The Season of Advent

December 1 –December 24, 2013

Four Weeks• Happy New (Liturgical) Year!• Themes: Longing, Waiting

Hopeful anticipation,• Preparing

• COLOR: Violet/Pink• TONE: HUSHED, QUIET, REFLECTIVE

Feast Days and Holy Days• December 6: Feast of St. Nicholas

• December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception: (Holy Day of Obligation)

• December 12: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe• December 13: Feast of St. Lucy

• December 14: Feast of St. John of the Cross

The Liturgical Year

Christmas SeasonDecember 25 – January 13, 2014

Themes: Incarnation, the Light, the Word Colors: White and Gold

Feast Days:December 26: Feast of St. Stephen

December 28: Feast of Holy InnocentsJanuary 1: Solemnity of Mary

January 5: Feast of the EpiphanyJanuary 12: Feast of Baptism of the Lord

Ordinary Time (Winter)January 13 – March 4, 20148 SUNDAYS IN ORDINARY TIME

Color: GreenThemes: “Ordinary (numbered) Time”

Feast Days:January 25: Feast of St. Paul

January 28: Feast of St. Thomas AquinasFebruary 2: Presentation of the Lord

ENDS ON “FAT TUESDAY” March 4th

LENT: March 5 – April 16

LASTS FOR SIX SUNDAYS; COLOR: PURPLETHEMES: Repentance; Renewal; Reflection, ScrutinyFeasts and Holy Days:March 5 - Ash Wednesday March 17 – St. PatrickMarch 19 - Saint Joseph March 25 - The Annunciation of the Lord

HOLY WEEKApril 13 – April 19

• Passion (Palm Sunday) – April 13

THE TRIDUUM(Lent is Over)

THREE DAYS CELEBRATED AS ONE EVENT• April 17 – Holy Thursday• April 18 – Good Friday• April 19 – Holy Saturday

EASTER SEASONApril 20 – June 8, 2014

• Themes: New Life, Resurrection, Joy• Color: WhiteFeasts: (Many different Saints)• May 29 – Ascension of the Lord• May 31 – The Visitation (Mary and Elizabeth)

JUNE 8: PENTECOST SUNDAYEnd of Easter Season

Ordinary Time (Summer)June 9 – November 29, 2014

Theme: Five Months Ordinary, Numbered TimeColor: Green

Some Feasts and Holy Days:• June 15 – Most Holy Trinity Sunday• June 22 –The Most Holy Body and Blood of

Christ (Corpus Christi) • August 15 – Feast of the Assumption of Mary• Sept 8 - The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary• Nov 1-2 – All Saints/All Souls Day

Let’s Return to NOW! ADVENT!

• Advent in Two Minutes

What does Advent mean?

• From Latin: “To come, the arrival”• Remembering the Coming of Christ so

long ago at Bethlehem: aka: The Incarnation

• Looking forward to the Coming of Christ at the end of time

• Realizing the coming of Christ, every day, into our lives

Important Figures for Advent:Elijah the Prophet

Isaiah the Prophet

John the Baptist

Elizabeth, Mary’s Cousin

Zechariah

Mary

Joseph

How we Celebrate Advent

• Slow down and be quiet• Pray in “watchful anticipation”• Perhaps around the Advent Wreath (very

symbolic)• Perhaps around the Jesse Tree (also symbolic)• SUBTRACT, not ADD

How is this possible during the holidays?

That’s up to YOU!