Liturgical Calendar for March 2018
Note: This is a liturgical calendar (ordo) for the month of March 2018 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 or by particular congregations. It does not show votive Masses on the days when they are permitted by the rubrics. If a Mass is shown in this color, it means that Propers for that Mass are available on this site.
March 2018 | |||||
Date | Day | The Mass | Class | Color | Commemoration |
1 | Thursday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | |
2 | Friday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | |
3 | Saturday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | |
4 | Sunday | Third Sunday of Lent | 1 | V | |
5 | Monday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | |
6 | Tuesday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | Ss Perpetua & Felicity |
7 | Wednesday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | St. Thomas Aquinas |
8 | Thursday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | St. John of God |
9 | Friday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | St. Frances of Rome |
10 | Saturday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste |
11 | Sunday | Fourth Sunday of Lent (Lætáre) | 1 | Rose or V | |
12 | Monday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | St. Gregory the Great |
13 | Tuesday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | |
14 | Wednesday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | |
15 | Thursday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | |
16 | Friday | Feria of Lent | 3 | V | |
17 | Saturday | Feria of Lent (Sitiéntes) | 3 | V | St. Patrick |
18 | Sunday | Passion Sunday (First Sunday of Passiontide) | 1 | V | |
19 | Monday | St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 1 | W | Feria |
20 | Tuesday | Tuesday of Passion Week | 3 | V | Pro Papa under one conclusion |
or: Votive Mass for the Anniversary of the Coronation of the Pope | 2 | W | Feria | ||
21 | Wednesday | Wednesday of Passion Week | 3 | V | St. Benedict |
22 | Thursday | Thursday of Passion Week | 3 | V | |
23 | Friday | Friday of Passion Week | 3 | V | Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
24 | Saturday | Saturday of Passion Week | 3 | V | |
25 | Sunday | Palm Sunday (Second Sunday of Passiontide) (see Propers for Sundays for shorter options) | 1 | V | |
26 | Monday | Monday of Holy Week | 1 | V | |
27 | Tuesday | Tuesday of Holy Week | 1 | V | |
28 | Wednesday | Wednesday of Holy Week; Office of Tenebræ | 1 | V | |
29 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) | 1 | W then V | |
30 | Friday | Good Friday, Mass of the Presanctified | 1 | B then V | |
31 | Saturday | Easter Vigil Mass | 1 | W |