Liturgical Calendar for August 2016
Note: This is a liturgical calendar (ordo) for the month of August 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.
| August 2016 | |||||
| Date | Day | The Mass | Class | Color | Commemoration |
| 1 | Monday | Feria | 4 | G | Holy Machabees |
| or: Holy Machabees, Martyrs | 4 | R | |||
| or: St. Peter in Chains | 4 | W | St. Paul; Holy Machabees | ||
| 2 | Tuesday | St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor | 3 | W | St. Stephen I |
| 3 | Wednesday | Feria | 4 | G | |
| or: Finding of the Body of St. Stephen, Protomartyr | 4 | R | |||
| 4 | Thursday | St. Dominic, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 5 | Friday | Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major | 3 | W | |
| 6 | Saturday | The Transfiguration of Our Lord | 2 | W | St. Sixtus II & Companions |
| 7 | Sunday | Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | 3 | W | |
| 8 | Monday | St. John Mary Vianney, Confessor | 3 | W | Ss Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus |
| 9 | Tuesday | Vigil of St. Laurence | 3 | V | St. Romanus |
| 10 | Wednesday | St. Laurance, Deacon and Martyr | 2 | R | |
| 11 | Thursday | Feria | 4 | G | Ss Tiburtius & Susanna |
| or: Ss Tiburtius and Susanna, Virgin, Martyrs | 4 | R | |||
| 12 | Friday | St. Clare, Virgin | 3 | W | |
| 13 | Saturday | Ss Hippolytus and Cassian, Martyrs | 4 | R | |
| 14 | Sunday | Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 | G | |
| 15 | Monday | The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (6 pg.) *or* 4 pg. | 1 | W | |
| 16 | Tuesday | St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 2 | W | |
| 17 | Wednesday | St. Hyacinth, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 18 | Thursday | Feria | 4 | G | St. Agapitus |
| or: St. Agapitus, Martyr | 4 | R | |||
| 19 | Friday | St. John Eudes, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 20 | Saturday | St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Doctor | 3 | W | |
| 21 | Sunday | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 | G | |
| 22 | Monday | The Immaculate Heart of Mary | 2 | W | Ss Timothy & Companions |
| 23 | Tuesday | St. Philip Benizi, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 24 | Wednesday | St. Bartholomew, Apostle | 2 | R | |
| 25 | Thursday | St. Louis IX, King and Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 26 | Friday | Feria | 4 | G | St. Zephyrinus |
| or: St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr | 4 | R | |||
| 27 | Saturday | St. Joseph Calasance, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 28 | Sunday | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 | G | |
| 29 | Monday | Beheading of St. John the Baptist | 3 | R | St. Sabina |
| 30 | Tuesday | St. Rose of Lima, Virgin | 3 | W | Ss Felix & Adauctus |
| 31 | Wednesday | St. Raymond Nonnatus, Confessor | 3 | W | |
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