Liturgical Calendar for August 2017
Note: This is a liturgical calendar (ordo) for the month of August 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.
| August 2017 | |||||
| Date | Day | The Mass | Class | Color | Commemoration |
| 1 | Tuesday | Feria | 4 | G | Holy Machabees |
| or: Holy Machabees, Martyrs | 4 | R | |||
| or: St. Peter in Chains | 4 | W | St. Paul under one conclusion and Holy Machabees | ||
| 2 | Wednesday | St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor | 3 | W | St. Stephen I |
| 3 | Thursday | Feria | 4 | G | |
| or: Finding of the Body of St. Stephen, Protomartyr | 4 | R | |||
| 4 | Friday | St. Dominic, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 5 | Saturday | Our Lady of the Snows, a/k/a The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major | 3 | W | |
| 6 | Sunday | The Transfiguration of Our Lord N.B. On Sundays (like today), pray the Preface of the Most Holy Trinity, not the Common Preface that you see here. | 2 | W | |
| 7 | Monday | St. Cajetan, Confessor | 3 | W | St. Donatus |
| 8 | Tuesday | St. John Mary Vianney, Confessor | 3 | W | Ss Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus |
| 9 | Wednesday | Vigil of St. Laurence | 3 | V | St. Romanus |
| 10 | Thursday | St. Laurence, Deacon and Martyr | 2 | R | |
| 11 | Friday | Feria (Mass of the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost) | 4 | G | Ss Tiburtius & Susanna |
| or: Ss Tiburtius and Susanna, Virgin, Martyrs | 4 | R | |||
| 12 | Saturday | St. Clare, Virgin | 3 | W | |
| 13 | Sunday | Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 | G | |
| 14 | Monday | Vigil of the Assumption | 2 | V | St. Eusebius |
| 15 | Tuesday | The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (6 pg.) *or* 4 pg. | 1 | W | |
| 16 | Wednesday | St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 2 | W | |
| 17 | Thursday | St. Hyacinth, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 18 | Friday | Feria | 4 | G | St. Agapitus |
| or: St. Agapitus, Martyr | 4 | R | |||
| 19 | Saturday | St. John Eudes, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 20 | Sunday | Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | 2 | G | |
| 21 | Monday | St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Widow | 3 | W | |
| 22 | Tuesday | The Immaculate Heart of Mary | 2 | W | Ss Timothy & Companions |
| 23 | Wednesday | St. Philip Benizi, Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 24 | Thursday | St. Bartholomew, Apostle | 2 | R | |
| 25 | Friday | St. Louis IX, King and Confessor | 3 | W | |
| 26 | Saturday | Votive Mass: Saturday of Our Lady | 4 | G | St. Zephyrinus |
| or: St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr | 4 | R | |||
| 27 | Sunday | Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | 2 | G | |
| 28 | Monday | St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor | 3 | W | St. Hermes |
| 29 | Tuesday | Beheading of St. John the Baptist | 3 | R | St. Sabina |
| 30 | Wednesday | St. Rose of Lima, Virgin | 3 | W | Ss Felix & Adauctus |
| 31 | Thursday | St. Raymond Nonnatus, Confessor | 3 | W | |
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