Liturgical calendar

Seasons, colors, solemnities, feasts and memorials of the Catholic Church, computed for every day.

Today in the Church

Ordinary Time · Week 31Liturgical color: Green

Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary TimeWeekday

Sunday cycle A · Weekday cycle II

May 2011
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1, WhiteSecond Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy)Sunday2, WhiteSaint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchMemorial3, RedSaints Philip and James, ApostlesFeast4, WhiteWednesday of the Second Week of Easter5, WhiteThursday of the Second Week of Easter6, WhiteFriday of the Second Week of Easter7, WhiteSaturday of the Second Week of Easter
8, WhiteThird Sunday of EasterSunday9, WhiteMonday of the Third Week of Easter10, WhiteTuesday of the Third Week of EasterSaint John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church (optional)11, WhiteWednesday of the Third Week of Easter12, WhiteThursday of the Third Week of EasterSaints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs (optional)Saint Pancras, Martyr (optional)13, WhiteFriday of the Third Week of EasterOur Lady of Fatima (optional)14, RedSaint Matthias, ApostleFeast
15, WhiteFourth Sunday of EasterSunday16, WhiteMonday of the Fourth Week of Easter17, WhiteTuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter18, WhiteWednesday of the Fourth Week of EasterSaint John I, Pope and Martyr (optional)19, WhiteThursday of the Fourth Week of Easter20, WhiteFriday of the Fourth Week of EasterSaint Bernardine of Siena, Priest (optional)21, WhiteSaturday of the Fourth Week of EasterSaint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs (optional)
22, WhiteFifth Sunday of EasterSunday23, WhiteMonday of the Fifth Week of Easter24, WhiteTuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter25, WhiteWednesday of the Fifth Week of EasterSaint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church (optional)Saint Gregory VII, Pope (optional)Saint Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Virgin (optional)26, WhiteSaint Philip Neri, PriestMemorial27, WhiteFriday of the Fifth Week of EasterSaint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop (optional)28, WhiteSaturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
29, WhiteSixth Sunday of EasterSunday30, WhiteMonday of the Sixth Week of Easter31, WhiteThe Visitation of the Blessed Virgin MaryFeast

General Roman Calendar (universal). National calendars and transfers of feasts to Sunday are not applied.

All readings of the day · General Roman Calendar. National calendars (for example Epiphany or Ascension on a Sunday) may have other readings.

Sunday cycle A · Weekday cycle I

Frequently asked questions

What do the liturgical colors mean?

Green is used in Ordinary Time, violet in Advent and Lent, white for feasts of the Lord, of Mary and of saints who were not martyrs, red for Pentecost, the Passion and the martyrs, and rose on Gaudete and Laetare Sundays.

Why might my parish celebrate a different saint today?

Bishops' conferences and dioceses have their own proper calendars and may move some solemnities to a Sunday. This page shows the universal General Roman Calendar.