Prepared by the Catholic Doors Ministry

LITURGICAL YEAR 2006
AT A GLANCE
(Cycle B)

SEASON OF ADVENT
NOVEMBER, 2006
Nov 27  FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Nov 30  Saint Andrew, apostle

DECEMBER, 2006
Dec 03  Saint Francis Xavier, priest
Dec 04  SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
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  THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Dec 12  Our Lady Of Guadalupe
Dec 13  Saint Lucy, virgin, martyr
Dec 14  Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor
Dec 18  FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Dec 21  St. Peter Canisius, priest, doctor
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  St Stephen. first Christian martyr
Dec 27  Saint John, apostle, evangelist
Dec 28  Holy Innocents
Dec 29  Saint Thomas Becket
Dec 30  Holy Family
Dec 31  Saint Sylvester
        (Prayer Vigil for the New Year)

JANUARY, 2006
Jan 01  MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
        (World Day of Peace)
Jan 02  Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory Nazianzen
Jan 03  Holy Name of Jesus
Jan 06  Blessed André (Bessette), religious
Jan 07  Saint Raymond of Penyafort, priest
Jan 08  EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Jan 09  BAPTISM OF THE LORD
ORDINARY TIME
Jan 12  Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, religious
Jan 13  Saint Hilary, bishop, doctor
Jan 15  SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
        (World Day of Migrants and Refugees)
Jan 17  Saint Anthony, abbot
Jan 20  Saint Fabian, pope, martyr
        Saint Sebastian, martyr
Jan 21  Saint Agnes, virgin, martyr
Jan 22  THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
        Prayer for Christian Unity - January 22-29
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 29  FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jan 31  Saint John Bosco, priest

FEBRUARY, 2006
Feb 02  Presentation of the Lord
        (World Day for Consecrated Life)
Feb 03  Saint Blase, bishop, martyr
        Saint Ansgar, bishop
Feb 05  FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Feb 06  Saint Paul Miki and companions, martyrs
Feb 08  Saint Jerome Emiliani
        Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin
Feb 10  Saint Scholastica, virgin
Feb 11  Our Lady of Lourdes
        (World Day of the Sick)
Feb 12  SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
        (Development and Peace)
Feb 14  Saint Cyril, monk, and Saint Methodius, bishop
Feb 17  Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
Feb 19  SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Feb 21  Saint Peter Damian, bishop, doctor
Feb 22  Chair of Saint Peter, apostle
Feb 23  Saint Polycarp, bishop, martyr
Feb 26  EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SEASON OF LENT
MARCH, 2006
Mar 01  ASH WEDNESDAY
Mar 03  Memorial of Saint Casmir
        World Day of Prayer
Mar 05  FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
        Development and Peace
Mar 07  Saint Perpetua and St. Felicity
Mar 08  Memorial of St. John of God
Mar 09  Saint Frances of Rome
Mar 12  SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Mar 17  Saint Patrick
Mar 18  Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Mar 19  THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Mar 20  Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
        patron of the universal Church, principal patron of Canada
Mar 23  Saint Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop
Mar 25  Annunciation of the Lord
Mar 26  FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT

APRIL, 2006
Apr 02  FIFTH SUNDY IN LENT
Apr 04  Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor
Apr 05  Saint Vincent Ferrer, priest
Apr 07  Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest
HOLY WEEK
Apr 09  PASSION (PALM) SUNDAY
Apr 10  Monday of the Holy Week
Apr 11  Tuesday of the Holy Week
Apr 12  Wednesday of the Holy Week
Apr 13  Holy Thursday
        Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
EASTER TRIDUUM
Apr 14  GOOD FRIDAY (Universal day of fasting/abstinence)
Apr 15  HOLY SATURDAY
        THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD - THE EASTER VIGIL
Apr 16  EASTER SUNDAY
EASTER SEASON
Apr 17  Easter Octave - Monday
Apr 18  Easter Octave - Tuesday
Apr 19  Easter Octave - Wednesday
Apr 20  Easter Octave - Thursday
Apr 21  Easter Octave - Friday
Apr 22  Easter Octave - Saturday
Apr 23  SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (OF THE DIVINE MERCY)
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  THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

MAY, 2006
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  Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis, religious
May 06  Blessed François de Laval, bishop
May 07  FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
        (World Day of Prayer for Vocations)
May 08  Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine, religious
May 12  Saint Nereus and Saint Archilleus, martyrs
        Saint Pancras, martyr
        Canada Health Day
May 13  Our Lady of Fatima
May 14  FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 18  Saint John I, pope and martyr
May 20  Saint Bernadine of Siena, priest
May 21  SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
        The Pope's Pastoral Works
May 22  Saint Rita of Cascia, religious
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 28  ASCENSION OF THE LORD
        (i)World Communications Day
May 31  Visitation of Mary

JUNE, 2006
Jun 01  Saint Justin, martyr
Jun 02  Saint Marcellinus and Saint Peter, martyrs
Jun 03  Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs
        Vigil Mass
Jun 04  PENTECOST SUNDAY
ORDINARY TIME
Jun 05  Saint Boniface, bishop, martyr
Jun 06  Saint Norbert, bishop
Jun 09  Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor
Jun 11  TRINITY SUNDAY
Jun 13  Saint Anthony of Padua, priest, doctor
Jun 18  BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)
Jun 19  Saint Romuald, abbot
Jun 21  Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious
Jun 22  Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop
        Saint John Fisher, bishop and Saint Thomas More, martyrs
Jun 23  Sacred Heart of Jesus
        Vigil of Saint John the Baptist
Jun 24  Birth of Saint John the Baptist
Jun 25  TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jun 27  Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop, doctor
Jun 28  Saint Irenaeus, bishop, martyr
        Vigil of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Jun 29  Saint Peter and Saint Paul, apostles
Jun 30  First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

JULY, 2006
Jul 01  (Canada Day)
Jul 02  THIRTEENTH 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  FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 11  Saint Benedict, abbot
Jul 13  Saint Henry
Jul 14  Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest
Jul 15  Saint Bonaventure, bishop, doctor
Jul 16  FIFTEENTH 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  SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 24  Saint Sharbel Makhulf, priest
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  SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jul 31  Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest

AUGUST, 2006
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  Saint Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs
        Saint cajetan, priest
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  NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 14  Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest, martyr
Aug 15  Assumption of Mary
Aug 16  Saint Stephen of Hungary
Aug 19  Saint John Eudes, priest
Aug 20  TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 21  Saint Pius X, pope
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  TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Aug 28  Saint Augustine, bishop, doctor
Aug 29  Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr

SEPTEMBER, 2006
Sep 01  (Labour Day Weekend)
Sep 03  TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sep 08  Birth of Mary
Sep 09  Saint Peter Claver, priest
Sep 10  TWENTY-THIRD 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 17  TWENTY-FOURTH 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 Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest
Sep 24  TWENTY-FIFTH 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
        (World Tourism Day
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, 2006
Oct 01  TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 02  Guardian Angels
Oct 04  Saint Francis of Assisi
Oct 06  Saint Bruno, priest
        Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, religious
Oct 07  Our Lady of the Rosary
Oct 08  TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 09  Saint Denis, bishop, and companions, martyrs
        Saint John Leonardi, priest
        (Thanksgiving Day)
Oct 14  Saint Callistus I, pope
Oct 15  TWENTY-EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Oct 16  Saint Marguerite D'Youville, religious
        (World Food Day)
Oct 17  Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop, martyr
Oct 18  Saint Luke, evangelist
Oct 19  Saint Paul of the Cross, priest
Oct 22  TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
        Dedication of Consecrated Churches
        (World Mission Sunday)
Oct 23  Saint John of Capistrano, priest
Oct 24  Saint Anthony Claret, bishop
Oct 28  Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles
Oct 29  THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

NOVEMBER, 2006
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 05  THIRTY-FIRST 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  THIRTY-SECOND 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 19  THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
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
Nov 26  CHRIST THE KING (Thirty-fourth or last Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Nov 30  Saint Andrew, apostle