  THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
        (World Mission Sunday)
Oct 24  Saint Anthony Claret, bishop
Oct 28  Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles
Oct 30  THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

NOVEMBER, 2005
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 06  THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Nov 09  Dedication of St. 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 13  THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Nov 15  Saint Albert the Great, bishop, doctor
Nov 16  Saint Margaret of Scotland
        Saint Gertrude, virgin
Nov 17  Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious
Nov 18  Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, apostles
Nov 20  CHRIST THE KING
Nov 21  Presentation of Mary
Nov 22  Saint Cecilia, virgin, martyr
Nov 23  Saint Clement 1, pope, martyr
        Saint Columbanus, abbot
Nov 24  Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and companions
Nov 25  Saint Catherine of Alexandria