Calendar for the Traditional Roman Rite

Following the Rubrics of Pope Pius X for the Universal Calendar of the Church

April 2015

 

Date

Day

*** Liturgical Day ***

Rank

Color

Fast/

Abstinence

*** Misc. ***

1

Wednesday

Wednesday in Holy Week

 

Violet

 

Fast

 

2

Thursday

Maundy Thursday

d1cl

Violet

Fast

 

 

3

Friday

Good Friday

d1cl

Black

Fast/Ab

 

First Friday

4

Saturday

Holy Saturday

d1cl

Violet

White

 

Fast until Noon

First Saturday

5

Sunday

Easter Sunday

d1cl

White

 

 

 

6

Monday

Easter Monday

d1cl

White

 

 

 

7

Tuesday

Easter Tuesday

d1cl

 

White

 

 

8

Wednesday

Easter Wednesday

sd

 

White

 

 

9

Thursday

Easter Thursday

sd

 

White

 

 

10

Friday

Easter Friday

sd

 

White

Ab

 

11

Saturday

Easter Saturday

St. Leo I, PCD

 

sd

White

 

 

12

Sunday

Low Sunday

Quasimodo Sunday

 

dm

White

 

 

13

Monday

St. Hermenegild, M

sd

Red

x

 

 

 

14

Tuesday

St. Justin, M

St. Tiburtius & Comp., Mm

 

d

Red

 

 

15

Wednesday

Ferial Day

[Mass of Preceding Sunday]

 

 

White

x

 

 

16

Thursday

Ferial Day

[Mass of Preceding Sunday]

 

 

White

x

 

 

17

Friday

St. Anicetus, PM

sp

Red

x

 

Ab

 

18

Saturday

Our Lady's Saturday

sp

White

x

 

 

19

Sunday

2nd. Sunday after Easter

sd

White

 

 

 

20

Monday

Ferial Day

[Mass of Preceding Sunday]

 

White

x

 

 

 

21

Tuesday

St. Anselm, BpCD

d

White

 

 

 

22

Wednesday

Solemnity of St. Joseph

Sts. Soter & Caius, PpMm

 

d1cl

White

 

 

23

Thursday

St. George, M

Within the Octave

 

sd

Red

x

 

 

24

Friday

St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, M

Within the Octave

 

d

Red

Ab

 

25

Saturday

St. Mark, Ev

d2cl

Red

 

The Greater Litanies

 

26

Sunday

3rd. Sunday after Easter

Sts. Cletus & Marcellinus, PpMm

Within the Octave

 

sd

Red

 

 

27

Monday

St. Peter Canisius, CD

Within the Octave

 

d

White

 

 

28

Tuesday

St. Paul of the Cross, C

St. Vitalis, M

 

d

White

 

 

29

Wednesday

Octave Day of St. Joseph

St. Peter of Verona, M

 

dm

White

 

 

30

Thursday

St. Catherine of Siena, V

d

White