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Liturgical Dates 2009

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2009

January 1, 2009 (Thursday)
The Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
 
bullet a Holy Day of Obligation.
bullet patroness of Our Lady, Queen of Peace Deanery
bullet World Day of Peace
bullet a Funeral Mass may not be celebrated (GIRM #336)
bullet a Marriage Ritual Mass may not be celebrated
bullet a Rite of Marriage may be celebrated within the Mass of the Solemnity
bullet a Rite of Marriage Outside of Mass may be celebrated

January 4, 2009 (Sunday)
The Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

January 11, 2009 (Sunday)
The Baptism of the Lord
Feast

Ordinary Time begins after the Feast.

January 22, 2009 (Thursday)

Day of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life.

(PN): The Mass "For Peace and Justice" (#21 of the "Masses for Various Needs") should be celebrated with violet vestments worn.

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February 2, 2009 (Monday)
The Presentation of the Lord
Feast

February 3, 2009 (Tuesday)
St. Blase, bishop / martyr
Memorial

Blessing of throats may be given today (see BB, chapter 51).

February 9, 2009 (Monday)
Mass for Deceased Clergy

The annual Mass for Deceased Clergy will be celebrated at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral at 7:00 p.m., Bishop Leonard P. Blair, celebrant.

February 25, 2009
Ash Wednesday

(PN): universal day of fast and abstinence.
 
bulleta Marriage Ritual Mass may not be celebrated..
bulletthe Rite of Marriage Outside of Mass may be celebrated.
bullet a Funeral Mass may be celebrated. 

National Collection to aid the Church in Central and Eastern Europe.

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March 1, 2009
First Sunday of Lent

The Rite of Election will be celebrated at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral and St. Michael the Archangel Church, Findlay, at 3:00 p.m. at both locations.

National Collection for Black and Indian Missions.

March 19, 2009 (Thursday)
St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Solemnity
bulleta Funeral Mass may be celebrated.
bulletGloria and Creed are included in Mass.

(PN): On this day it is the custom in some places to bless bread, pastries, and other food and give a large portion to the poor. See BB, chapter 53.

March 22, 2009 
Fourth Sunday of Lent
"Laetare Sunday"

Violet or rose vestments are worn.

National Collection for Catholic Relief Services (formerly ABOA)

March 25, 2009 (Wednesday)
Annunciation of the Lord
Solemnity
bulleta Funeral Mass may be celebrated.
bullet During the Creed all genuflect at the words, "and became man".

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April 5, 2009 
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion

Commemoration of the Lord's Entrance into Jerusalem (1 of 3 forms)

April 7, 2009 (Tuesday)
Chrism Mass

11:00 a.m. at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral.

April 8, 2009 (Wednesday)
Tenebrae

7:30 p.m. at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral.

April 9, 2009 
Holy Thursday
Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper

bullet the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper is the only Mass allowed.
bulletthe rite of Marriage or Marriage Ritual Mass may not be celebrated.
bullet a Funeral Mass is not permitted. 

(PN): Holy Communion may be brought to the sick at any convenient hour.

April 10, 2009
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion

bulletonly the Celebration of the Lord's Passion may be celebrated on this day.
bulleta Funeral Mass is not permitted.

(PN): universal day of fast and abstinence.

(PN): Holy Communion may be brought to the sick at any convenient hour.

National Collection for the Holy Land

April 11, 2009 
Holy Saturday (day)

(PN): Holy Communion is given only as viaticum (before the Easter Vigil).

The Easter Vigil (night)

(PN): While liturgical protocol states that the Easter Vigil should begin after nightfall (post initium noctis) and end before dawn of Easter Sunday, Bishop Leonard Blair has indicated that the celebration of the Easter Vigil may begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Diocese of Toledo.

April 12, 2009 
Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord

bulletthe Rite of Renewal of Baptismal Promises is repeated after the homily today.
bulletthe Creed is omitted.
bulletthe Easter Triduum ends with completion of Evening Prayer.

During the Octave of Easter (April 13 - 19):
bulleta Funeral Mass may be celebrated.
bulleta Marriage Ritual Mass may not be celebrated.
bulleta Rite of Marriage may be celebrated within a Mass of the Day. The orations, preface, blessing and readings are of the day. One reading may be from the Marriage Ritual Mass. A nuptial blessing may be given.
bulletA Rite of Marriage Outside of Mass may be celebrated.
bulletthe double "Alleluia" is given at the dismissal during the Easter Octave and on the Solemnity of Pentecost and is NOT included during the Sundays of the Easter Season.

April 15, 2009
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Solemnity

Today is the 99th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Toledo.

April 19, 2009
Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
Solemnity

April 26, 2009
Third Sunday of Easter

The Neophyte Mass will be celebrated today at 3:00 p.m. at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Bishop Leonard P. Blair, celebrant.

Today is Commitment Sunday for the Annual Catholic Appeal.

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May 1, 2009 (Friday)
St. Joseph the Worker
Memorial

May 3, 2009
Fourth Sunday of Easter

(PN): Today is World Day of Prayer for Vocations.

May 6, 2008 (Wednesday)
Priest Jubilee Mass

The annual Priest Jubilee Mass will be celebrated today at St. Wendelin, Fostoria at 4:30 p.m.. Bishop Leonard P. Blair, celebrant.

May 10, 2009
Fifth Sunday of Easter

(PN): Today is Mother's Day. See BB, chapter 55.

May 24, 2009
The Ascension of the Lord
Solemnity

(PN): The Ascension of the Lord has been moved to Sunday, May 24, 2009 by the decision of the Metropolitan Bishops.

(PN): The Easter Candle remains in place either near the ambo or altar and continues to be lit through Vespers on Pentecost Sunday.

May 30, 2009 (Saturday)
Easter weekday

Presbyteral Ordinations will be celebrated today at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral. Bishop Leonard Blair, celebrant.

May 31, 2009
Pentecost Sunday

Solemnity

(PN): Fitting occasion for the sprinkling rite and infant baptisms. The Easter Candle remains lit during Mass and is placed near the baptismal font after the last Mass or after Evening Prayer.

(PN): The double "Alleluia" is given after the dismissal today.

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June 7, 2009 (Sunday)
The Most Holy Trinity
Solemnity

June 14, 2009 (Sunday)
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Solemnity

National Collection for the Catholic Home Missions Appeal.

June 19, 2009 (Friday)
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Solemnity

June 21, 2009
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

(PN): Today is Father's Day. See BB, Chapter 56.

June 24, 2009 (Wednesday)
The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Solemnity

June 28, 2009
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

National Collection for Peter's Pence (for the Holy Father).

June 29, 2009 (Monday)
Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles
Solemnity

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August 6, 2009 (Thursday)
The Transfiguration of the Lord
Feast

August 13, 2009 (Thursday)
St. Philomena, virgin/martyr
Memorial

(PN): The memorial is transferred from August 11 to August 13 in the Diocese of Toledo.

August 15, 2009 (Saturday)
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Solemnity

 
bulletNot Holy Day of Obligation.
bullet a Funeral Mass may not be celebrated. GIRM #336
bullet a Marriage Ritual Mass may not be celebrated.
bullet a Rite of Marriage Outside of Mass may be celebrated.
bulleta Rite of Marriage may be celebrated within the Mass of the Solemnity.

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September 9, 2009 (Wednesday)
St. Peter Claver, priest
Memorial

The annual C.Y.O. Mass will be celebrated today at 6:30 p.m. at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral. Bishop Leonard Blair, celebrant.

September 13, 2009
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

National Collection for the Catholic University of America.

September 14, 2009 (Monday)
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Feast

September 27, 2009
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Collection for the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

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October 1, 2009 (Thursday)
St. Therese of Lisieux, virgin/doctor
Memorial

Feast
Churches and religious houses in the Diocese of Toledo celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral instead of the Memorial of St. Therese. This Feast is observed as a Solemnity in the Cathedral only.

(PN): Today is the 69th anniversary of the dedication of Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral.

October 7, 2009 (Wednesday) 
Our Lady of the Rosary
Principal Patroness of the Diocese of Toledo
Feast

October 18, 2009
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

National Collection for the Catholic Communications Campaign.

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November 1, 2009 (Sunday)
All Saints
Solemnity

November 2, 2009 (Monday)
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
Feast

November 22, 2009 (Sunday)
Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
Solemnity

(PN): Today begins the Thirty-Fourth and last week in Ordinary Time.

National Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

November 26, 2009 (Thursday)

(PN): Today is Thanksgiving Day. Mass for Thanksgiving Day may be celebrated. See BB, Chapter 58.

November 28, 2009 (Saturday)
The End of the Liturgical Year

With Evening Prayer I of the First Sunday of Advent the new Liturgical Year begins. The Lectionary Cycles are Year C for the Sunday Cycle and Year II for the Weekday Cycle (volume III of the four volume Lectionary).

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December 8, 2009 (Tuesday)
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Solemnity

A Holy Day of Obligation

December 12, 2009 (Saturday)
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Feast

December 13, 2009
Third Sunday of Advent

Collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious

December 25, 2009 (Friday)
The Nativity of the Lord
Solemnity

A Holy Day of Obligation

December 27, 2009 (Sunday)
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Feast

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