Keep the year with the Church. Find Mary within it.

Follow the Church’s year, pray the established Marian devotions, and read St. Louis de Montfort and St. Alphonsus on the mysteries of Jesus and His Mother.

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The Church’s year

October 2, 2026 · Ordinary Time · calendar reference date

The Holy Guardian Angels

Marian days ahead

October 3, 2026First SaturdayDevotional observance
October 7, 2026Our Lady of the RosaryMemorial
October 22, 2026Saint John Paul II, PopeOptional Memorial

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The liturgical year under her mantle.

Year C → Year A at Advent · Cycle II · United States Roman Calendar

March 2028

Celebrations of Our Lady, First Saturdays, and the Marian saints featured here

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1Lent	2Lent	3Lent	4Lent First SaturdayDevotional observance
5Lent	6Lent	7Lent	8Lent	9Lent	10Lent	11Lent
12Lent	13Lent	14Lent	15Lent	16Lent	17Lent	18Lent
19Lent	20Lent Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary	21Lent	22Lent	23Lent	24Lent	25Lent The Annunciation of the Lord
26Lent	27Lent	28Lent	29Lent	30Lent	31Lent

View every day in March

WednesdayMarch 1Lent
No observance in this view.
ThursdayMarch 2Lent
No observance in this view.
FridayMarch 3Lent
No observance in this view.
SaturdayMarch 4Lent
First SaturdayDevotional observance
SundayMarch 5Lent
No observance in this view.
MondayMarch 6Lent
No observance in this view.
TuesdayMarch 7Lent
No observance in this view.
WednesdayMarch 8Lent
No observance in this view.
ThursdayMarch 9Lent
No observance in this view.
FridayMarch 10Lent
No observance in this view.
SaturdayMarch 11Lent
No observance in this view.
SundayMarch 12Lent
No observance in this view.
MondayMarch 13Lent
No observance in this view.
TuesdayMarch 14Lent
No observance in this view.
WednesdayMarch 15Lent
No observance in this view.
ThursdayMarch 16Lent
No observance in this view.
FridayMarch 17Lent
No observance in this view.
SaturdayMarch 18Lent
No observance in this view.
SundayMarch 19Lent
No observance in this view.
MondayMarch 20Lent
Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin MarySolemnity
TuesdayMarch 21Lent
No observance in this view.
WednesdayMarch 22Lent
No observance in this view.
ThursdayMarch 23Lent
No observance in this view.
FridayMarch 24Lent
No observance in this view.
SaturdayMarch 25Lent
The Annunciation of the LordSolemnity
SundayMarch 26Lent
No observance in this view.
MondayMarch 27Lent
No observance in this view.
TuesdayMarch 28Lent
No observance in this view.
WednesdayMarch 29Lent
No observance in this view.
ThursdayMarch 30Lent
No observance in this view.
FridayMarch 31Lent
No observance in this view.

Marian celebrationSolemnitySunday or feastDevotional observance

Read the month’s observance notes and devotional responses

Keep March with the Church.

Begin with the sacred liturgy. On Mary’s days, let the feast continue in the Rosary, consecration, reparation, and imitation of her virtues.

March 4, 2028
Devotional observanceMarian
First Saturday
Our Lady asked at Fatima for Confession, Holy Communion, five decades of the Rosary, and fifteen minutes of meditation on its mysteries, all offered in reparation to her Immaculate Heart.
Devotional observance, shown separately from liturgical rank.
Keep the First Saturday
March 20, 2028
SolemnityMarian
Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Enter the obedience of Nazareth
March 25, 2028
SolemnityMarian
The Annunciation of the Lord
At Mary’s fiat the eternal Word takes flesh. The whole Christian life learns its answer here: receive God’s will with her, so that Jesus may live and reign in you.
Contemplate Mary’s fiat

This year’s observance notes

The civil year crosses two liturgical years. Transfers and precedence below follow the official annual U.S. calendar.

Saint Joseph is transferred from the Third Sunday of Lent to Monday, March 20.
The Ascension is shown on Sunday, May 28, as observed in most U.S. dioceses. The ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia observe it on Thursday, May 25.
The Immaculate Heart is not separately observed because June 24 is the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.

Open the official 2028 USCCB calendar

Keep the Church’s calendar. Open a date for the principal observance, reading references, and permitted choices in the United States Roman Calendar.

Read with the saints. The daily readings draw from Montfort’s True Devotion and The Secret of the Rosary, and St. Alphonsus’s The Glories of Mary. Each passage links to its place in the complete book.

Honor Mary in the mysteries her saints contemplate.

St. Alphonsus gives discourses for Mary’s feasts, meditations on her sorrows, and prayers that lead the reader to her. Montfort directs those consecrated to Jesus through Mary to honor the Incarnation especially on March 25. Read their words, make their prayers your own, and keep the feasts with the Church.

Receive the mystery.Attend the Church’s liturgy and hear the Word with Mary’s faith.
Contemplate with her.Pray the Rosary mystery or Marian prayer that opens the feast more deeply.
Become what you celebrate.Imitate her fiat, purity, charity, sorrow, confidence, and total belonging to Jesus.

Pray with Mary now

The calendar follows the Church’s own order.

Dates and ranks follow the annual calendar for the Dioceses of the United States. The interactive view includes every day of 2026–2028: its principal observance, optional memorials, and a page with reading references, Marian prayer, and a faithful response. Local proper calendars may differ; the annual USCCB editions remain linked for verification.

01
USCCB · Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States
Official annual dates, ranks, colors, readings, and U.S. proper celebrations.
02
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary, Part II
Discourses on Mary’s feasts, her seven sorrows, and her virtues.
03
St. Louis de Montfort · True Devotion §§243–248
Honoring the Incarnation and the Blessed Virgin in a life of consecration.
04
Decree · Mary, Mother of the Church
The obligatory memorial established for the Monday after Pentecost.