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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

· Ordinary Time · calendar reference date

The Holy Guardian Angels

Marian days ahead

  1. First SaturdayDevotional observance
  2. Our Lady of the RosaryMemorial
  3. Saint John Paul II, PopeOptional Memorial
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The liturgical year under her mantle.

Year B → Year C at Advent · Cycle I · United States Roman Calendar

May 2027

Every day, with the Church’s celebrations and optional memorials

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1Easter
2Easter
3Easter
4Easter
5Easter
6Easter
7Easter
8Easter
9Easter
10Easter
11Easter
12Easter
13Easter
14Easter
15Easter
16Easter
17Ordinary Time
18Ordinary Time
19Ordinary Time
20Ordinary Time
21Ordinary Time
22Ordinary Time
23Ordinary Time
24Ordinary Time
25Ordinary Time
26Ordinary Time
27Ordinary Time
28Ordinary Time
29Ordinary Time
30Ordinary Time
31Ordinary Time
  1. SaturdayMay 1
  2. SundayMay 2
  3. MondayMay 3
  4. TuesdayMay 4
  5. WednesdayMay 5
  6. ThursdayMay 6
  7. FridayMay 7
  8. SaturdayMay 8
  9. SundayMay 9
  10. MondayMay 10
  11. TuesdayMay 11
  12. WednesdayMay 12
  13. ThursdayMay 13
  14. FridayMay 14
  15. SaturdayMay 15
  16. SundayMay 16
  17. MondayMay 17
  18. TuesdayMay 18
  19. WednesdayMay 19
  20. ThursdayMay 20
  21. FridayMay 21
  22. SaturdayMay 22
  23. SundayMay 23
  24. MondayMay 24
  25. TuesdayMay 25
  26. WednesdayMay 26
  27. ThursdayMay 27
  28. FridayMay 28
  29. SaturdayMay 29
  30. SundayMay 30
  31. MondayMay 31
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  1. SaturdayMay 1Easter
  2. SundayMay 2Easter
  3. MondayMay 3Easter
  4. TuesdayMay 4Easter
  5. WednesdayMay 5Easter
  6. ThursdayMay 6Easter
  7. FridayMay 7Easter
  8. SaturdayMay 8Easter
  9. SundayMay 9Easter
  10. MondayMay 10Easter
  11. TuesdayMay 11Easter
  12. WednesdayMay 12Easter
  13. ThursdayMay 13Easter
  14. FridayMay 14Easter
  15. SaturdayMay 15Easter
  16. SundayMay 16Easter
  17. MondayMay 17Ordinary Time
  18. TuesdayMay 18Ordinary Time
  19. WednesdayMay 19Ordinary Time
  20. ThursdayMay 20Ordinary Time
  21. FridayMay 21Ordinary Time
  22. SaturdayMay 22Ordinary Time
  23. SundayMay 23Ordinary Time
  24. MondayMay 24Ordinary Time
  25. TuesdayMay 25Ordinary Time
  26. WednesdayMay 26Ordinary Time
  27. ThursdayMay 27Ordinary Time
  28. FridayMay 28Ordinary Time
  29. SaturdayMay 29Ordinary Time
  30. SundayMay 30Ordinary Time
  31. MondayMay 31Ordinary Time
Marian celebrationSolemnitySunday or feastDevotional observance
Read the month’s observance notes and devotional responses

Keep May 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.

  1. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  2. Optional Memorial

    Saint Joseph the Worker

  3. 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

  4. Sunday

    Sixth Sunday of Easter

  5. Feast

    Saints Philip and James, Apostles

  6. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  7. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  8. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  9. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  10. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  11. Solemnity

    The Ascension of the Lord

    Shown on the Sunday observed in most U.S. dioceses.

  12. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  13. Optional Memorial

    Saint John De Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church

  14. Optional Memorial

    Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest

  15. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  16. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  17. Optional Memorial

    Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs

  18. Optional Memorial

    Saint Pancras, Martyr

  19. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  20. Optional MemorialMarian

    Our Lady of Fatima

    At Fatima, Our Lady called the world to the Rosary, conversion, sacrifice, consecration, and reparation. Her summons is an answer to the danger of souls being lost.

    Answer the call of Fatima

  21. Feast

    Saint Matthias, Apostle

  22. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  23. Optional Memorial

    Saint Isidore

  24. Solemnity

    Pentecost Sunday

  25. MemorialMarian

    The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Seventh Week in Ordinary Time)

    Mary stood beside the Cross and prayed with the newborn Church at Pentecost. Christ’s Mother is mother of His members and forms them in the life of her Son.

    Take Mary as your mother

  26. Weekday

    Tuesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time

  27. Optional Memorial

    Saint John I, Pope and Martyr

  28. Weekday

    Wednesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time

  29. Weekday

    Thursday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time

  30. Optional MemorialMarian witness

    Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest

    Hear St. Bernardine of Siena

  31. Weekday

    Friday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time

  32. Optional Memorial

    Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs

  33. Weekday

    Saturday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time

  34. Optional Memorial

    Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious

  35. Optional MemorialMarian

    The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

  36. Solemnity

    The Most Holy Trinity

  37. Weekday

    Monday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time

  38. Weekday

    Tuesday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time

  39. Optional Memorial

    Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church

  40. Optional Memorial

    Saint Gregory VII, Pope

  41. Optional MemorialMarian

    Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin

  42. Memorial

    Saint Philip Neri, Priest

  43. Weekday

    Thursday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time

  44. Optional Memorial

    Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop

  45. Weekday

    Friday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time

  46. Weekday

    Saturday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time

  47. Optional Memorial

    Saint Paul VI, Pope

  48. Optional MemorialMarian

    The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

  49. Solemnity

    The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)

  50. FeastMarian

    The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Ninth Week in Ordinary Time)

    Filled with Christ, Mary hastens to serve. Her greeting brings sanctification and joy; her Magnificat teaches every soul to magnify the Lord.

    Pray the Joyful Mysteries

This year’s observance notes

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

  • The Annunciation is transferred from Holy Week to Monday, April 5.
  • The Ascension is shown on Sunday, May 9, as observed in most U.S. dioceses. The ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia observe it on Thursday, May 6.
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe is omitted because December 12 is the Third Sunday of Advent; the USCCB permits suitable Marian honor within the Sunday celebration.
Open the official 2027 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.

  1. Receive the mystery.Attend the Church’s liturgy and hear the Word with Mary’s faith.
  2. Contemplate with her.Pray the Rosary mystery or Marian prayer that opens the feast more deeply.
  3. 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.

  1. 01
    USCCB · Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States

    Official annual dates, ranks, colors, readings, and U.S. proper celebrations.

  2. 02
    St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary, Part II

    Discourses on Mary’s feasts, her seven sorrows, and her virtues.

  3. 03
    St. Louis de Montfort · True Devotion §§243–248

    Honoring the Incarnation and the Blessed Virgin in a life of consecration.

  4. 04
    Decree · Mary, Mother of the Church

    The obligatory memorial established for the Monday after Pentecost.