Monday, 3 June 2013

Virgin Mary, Marian Feast Days


Marian Feast Days

The months of May and October are traditionally "Marian months" for Roman Catholics, e.g., the daily Rosary is encouraged in October and in May Marian devotions take place in many regions.

The Roman Catholic Church celebrates three Marian solemnities which are also holy days of obligation in many countries during the liturgical year (in liturgical order):
December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
January 1 Mary, Mother of God
August 15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary


Other prominent Marian feast days and memorials in the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church are:

December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe
February 11 Our Lady of Lourdes
May 13 Our Lady of Fátima
May 31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Saturday after Sacred Heart of Jesus*) 
August 22 Queenship of Mary
September 8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

*Sacred Heart of Jesus is 19 days after Pentecost.

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