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ADVENTADVENT

First season of the Liturgical

Year

20102010

Nov. 28, 2010

ADVENTADVENT Special days:

December 8

(Feast of the Immaculate Conception)

ADVENTADVENT Begins with the

Sunday after the Feast of Christ the King (4 Sundays before

Christmas)

ADVENTADVENT Ends on

Christmas Eve (December 24)

ADVENTADVENT

Focuses on the preparation for the

coming of Christ

CHRISTMASCHRISTMAS

Culmination of the Advent

Season

CHRISTMASCHRISTMAS

Begins on December 25

(Christmas Day)

CHRISTMASCHRISTMAS

Ends with the Feast of the Epiphany or The Three Kings (January

2, 2011)

CHRISTMASCHRISTMASSpecial days:December 25 (Christmas Day)

January 1 (Solemnity of Mary Mother of God)

CHRISTMASCHRISTMASSpecial days:

Feast of the Holy Family

(Dec. 26, 2010-

Sunday after Christmas)

ORDINARY TIME IORDINARY TIME I

Also known as Counted Weeks

(the period between seasons)

ORDINARY TIME IORDINARY TIME I

Begins on

Jan. 10, 2011

ORDINARY TIME IORDINARY TIME IEnds on

March 8, 2011

Tuesday evening before Ash Wednesday

ORDINARY TIME IORDINARY TIME ISpecial days:

The Feast of the Baptism of our Lord

(Jan. 9, 2011)

ORDINARY TIME IORDINARY TIME ISpecial days:

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

(February 2)

LENTLENT

40-day period before Easter

LENTLENTWe skip Sundays when

we count the 40 days, because Sundays commemorate the

Resurrection

LENTLENT

Begins with Ash

Wednesday

LENTLENT

Ash Wednesday

Mar 9, 2011

LENTLENT

Ends with

Evening of Holy Saturday

LENTLENT

Holy Saturday

Apr 23, 2011

LENTLENTSpecial days:

Ash Wednesday

(40 days before Easter)

Solemnity of the Annunciation

(March 25)

Palm Sunday

(April 17, 2011)

LENTLENT

THE HOLY

WEEK

(Last week of Lent)

LENTLENTMaundy Thursday

(the day that celebrates the last supper)

April 21, 2011

LENTLENTGood Friday

(the day of celebration of Christ's passion or his crucifixion)

April 22, 2011

LENTLENTHoly Saturday

(commemorating the laying of Christ's body in

the tomb)

April 23, 2011

EASTEREASTER

Celebration of Christ’s

Resurrection

EASTEREASTER

Begins with the Easter Vigil or Easter Sunday

EASTEREASTER

Easter Sunday

April 24, 2011

EASTEREASTER

Ends on

Pentecost Sunday

EASTEREASTERSpecial days:

Ascension Day

The 40th day of Easter

June 5, 2011

EASTEREASTERSpecial days:

Pentecost Sunday

The 50th day of Easter

June 12, 2011

ORDINARY TIME IIORDINARY TIME II

June 13, 2011

ORDINARY TIME IIORDINARY TIME II

Special days:

Trinity Sunday

(June 19, 2011)

ORDINARY TIME IIORDINARY TIME IISpecial days:

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

(August 15)

ORDINARY TIME IIORDINARY TIME II

Special days:

All Saints’ Day

(November 1)

ORDINARY TIME IIORDINARY TIME II

Ends with the Feast of Christ

the King

Nov. 20, 2011

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