Moveable Feast Days

A moveable Feast Day is an Feast Day in the liturgical calendar which occurs on different dates in different years.

 

The Holy Family (Solemnity)

[Latin Mass: Sunday in the Octave of Christmas]

Sunday in the Octave of Christmas

 

[Latin Mass: The Holy Name of Jesus]

The Sunday between January 2 and January 5 inclusive or if no Sunday occurs January 2

 

Epiphany of the Lord (Solemnity)

Holy Day of Obligation on January 6 (Transferred to Epiphany Sunday in the USA. Not a Holy Day of Obligation in the USA. The Latin Mass celebrates Epiphany on January 6.)

 

Epiphany Sunday (In the USA)

When the Feast of the Epiphany is not celebrated on January 6, it is celebrated on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8.

 

[Latin Mass: The Holy Family]

The Sunday after Epiphany (The Latin Mass celebrates Epiphany on January 6)

 

The Baptism of the Lord (Solemnity)

The Sunday after the Epiphany. When the Feast of the Epiphany is not celebrated on January 6, it is celebrated on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8, and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the Monday following the Epiphany.

 

[Latin Mass & Ordinariate: Septuagesima Sunday]

Third Sunday before Ash Wednesday

 

[Latin Mass & Ordinariate: Sexagesima Sunday]

Second Sunday before Ash Wednesday

 

[Latin Mass & Ordinariate: Quinquagesima Sunday]

Sunday before Ash Wednesday

 

Ash Wednesday

46 days before Easter Sunday

 

Palm Sunday

Sunday before Easter Sunday

 

Holy Thursday

Thursday before Easter Sunday

 

Good Friday

Friday before Easter Sunday

 

Holy Saturday

Day before Easter Sunday

 

Easter Sunday (Solemnity)

Easter Sunday can happen on any day from March 22 to April 25. As a moveable feast, the date of Easter is determined in each year through a calculation known as computus (Latin for 'computation'). Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon (a mathematical approximation of the first astronomical full moon, on or after 21 March – itself a fixed approximation of the March equinox). Determining this date in advance requires a correlation between the lunar months and the solar year, while also accounting for the month, date, and weekday of the Julian or Gregorian calendar. The complexity of the algorithm arises because of the desire to associate the date of Easter with the date of the Jewish feast of Passover which, is when Jesus was crucified.

Monday in the Octave of Easter

Monday after Easter Sunday

Tuesday in the Octave of Easter

Tuesday after Easter Sunday

Wednesday in the Octave of Easter

Wednesday after Easter Sunday

Thursday in the Octave of Easter

Thursday after Easter Sunday

Friday in the Octave of Easter

Friday after Easter Sunday

Saturday in the Octave of Easter

Saturday after Easter Sunday

Divine Mercy Sunday (Last Day in the Octave of Easter) (Solemnity)

[Latin Mass: Low Sunday (Last Day in the Octave of Easter)]

Sunday after Easter Sunday

 

The Ascension of the Lord (Solemnity)

40 days after Easter Sunday. (In some places it is transferred to the next Sunday)

 

[Ordinariate: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church]

Saturday after the Ascension.

 

Pentecost Sunday (Solemnity)

50 days after Easter Sunday.

[Ordinariate: Monday in the Octave of Pentecost]

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Day after Pentecost Sunday.

[Ordinariate: Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost]

Tuesday after Pentecost Sunday.

[Ordinariate: Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost]

Wednesday after Pentecost Sunday.

[Ordinariate: Thursday in the Octave of Pentecost]

Thursday after Pentecost Sunday.

[Ordinariate: Friday in the Octave of Pentecost]

Friday after Pentecost Sunday.

[Ordinariate: Saturday in the Octave of Pentecost]

Saturday after Pentecost Sunday.

Trinity Sunday (Solemnity)

[Ordinariate: Trinity Sunday Last day in the Octave of Pentecost]

Sunday after Pentecost Sunday.

 

[Latin Mass: Feast of Corpus Christi (Solemnity)]

Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

Corpus Christi Sunday (Solemnity)

Second Sunday after Pentecost Sunday.

 

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Solemnity)

Friday after the second Sunday after Pentecost.

 

The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saturday after the second Sunday after Pentecost.

 

[Latin Mass: Christ the King] (Solemnity)

Last Sunday of October.

 

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Solemnity)

Last Sunday before Advent.

 

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