Liturgical Calendar for the Year of Grace 2008

Saturday, December 8, 2007
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Holy Day of Obligation
Masses during the day are for the Immaculate Conception; Masses in the evening are for the Second Sunday of Advent

Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord – Christmas Day
Holy Day of Obligation

Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Bishop Blaire has dispensed with the obligation for this day for the Diocese of Stockton.

Sunday, January 20, 2008
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Second
Collection: Church in Latin America

Sunday, January 27, 2008
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Pre-Bishop’s Ministry Appeal

Sunday, February 3, 2008
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Second Collection: Bishop’s Ministry Appeal

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Ash Wednesday
Day of obligatory fast and abstinence.

Sunday, March 2, 2008
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Second Collection: Catholic Relief Services

Sunday, March 9, 2008
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Daylight savings time begins – set clocks ahead one hour

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Annunciation, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 15, 2008
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Transferred)
Masses celebrated during the day are for the Solemnity; Masses celebrated in the evening are for Palm Sunday.

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Holy Thursday
Daylight savings time begins – set clocks ahead one hour

Friday, March 21, 2008
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Second Collection: Holy Land Collection

Saturday, March 22, 2008
Easter Vigil
The Vigil, by its very nature, “ought to take place at night” (EV, no. 3). It is not begun before nightfall and should end before daybreak on Easter Sunday. This year, sunset is at 7:19 p.m. in the Diocese of Stockton. Nightfall is then presumed to be approximately 45 minutes later, or at approximately 8:00 p.m. The Easter Vigil is not to begin before 8:00 p.m. For more information, please see http://stocktondiocese.org/english/liturgy/calendar/easterVigil.html

Sunday, March 23, 2008
Easter Sunday

Monday, March 31, 2008
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord (Transferred)

Sunday, April 27, 2008
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Second Collection: Black and Indian Missions, and Catholic Home Missions Appeal (CHMA)

Sunday, May 4, 2008
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Note that the observance of this Solemnity has been permanently moved to the seventh Sunday of Easter in the Diocese of Stockton.

Sunday, May 11, 2008
Solemnity of Pentecost

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Second Collection: Catholic Charities

Sunday, May 25, 2008
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Friday, May 30
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sunday, June 1, 2008
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Second Collection: Catholic Communication Campaign

Monday, June 23, 2008
Vigil of the Solemnity of Saint John the Baptist

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Solemnity of Saint John the Baptist

Sunday, June 29, 2008
Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles
Second Collection: Peter’s Pence (Collection for the Holy Father)

Friday, August 15
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Holy Day of Obligation

Sunday, September 7, 2008
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Second Collection: Catholic University of America

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Feast of the Exultation of the Cross

Sunday, October 5, 2008
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Second Collection: Respect Life Sunday

Sunday, October 19, 2008
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Second Collection: World Mission Sunday (Society for the Propagation of the Faith)

Saturday, November 1, 2008
Solemnity of All Saints
This is not a Holy Day of Obligation.

Sunday, November 2, 2008
Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed – All Souls
Daylight Savings Time Ends: Set Clocks BACK one hour

Sunday, November 9, 2008
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateral Basilica in Rome

Sunday, November 23, 2008
Solemnity of Christ the King
Second Collection: Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)

Calendar Notes for the Beginning of the Year of Grace 2009

Sunday, November 30, 2008
First Sunday of Advent of the Year of Grace 2009

Sunday, December 7, 2008
Second Sunday of Advent
Second Collection: Retirement fund for Religious

Monday, December 8, 2008
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
This IS a Holy Day of Obligation, as the Patronal Day of the USA.

Thursday, December 25, 2008
Christmas Day
This IS a Holy Day of Obligation.

Monday, January 1, 2009
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
Bishop Blaire has dispensed with the obligation for this day for the Diocese of Stockton.

 Last Update January 7, 2008