December 2018

Calendar for the Traditional Roman Rite

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

~ December 2018 ~

Date

Day

*** Liturgical Day ***

Rank

Color

Fast/

*** Misc.***

Abstinence

1

Saturday

Our Lady’s Saturday

sp

White

First Saturday

x

2

Sunday

1^st Sunday of Advent

sd

Violet

St. Bibiana, VM

3

Monday

St. Francis Xavier, C

dm

White

4

Tuesday

St. Peter Chrysologus, BpCD

d

White

St. Barbara, VM

5

Wednesday

Ferial Day

Violet

[Mass of preceding Sunday]

x

St. Sabbas, Ab

6

Thursday

St. Nicholas, BpC

d

White

7

Friday

St. Ambrose, BpCD

d

White

Fast/Ab

First Friday

Vigil of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM

8

Saturday

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BVM

d1cl

White

Holy Day

9

Sunday

2^nd Sunday of Advent

sd

Violet

Within the Octave

10

Monday

Within the Octave

sd

White

St. Melchiades, PM

x

11

Tuesday

St. Damasus, I, PC

sd

White

Within the Octave

x

12

Wednesday

Within the Octave

sd

White

x

13

Thursday

St. Lucy, VM

d

Red

Within the Octave

14

Friday

Within the Octave

sd

White

Ab

x

15

Saturday

Octave Day of the Immaculate Conception of the

dm

White

BVM

16

Sunday

3^rd Sunday of Advent

sd

Violet / Rose

[Gaudete Sunday]

St. Eusebius, BpM

17

Monday

Ferial Day

Violet

[Mass of preceding Sunday]

18

Tuesday

Ferial Day

Violet

[Mass of preceding Sunday]

19

Wednesday

Ferial Day

Violet

Fast/P. Ab

Ember Wednesday

20

Thursday

Vigil of St. Thomas

Violet

21

Friday

ST. THOMAS, Ap

d2cl

Red

Fast/Ab

Ember Friday

22

Saturday

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, V

d2cl

White

Fast/P. Ab

Ember Saturday

23

Sunday

4^th Sunday of Advent

sd

Violet

24

Monday

Vigil of the Nativity

Violet

Fast/Ab

25

Tuesday

NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

d1cl

White

Holy Day

St. Anastasia, M [2^nd Mass]

26

Wednesday

ST. STEPHEN, First Martyr

d2cl

Red

Within the Octave

27

Thursday

ST. JOHN, ApEv

d2cl

White

Within the Octave

28

Friday

THE HOLY INNOCENTS, Mm

d2cl

Violet

Ab

Within the Octave

29

Saturday

St. Thomas of Canterbury, BpM

d

Red

Within the Octave

30

Sunday

Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity

sd

White

31

Monday

St. Sylvester I, PC

d

White

Within the Octave

November 2018

Calendar for the Traditional Roman Rite

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

~ November 2018 ~

Date

Day

*** Liturgical Day ***

Rank

Color

Fast/

*** Misc.***

Abstinence

1

Thursday

LL S INTS’ D Y

d1cl

White

Holy Day

2

Friday

ll Souls’ Day

d

Black

Ab

First Friday

3

Saturday

Within the Octave

sd

White

First Saturday

x

4

Sunday

24^th Sunday after Pentecost

sd

Green

[4^th Sunday after Epiphany]

St. Charles Borromeo, BpC

Within the Octave

Sts. Vitalis & Agricola, Mm

5

Monday

Within the Octave

sd

White

x

6

Tuesday

Within the Octave

sd

White

x

7

Wednesday

Within the Octave

sd

White

x

8

Thursday

Octave Day of All Saints

dm

White

The Holy Four Crowned Martyrs

9

Friday

DEDICATION OF THE ARCHBASILICA OF OUR

d2cl

White

Ab

SAVIOR

St. Theodore, M

10

Saturday

St. Andrew Avellino, C

d

White

St. Tryphon & Comp., Mm

11

Sunday

25^th Sunday after Pentecost

sd

Green

[5^th Sunday after Epiphany]

St. Martin of Tours, BpC

St. Mennas, M

12

Monday

St. Martin I, PM

sd

Red

x

13

Tuesday

St. Didacus, C

sd

White

x

14

Wednesday

St. Josaphat, BpM

d

Red

15

Thursday

St. Albert the Great, BpCD

d

White

16

Friday

St. Gertrude, V Abbess

d

White

Ab

17

Saturday

St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, BpC

sd

White

x

18

Sunday

Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter & Paul

dm

White

26^th Sunday after Pentecost

[6^th Sunday after Epiphany]

19

Monday

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, W

d

White

St. Pontianus, PM

20

Tuesday

St. Felix of Valois, C

d

White

21

Wednesday

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

dm

White

22

Thursday

St. Cecilia, VM

d

Red

23

Friday

St. Clement I, PM

d

Red

Ab

St. Felicitas, M

24

Saturday

St. John of the Cross, CD

d

White

St. Chrysogonus, M

25

Sunday

27^th and Last Sunday after Pentecost

sd

Green

[24^th Sunday after Pentecost]

St. Catharine of Alexandria, VM

26

Monday

St. Sylvester, Ab

d

White

St. Peter of Alexandria, BpM

27

Tuesday

Ferial Day

Green

[Mass of preceding Sunday]

x

28

Wednesday

Ferial Day

Green

[Mass of preceding Sunday]

x

29

Thursday

Vigil of St. Andrew

Violet

St. Saturninus, M

30

Friday

ST. ANDREW, Ap

d2cl

Red

Ab