RENAISSANCE

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ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN

ARCHBISHOP ALLEN H. VIGNERON

 

2009-10

 

Liturgical Calendar

 

Have you ever wondered when Ordinary Time starts or ends or why? Here’s a calendar of our entire year. As defined by the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Liturgical Year is "The celebration throughout the year of the mysteries of the Lord's birth, life, death, and Resurrection in such a way that the entire year becomes a 'year of the Lord's grace.'
 
After the calendar is a listing of Holy Days of Obligation and Feast Days. Scroll down for more...

The Season of Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas (November 29, 2009) and ends after the mid-afternoon prayer on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2009).

The Christmas Season begins with Evening Prayer on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2009) and ends with Evening Prayer on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (January 10, 2010).

Ordinary Time begins after Evening Prayer on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (January 10, 2010) until Ash Wednesday (February 17, 2010).

The Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (February 17, 2010) and ends with the Celebration of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday (April 1, 2010).

The Paschal Triduum begins on Holy Thursday with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (April 1, 2010) and ends with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday (April 4, 2010).

The Easter Season begins on Easter Sunday (April 4, 2010) and ends with Evening Prayer on the Solemnity of Pentecost (May 23, 2010).


Ordinary Time begins after Evening Prayer on the Solemnity of Pentecost (May 23, 2010) and continues until Evening Prayer of the First Sunday of Advent (November 28, 2010).

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