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OFFICE FOR THE LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE
SUPREME PONTIFF
CALENDAR OF CELEBRATIONS OVER
WHICH THE HOLY FATHER
BENEDICT XVI WILL PRESIDE
2008
JANUARY 2008
1 Tuesday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
41st World Day for Peace
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00 CAPPELLA PAPALE Holy Mass
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6 Sunday
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
Holy Mass
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13 Sunday after Epiphany
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Sistine Chapel, at 10.00 Holy
Mass and Baptism of children
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21 Monday
Memory of St. Agnes
Urban VIII Chapel
Presentation of the lambs whose wool
will be used to make the palliums given
to new Metropolitan Archbishops
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25 Friday
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul Apostle
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, at 17.30
Celebration of Vespers
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FEBRUARY 2008
6
Ash Wednesday
Basilica of St. Anselmo, at 16.30
"Statio" and Penitential Procession
Basilica of St. Sabina, at 17.00
Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes
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10 - 1st Sunday of Lent
Apostolic Palace
Redemptoris Mater Chapel, at 18.00
Beginning of Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia
16 Saturday
Redemptoris Mater Chapel, at 9.00
Conclusion of Spiritual Exercises
24 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
Pastoral Visit to the Parish of
Santa Maria Liberatrice at Monte Testaccio in Rome, at 9.00
Holy Mass
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MARCH 2008
1 - Saturday
Apostolic Palace
Consistory Hall, at 11.00
Consistory for several Causes of Canonization
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9 - 5th Sunday of Lent
Pastoral Visit to the International Youth Centre -
Church of Saint Lawrence in Piscibus in Rome, at 10.00
Holy Mass
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13 Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.30
Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance with the youth of the Diocese of
Rome
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16 Palm Sunday
and Passion of the Lord
Saint Peter's Square, at 9.30
Blessing
of the Palms, Procession
Holy Mass
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20 Holy Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
Chrismal Mass
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Basilica of Saint John Lateran, at 17.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beginning
of the Paschal Triduum
Mass of the Lord's Supper
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21 Good Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
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Colosseum, at 21.15
Way of the Cross
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22 Holy Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 21.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
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23 Easter Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30
Holy
Mass of the Day with the "Resurrexit" Rite
Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12.00
"Urbi et Orbi" Message and Blessing
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APRIL 2008
2 Wednesday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass in
suffrage of the deceased Holy Father John Paul II
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7 Monday
Basilica of St Bartholomew-in-the-Island, at 17.30
Liturgy of the Word
Memory of the witnesses to the faith in the 20th and 21st century
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15 Tuesday - 21 Monday
Apostolic Journey to the United States of America
Images of the celebration: Washington
Images of the celebration:
New York
23 Wednesday
Vatican Basilica, at 11.00
Cappella Papale for the funeral
of Card. Alfonso López Trujillo
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27 Sunday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.00
Priestly Ordination of the Deacons
of the Diocese of Rome
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MAY 2008
3 Saturday
Liberian Basilica of St Mary Major, at 18.00
Recitation of the Prayer of the Rosary
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11 Sunday
Solemnity of Pentecost
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
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17 Saturday - 18 Sunday
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Pastoral Visit to Savona and Genoa (Italy)
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22 Thursday
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Basilica of St John Lateran, at 19.00
Holy Mass
Procession to Saint Mary Major and Eucharistic Blessing
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23 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 11.00
Cappella Papale for the funeral of Card. Bernardin Gantin
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JUNE 2008
14 Saturday - 15 Sunday
11th of Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to Santa Maria di Leuca and Brindisi (Italy)
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28 Saturday
Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls, at 18.00
First Vespers of the Solemnity for the opening of the Pauline Year
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29 Sunday
Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass and imposition of the Pallium on Metropolitan Archbishops
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JULY 2008
12 Saturday - 21 Monday
Apostolic Journey to Australia
on the occasion of
World Youth Day
in Sydney
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AUGUST 2008
15 Friday
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Castel Gandolfo
Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Villanova, at 8.00
Holy Mass
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SEPTEMBER 2008
7 - 23th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Pastoral
Visit to Cagliari
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Friday 12 - Monday 15
Apostolic
Journey to France on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the
apparitions of Lourdes
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21 - 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Cathedral of Albano, at 9.00
Holy Mass and Dedication of the Altar
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OCTOBER 2008
5 - 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Opening of the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
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9 Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 11.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the
Servant of God Pope Pius XII
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12 - 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Canonization of the Blesseds:
- Gaetano Errico
[English,
Italian,
Portuguese,
Spanish]
- Mary Bernard Bütler
[English,
German,
Italian,
Portuguese,
Spanish]
- Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (Anna Muttathupadathu)
[English,
Italian,
Portuguese,
Spanish]
- Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán
[English,
Italian,
Portuguese,
Spanish]
Images of the celebration
18 Saturday
Synod of Bishops
First Vespers of the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Presided over by the Holy Father Benedict XVI
on the occasion of the participation of His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical
Patriarch,
in the
12th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Sistine Chapel
Booklet for the Celebration
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19 - 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Pompei
Holy Mass and Supplication, at 10.00
Recitation of the Rosary, at 17.00
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26 - 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Conclusion of the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Booklet for the Celebration
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NOVEMBER 2008
2 - 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Vatican Grottoes, at 18.45
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
Prayer for the deceased Pontiffs
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3 Monday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Chair, at 11.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass for the deceased Cardinals and Bishops of the year 2008
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29 Saturday Vatican Basilica,
at 17.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE Vespers on the first Sunday
of Advent
Booklet for the Celebration
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30 - 1st Sunday of Advent
Basilica of St Lawrence Outside the Walls, at 9.45
Holy Mass
Pastoral Visit on the occasion of the 1750th anniversary
of the martyrdom of
St Lawrence
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DECEMBER 2008
8 Monday
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Spanish Steps, at 16.00
Homage to the Immaculate
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24 Wednesday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
Vatican
Basilica, at 24.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Midnight Mass
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25 Thursday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12.00 "Urbi et Orbi" Blessing
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31 Wednesday
Vatican
Basilica, at 18.00
First Vespers of thanksgiving for the end of the year
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Vatican City, December 19, 2007
Latest revision: November 19, 2008
Guido Marini Master of the Liturgical Celebrations
of the Supreme Pontiff
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