Liturgical Year

- Liturgical Seasons
  
  Just as we celebrate important moments in our lives, so too, the church celebrates the saving work of Christ throughout the year. The Catholic Church remembers the resurrection on the Lord's Day, and once a year walks with Christ in His passion leading up to His resurrection on Easter. The year continues with the celebration of the Annunciation, Christmas and the Epiphany, where the Church "communicates the first fruits of the Paschal Mystery." (CCC 1171). These moments of recollection and celebration extend the grace of God to every generation. The beginning and end of the Liturgical year, however, differs from the typical calendar year. The order of seasons in the Liturgical year is as follows:
  
  Advent, Christmas
  
  Ordinary Time
  
  Lent, Triduum, Easter
  
  For a complete list of Liturgical celebrations for the current year, please visit the USCCB website here.
- Holy Days and Feast Days
  
  Within the Liturgical year are special days in which the Church commemorates the mysteries of Christ and honors the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Mother of God and Mother of the Church. In honoring Mary, the church is pointed towards Christ and His work of salvation. Some of these feasts are known as Holy Days of obligation, important events on which the church places special attention. Within the liturgical calendar, the church also designates feast days to remember the saints and martyrs who have conquered evil by remaining faithful to God and his promise through times of great difficulty.
  
  For a list of Holy Days of obligation in our Diocese, please visit the page /holy-days-of-obligation.
- Mary, Mother of the Church
  
  In March 2018, Pope Francis announced the new Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary: “Mary, Mother of the Church" to be celebrated the Monday after the Pentecost.
  For more about this memorial, please visit the page /mary-mother-of-the-church.
- Pentecost
  
  When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together.
  And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were
  all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues,
  as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
  Acts 2:1- 4