April 2017

Calendar for the Traditional Roman Rite

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

~ April 2017 ~

Date	Day	*** Liturgical Day ***	Rank	Color	Fast/	*** Misc.***
					Abstinence
1	Saturday	Ferial Day		Violet	Fast	First Saturday
2	Sunday	Passion Sunday	sd	Violet
		St. Francis of Paula, C
3	Monday	Ferial Day		Violet	Fast
				x
4	Tuesday	St. Isidore, BpCD	d	White	Fast
5	Wednesday	St. Vincent Ferrer, C	d	White	Fast
6	Thursday	Ferial Day		Violet	Fast
7	Friday	Seven Sorrows of the BVM	dm	White	Fast/Ab	First Friday
8	Saturday	Ferial Day		Violet	Fast
9	Sunday	Palm Sunday	sd	Violet
10	Monday	Monday in Holy Week		Violet	Fast
11	Tuesday	Tuesday in Holy Week		Violet	Fast
		St. Leo I, PCD
12	Wednesday	Wednesday in Holy Week		Violet	Fast
13	Thursday	Maundy Thursday	d1cl	White	Fast
14	Friday	Good Friday	d1cl	Black	Fast/Ab
15	Saturday	Holy Saturday	d1cl	Violet / White	Fast/Ab
					Until Noon
16	Sunday	Easter Sunday	d1cl	White
17	Monday	Easter Monday	d1cl	White
18	Tuesday	Easter Tuesday	d1cl	White
19	Wednesday	Easter Wednesday	sd	White
20	Thursday	Easter Thursday	sd	White
21	Friday	Easter Friday	sd	White	Ab
		St. Anselm, BpCD
22	Saturday	Easter Saturday	sd	White
		Sts. Soter & Caius, PpMm
23	Sunday	Low Sunday	dm	White
		St. George, M
24	Monday	St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, M	d	Red
25	Tuesday	St. Mark, Ev	d2cl	Red
		[The Greater Litanies]
26	Wednesday	Sts. Cletus & Marcellinus, PpMm	sd	Red
				x
27	Thursday	St. Peter Canisius, CD	d	White
28	Friday	St. Paul of the Cross, C	d	White	Ab
		St. Vitalis, M
29	Saturday	St. Peter of Verona, M	d	Red
30	Sunday	2nd Sunday after Easter	sd	White
		St. Catharine of Siena, V