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.
Open the calendarMarian days ahead
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View every day in January
- SaturdayJanuary 1Christmas
- SundayJanuary 2Christmas
- MondayJanuary 3Christmas
No observance in this view.
- TuesdayJanuary 4Christmas
No observance in this view.
- WednesdayJanuary 5Christmas
No observance in this view.
- ThursdayJanuary 6Christmas
No observance in this view.
- FridayJanuary 7Christmas
No observance in this view.
- SaturdayJanuary 8Christmas
No observance in this view.
- SundayJanuary 9Christmas
No observance in this view.
- MondayJanuary 10Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
- TuesdayJanuary 11Ordinary Time
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- WednesdayJanuary 12Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
- ThursdayJanuary 13Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
- FridayJanuary 14Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
- SaturdayJanuary 15Ordinary Time
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- SundayJanuary 16Ordinary Time
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- MondayJanuary 17Ordinary Time
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- TuesdayJanuary 18Ordinary Time
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- WednesdayJanuary 19Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
- ThursdayJanuary 20Ordinary Time
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- FridayJanuary 21Ordinary Time
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- SaturdayJanuary 22Ordinary Time
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- SundayJanuary 23Ordinary Time
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- MondayJanuary 24Ordinary Time
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- TuesdayJanuary 25Ordinary Time
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- WednesdayJanuary 26Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
- ThursdayJanuary 27Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
- FridayJanuary 28Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
- SaturdayJanuary 29Ordinary Time
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- SundayJanuary 30Ordinary Time
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- MondayJanuary 31Ordinary Time
No observance in this view.
Read the month’s observance notes and devotional responses
Keep January 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.
SolemnityMarian
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God the Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord
The Church opens the civil year beneath Mary’s divine motherhood: Jesus is truly God and truly her Son, and she is truly Mother of God and Mother given to us in Him.
Receive the Mother Jesus givesSolemnity
The Epiphany of the Lord
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.
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.
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.
- 01USCCB · Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States
Official annual dates, ranks, colors, readings, and U.S. proper celebrations.
- 02St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary, Part II
Discourses on Mary’s feasts, her seven sorrows, and her virtues.
- 03St. Louis de Montfort · True Devotion §§243–248
Honoring the Incarnation and the Blessed Virgin in a life of consecration.
- 04Decree · Mary, Mother of the Church
The obligatory memorial established for the Monday after Pentecost.