January
For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. Upon you I have leaned from my birth… Psalm 71:5–6
Sunday
1
Monday White
Mary, Mother of God (S) Holy Day of Obligation New Year’s Day
8
White
Epiphany of the Lord (S)
15
Green
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
22
Green
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
29
Green
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2
Tuesday White
3
White
Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (M)
9
White
Baptism of the Lord (F)
16
Green
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observed (U.S.A.)
23
Green/Red/Violet
St. Vincent, Deacon (m) (Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children)
30
Green
Wednesday
Most Holy Name of Jesus (m)
10
Green
4
White
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (M)
11
Green
White
5
White
St. John Neumann (M)
12
Green
18
Green
19
Green
White
St. Francis de Sales (M)
31
White
St. John Bosco (M)
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24 31
St. André Bessette (m)
13
Green/White
St. Hilary (m)
20
White
Conversion of St. Paul (F)
26
White
Sts. Timothy and Titus (M)
27
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
7
2 9 16 23
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
White
St. Raymond of Peñafort (m)
14
Green/White
Blessed Virgin Mary (m)
Green/Red
21
St. Fabian (m) St. Sebastian (m)
25
6 13 20 27
Saturday White
St. Anthony, Abbot (M)
24
February 2012 S M T W T F S
1 8 15 22 29
Friday
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (Canada) (M)
Ordinary Time Begins
17
Thursday
December 2011 S M T W T F S
White
St. Angela Merici (m)
Red
St. Agnes (M)
28
White
St. Thomas Aquinas (M)
Explanation of Calendar Symbols (F) = Feast (M) = Obligatory Memorial (m) = Optional Memorial (S) = Solemnity = Day of Abstinence
February
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:5
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
Green
2
January 2012 S M T W T F S
1 8 15 22 29
Thursday White
Green
6
Red
7
Green
8
Green/White
9
Green
3 10 17 24 31
4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
Friday
3
St. Blaise (m) St. Ansgar (m)
10
March 2012 S M T W T F S 4 11 18 25
5 12 19 26
6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
Saturday
Green/Red/White
Presentation of the Lord (F)
5
2 9 16 23 30
4
Green/White
Blessed Virgin Mary (m) White
11
Green/White
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Death of Venerable Thecla Merlo
12
Green
St. Paul Miki and Companions (M)
13
Green
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
19
Green
St. Jerome Emiliani (m) St. Josephine Bakhita (m)
14
White
15
Green
St. Scholastica (M)
16
Green
Green
21
Green/White
Green/White
Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (m)
Sts. Cyril and Methodius (M)
20
17
22
Violet
23
Violet
24
Violet
Ash Wednesday Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
26
Violet
First Sunday of Lent
Washington’s Birthday Observed (U.S.A.)
27
Violet
St. Peter Damian (m)
28
Violet
Day of fast (age 18–59) and abstinence from meat (age 14 and older)
29
Violet
St. Polycarp (m)
Day of abstinence from meat (age 14 and older)
Our Lady of Lourdes (m)
18
Green/White
Blessed Virgin Mary (m)
25
Violet
3 10 17 24 31