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Traditional Roman calendar
January 2025
The general Roman calendar of the 1962 Missal, with traditional liturgical colors and historical U.S. fasting and abstinence notes.
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What the colors mean
White: joyful feasts of Our Lord, Our Lady, and saints who were not martyrs.
Red: martyrs, the Holy Spirit, and feasts connected with Christ's Passion.
Green: ordinary Sundays and weekdays outside penitential seasons.
Violet: Advent, Lent, and other penitential days.
Rose: the two lighter, hopeful Sundays in Advent and Lent.
Black: Masses for the dead, where it is used.
The fish symbol marks an abstinence day. “Fast” marks a fasting day.
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Feria
Feria
Abstinence day
II Mass of the B. V. M. – Vultum Tuum
Holy Name of Jesus
Epiphany of the Lord
Feria
Feria
Feria
Feria
Abstinence day
II Mass of the B. V. M. – Vultum Tuum
Commemoration: St. Hyginus Pope and Martyr
The Holy Family: Jesus, Mary & Joseph
Commemoration of the Baptism of the Lord
St. Hilary
Commemoration: S. Felicis
St. Paul, the First Hermit
Commemoration: St. Maur, Abbot
St. Marcellus I
St. Anthony
Abstinence day
II Mass of the B. V. M. – Vultum Tuum
Commemoration: St. Prisca
II Sunday after Epiphany
Sts. Fabian & Sebastian
St. Agnes
Sts. Vincent & Anastasius
St. Raymond of Peñafort
Commemoration: St. Emerentiana
St. Timothy
Abstinence day
Conversion of St. Paul
Commemoration: St. Peter
III Sunday after Epiphany
Commemoration: St. Polycarp
St. John Chrysostom
St. Peter Nolasco
Commemoration: St. Agnes
St. Francis de Sales
St. Martina
St. John Bosco
Abstinence day
Using the calendar
Which Catholic calendar does this follow?
The general Roman calendar of the 1962 Missal, including feasts, ordinary liturgical weekdays (ferias), and commemorations. It does not yet include the complete U.S. proper or your chapel's local calendar. Commemorations can differ between sung and low Masses. Ask your chapel about its Mass times and local observances.
Should I download or subscribe?
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Which years are available?
Downloads and subscriptions currently include 2026. Future years appear only after review and approval. Calendar apps choose their own refresh times, so updates may take time to arrive.
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Liturgical observances follow the 1962 Roman Missal. Fasting and abstinence notes describe 1962 U.S. discipline and are not current obligations.
Calendar data: Missale Meum, Marcin Molenda, drawing on Divinum Officium, with 1962 Ordo cross-checks. Commemorations are reviewed against the period rubrics. Source and reuse notices.