Moveable Dates

• BAPTISM OF CHRIST, the Sunday following the Epiphany (when the Epiphany is kept on 6 January)
• ASH WEDNESDAY, the Wednesday 46 days before Easter Day
• MAUNDY THURSDAY, the Thursday in the week before Easter Day
• GOOD FRIDAY, the Friday in the week before Easter Day
• EASTER DAY, the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon
• ASCENSION DAY, the Thursday forty days after Easter Day
• DAY OF PENTECOST, the Sunday fifty days after Easter Day
• TRINITY SUNDAY, the Sunday after Pentecost
• CORPUS CHRISTI, the Thursday after Trinity Sunday
• CHRIST THE KING, the Sunday next before Advent

January

• 1 Mary, the Holy Mother of God
• 6 EPIPHANY – TWELFTH NIGHT
• 13 George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends (the Quakers), 1691
• 18 Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, 1803
• 21 Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304
• 26 Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul

February

• 2 CANDLEMAS – may be celebrated on the Sunday between 28 January and 3 February
• 8 Simon Magus
• 10 Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543
• 11 Our Lady of Lourdes
• 12 Gerald Gardner, 1964
• 17 Giordano Bruno, 1600

Alternative dates:

• Matthias may be celebrated on 24 February instead of 14 May.

March

• 3 Origen, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, c. 253
• 6 Pelagius, Teacher of the Faith, 418
• 7 Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203
• 7 Tituba, c.1693
• 17 Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460
• 19 Joseph of Nazareth
• 21 Spring Equinox
• 24 Archangel Gabriel
• 25 LADY DAY – the Annunciation

April

• 9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, 1945
• 10 William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1347
• 19 Expiditus, 303
• 21 Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1109
• 23 George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304
• 25 Mark the Evangelist
• 30 WALPURGISNACHT (Founding of the Church)

May

• 1 Philip and James, Apostles
• 1 Queen of Heaven
• 1 MAY DAY – Beltane
• 8 Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c.1417
• 13 Our Lady of Fatima
• 14 Matthias the Apostle
• 21 Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330
• 24 Sarah the Egyptian
• 25 The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735
• 27 Isobel Gowdie, 1662
• 29 Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, 1824
• 30 Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431
• 31 The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth

Alternative dates:

• Matthias may be celebrated on 24 February instead of 14 May.
• The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May.

June

• 1 Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165
• 9 Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597
• 11 Barnabas the Apostle
• 15 Marie Laveau, 1881
• 21 Archangel Uriel
• 21 MIDSUMMER’S DAY – Summer Solstice
• 24 The Birth of John the Baptist
• 29 Peter and Paul, Apostles

Alternative dates:

• Peter the Apostle may be celebrated alone, without Paul, on 29 June.

July

• 3 Thomas the Apostle
• 11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550
• 14 Anniversary of the Episcopal Consecration of the founding Archbishop, Barnabas
• 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• 22 Mary Magdalene, Apostle
• 25 James the Apostle
• 26 Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• 29 Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord

Alternative dates:

• The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May.
• Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July.

August

• 1 LAMMAS
• 1 Operation Cone of Power
• 6 The Transfiguration of Our Lord
• 15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• 22 The Queenship of Mary
• 24 Bartholomew the Apostle
• 29 The Beheading of John the Baptist

Alternative dates:

• The Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated on 8 September instead of 15 August.

September

• 8 The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• 12 The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• 14 Holy Cross Day
• 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
• 15 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258
• 17 Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
• 20 Martinez de Pasqually, 1774
• 21 Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
• 21 Autumnal Equinox
• 26 Cyprian, Bishop of Antioch and Justina
• 29 MICHAELMAS – Archangel Michael (Michaelmas)

October

• 7 Our Lady of the Rosary
• 15 Our Lady of Walsingham 
• 18 Luke the Evangelist
• 26 Sybil Leek, 1982
• 28 Simon and Jude, Apostles
• 31 ALL-HALLOWS  (Hallowe’en)

November

• 1 ALL SAINTS’ DAY
• 2 Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
• 21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• 22 C.S. Lewis, 1963
• 30 Andrew the Apostle

December

• 6 Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326
• 8 The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe
• 13 Johannes Trithemius, Bishop and Abbot, 1516
• 21 YULE – Winter Solstice
• 22 Archangel Raphael
• 24 Christmas Eve
• 25 CHRISTMAS DAY
• 26 Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr
• 27 John, Apostle and Evangelist
• 28 The Holy Innocents