JANUARY 2009

1 Thursday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
42nd World Day for Peace
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
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6 Tuesday
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
Holy Mass
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11 Sunday after the Epiphany
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Sistine Chapel, at 10.00
Holy Mass and Baptism of Children
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25 Sunday
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 2009

21 Saturday
Clementine Hall, at 11.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Consistory per alcune cause di Canonizzazione

25 Ash Wednesday
Basilica of St Anselm, 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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MARCH 2009

1 - 1st Sunday of Lent
Apostolic Palace
Redemptoris Mater Chapel, at 18.00
Beginning of Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia

7 Saturday
Redemptoris Mater Chapel, at 9.00
Conclusion of Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia

17 Tuesday - 23 Monday
Apostolic Journet to Africa
(Cameroon and Angola)
Photo Gallery: Cameroon
Photo Gallery: Angola

29 - 5th Sunday of Lent
Pastoral Visit to the Parish
of the Holy Face of Jesus at Magliana (Rome), at 9.00
Holy Mass
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APRIL 2009

2 Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 18.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass in suffrage of the deceased Holy Father John Paul II
with the youth of Rome taking part in the celebration
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5 Palm Sunday
and Passion of the Lord
Saint Peter's Square, at 9.30
Blessing of the Palms,
Procession and Holy Mass
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9 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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10 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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11 Holy Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 21.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
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12 Easter Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.15
Holy Mass of the Day

Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12.00
"Urbi et Orbi" Message and Blessing
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26 - 3rd Easter Sunday
St. Peter's Square, at 10.00
Canonization of Blesseds:
- Arcangelo Tadini
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Bernardo Tolomei
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Geltrude Comensoli
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Caterina Volpicelli
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
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MAY 2009

3 - 4th Sunday of Easter
Vatican Basilica, at 9.00
Priestly Ordination
of the Deacons of the Diocese of Rome
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Friday 8 - Friday 15
Apostolic Journey to the Holy Land
Images of the celebration 1
Images of the celebration 2

24 - 7th Sunday of Easter
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Pastoral Visit to Montecassino
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31 Sunday of Pentecost
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
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JUNE 2009

11 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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19 Friday
Solemnity of the Most Holy Heart of Jesus 
Vatican Basilica, at 18.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Second Vespers - Beginning of the Year of the Priest
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21 - 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)
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28 Sunday
Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls, at 18.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
First Vespers of the Solemnity for the closing of the Pauline Year
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29 Monday
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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AUGUST 2009

15 Saturday
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 2009

6 - 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to Viterbo-Bagnoregio (Italy)
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12 Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
Episcopal Ordinations
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Friday 26 - Monday 28
Apostolic Journey to the Czech Republic
Missal for the Apostolic Journey

OCTOBER 2009

4 - 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Opening of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops

10 Saturday
Paul VI Audience Hall, at 18.00
Prayer of the Rosary with the Students of the Roman Universities

11 - 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Canonization of the blesseds:
- Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński
- Francisco Coll y Guitart
- Josef Daamian de Veuster
- Rafael Arnáiz Barón
- Marie de la Croix (Jeanne) Jugan

25 - 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Closing of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops

NOVEMBER 2009

5 Thursday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Chair, at 11.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass for the deceased Cardinals and Bishops of the year 2008

8 - 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to Brescia (Italy)