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OFFICE OF PAPAL LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE
HOLY FATHER
CALENDAR OF CELEBRATIONS OVER
WHICH THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI WILL PRESIDE
2009
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FEBRUARY 2009 |
21 Saturday
Clementine Hall, at 11.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Consistory for some causes of Canonization |
Notification |
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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 |
Indications
Images of the celebration |
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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 |
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of 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 |
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration |
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9 Holy Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
Chrismal Mass |
Indications
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration |
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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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Indications
Booklet for the
Celebration
Images of the celebration |
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10 Good Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
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Booklet for the
Celebration
Images of the celebration |
Colosseum, at 21.15
Way of the Cross |
Booklet for the
Celebration
Images of the celebration |
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111 Holy Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 21.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night |
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration |
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12 Easter Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.15
Holy
Mass of the Day
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Booklet for the Celebration |
Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12.00
"Urbi et Orbi" Message and Blessing |
Images of the celebration |
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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] |
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration |
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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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Images of the celebration |
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DECEMBER 2009 |
8 Tuesday
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Spanish Steps, at 16.00
Homage to the Immaculate |
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24 Thursday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
Vatican
Basilica, at 22.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Midnight Mass |
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25 Friday
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 Thursday
Vatican
Basilica, at 18.00
First Vespers of thanksgiving for the end of the year |
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JANUARY
2010 |
1 Friday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
43rd World Day for Peace
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00 CAPPELLA PAPALE Holy Mass |
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6 Wednesday
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass |
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10 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 Monday
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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Vatican City, November 19, 2008
Latest revision: October 28, 2009
Guido Marini Master of the Liturgical Celebrations
of the Supreme Pontiff
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