Liturgical Calendar for May 2016
Note: This is a liturgical calendar (ordo) for the month of May 2016 for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form, according to the Missale Romanum (1962) of Pope St. John XXIII. It is intended as a general guide. It does not show feasts which are observed only in particular places. It does not show votive Masses on the days when they are permitted by the rubrics (with the exception of votive Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary on certain Saturdays). If a Mass is shown in this color, it means that Propers for that Mass are available on this site.
| May 2016 | |||||
| Date | Day | The Mass | Class | Color | Commemoration |
| 1 | Sunday | St. Joseph the Worker | 1 | W | Fifth Sunday after Easter |
| 2 | Monday | St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor | 3 | W | |
| or: Rogation Mass | 2 | V | St. Athanasius | ||
| 3 | Tuesday | Feria | 4 | W | Ss Alexander & Companions |
| or: Ss Alexander and Companions, Martyrs | 4 | R | |||
| or: Finding of the Holy Cross | 4 | R | Ss Alexander & Companions | ||
| or: Rogation Mass | 2 | V | Ss Alexander & Companions | ||
| 4 | Wednesday | Vigil of the Ascension | 2 | W | St. Monica |
| or: Rogation Mass | 2 | V | Vigil of Ascension | ||
| 5 | Thursday | The Ascension of Our Lord | 1 | W | |
| 6 | Friday | Feria | 4 | W | |
| or: St. John Before the Latin Gate | 4 | R | |||
| or: St. Dominic Savio, Confessor | 4 | W | |||
| 7 | Saturday | St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr | 3 | R | |
| 8 | Sunday | Sunday after the Ascension | 2 | W | |
| 9 | Monday | St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor | 3 | W | |
| 10 | Tuesday | St. Antoninus, Bishop & Confessor | 3 | W | Ss Gordian & Epimachus |
| 11 | Wednesday | Ss Philip and James, Apostles | 2 | R | |
| 12 | Thursday | Ss Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla & Pancras, Martyrs | 3 | R | |
| 13 | Friday | St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor | 3 | W | |
| 14 | Saturday | Vigil of Pentecost | 1 | R | |
| 15 | Sunday | Pentecost Sunday | 1 | R | |
| 16 | Monday | Pentecost Monday | 1 | R | |
| 17 | Tuesday | Pentecost Tuesday | 1 | R | |
| 18 | Wednesday | Pentecost Wednesday (Ember Day) | 1 | R | |
| 19 | Thursday | Pentecost Thursday | 1 | R | |
| 20 | Friday | Pentecost Friday (Ember Day) | 1 | R | |
| 21 | Saturday | Pentecost Saturday (Ember Day) | 1 | R | |
| 22 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | 1 | W | |
| 23 | Monday | Feria (Mass of First Sunday after Pentecost) | 4 | G | |
| 24 | Tuesday | Feria | 4 | G | |
| 25 | Wednesday | St. Gregory VII, Pope and Confessor | 3 | W | St. Urban I |
| 26 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | 1 | W | |
| 27 | Friday | St. Bede the Venerable, Confessor & Doctor | 3 | W | St. John I |
| 28 | Saturday | St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop & Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 29 | Sunday | Second Sunday after Pentecost | 2 | G | |
| or USA: External Solemnity of Corpus Christi | 2 | W | |||
| 30 | Monday | Feria | 4 | G | St. Felix I |
| or: St. Felix I, Pope and Martyr | 4 | R | |||
| or: St. Joan of Arc, Virgin | 4 | W | |||
| 31 | Tuesday | Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 2 | W | St. Petronilla |
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