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Additions or Amendments to Universal Calendar

In the editio tertia of the Missale Romanum there have been a number of additions to the Universal Calendar. Some of these have been announced previously but the complete list is given for convenience.

  • Additions to the Universal Calendar indications of Lectionary Readings (pdf)
Additions or Amendments to Universal Calendar

Feast

22 July St Mary Magdalene ∆

Obligatory Memorials

Monday after Pentecost Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
29 July Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus ∆
14 August St Maximillian Maria Kolbe, priest and martyr
20 September St Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, St Paul Chong Hasang
and their companions, martyrs
24 November St Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and his companions, martyrs

Optional Memorial

3 January Most Holy Name of Jesus
8 February St Josephine Bakhita, virgin
27 February St Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church ∆
23 April St Adalbert, bishop and martyr  [transferred to 24 April in England]
28 April St Louis Marie de Montfort, priest
10 May St John of Avila, Priest, Doctor of the Church ∆
13 May Our Lady of Fatima
21 May St Christopher of Magallanes, priest, and his companions, martyrs
22 May St Rita of Cascia, religious
29 May St Paul VI, Pope ∆
9 July St Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and his companions, martyrs
20 July St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr
24 July St Sharbel Makhluf, priest
2 August St Peter Julian Eymard, priest
9 August St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr,
[patron of Europe — feast in Europe]
9 September St Peter Claver, priest
12 September Most Holy Name of Mary
17 September St Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church ∆
28 September St Laurence Ruiz and his companions, martyrs
5 October St Faustina Kowalska ∆
11 October St John XXIII, pope ∆
22 October St John Paul II, pope ∆
25 November St Catherine of Alexandria
9 December St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
10 December Our Lady of Loreto ∆
12 December Our Lady of Guadalupe
∆ — Commemorations which had been added or amended to the Universal Calendar subsequent to the publication of the 3rd edition of the Missale Romanum
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