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
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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- FridaySeptember 1
- SaturdaySeptember 2
- SundaySeptember 3
- MondaySeptember 4
- TuesdaySeptember 5
- WednesdaySeptember 6
- ThursdaySeptember 7
- FridaySeptember 8
- SaturdaySeptember 9
- SundaySeptember 10
- MondaySeptember 11
- TuesdaySeptember 12
- WednesdaySeptember 13
- ThursdaySeptember 14
- FridaySeptember 15
- SaturdaySeptember 16
- SundaySeptember 17
- MondaySeptember 18
- TuesdaySeptember 19
- WednesdaySeptember 20
- ThursdaySeptember 21
- FridaySeptember 22
- SaturdaySeptember 23
- SundaySeptember 24
- MondaySeptember 25
- TuesdaySeptember 26
- WednesdaySeptember 27
- ThursdaySeptember 28
- FridaySeptember 29
- SaturdaySeptember 30
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Read the month’s observance notes and devotional responses
Keep September 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.
Weekday
Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
Optional MemorialMarian
The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
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 SaturdaySunday
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial
Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin
Weekday
Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
FeastMarian
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The birth of Mary announces the near approach of salvation. God prepares the Immaculate Mother from whom the Sun of Justice will rise.
Give thanks for Mary’s birthMemorial
Saint Peter Claver, Priest
Sunday
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Tuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
Optional MemorialMarian
The Most Holy Name of Mary
The Church honors the holy name of Mary, a name of maternal confidence and a refuge that turns the heart toward Jesus.
Call upon Mary with confidenceMemorial
Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Feast
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
MemorialMarian
Our Lady of Sorrows
At Calvary Mary stands in perfect union with the sacrifice of her Son. Ask the Sorrowful Mother to teach fidelity, compassion, and the offering of suffering.
Offer suffering with MaryMemorial
Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs
Sunday
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Monday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Tuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial
Saint Januarius, Bishop and Martyr
Memorial
Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs
Feast
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Weekday
Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest
Sunday
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
Weekday
Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial
Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs
Memorial
Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest
Weekday
Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial
Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr
Optional Memorial
Saint Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs
Feast
Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels
Memorial
Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
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.