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* [[October 5]]: Feria
* [[October 5]]: Feria
* [[October 6]]: [[Bruno of Cologne | Saint Bruno]] - Optional Memorial
* [[October 6]]: [[Bruno of Cologne | Saint Bruno]] - Optional Memorial
* [[October 7]]: Our Lady of the [[Rosary]] - Memorial
* [[October 7]]: [[Our Lady of the Rosary]] - Memorial
* [[October 8]]: Feria
* [[October 8]]: Feria
* [[October 9]]: [[Denis | Saint Denis]] and Companions or [[Saint John Leonardi]] - Optional Memorial
* [[October 9]]: [[Denis | Saint Denis]] and Companions or [[Saint John Leonardi]] - Optional Memorial

Revision as of 01:22, 14 July 2006

The General Roman Calendar, printed, for instance, in the Roman Missal, assigns feasts of saints to only about half the days of the year. It contains only a relatively very few of the saints recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, whose official list of saints is the 776-page volume Roman Martyrology (although not all saints appear in the Martyrology). This assigns several saints to each day of the year and gives a very brief description of each saint or group of saints.

As well as the General Roman Calendar, there are national and diocesan calendars, as well as calendars of religious congregations and even of continents. These add other saints, or transfer the celebration of a particular saint to another date.

"Feria" is a Latin word that, in ecclesiastical usage, means "weekday", and refers to a day which is not a Sunday and not a Feast, for example, Tuesday in the Third Week of Ordinary Time. ("Ferial" is an adjective formed from "feria" and is used in connection with a noun, as in the phrase "ferial Mass".) "Memorial", "Feast" and "Solemnity" refer to degrees of celebration of a saint: among other differences, the Gloria is said or sung at a Feast, but not normally at a Memorial, and the Creed is added on Solemnities.

General Roman Calendar

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

National Calendars

Only variations from the General Roman Calendar for celebrations according to the Roman Rite are given here. Eastern Rite Catholic Churches have completely different liturgical calendars.

The calendars for England, Greece, and Wales are complete and up to date. Others require attention.

Canada

England[1]

Greece

Ireland

Portugal

Scotland

United States of America (see The Catholic Calendar Page)

Wales[2]

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