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

May 2028

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

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  1. MondayMay 1
  2. TuesdayMay 2
  3. WednesdayMay 3
  4. ThursdayMay 4
  5. FridayMay 5
  6. SaturdayMay 6
  7. SundayMay 7
  8. MondayMay 8
  9. TuesdayMay 9
  10. WednesdayMay 10
  11. ThursdayMay 11
  12. FridayMay 12
  13. SaturdayMay 13
  14. SundayMay 14
  15. MondayMay 15
  16. TuesdayMay 16
  17. WednesdayMay 17
  18. ThursdayMay 18
  19. FridayMay 19
  20. SaturdayMay 20
  21. SundayMay 21
  22. MondayMay 22
  23. TuesdayMay 23
  24. WednesdayMay 24
  25. ThursdayMay 25
  26. FridayMay 26
  27. SaturdayMay 27
  28. SundayMay 28
  29. MondayMay 29
  30. TuesdayMay 30
  31. WednesdayMay 31
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  1. MondayMay 1Easter
  2. TuesdayMay 2Easter
  3. WednesdayMay 3Easter
  4. ThursdayMay 4Easter
  5. FridayMay 5Easter
  6. SaturdayMay 6Easter
  7. SundayMay 7Easter
  8. MondayMay 8Easter
  9. TuesdayMay 9Easter
  10. WednesdayMay 10Easter
  11. ThursdayMay 11Easter
  12. FridayMay 12Easter
  13. SaturdayMay 13Easter
  14. SundayMay 14Easter
  15. MondayMay 15Easter
  16. TuesdayMay 16Easter
  17. WednesdayMay 17Easter
  18. ThursdayMay 18Easter
  19. FridayMay 19Easter
  20. SaturdayMay 20Easter
  21. SundayMay 21Easter
  22. MondayMay 22Easter
  23. TuesdayMay 23Easter
  24. WednesdayMay 24Easter
  25. ThursdayMay 25Easter
  26. FridayMay 26Easter
  27. SaturdayMay 27Easter
  28. SundayMay 28Easter
  29. MondayMay 29Easter
  30. TuesdayMay 30Easter
  31. WednesdayMay 31Easter
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. Memorial

    Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

  4. Feast

    Saints Philip and James, Apostles

  5. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  6. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  7. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  8. 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

  9. Sunday

    Fourth Sunday of Easter

  10. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  11. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  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. Sunday

    Fifth Sunday of Easter

  22. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  23. Optional Memorial

    Saint Isidore

  24. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  25. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  26. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  27. Optional Memorial

    Saint John I, Pope and Martyr

  28. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  29. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  30. Optional MemorialMarian witness

    Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest

    Hear St. Bernardine of Siena

  31. Sunday

    Sixth Sunday of Easter

  32. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  33. Optional Memorial

    Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious

  34. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  35. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  36. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  37. Optional Memorial

    Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church

  38. Optional Memorial

    Saint Gregory VII, Pope

  39. Optional MemorialMarian

    Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin

  40. Memorial

    Saint Philip Neri, Priest

  41. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  42. Optional Memorial

    Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop

  43. Solemnity

    The Ascension of the Lord

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

  44. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  45. Optional Memorial

    Saint Paul VI, Pope

  46. Weekday

    Easter Weekday

  47. FeastMarian

    The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    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.

  • 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.

  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.