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Diocese of Evansville Liturgical Calendar 2020-2021

The liturgical year of the Church is governed by a calendar. There is a General Calendar for the universal Church that orders those days which are celebrated by the Church worldwide, and then their are Particular Calendars that are more specific to a particular diocese or region. The following is the Particular Calendar for the Diocese of Evansville, which contains the celebrations of more local significance.

To download the calendar in its entirety, please click here:
2020-2021 Calendar

 2020-2021
Sunday Year B (Mark)
Weekday Year I


  • Bolded dates indicate holy days of obligation (that are not Sundays)
  • Key for funeral and ritual Masses (such as weddings, Confirmation):  + = yes           - = no

November 29            First Sunday of Advent
                                   - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
December 8          Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity/holy day of obligation in 2020/patroness of                                             the United States)
                                   - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
December 15             Anniversary of Installation of Bishop Siegel (2017)
 
December 25        Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) (Solemnity/proper Vigil prayers and readings/ holy day of obligation)
                                   - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
January 1                Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord: Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Solemnity/patroness of the diocese/
                                    holy day of obligation)

                                   - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
January 3                   Epiphany of the Lord (Solemnity/proper Vigil prayers)
                                   + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
January 10                 Baptism of the Lord (Feast)
                                   + funeral Mass; + ritual Mass
 
January 18-25            Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Abide in My Love…You Shall Bear Much Fruit (cf. John 15:5-9)
 
January 19                 Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Siegel (2010)
 
January 22                 Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children — Mass “For Giving Thanks to God for the Gift of Human Life”                                                    (#48/1A or B) from “Masses and Prayers for Various Needs and Occasions” (white vestments); or “For the Preservation of Peace                                        and Justice” (#30) (violet vestments)
 
January 24                 Sunday of the Word of God (3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
 
February 2                 Presentation of the Lord (Feast)/World Day for Consecrated Life
                                     + funeral Mass; + ritual Mass

February 11               World Day of the Sick
 
February 14               World Marriage Day
 
February 17               Ash Wednesday
                                  + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
February 21               First Sunday of Lent
                                     Rite of Election (2:00 PM CT, Saint Benedict Cathedral)
                                    - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
March 28                  Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
                                  - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
March 29-31              Holy Week
                                   + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
March 30                   Chrism Mass (Saint Benedict Cathedral, 5:30 PM CT)
 
April 1                         Thursday of the Lord’s Supper (Holy Thursday)
                                     (no Masses prior to Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper)
                                   - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
April 2                        Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday) (no Masses)
 
April 3                        Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil in the Holy Night (no Masses prior to Vigil)
 
April 4                        Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord (Solemnity)
                                   - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
April 5-11                  Days in the Octave of Easter (Solemnities)
                                  + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
April 11                     Second Sunday of Easter/Sunday of Divine Mercy
                                   Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Emeritus Gettelfinger (1989)
                                  - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
April 25                    Fourth Sunday of Easter/World Day of Prayer for Vocations
 
May 16                      Ascension of the Lord (Solemnity/proper Vigil prayers – transferred from Thursday, May 13, replacing the 7th Sunday of Easter)
                                  - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
May 23                      Pentecost Sunday (Solemnity/proper Vigil prayers and readings)
                                  - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
May 24                      The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Memorial)
                                    Day of Prayer for the Church in China
                                  + funeral Mass; + ritual Mass
 
June 11                     Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Solemnity)
                                   World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests
                                 + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
August 15                 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity/holy day of obligation/proper Vigil prayers and readings)
                                 - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
August 18                 Anniversary of death, Bishop Francis Shea (1994)
 
September 1              World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
 
September 20           Catechetical Sunday
                                
October 3                  Saint Theodore Guérin (not observed in 2021)
 
October 5                  Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin (optional Memorial; newly added to the General Roman Calendar on 18 May, 2020)
 
October 24                World Mission Sunday
 
November 1              All Saints (Solemnity/not a holy day of obligation in 2021)
                                  + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
November 1-7           National Vocation Awareness Week
 
November 2              Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
                                   + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
November 6              Anniversary of Dedication of Saint Benedict Cathedral (Solemnity in cathedral, Feast in the diocese)
                                    + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
November 14            World Day of the Poor (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
 
November 21            Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Solemnity/last Sunday of Ordinary Time)
                                   + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
November 28            First Sunday of Advent 2021
                                      - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass

Calendar Notes

Ritual Masses – Days on which a proper ritual Mass may not be celebrated does not mean that the particular ritual (Marriage, Confirmation, etc.) may not be celebrated. It means that it is celebrated in the context of the Mass of the day, using the proper prayers, readings, and liturgical color of the day.

Funeral Masses – On those days which a funeral Mass may not be celebrated, one may celebrate the funeral liturgy outside Mass instead.

Proper Vigil Prayers and Readings – Some Solemnities noted above and in the ordo have their own proper Vigil prayers/readings which should be used for Masses celebrated the evening before the feast day (as opposed to anticipated Masses which use the prayers/readings of the following day, which is what is done for most Saturday evening Masses).

Celebrating Patrons/Titles – The celebration of the title/name of a parish or church should be treated as a Solemnity in that parish, and may be transferred to an adjacent Sunday if that Sunday does not outrank proper Solemnities in the Table of Liturgical Days.      
Example – Holy Rosary Parish may wish to move their patronal feast day from Thursday, October 7, to Sunday, October 10, since the Solemnity of the parish patron would take precedent over a Sunday in Ordinary Time.
  

Celebrating the Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church – The anniversary of the dedication of a church is celebrated as a Solemnity in that church. The anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral (November 6) is a Solemnity in the cathedral church itself, and a Feast for the rest of the diocese.
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Ember Days – The bishop has not designated specific days as Ember Days for the diocese, so it is a local parish choice on the timing and celebration of these customary seasonal practices.

 For More Information – This calendar is only intended as a quick reference to local celebrations. For more detailed information, please consult your ordo or contact the Office of Worship.
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