Calendar of the Diocese of Texas

March 2010

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			10	11	12	13
14 Fourth Sunday of Lent (L�tare)	15	16	17 Patrick, Bishop	18	19 Joseph, Our Lord’s Foster-father	20
21 Passion Sunday	22	23	24	25	26	27
28 Palm Sunday	29	30	31

April 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Maundy Thursday 2
Good Friday 3
Holy Saturday
4
The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter) 5
Within the octave of The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)
6
Within the octave of The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)
7
Within the octave of The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)

also Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia 8
Within the octave of The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)
9
Within the octave of The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)
10
Within the octave of The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)
11
The octave of The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)

also First Sunday after Easter (Low Sunday) 12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Second Sunday after Easter 19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Mark, Evangelist, Patriarch of Alexandria
also Third Sunday after Easter 26
27
28
29
30

May 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Philip and James, Apostles
2
Fourth Sunday after Easter 3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fifth Sunday after Easter 10
11
12
13
Ascension Thursday 14
Within the octave of Ascension Thursday
15
Within the octave of Ascension Thursday
16
Within the octave of Ascension Thursday

also Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension 17
Within the octave of Ascension Thursday
18
Within the octave of Ascension Thursday
19
Within the octave of Ascension Thursday
20
The octave of Ascension Thursday
21
22
23
Whitsunday (or Pentecost Sunday) 24
Within the octave of Whitsunday (or Pentecost Sunday)
25
Within the octave of Whitsunday (or Pentecost Sunday)

also The Annunciation of the Blessed Theotokos 26
Within the octave of Whitsunday (or Pentecost Sunday)
27
Within the octave of Whitsunday (or Pentecost Sunday)
28
Within the octave of Whitsunday (or Pentecost Sunday)
29
Within the octave of Whitsunday (or Pentecost Sunday)
30
The octave of Whitsunday (or Pentecost Sunday)

also Trinity Sunday (First Sunday after Pentecost) 31

June 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2
3
Corpus Christi (Thursday following Trinity Sunday) 4
Within the octave of Corpus Christi (Thursday following Trinity Sunday)
5
Within the octave of Corpus Christi (Thursday following Trinity Sunday)
6
Within the octave of Corpus Christi (Thursday following Trinity Sunday)

also Second Sunday after Pentecost 7
Within the octave of Corpus Christi (Thursday following Trinity Sunday)
8
Within the octave of Corpus Christi (Thursday following Trinity Sunday)
9
Within the octave of Corpus Christi (Thursday following Trinity Sunday)
10
The octave of Corpus Christi (Thursday following Trinity Sunday)
11
Barnabas, Apostle 12
13
Third Sunday after Pentecost 14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 21
22
23
24
Nativity of the Baptist 25
Within the octave of Nativity of the Baptist
26
Within the octave of Nativity of the Baptist
27
Within the octave of Nativity of the Baptist

also Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 28
Within the octave of Nativity of the Baptist
29
Within the octave of Nativity of the Baptist

also Peter and Paul, Apostles 30
Within the octave of Nativity of the Baptist
Within the octave of Peter and Paul, Apostles

July 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Within the octave of Peter and Paul, Apostles
The octave of Nativity of the Baptist
2
Within the octave of Peter and Paul, Apostles
3
Within the octave of Peter and Paul, Apostles
4
Within the octave of Peter and Paul, Apostles

also Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 5
Within the octave of Peter and Paul, Apostles
6
The octave of Peter and Paul, Apostles
7
8
Commemoration of Joseph Ren� Vilatte 9
10
11
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost 12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost 19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost 26
27
28
29
30
31

August 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost 2
3
4
5
6
Transfiguration of Our Lord 7
8
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Dormition of the Theotokos
also Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost 16
Within the octave of Dormition of the Theotokos
17
Within the octave of Dormition of the Theotokos
18
Within the octave of Dormition of the Theotokos
19
Within the octave of Dormition of the Theotokos
20
Within the octave of Dormition of the Theotokos
21
Within the octave of Dormition of the Theotokos
22
The octave of Dormition of the Theotokos

also Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost 23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Beheading of the Baptist
also Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost 30
31

September 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost 6
7
8
Nativity of the Theotokos (BVM) 9
Within the octave of Nativity of the Theotokos (BVM)
10
Within the octave of Nativity of the Theotokos (BVM)
11
Within the octave of Nativity of the Theotokos (BVM)

also Mychal Judge, martyr
12
Within the octave of Nativity of the Theotokos (BVM)

also Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost 13
Within the octave of Nativity of the Theotokos (BVM)
14
Within the octave of Nativity of the Theotokos (BVM)

also Exaltation of the Holy Cross 15
The octave of Nativity of the Theotokos (BVM)
16
17
18
19
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost 20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 27
28
29
Dedication of Michael the Archangel 30

October 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2
3
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost 4
Francis of Assisi 5
6
7
8
9
10
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost 18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost 25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

November 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
All Saints’ Day 2
Within the octave of All Saints’ Day

also The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed 3
Within the octave of All Saints’ Day
4
Within the octave of All Saints’ Day
5
Within the octave of All Saints’ Day
6
Within the octave of All Saints’ Day
7
Within the octave of All Saints’ Day

also Willibrord, Apostle to the Dutch 8
The octave of All Saints’ Day
9
10
11
12
13
14

1st Sunday (Ordinal) 15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Presentation of the Blessed Theotokos 22
23
24
25
26
27
28
First Sunday of Advent 29
30

December 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
Second Sunday of Advent 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete) 13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Fourth Sunday of Advent
also Arnold Harris Mathew 20
21
Thomas Didymus, the Apostle 22
23
24
Christmas Mass at Midnight 25
Christmas
26
Within the octave of Christmas

also Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity 27
Within the octave of Christmas

also John, the Apostle 28
Within the octave of Christmas
Within the octave of John, the Apostle
29
Within the octave of John, the Apostle
Within the octave of Christmas
30
Within the octave of Christmas
Within the octave of John, the Apostle
31
Within the octave of John, the Apostle
Within the octave of Christmas

January 2011
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
The octave of Christmas
Within the octave of John, the Apostle

also Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord
2
Within the octave of John, the Apostle

also Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus 3
The octave of John, the Apostle
Within the octave of Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
4
Within the octave of Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
5
Within the octave of Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
6
Within the octave of Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus

also Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord 7
Within the octave of Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
Within the octave of Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
8
Within the octave of Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
Within the octave of Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
9
The octave of Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
Within the octave of Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord

also Sunday in the Octave of the Epiphany 10
Within the octave of Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
11
Within the octave of Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord

also Feast of Carmel Henry Carfora, Bishop 12
Within the octave of Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
13
The octave of Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord

also The Baptism of our Lord on the Octave Day of the Feast of the Epiphany 14
15
16
Second Sunday after Epiphany 17
Feast of Saint Antony, Abbot 18
19
20
21
22
23
Third Sunday after Epiphany 24
25
Conversion of Paul 26
27
28
29
30
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany 31

February 2011
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2
The Purification of the Virgin (Candlemas) 3
4
5
6

1st Sunday (Ordinal) 7
8
9
10
11
12
13

2d Sunday (Ordinal) 14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Septuagesima Sunday 21
22
23
24
25
Matthias, Apostle 26
27
Sexagesima Sunday 28

About the information (below)

This information applies to the Diocese of Texas. If you are outside the diocese, the details
you see here are fairly standard throughout the western church. However, your bishop's rules may vary.
Diversity it worderful. These rules point to diversity. Neither we nor your bishop is "right" or "correct" ot "better."

Note on candles

The listing calendar items shows how many additional candles. Here are the rules for the base set of candles.

Use 2	for priest celebrant, no incense
Use 4	for priest celebrant, no incense
Use 6	for any celebrant using incense
Add 1	if the celebrant is the Ordinary

Note on liturgical colors

Parishes and priests only need two colors: white and purple. White can substitute for every color, except purple.

WHITE	Used at Christmas, Easter, and other joyful celebrations. May be used at funerals, ordinations.
RED	Days of the Holy Spirit, the Apostles, and memorials of martyrs.
ADVENT PURPLE	This is blueish purple. Use during advent. If you cannot afford both purple hues, use whichever you have.
LENT PURPLE	This is red-purple. You may use lent purple at funerals, but that tradition is basically dead (so to speak).
GREEN	Green is the "none of the above" color. If you don't have specific instructions on color, then the color is green.
ROSE	Use on Gaudete and Laetare Sundays
BLUE	Any Mass for/about the Blessed Virgin Mary
BLACK	Good Friday and Funerals.
GOLD	At a mammoth occasion (eg., ordination, Christmas, Easter, etc.), gold is fine.
SILVER	We don't use silver or any other color not mentioned.