The liturgical year of the Roman Catholic church is often referred to as the ... times and seasons vary from year to year and are published by the church in the ORDO -- an annual calendar that gives ...

Please note that the months that contain the seasons and the seasons that contain the solemnities, feasts and memorials will vary from year to year depending on the Church calendar. This section lists ...

It shows the feasts in vigor before the liturgical reform of 1969 ... to scriptural themes that have not been stressed for centuries. Catechism of the Catholic Church. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice ...

The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas as an octave, an eight-day celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Christmas is typically celebrated on Dec. 25 for most of the world — or Jan. 7 for churches using the Julian calendar (Jan ... In the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, Epiphany celebrates ...

Green is a sign of life in nature and as such it represents growth, life and hope. It symbolizes the graces that draw people into the life of God. The last Sunday of Ordinary Time is the Solemnity of ...

The Church year is split into different seasons ... By celebrating the liturgical year, a Catholic is celebrating the life and mystery of Christ. The day of Christ, the day that is Christ ...