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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  
       2006   
        
          
           
        
           
            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 Lords 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   28 Tuesday - 1 (December) Friday  Apostolic Journey to Turkey       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]            Vatican City, 30 December 2005   Latest revision: December 14, 2006    + Piero Marini    Titular Archbishop of Martirano   Master of the Liturgical Celebrations   of the Supreme Pontiff          |