Calendar for the Traditional Roman Rite

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

 

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  December 2009

 

Date

Day

Liturgical Day

Rank

Color

F/A

Misc.

 

1

Tuesday

Ferial Day

 Mass of preceding Sunday

 

Violet

x

 

 

2

Wednesday

St. Bibiana, VM

sd

Red

x

 

 

3

Thursday

St. Francis Xavier, C

 

dm

White

 

 

4

 Friday

St. Peter Chrysologus, BpCD

St. Barbara, VM

d

White

 

  1st Friday

5

 Saturday

 Ferial Day

(Mass of the Preceding Sunday)

St. Sabbas,Ab

 

Violet

x

A

1st Saturday

6

 Sunday

2nd Sunday of Advent

St. Nicholas, BpC

Vigil of the Immaculate Conception

of the BVM

sd

Violet

 

 

7

Monday

 St. Ambrose, BpCD

Vigil of the Immaculate Conception

of the BVM

sd

White

F/A

 

8

Tuesday

Immaculate Conception of the BVM

 

d1cl

White

 

Holy Day of Obligation

9

Wednesday

 Within the Octave

sd

White

x

 

 

10

Thursday

 Within the Octave

St. Melchiades, PM

 sd

White

x

 

 

11

 Friday

St. Damasus I, PC

Within the Octave

sd

White

x

A

 

12

Saturday

 Within the Octave

sd

White

x

A

 

13

 Sunday

3rd Sunday of Advent

(Gaudete Sunday)

St. Lucy, VM

Within the Octave

 sd

 Violet

Rose

 

 

14

Monday

 Within the Octave

sd

White

x

 

 

15

 Tuesday

 Octave Day of the Immaculate Conception

of the BVM

 dm

White

 

 

16

Wednesday

 St. Eusebius, BpM

 sd

Red

 

F

P/A

Ember Day

17

Thursday

Ferial Day

(Mass of the Preceding Sunday)

 

Violet

 

 

18

 Friday

Ferial Day

 

 

Violet

F/A

Ember Day

19

Saturday

Ferial Day  

 Vigil of St. Thomas

Anticipated

 

Violet

F

P/A

Ember Day

20

 Sunday

4th Sunday of Advent

  

 sd

Violet

 

 

21

Monday

St. Thomas, Ap

 

d2cl

Red

 

 

22

 Tuesday

St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, V

 

 d2cl

White

 

 

23

Wednesday

Ferial Day

Mass of Preceding Sunday

 

Violet

 

 

24

Thursday

Vigil of the Nativity

 

 

Violet

F/A

 

25

Friday

Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Christmas Day

d1cl

White

 

Holy Day of Obligation

26

Saturday

St. Stephen, First Martyr

Within the Octave

d2cl

Red

 

 

27

 Sunday

 St. John, ApEv

Within the Octave

d2cl

White

 

 

28

Monday

The Holy Innocents, Mm

Within the Octave

 d2cl

Violet

 

 

29

 Tuesday

 St. Thomas of Canterbury, BpM

Within the Octave

d

Red

 

 

30

Wednesday

 Sunday within the

Octave of Christmas

Within the Octave

sd

 White

 

 

31

Thursday

 St. Sylvester I, PC

Within the Octave

d

White