Because there are various formulas that determine when many of the seasons and feast days begin, the dates of the seasons can change from year to year. The 2018 online catholic liturgical calendar year c. Principal celebrations of the liturgical year 2018 first sunday of advent december 3, 2017 ash wednesday february 14, 2018 easter sunday april 1, 2018 the ascension of the lord thursday may 10, 2018 pentecost sunday may 20, 2018 the most holy body and blood of christ june 3, 2018 first sunday of advent december 2, 2018. The 2018 liturgical year begins on the first sunday of advent, december 3. Eastertide also known as eastertime or the easter season or paschaltide also known as paschaltime or the paschal season is a festal season in the liturgical year of christianity that focuses on celebrating the resurrection of jesus christ. Liturgical colors and the seasons of the church year. Easter tuesday the first eight days of the easter season form the easter octave and are celebrated as solemnities of the lord. On coming out of the baptismal font on easter sunday, the neophytes newly baptized were given a white. In the catholic church, christmas is more than one day it is a season that begins on christmas eve dec. The liturgical color appropriate for the day is indicated, when the color is green, red or purple, by the color of the numeral against a light grey background. Easter day is the first sunday after the full moon that falls on or after mar. Our easter celebration begins on easter sunday, a joyful celebration of our lords resurrection from the dead his victory over death, and humanitys victory, too, as we no. Apr 12, 2020 easter is the celebration of christs resurrection from the dead.
It consists of the four sundays leading up to christmas. It is kept near the ambo throughout easter time, and lit for all liturgical celebrations. Listed below is the entire 2018 2019 liturgical calendar of seasons. Lent is a season of repentance and renewal in solidarity with those preparing for the sacraments of initiation to be received at easter. Ascension day, the fortieth day of easter, thus always a thursday 21 may 2020. It begins with advent, which looks forward to christmas. The year which began at advent 2018 and ended at advent 2019 is year c. The liturgical or church year is divided into several seasons.
St matthias 14 may the visitation of the blessed virgin mary 31 may memorials. The six weeks of lent prepare us for easter, which celebrates jesuss resurrection, leading forward to his. Colors of the church year and seasonal dates, 2020. The rest of the liturgical year is commonly known as ordinary time.
His coming into our lives through grace and the sacraments, especially the sacrament of holy communion. Summary sheet for liturgy preparation groups in preparation. Apart from the seasons of lent and easter each sunday of the year is tied to a. During easter, a separate set of readings is assigned for the first readings. The christmas season actually lasts 40 days, from christmas day until candlemas, the feast of the presentation, on february 2. Alternately, the readings from the regular liturgical year or cycle for the current day the proper of the season can normally be used. February 14, 1969, subsequently amended by pope john paul ii, and the proper calendar for the dioceses of the united states of america, approved by the united states conference of catholic bishops.
Advent marks the beginning of the liturgical calendar. The dates of the church year, rcl year a, 20192020. The liturgical color for this season is celebratory white or gold. April 02, 2018 readings on usccb website collect prayer o god, who give constant increase to your church by new offspring, grant that your servants may hold fast in their lives to the sacrament. From universal norms on the liturgical year and the calendar. The date of easter determines the beginning of the season of lent on ash wednesday and the date of pentecost on the fiftieth day of the easter season. Catholic church liturgical calendar 20182019 have you ever wondered when ordinary time or lent or advent starts or ends. First sunday of advent then move to christmas, ordinary time, lent, triduum or. It is the beginning of a new season of grace and a time of joy and thanksgiving, for easter is not one day or one solemnityit is a fifty day celebration, and the fifty days from easter sunday. Romcal the liturgical calendar generator 19932003, kenneth g. On weekdays, other than major holy days, the color indicated is the color appropriate to the season. The six weeks of lent prepare us for easter, which. Sunday, april 1st is day number 91 of the 2018 calendar year with 1 year, 10 months, 14 days until easter 2018. Find easter activities and other ideas for celebrating catholic easter at loyola press.
White where dates appear on a white background stands for purity and the festivals of. On sundays, on the weekdays during the seasons of advent, christmas, lent, and easter, on. In the printing of the calendar, principal feasts and other principal holy days are printed in bold. Why is easter time our most important liturgical season. Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts, in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the gregorian or julian calendars both of which follow the cycle of the sun and the seasons. Todays service of pentecost, the 50th day of easter season, pentekosta is greek for 50th culminates both this series and the easter season with rich celebration of the many gifts and ministries the spirit has poured out upon us, both within this congregation recognized in the commissioning of laypersons to their ministries discerned. In these cases, readings may come from any of the appropriate commons. Easter saturday april 07, 2018 liturgical calendar catholic. This calendar is used by authors of ordines and other liturgical aids published to foster the celebration of the liturgy in our country.
This online catholic liturgical calendar lays out the 2018 catholic solemnities, feasts, and memorials. Liturgical colors and the seasons of the church year united. When the liturgical color is white, the numeral is black. First sunday of advent, 2 december 2018, 1 december 2019, 29 november. The season from easter to pentecost is also called the great fifty days, a tradition inspired by the jewish season of fifty days between passover and shavuotthe feast celebrating the giving of the torah to moses. The 50 days of easter is the longest liturgical season. Let there be happiness and rejoicing for he is our king forever. The emphasis in the mass and the daily prayers of this season is on the threefold coming of christthe prophecies of his incarnation and birth. Because easter is the most important feast in the christian calendar, even more important than christmas, the easter season continues on for 50 days, through the ascension of our lord to pentecost sunday, seven full weeks after easter sunday. For them, easter season also lasts fifty days, ending on pentecost. A liturgy preparation aid for the seasons of lent and easter year of grace 2020 year a fldc. Third sunday of easter april 15, 2018 liturgical calendar. A6 size printed on a4, to be copied backtoback and then stapled and cut to produce 2 calendars. Through our lord jesus christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit, one god, for ever and ever.
In the christian calendar, easter follows lent, the period of 40 days not counting sundays before easter, which traditionally is observed by acts of penance and fasting. The visit of the wise men to jesus is remembered at epiphany, after which there is a period of ordinary time. Discipleship ministries pentecost 2018 planning notes. Easter united states conference of catholic bishops. Cccb national liturgy office liturgical calendar ordo. The lutheran liturgical calendar is a listing which details the primary annual festivals and events that are celebrated liturgically by various lutheran churches. With links to the lessons from the revised common lectionary, as modified for use in episcopal worship. Pocket calendar pdf for insertion into breviaries and peoples missals.
The dates below are for the church year 2020, year a of the revised common lectionary and year 2 of the daily office of the book of common prayer, beginning with the first sunday of advent, 2019. Issued annually by the worship office of the diocese of buffalo, new york. Its a season of 50 days, starting with celebration of the resurrection of jesus celebrated on easter 1, and concluding with the celebration of the outpouring of the holy spirit on pentecost the 50th day. The seasons of the church year are marked by certain liturgical colors. The sevenweek liturgical season of easter immediately follows the triduum, climaxing at pentecost. It begins on easter sunday, which initiates easter week in western christianity, and bright week in eastern christianity. When the season ends on pentecost sunday, white is replaced. Christmasepiphany, good fridayeaster, and pentecost. The cycle of the liturgical seasons is one of the richest gifts of mother church to her faithful. On weekdays of the season of easter, memorials of saints may rightly be celebrated using all the texts for the memorial. Easter is immediately preceded by holy week, which includes maundy thursday, the commemoration of jesus last supper with his disciples. The calendars of the evangelical lutheran church in america elca and the evangelical lutheran church in canada elcic are from the 1978 lutheran book of worship and the calendar of lutheran churchmissouri synod lcms and the.
Sunday cycle year b december 3, 2017 to november 25, 2018 weekday cycle year ii january 9, 2018 to february, 2018 may 21, 2018 to december 1, 2018 sunday cycle year c december 2, 2018 to november 24, 2019 the cycles given above have been used in the preparation of this calendar. Mar 23, 2019 but the easter season doesnt end after the octave of easter. Found here are the sundays and seasons in the cycles of the churchs liturgical calendar. A 2018 2019 ordo updates and corrections as of 20191031. With links to the lessons from the revised common lectionary, as modified. We hope that this information will further your knowledge and understanding of our calendar year and the importance of each season. This last feast recalls the descent of the holy spirit upon jesus disciples after the ascension of jesus. Easter is the celebration of christs resurrection from the dead.
Orthodox churches use the julian calendar to calculate easter day and adjust the date so that it falls after the jewish passover. Liturgical calendars began to be developed in christianity around the fourth century, with the church calendar as it is known today coming into full development in the period of the medieval sacramentaries. Ordinary time begins after evening prayer on the solemnity of pentecost may 20, 2018 and contin. For a printable pdf copy of the 2020 calendar specifics, please go here. Michael the archangel liturgical seasons lake jackson, tx. Through this ebb and flow of sundays and feasts, we can experience the cycle of the life of christ. As defined by the catechism of the catholic church, the liturgical year is the celebration throughout the year of the. Because easter is the most important feast in the christian calendar, even more important than christmas, the easter season continues on for 50 days, through the ascension of our lord to. Marked beside each observance is the level of festivity, whether the day is a holy day of obligation, if the day is a required fast or abstinence day, and which week of the fourweek psalm cycle in the liturgy of the hours is to be used.
The easter season begins on easter sunday april 1, 2018 and ends with evening prayer on the solemnity of pentecost may 20, 2018. The paschal triduum begins on holy thursday with the evening mass of the lords supper march 29, 2018 and ends with evening prayer on easter sunday april 1, 2018. The following is a list of the dates of the sundays and major feast days that fall in lent 2018. This calendar is used by authors of ordines and other liturgical aids published to. These above all others are the days for the singing of the alleluia. The year which begins with advent 2019 and ends at advent 2020 is year a. Sundays and seasons, feasts and festivals, and commemorations.
For a printable pdf copy of the 2020 calendar specifics, please go here pope francis call that the family be the domestic church suggests inserts from the usccb catholic household blessings and prayers, henceforth chbp, 2007 for your consideration. The fifty days from easter sunday to pentecost are celebrated in joyful exultation as one feast day, or better as one great sunday. As defined by the catechism of the catholic church, the liturgical year is the celebration throughout the year of the mys. Sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. Instead, the date for easter is determined on a lunisolar calendar similar to the hebrew calendar. Our easter celebration begins on easter sunday, a joyful celebration of our lords resurrection from the dead his victory over death, and humanitys victory, too, as we no longer live in a sinful state. There are many forms of liturgy in the catholic church. Liturgical year calendar and notes 2018 sunday cycle b weekday cycle ii. The paschal candle is a central symbol of this divine light, which is christ. Easter isnt just a single day in the christian year. While sunday had long been established in the weekly calendar, festivals such as easter and christmas were also a fixed part of the calendar by this time.
Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection of jesus. Liturgical calendar guide new to following the liturgical calendar and unsure of when to turn each page and mark each season. Easter day is the first sunday after the full moon that falls on or. The church year calendar is organized into three sections.
Catholic liturgical calendar for lent share flipboard email. But the easter season doesnt end after the octave of easter. The 12 days of christmas refer to the most festive part of the season, from christmas day until epiphany. The sunday lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. The files below provide information on daily celebrations and readings at mass, which are taken from the liturgical calendar ordo. In all the liturgical seasons, easter time is the most important. Lent begins on ash wednesday and continues until the mass of the lords supper on holy thursday. Easter monday the lord has risen from the dead, as he foretold. White where dates appear on a white background stands for purity and the festivals of christ.