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The General Roman Calendar indicates the days of the year to which the Roman Rite assigns liturgical celebrations of saints and "mysteries of the Lord" for observance everywhere............

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... a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as that saint's feast day. The system arose from the very early Christian custom of annual commemoration of martysr on the dates of their deaths, or birth into heaven, and is thus referred to in Latin as dies natalis ("day of birth").

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Saint Joseph's Day

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January (General Calendar)

1 January: Octave of Christmas, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity

2 January: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors – Memorial

3 January: The Most Holy Name of Jesus – Optional Memorial

6 January: Epiphany (celebrated on the first Sunday after 1 January in countries where this feast is not a Holy Day of Obligation)

7 January: Saint Raymond of Penyafort, priest – Optional Memorial

13 January: Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and doctor – Optional Memorial

17 January: Saint Anthony of Egypt, abbot – Memorial

20 January: Saint Fabian, pope and martyr; or Saint Sebastian, martyr – Optional Memorial

21 January: Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr – Memorial

22 January: Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr – Optional Memorial

24 January: Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor – Memorial

25 January: The Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast

26 January: Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops – Memorial

27 January: Saint Angela Merici, virgin – Optional Memorial

28 January: Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor – Memorial

31 January: Saint John Bosco, priest – Memorial

Note: The feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the Sunday after 6 January. But whenever Epiphany falls on 7 or 8 January (only in countries where it is not a Holy Day of Obligation), the feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the following Monday.

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February (General Calenda)

2 February: Presentation of the Lord – Feast

3 February: Saint Blase, bishop and martyr, or Saint Ansgar, bishop – Optional Memorial

5 February: Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr - Memorial

6 February: Saints Paul Miki and companions, martyrs - Memorial

8 February: Saint Jerome Emiliani or Saint Josephine Bakhita, virgin - Optional Memorial

10 February: Saint Scholastica, virgin - Memorial

11 February: Our Lady of Lourdes - Optional Memorial

14 February: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop - Memorial

17 February: Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order - Optional Memorial

21 February: Saint Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church - Optional Memorial

22 February: Chair of Saint Peter, apostle - Feast

23 February: Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr - Memorial

29 February, occurring only in leap year: Feria

March (General Calendar)

4 March: Saint Casimir - Optional Memorial

7 March: Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs - Memorial

8 March: Saint John of God, religious - Optional Memorial

9 March: Saint Frances of Rome, religious - Optional Memorial

17 March: Saint Patrick, bishop - Optional Memorial

18 March: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial

19 March: Saint Joseph Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity

23 March: Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop - Optional Memorial

25 March: Annunciation of the Lord - Solemnity

April (General Calendar)

2 April: Saint Francis of Paola, hermit - Optional Memorial

4 April: Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church- Optional Memorial

5 April: Saint Vincent Ferrer, priest - Optional Memorial

7 April: Saint John Baptist de la Salle, priest - Memorial

11 April: Saint Stanislaus, bishop and martyr - Memorial

13 April: Saint Martin I, pope and martyr - Optional Memorial

21 April: Saint Anselm of Canterbury, bishop and doctor of the Church - Optional Memorial

23 April: Saint George, martyr, or Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr - Optional Memorial

24 April: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr - Optional Memorial

25 April: Saint Mark the Evangelist - Feast

28 April: Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr; or Saint Louis Grignon de Montfort, priest - Optional Memorial

29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church - Memorial

30 April: Saint Pius V, pope - Optional Memorial

May (General Calendar)

1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker - Optional Memorial

2 May: Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor - Memorial

3 May: Saints Philip and James, Apostles - Feast

12 May: Saints Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs or Saint Pancras, martyr - Optional Memorial

13 May: Our Lady of Fatima - Optional Memorial

14 May: Saint Matthias the Apostle - Feast

18 May: Saint John I, pope and martyr - Optional Memorial

20 May: Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest - Optional Memorial

21 May: Saint Christopher Magallanes and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial

22 May: Saint Rita of Cascia - Optional Memorial

25 May: Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor; or Saint Gregory VII, pope or Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin - Optional Memorial

26 May: Saint Philip Neri, priest - Memorial

27 May: Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury, bishop - Optional Memorial

31 May: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast

June (General Calendar)

1 June: Saint Justin Martyr - Memorial

2 June: Saints Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs - Optional Memorial

3 June: Saints Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs - Memorial

5 June: Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr - Memorial

6 June: Saint Norbert, bishop - Optional Memorial

9 June: Saint Ephrem, deacon and doctor - Optional Memorial

11 June: Saint Barnabas the Apostle - Memorial

13 June: Saint Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor - Memorial

19 June: Saint Romuald, abbot - Optional Memorial

21 June: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, religious - Memorial

22 June: Saint Paulinus of Nola, bishop or Saints John Fisher, bishop and martyr and Thomas More, martyr - Optional Memorial

24 June: Birth of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity

27 June: Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor - Optional Memorial

28 June: Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr - Memorial

29 June: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - Solemnity

30 June: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome - Optional Memorial

July (General Calendar)

3 July: Saint Thomas the Apostle - Feast

4 July: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal - Optional Memorial

5 July: Saint Anthony Zaccaria, priest - Optional Memorial

6 July: Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr - Optional Memorial

9 July: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, martyrs - Optional Memorial

Continue Reading National Calendars:

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Australia

Brazil

Canada

Croatia

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Holiday Related to "Name Days"

"Celebrate Your Name Week is a holiday established in 1997 by which the first full week in March as a week for everyone world-wide to embrace and celebrate his or her name." This week is also a week to be reminded what "Name Days" are as well-

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