OFFICE FOR THE LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF 

CALENDAR OF CELEBRATIONS OVER WHICH
THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI
WILL PRESIDE

2006 

 

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

 

JANUARY 2006

1 Sunday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

6 Friday
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

8 Sunday
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Sistine Chapel, at 10.00
Holy Mass and Baptism of children
Images of the celebration

25 Wednesday
Feast of the Conversion of St Paul Apostle
Basilica of St Paul-Outside-the-Walls, at 17.30
Celebration of Vespers
Images of the celebration

FEBRUARY 2006

2 Thursday
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord 
Day of Consecrated Life
Vatican Basilica, at 17.30
Blessing of the candles, Procession Mass
with the members of the Institutes of Consecrated
Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Images of the celebration

5 - V Sunday "per annum"
Pastoral Visit to St. Anne's Parish
in the Vatican, at 10.00
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

MARCH 2006

1 Ash Wednesday
Basilica of S. Sabina, at 17.00
Procession from the Church of Saint Anselm, at 16.30
Liturgy of the Word, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes
Images of the celebration

5 - I Sunday of Lent
Apostolic Building
"Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, at 18.00 
Beginning of the Spiritual Exercises
for the Roman Curia

11 Saturday
"Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, at 9.00
Conclusion of the Spiritual Exercises

19 - III Sunday of Lent
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
Altar of the Confession
Mass for workers
Images of the celebration

24 - Friday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30
Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals
Images of the celebration

25 - Saturday
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Eucharistic Concelebration with the new Cardinals and
presentation of the cardinalitial ring

26 - IV Sunday Lent
Pastoral visit to the Roman Parish of
"Dio Padre Misericordioso", at 9.30
Mass
Images of the celebration

APRIL 2006

3 Monday
Saint Peter's Square, at 17.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass in suffrage of the deceased
Holy Father John Paul II
Images of the celebration

9 Palm Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 9.30
Blessing of the Palms, Procession
Mass
Images of the celebration

11 Holy Tuesday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
Rite of reconciliation of the faithful with
individual confession and absolution
Images of the celebration

13 Holy Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
Chrismal Mass
Images of the celebration

Basilica of St. John Lateran, at 17.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beginning of the Paschal Triduum 
Mass of the Lord's Supper
Images of the celebration

14 Good Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Images of the celebration

Colosseum, at 21.15
Way of the Cross
Images of the celebration

15 Holy Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 22.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

16 - Easter Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30
Mass of the Day with “Resurrexit” rite
Images of the celebration

Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12.00
"Urbi et Orbi" Message and Blessing
 

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

30 - III Sunday of Easter
Beatification of the Servants of God:
Milan (Italy)
- Luigi Biraghi, priest
[Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Luigi Monza, priest
[Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
Ramapuram, Palai (India)
- Agostino Thevarparampil ("Kunjachan"), priest
[Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

MAY 2006

1st Monday
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love, at 17.30
Recital of the Rosary
Images of the celebration

6 Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
Holy Mass on occasion of the V Centenary of the foundation
of the Pontifical Swiss Guard
Images of the celebration

7 - IV Sunday of Easter
Vatican Basilica, at 9.00
Ordination of Deacons in the Diocese of Rome
Images of the celebration

25 Thursday - 28 Sunday
Apostolic Journey to Poland
Images of the celebration

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

13 - Saturday
Beatification of the Servants of God:
Roermond (The Netherlands)
- Maria Teresa of Saint Joseph (Anna Maria Tauscher van den Bosch)
Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus
[Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

14 - V Sunday of Easter
Beatification of the Servant of God:
Naples (Italy)
- Maria of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Maria Grazia Tarallo)
Virgin, foundress of the Institute of the Sisters, Crucified Adorers of the Eucharist
[Spanish]

28 - VII Sunday of Easter
Beatification of the Servant of God:
Viseu (Portugal)
- Rita Amada de Jesus (Rita Lopes de Almeida)
Virgin, foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

JUNE 2006

3 Saturday
Pentecost Vigil
Saint Peter's Square at 18.00
Pentecost Vigil with the participation of Ecclesial Movements
and New Communities
Images of the celebration

4 - Pentecost Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

15 Thursday
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Basilica of Saint John in Lateran, at 19.00
Holy Mass, Procession to Saint Mary Major 
and Eucharistic Blessing
Images of the celebration

29 Thursday
Solemnity of Saint Peter and Paul
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass and imposition of the pallium on
Metropolitan Archbishops
Images of the celebration

RITE OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

15 - Thursday
Beatification of the Servant of God:
Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
- Eustáquio van Lieshout
Priest, from the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

JULY 2006

1 Saturday
Apostolic Palace
Consistory Hall, at 11.00
Consistory for several Causes of Canonization
Images of the celebration

 
8 Saturday - 9 Sunday
Apostolic journey to Valencia (Spain)
on occasion of the Fifth World Meeting of Families
Images of the celebration
 

AUGUST 2006

15 Tuesday
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Castel Gandolfo, Parish Church of San Tommaso, at 8.00
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

SEPTEMBER 2006

9 Saturday - 14 Thursday
Apostolic journey to Munich, Altötting and Regensburg (Germany)
Images of the celebration

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

17  XXIV Sunday "per annum"
Budapest, Square of the Basilica of Saint Stephen, at 11.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Sára Salkaházi
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

17  XXIV Sunday "per annum"
Brescia, Cathedral, at 16.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Moses Tovini
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

 

OCTOBER 2006

15 XXVIII Sunday "per annum"
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Canonization of the Blesseds:
- Rafael Guízar Valencia (1878-1938)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Filippo Smaldone (1848-1923)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Rosa Venerini (1656-1728)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese]
- Theodore Guérin (1798-1856)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
Images of the celebration

16 Monday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
Cappella Papale
for the funeral of Card. Dino Monduzzi
Images of the celebration

19 Thursday
Verona, Bentegodi Stadium, at 16.00
Eucharistic celebration on the occasion
of the Fourth Italian Bishops' National Ecclesial Congress
Images of the celebration

20 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
Cappella Papale
for the funeral of Card. Mario Francesco Pompedda
Images of the celebration

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

8 XXVII Sunday "per annum"
Fiesole (Italy), Roman Amphitheater, at 16.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Maria Teresa of Jesus (Maria Scrilli)
[English]

22 XXIX Sunday "per annum"
Speyer (Germany), Cathedral, at 14.30
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Paul Josef Nardini
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

Bilbao (Spain), Cathedral, at 17.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Margarita María López de Maturana
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

NOVEMBER 2006

1 Wednesday
Solemnity of All Saints
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

2 Thursday
Vatican Grottos, at 18.00
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
Prayer for the deceased Pontiffs
Images of the celebration

4 Saturday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Chair, at 11.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass for the deceased Cardinals and Bishops
of the year 2006
Images of the celebration

RITE OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

5 XXXI Sunday "per annum"
São Paulo (Brazil), Cathedral, at 10.00
Beatification of the Servant of God:
- Mariano de la Mata Aparicio  
 [English, Portuguese, Spanish]

DECEMBER 2006

2 I Sunday of Advent
Saturday afternoon
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
First Vespers
Images of the celebration

8 Friday
Spanish Steps, at 16.00
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Homage to the Immaculate 
Images of the celebration

10 II Sunday of Advent
Pastoral visit to the Parish of Saint Mary
Star of Evangelization (Rome)
at 9.00
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

24 Sunday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 24.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Midnight Mass
Images of the celebration

25 Monday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12
"Urbi et Orbi" Blessing
Images of the celebration

31 Sunday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Vatican Basilica, at 18.00
First Vespers of thanksgiving for the end of the year
Images of the celebration

RITE OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

3 I Sunday of Advent
Ollur (Archdiocese of Trichur-India)
Beatification of the Servant of God:
- Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Eluvathingal
[English, Spanish]