Liturgical Calendar

Dates for Sundays

Apart from the Seasons of Lent and Easter each Sunday of the Year is tied to a range of dates.

The table below sets out those dates whilst noting some of the local changes in England and Wales

Dates for Sundays
Date Celebration
Date Celebration
27 November - 3 December 1st Sunday of Advent
4 December-10 December 2nd Sunday of Advent
11 December-17 December 3rd Sunday of Advent
18 December-24 December 4th Sunday of Advent
25 December Birth of the Lord
26 December-31 December The Holy Family
1 January Mary, Mother of God
Where Epiphany is celebrated on 6 January
2 January -5 January 2nd Sunday after Christmas
6 January The Epiphany of the Lord
7 January - 19 January Baptism of the Lord
Where Epiphany is transferred to the Sunday (England and Wales).
When the Epiphany falls on either 7 or 8 January The Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the following Monday (8 or 9).
2 January - 8 January The Epiphany of the Lord
9 January - 13 January Baptism of the Lord
14 January - 20 January 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
21 January - 27 January 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
28 January - 3 February 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 February Presentation of the Lord
4 February - 10 February 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
earliest date for Ash Wednesday 5/2
11 February -17 February 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
18 February - 24 February 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
25 February - 3 March 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
25 February - 2 March
in leap years		 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
4 March - 7 March 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time
latest date for Ash Wednesday 10/3
3 March - 7 March
in leap years 		9th Sunday in Ordinary Time
latest date for Ash Wednesday 10/3
10 May - 14 May 6th Week in Ordinary Time
earliest date for Pentecost 10/5
The 2 Sundays following Pentecost Sunday are celebrated as Trinity Sunday and The Body and Blood of the Lord respectively.
15 May - 21 May 7th Week in Ordinary Time
22 May - 28 May 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
29 May - 4 June 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5 June - 11 June 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
12 June - 18 June 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
latest date for Pentecost 13/6
19 June - 25 June 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
24 June Birth of St John the Baptist
26 June - 2 July 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
29 June St Peter & St Paul
28 June - 30 June
(in England and Wales)		 St Peter & St Paul
3 July - 9 July 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
10 July - 16 July 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
17 July - 23 July 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
24 July - 30 July 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
31 July - 6 August 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
6 August Transfiguration
7 August - 13 August 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
14 August - 20 August 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
15 August The Assumption
14 August-16 August
(In England & Wales)		 The Assumption
21 August - 27 August 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
28 August - 3 September 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
4 September - 10 September 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 September - 17 September 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
14 September The Triumph of the Cross
18 September - 24 September 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
25 September - 1 October 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 October - 8 October 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9 October - 15 October 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
16 October - 22 October 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
23 October - 29 October 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
30 October - 5 November 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 November All Saints
2 November Al Souls
31 October - 2 November
(In England & Wales)		 All Saints
(If All Saints is celebrated on 2/11 All Souls is transferred to Monday 3/11)
6 November - 12 November 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
9 November

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
13 November - 19 November 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
20 November - 26 November Christ the King
34th Sunday in Ordinary Time