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Diocese of Evansville Liturgical Calendar 2024-2025

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:
2024-2025 Calendar

2024-2025
Sunday Year C (Luke)
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

June 1                      Ascension of the Lord (Solemnity/proper Vigil prayers – transferred from Thursday, May 29, replacing                                          the 7th Sunday of Easter)
                                - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 

June 8                      Pentecost Sunday (Solemnity/proper Vigil prayers and readings)
                                - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 

June 9                      The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Memorial)
                                + funeral Mass; + ritual Mass
 

June 27                    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 in
​                                2025/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 21         Catechetical Sunday
                                
September 28        World Day of Migrants and Refugees
 
October 3                 Saint Theodore Guérin (optional Memorial in the Diocese of Evansville)
                                 + funeral Mass; + ritual Mass
 

October 19               World Mission Sunday
 
November 1             All Saints (Solemnity/not a holy day of obligation in 2025)
                                 - funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 
November 2            Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
                                 + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 

November 2-8        National Vocation Awareness Week
 
November 6            Anniversary of Dedication of Saint Benedict Cathedral (Solemnity in cathedral; Feast in the diocese)
                                    + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 

November 16           World Day of the Poor (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
 
November 23          Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Solemnity/last Sunday of Ordinary Time)
                                 + funeral Mass; - ritual Mass
 

November 30          First Sunday of Advent 2025
                                    - 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 – Saint James Parish may wish to move their patronal feast day from Friday, July 25, to Sunday, July 27, since the Solemnity of the parish patron would take precedence 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. 
​

Celebrating the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral – The anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral is celebrated as a Solemnity in the cathedral church, and as a Feast for the rest of the diocese.

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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