Institutional and societal calendars of the Roman Rite

Institutional and societal calendars of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church are lists of saints' feast days and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date, that apply to members of individual institutes of consecrated life[a] and societies of apostolic life of pontifical right that worship according to the Roman Rite of the Latin Church. They are "particular calendars" that build off of the General Roman Calendar.

Institutes and societies

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Augustinians

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Includes the Discalced Augustinians and the Augustinian Recollects

Barnabites

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Benedictines

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According to the Calendar of the Benedictine Confederation (additional feasts may vary among congregations, or even among monasteries within a same congregation):[1][2]

Brothers Hospitallers

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  • 20 January: Conversion of Saint John of God – Memorial
  • 12 February: Blessed José Olallo Valdés, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 8 March: Saint John of God, religious and founder – Solemnity
  • 24 April: Saint Benedict Menni, priest – Memorial
  • 26 April: Our Lady of Good Counsel – Optional Memorial
  • 1 May: Saint Richard Pampuri, religious – Memorial
  • 3 June: Saint Juan Grande Román, religious – Memorial
  • 10 June: Blessed Joseph Kugler, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 28 August: Saint Augustine of Hippo, bishop and Doctor of the Church – Feast
  • 25 October: Blessed Braulio María Corres and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 5 November: Commemoration of the Faithful Departed of the Order
  • 17 November: Patronage of Our Lady over the Hospitaller Order – Solemnity
  • 28 November: Translation of the Relics of Saint John of God – Optional Memorial

Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasallians)

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Camillians

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  • 10 May: Blessed Enrico Rebuschini, priest – Memorial
  • 22 May: Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 14 July: Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest and founder – Solemnity
  • 26 September: Blessed Luigi Tezza, priest – Memorial
  • 16 October: Blessed Giuseppina Vannini, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 25 October or the Sunday before the Solemnity of All Saints: Dedication of the Church (if the date is unknown) – Solemnity
  • 16 November: Our Lady, Health of the Sick – Feast

Capuchins

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Besides the celebrations listed in the Common Franciscan Calendar, the Capuchin Proper Calendar is as follows:

Carmelites

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Carthusians

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According to the Proper Rite and Calendar of the Carthusian Order approved on 30 November 2018:[4]

Cistercians

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According to the Proper Masses and Calendar of the Cistercian Order:[5]

Claretians

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Comboni Missionaries

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Discalced Carmelites

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Dominicans

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Franciscans

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From the Franciscan Supplement to the Roman Missal.[6]

Note: Saints in the Franciscan Order are classified into First Order (members of male congregations such as the Order of Friars Minor [OFM], as well as the Conventual [OFMConv] and Capuchin Franciscans [OFMCap]), Second Order (cloistered female congregations, such as the Poor Clares), and Third Order (lay associates and other religious congregations that follow the Franciscan charism). The postnominals after the liturgical ranking signify celebrations proper to a particular branch or branches of the Franciscan family.

Jesuits

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Mercedarians

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Missionaries of Charity

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Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

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  • 17 February: Anniversary of Papal Approval to the Order – Feast 
  • 11 April: The First Vows of Saint Eugene de Mazenod – Optional Memorial
  • 27 March: The Conversion of Saint Eugene de Mazenod – Optional Memorial
  • 21 May: Saint Eugene de Mazenod, bishop and founder – Feast
  • 29 May: Blessed Joseph Gerard, priest – Memorial
  • 12 June: Blessed Jozef Cebula and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 19 October: The Beautification of Saint Eugene de Mazenod – Optional Memorial
  • 3 November: Commemoration of all deceased members of the Order
  • 28 November: Blessed Francisco Esteban and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 16 December: Blessed Joseph Thao Tien and companions, martyrs – Memorial

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

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Murialdines

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  • 19 March: Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Titular and Principal Patron of the Congregation of St. Joseph – Solemnity
  • 1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker – Feast
  • 18 May: Saint Leonardo Murialdo, priest and founder of the congregation – Solemnity

Norbertines

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Source:[7]

  • 5 January: Blessed Gerlac of Valkenburg – Feast
  • 14 January: Saint Godfrey of Cappenberg – Memorial
  • 4 February: Saint Frederic of Mariengaarde – Memorial
  • 10 February: Blessed Hugh of Fosse – Feast
  • 17 February: Saint Evermode of Ratzeburg – Memorial
  • 20 April: Blessed Oda of Bonne Rivreuille, virgin – Feast
  • 26 April: Saint Ludolph of Ratzeburg – Memorial
  • 24 May: Saint Hermann-Joseph of Steinfeld – Memorial
  • 6 June: Saint Norbert of Xanten, bishop and Founder of the Order – Solemnity
  • 15 June: Saint Isfried of Ratzeburg – Memorial
  • 9 July: Saints Adrian and James of Middelburg, martyrs – Memorial
  • 14 July: Blessed Hroznata of Tepla – Memorial
  • 13 August: Blessed Gertrude of Altenburg, virgin – Feast
  • 28 August: Saint Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor of the Church – Solemnity
  • 30 August: Blessed Bronislava of Zwierzniec, virgin – Feast
  • 13 October: Blessed Peter-Adrian Toulorge of Blanchelande,  martyr – Feast
  • 20 October: Blessed Jakob (James) Kern of Geras – Memorial
  • 26 October: Saint Gilbert of Neuffontaines – Memorial
  • 29 October: Blessed Ricvera of Clastres, virgin – Feast
  • 13 November: All Saints of the Order – Feast
  • 14 November: Saint Siard of Mariengaarde – Memorial

Oratorians

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Passionists

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Pauline Family

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  • Saturday after the Ascension: Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles – Feast
  • 30 June: Saint Paul the Apostle, Patron Saint of the Congregation – Solemnity
  • 3 September: Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd – Memorial
  • 4 September: Saint Gregory the Great, pope and Doctor of the Church – Memorial
  • 22 October: Blessed Timothy Giaccardo, priest – Memorial
  • Last Sunday of October: Jesus, Divine Master – Solemnity
  • 26 November: Blessed James Alberione, priest and founder – Feast

Piarists

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  • 6 February: Saint Dorothy, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 26 February: Saint Paula Montal, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 8 March: Saint Faustino Míguez, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 18 March: Blessed Celestina Donati, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 8 May: Our Lady, Mother of God of the Pious Schools – Feast
  • 15 July: Saint Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, priest – Memorial
  • 25 August: Saint Joseph Calasanctius, priest and founder – Solemnity
  • 12 September: Most Holy Name of Mary – Feast
  • 17 September: Blessed Anthony Mary Schwartz, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 19 September: Blessed María Baldillou and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial (Memorial for Nuns)
  • 22 September: Blessed Dionisio Pamplona, priest and companions, martyrs – Memorial
  • 17 October: Blessed Peter Casani, priest – Memorial
  • 25 October: Dedication of the Church (if date is unknown) – Solemnity
  • 3 November: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed of the Order
  • 4 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Family, Benefactors of the Order
  • 6 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Priests of the Order
  • 7 November: Commemoration of All the Departed Nuns of the Order
  • 27 November: Patronage of Saint Joseph Calasanctius – Optional Memorial

Redemptorists

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Rogationists

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  • 31 January: Most Holy Name of Jesus - Feast     
  • 1 February: Saint John Bosco, Priest - Memorial
  • Saturday before the 4th Sunday of Easter: Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother of the Rogationists – Memorial 
  • 1 June: Saint Hannibal Mary di Francia, priest and founder – Solemnity
  • 2 June: Saint Justin, martyr – Memorial
  • 13 June: Saint Anthony of Padua, priest, doctor of the Church and principal patron of the Order – Solemnity
  • 1 July: The Most Holy Eucharist – Memorial
  • 19 September: Our Lady of La Salette, Reconciler of Sinners – Memorial
  • 27 September: Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Orphans – Memorial

Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesian Priests and Sisters)

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  • 8 January: Blessed Titus Zeman, priest and martyr – Memorial
  • 15 January: Blessed Luigi Variara, priest – Memorial (Optional Memorial for the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) and the Volunteers of Don Bosco (VDB))
  • 22 January: Blessed Laura Vicuña – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
  • 24 January: Saint Francis of Sales, bishop and Doctor of the Church, Titular of the Congregation – Feast
  • 30 January: Blessed Bronislaus Markiewicz – Optional Memorial (For the Salesian Priests (SDB) only)
  • 31 January: Our Holy Father and Founder Saint John Bosco, priest, founder and patron of the Congregation – Solemnity
  • 1 February: Commemoration of all deceased Salesian Confreres (For SDB only)
  • 7 February: Blessed Pius IX, pope – Optional Memorial
  • 9 February: Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes, virgin – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
  • 25 February: Saint Luigi Versiglia, bishop and Saint Callistus Caravario, priest, Salesian Protomartyrs – Feast (Memorial for FMA and VDB)
  • 6 May: Saint Dominic Savio – Feast
  • 13 May: Saint Mary Domenica Mazzarello, virgin and cofoundress of the congregation – Feast (Solemnity for FMA)
  • 14 May: Commemoration of Deceased parents of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA only)
  • 15 May: Our Lady of Fatima – Memorial (Optional for FMA and VDB)
  • 16 May: Saint Louis Orione, priest – Memorial
  • 18 May: Saint Leonardo Murialdo, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 24 May: Mary, Help of Christians, Principal Patroness of the Salesian Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco), Principal Patroness and Titular of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians – Solemnity
  • 25 May: Commemoration of Deceased Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (For FMA only)
  • 29 May: Blessed Joseph Kowalski, priest and martyr – Memorial (Optional Memorial for FMA and VDB)
  • 8 June: Blessed István Sándor, martyr – Memorial
  • 12 June: Blessed Francis Kesy and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial
  • 23 June: Saint Joseph Cafasso, priest – Memorial
  • 7 July: Blessed Maria Romero Meneses, virgin – Optional Memorial (Memorial for FMA)
  • 2 August: Blessed Augustus Czartoryski, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 25 August: Blessed Maria Troncatti, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 26 August: Blessed Zeferino Namuncura – Optional Memorial
  • 22 September: Blesseds Joseph Calasanz, Henry Saiz, Enrique Aparicio, priests and companions, martyrs – Memorial (Optional Memorial for VDB)
  • 5 October: Blessed Alberto Marvelli – Optional Memorial (For SDB only)
  • 13 October: Blessed Alexandrina da Costa, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 15 October: Saint Teresa of Avila, virgin and Doctor of the Church, Secondary Patroness of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians - Feast (For FMA only)
  • 24 October: Saint Luigi Guanella, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 25 October: Dedication of the Church (if date of dedication is unknown) – Solemnity
  • 27 October: Dedication of the Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin – Feast (Solemnity in the Basilica itself)
  • 29 October: Blessed Michael Rua, priest and first successor of Don Bosco – Memorial
  • 13 November: Saint Artémides Zatti, religious – Memorial (Optional Memorial for FMA)
  • 15 November: Blessed Maddalena Caterina Morano, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 5 December: Blessed Philip Rinaldi, priest and third successor of Don Bosco – Memorial (Feast for VDB)

Somascans

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  • 8 February: Saint Jerome Emiliani, founder – Solemnity
  • 14 March: Patronage of Saint Jerome Emiliani over Orphans and Abandoned Youth – Memorial
  • 29 April: Anniversary of the Foundation of the Order – Feast
  • 27 September: Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Orphans – Solemnity

Salvatorians

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Servites Maria

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  • 12 January: Saint Anthony Mary Pucci, priest – Feast
  • 15 January: Blessed James of Pieve, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 3 February: Blessed Joachim of Sienna – Memorial
  • 17 February: Seven Holy Founders of the Order – Solemnity
  • 19 February: Blessed Elizabeth Picenardi, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • Friday after the Fifth Sunday of Lent: Our Lady at the Foot of the Cross – Feast
  • 4 May: Saint Peregrine Laziosi, religious – Feast
  • 8 May: Our Lady, Mother and Mediatrix of All Graces – Optional Memorial
  • 11 May: Blessed John Benincasa, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 12 May: Blessed Francis of Sienna, priest – Memorial
  • 30 May: Blessed James Bertoni, priest – Memorial
  • 19 June: Saint Juliana Falconieri, virgin – Feast (Solemnity for the Nuns)
  • 27 June: Blessed Thomas of Orvieto, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 1 July: Blessed Ferdinand Baccilieri, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 4 July: Blessed Ubaldus of Borgo Sansepolcro, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 13 July: Saint Clelia Barbieri, virgin – Memorial
  • 23 August: Saint Philip Benizi, religious – Feast
  • 28 August: Saint Augustine, bishop and Doctor of the Church – Feast
  • 31 August: Blessed Andrea of Borgo Sansepolcro, religious – Optional Memorial
  • 1 September: Blessed Giovanna of Firenze, virgin – Optional Memorial (Memorial for the Nuns)
  • 5 September: Blessed Maria Maddalena Starace, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 6 September: Blessed Bonaventure of Forlì, priest – Memorial
  • 15 September: Our Lady of Sorrows, Principal Patroness of the Order – Solemnity
  • 17 September: Blessed Cecilia Eusepi, virgin – Optional Memorial
  • 22 September: Dedication of the Basilica of Monte Senario – Memorial
  • 3 October: Blessed María Guadalupe Ricart Olmos, virgin and martyr – Optional Memorial
  • 25 October: Blessed Giovannangelo Porro – Memorial
  • 16 November: All of Saints of the Order – Feast
  • 17 November: Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed of the Order
  • 10 December: Blessed Jerome of Sant'Angelo in Vado, priest – Optional Memorial
  • 15 December: Blessed Bonaventure of Pistoia, priest – Optional Memorial

Society of the Divine Word

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Theatines

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Trinitarians

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Vincentian Family

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Includes the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In Catholic canon law, the term "institutes of consecrated life" includes both religious institutes (including religious orders and congregations) and secular institutes.

References

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  1. ^ "Proprium Missarum ad usum Confoederationis Ordinis S. Benedicti". 9 June 1975 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Thesaurus Liturgiae Horarum Monasticae". Scribd.
  3. ^ O.Carm. "St. Titus memorial approved as obligatory". ocarm.org. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  4. ^ "Three Years of the New Carthusian Calendar of Saints". 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Proper Masses for the Use of the Cistercian Order (in Latin)" (PDF).
  6. ^ Franciscan Supplement to the Roman Missal (PDF). English Speaking Conference of the Order of Friars Minor. 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Saints & Feast Days". St. Norbert Abbey. Retrieved 2024-08-13.