Liturgical Calendar for May 2017

Note:  This is a liturgical calendar (ordo) for the month of May 2017 for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form according to the Missale Romanum (1962) of Pope St. John XXIII.  This ordo 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.

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May 2017
Date Day The Mass Class Color Commemoration
1 Monday St. Joseph the Workman 1 W
2 Tuesday St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor 3 W
3 Wednesday Feria in Paschaltide 4 W Ss Alexander & Companions
or: Ss Alexander & Companions, Martyrs 4 R
or: Finding of the Holy Cross 4 R Ss Alexander & Companions
4 Thursday St. Monica, Widow 3 W
5 Friday St. Pius V, Pope & Confessor 3 W
6 Saturday St. John Before the Latin Gate 4 R
or: Votive Mass: Saturday of Our Lady 4 W
7 Sunday Third Sunday after Easter 2 W
8 Monday Feria in Paschaltide 4 W
or: Apparition of St. Michael 4 W
or: Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces 4 W
9 Tuesday St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor 3 W
10 Wednesday St. Antoninus, Bishop & Confessor 3 W
11 Thursday Ss Philip & James, Apostles 2 R
12 Friday Ss Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, Virgin, & Pancras, Martyrs 3 R
13 Saturday By universal indult: Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 W St. Robert Bellarmine
14 Sunday Fourth Sunday after Easter 2 W
15 Monday St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle, Confessor 3 W
16 Tuesday St. Ubald, Bishop & Confessor 3 W
17 Wednesday St. Paschal Baylon, Confessor 3 W
18 Thursday St. Venantius, Martyr 3 R
19 Friday St. Peter Celestine, Pope & Confessor 3 W St. Pudentiana
20 Saturday St. Bernardine of Siena, Confessor 3 W
21 Sunday Fifth Sunday after Easter 2 W
22 Monday Feria in Paschaltide 4 W
or: Rogation Mass 2 V
23 Tuesday Feria in Paschaltide 4 W
or: Rogation Mass 2 V
24 Wednesday Vigil of the Ascension 2 W
or: Rogation Mass 2 V Vigil of Ascension
25 Thursday The Ascension of The Lord 1 W
26 Friday St. Philip Neri, Confessor 3 W St. Eleutherius
27 Saturday St. Bede the Venerable, Confessor & Doctor 3 W St. John I
28 Sunday Sunday after the Ascension 2 W
or: External Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord 2 W
29 Monday St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, Virgin 3 W
30 Tuesday Feria after Ascension 4 W St. Felix I
or: St. Felix I, Pope & Martyr 4 R
or: St. Joan of Arc, Virgin 4 W St. Felix I
31 Wednesday Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 W St. Petronilla

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