Key dates of feasts, festivals and solemnities 2023

January 2023

Mary, Mother of God – Solemnity – 1st

The Most Holy Name of Jesus – 3rd

The Epiphany of the Lord – Solemnity – 6th (Holy Day of Obligation)

The Baptism of the Lord – Feast – 8th

Peace Sunday – 15th

Sunday of the Word of God – 22nd

The Conversion of St. Paul – Feast – 25th

St. John Bosco – 31st

 

February 2023

The Presentation of the Lord – Feast – 2nd

Racial Justice Day – 5th

Our Lady of Lourdes – 11th

Ash Wednesday – 22nd (In other years: St. Peter’s Chair – Feast)

1st Sunday of Lent – 26th

 

March 2023

St. David – Feast – 1st

Lent Fast Day – 3rd

2nd Sunday of Lent – 5th

3rd Sunday of Lent – 12th

St. Patrick – Feast – 17th

4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare) – 19th

St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 20th (In other years: 19th)

The Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity – 25th

5th Sunday of Lent – 26th

 

April 2023

Palm Sunday – 2nd

Maundy Thursday – 6th

Good Friday – 7th

Holy Saturday – 8th

Easter Sunday – 9th

Divine Mercy Sunday – 16th

St. George – Solemnity – 24th

St. Mark – Feast – 25th

World Day of Prayer for Vocations – 30th

 

May 2023

The English Martyrs – Feast – 4th

Our Lady of Fatima – 13th

The Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity – 18th (Holy Day of Obligation)

St. Bede – 25th

Pentecost – 28th

Mary, Mother of the Church – 29th

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast – 31st

 

June 2023

Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest – Feast – 1st

The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity – 4th

Corpus Christi – Solemnity – 11th

St. Anthony – 13th

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity – 16th

The Immaculate Heart of Mary – 17th

Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More – 22nd

The Nativity of John the Baptist – Solemnity – 24th

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Patron of the Diocese) – Feast – 27th

Sts. Peter and Paul – Solemnity – 29th (Holy Day of Obligation)

 

July 2023

Sea Sunday – 9th

St. Benedict – Feast – 11th

(In other years: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – 16th)

St. Mary Magdalene – Feast – 22nd

Sts. Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 26th

Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus – 29th

 

August 2023

St. Jean Vianney – 4th

The Transfiguration of the Lord – Feast – 6th

Blessed Nicholas Postgate, Martyr – 7th

St. Maximilian Kolbe – 14th

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity – 15th (Holy Day of Obligation)

Our Lady, Mother and Queen – 22nd

Saint Aiden, Bishop and Missionary, and the saints of Lindisfarne – 31st