Key Dates of Feasts, Festivals and Solemnities 2025–2026
September 2025
St. Gregory the Great – Memorial – 3rd
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 8th
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Feast – 14th
St. Matthew – Feast – 21st
St. Vincent de Paul – Memorial – 27th
Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael – Feast – 29th
St. Jerome – Memorial – 30th
October 2025
St. Thérèse of Lisieux – Memorial – 1st
The Holy Guardian Angels – Memorial – 2nd
Harvest Fast Day – 3rd
St. Francis of Assisi – Memorial – 4th
Our Lady of the Rosary – Memorial – 7th
St. John Henry Newman – Memorial – 9th
St. Luke – Feast – 18th
World Mission Sunday – 19th
Sts. Simon and Jude – Feast – 28th
November 2025
All Saints – Solemnity – 1st
All Souls – Commemoration – 2nd
Remembrance Sunday – 9th
St. Martin de Porres – Memorial – 3rd
St. Leo the Great – Memorial – 10th
St. Martin of Tours – Memorial – 11th
St. Cecilia – Memorial – 22nd
Christ the King – Solemnity – 23rd
1st Sunday of Advent – 30th
December 2025
St. Francis Xavier – Memorial – 3rd
2nd Sunday of Advent – 7th
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 8th
3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete) – 14th
4th Sunday of Advent – 21st
Christmas Eve – 24th
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day) – Solemnity – 25th (Holy Day of Obligation)
St. Stephen – Feast – 26th
St. John the Evangelist – Feast – 27th
The Holy Family – Feast – 28th
St. Thomas Becket – Feast – 29th
January 2026
Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity – 1st
The Most Holy Name of Jesus – 3rd
The Epiphany of the Lord – Solemnity – 6th (Holy Day of Obligation)
The Baptism of the Lord – Feast – 11th
Peace Sunday – 18th
Sunday of the Word of God – 25th
The Conversion of St. Paul – Feast – 25th
St. John Bosco – Memorial – 31st
February 2026
The Presentation of the Lord – Feast – 2nd
Racial Justice Sunday – 8th
Our Lady of Lourdes – Memorial – 11th
Ash Wednesday – 18th
1st Sunday of Lent – 22nd
St. Peter’s Chair – Feast – 22nd
March 2026
St. David – Feast – 1st
2nd Sunday of Lent – 1st
Lent Fast Day – 6th
3rd Sunday of Lent – 8th
St. Patrick – Feast – 17th
St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 19th
4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare) – 22nd
The Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity – 25th
5th Sunday of Lent – 29th
Palm Sunday – 29th
April 2026
Maundy Thursday – 2nd
Good Friday – 3rd
Holy Saturday – 4th
Easter Sunday – 5th
Divine Mercy Sunday – 12th
St. George – Solemnity – 23rd
St. Mark – Feast – 25th
World Day of Prayer for Vocations – 26th
May 2026
The English Martyrs – Feast – 4th
The Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity – 14th (Holy Day of Obligation)
Our Lady of Fatima – Memorial – 13th
Pentecost – 24th
Mary, Mother of the Church – Memorial – 25th
St. Bede – Memorial – 25th
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 31st
June 2026
Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest – Feast – 4th
The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity – 31st May / celebrated in schools during June liturgies
Corpus Christi – Solemnity – 7th
St. Anthony of Padua – Memorial – 13th
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity – 12th
The Immaculate Heart of Mary – Memorial – 13th
Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More – Memorial – 22nd
The Nativity of John the Baptist – Solemnity – 24th
Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Feast – 27th
Sts. Peter and Paul – Solemnity – 29th (Holy Day of Obligation)
July 2026
Sea Sunday – 12th
St. Benedict – Feast – 11th
Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Memorial – 16th
St. Mary Magdalene – Feast – 22nd
Sts. Joachim and Anne – Memorial – 26th
Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus – Memorial – 29th
August 2026
St. Jean Vianney – Memorial – 4th
The Transfiguration of the Lord – Feast – 6th
Blessed Nicholas Postgate – Memorial – 7th
St. Maximilian Kolbe – Memorial – 14th
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 15th
Our Lady, Mother and Queen – Memorial – 22nd
St. Aidan and the Saints of Lindisfarne – Feast – 31st