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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
