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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

2010

Benedict XVI, 2010

 

Beatification Rites approved by the Holy Father  [Italian]
  

    

JANUARY 2010
1 Friday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
43rd World Day for Peace

Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 
6 Wednesday
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
 
10 Sunday after the Epiphany
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Sistine Chapel, at 10.00
Holy Mass and Baptism of Children
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 
21 Thursday
Memorial of St. Agnes
Urban VIII Chapel, at 12:30
Presentation of the lambs, whose wool will be used to make the pallium for the new Metropolitan Archbishops
Images of the celebration
 
25 Monday
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul Apostle
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, at 17.30

Celebration of Vespers
Booklet for the Celebration
Indications
Details
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 


 

 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

  

 
FEBRUARY 2010
2 Tuesday
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Day of Consecrated Life
Vatican Basilica, at 17.30
Vespers with the members of the Institutes of
Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Details
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)

Images of the celebration
 
11 Thursday
Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes
18th World Day of the Sick
Vatican Basilica, at 10:30
Holy Mass
Indications
Details
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
 
17 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
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
 
19 Friday
Consistory Hall, at 11.00
Consistory for several Causes of Canonization
Notification
Images of the celebration
 
21 - 1st Sunday of Lent
Apostolic Palace
"Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, at 18.00
Beginning of Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia
 
 
27 Saturday
"Redemptoris Mater" Chapel,
at 9.00
Conclusion of Spiritual Exercises
 
 


 

 

 



 

 

  

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    

MARCH 2010
7 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
Pastoral Visit to the Roman Parish of Saint John of the Cross
at 9.00 Holy Mass
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 
14  - 4th Sunday of Lent
Visit of the Holy Father
at the Evangelical Lutheran Community of Rome
Images of the celebration
 
25 Thursday
Saint Peter's Square, at 20.30
Meeting with the youth of Rome and the Lazio region in preparation for World Youth Day
(Video)
 
28 Palm Sunday and Passion of the Lord
Saint Peter's Square, at 9.30
Blessing of the Palms, Procession and Holy Mass
Notification - Holy Week
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 
29 Monday
Vatican Basilica, at 18.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass in suffrage of the deceased Holy Father John Paul II
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 


 

 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

APRIL 2010
1 Holy Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
Chrismal Mass
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Images of the celebration
Basilica of Saint John Lateran, at 17.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beginning of the Paschal Triduum
Mass of the Lord's Supper
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
 
2 Good Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Images of the celebration
Colosseum, at 21.15
Way of the Cross
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 
3 Holy Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 21.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
(Video)
Booklet for the Celebration

Images of the celebration
 
4 Easter Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.15
Holy Mass of the Day
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Images of the celebration
Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12.00
"Urbi et Orbi" Message and Blessing
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 
17 Saturday - 18 Third Sunday of Easter
Apostolic Journey to Malta

 
Missal for the Apostolic Journey
Images of the celebration
 
20 Tuesday
Altar of the Chair, Vatican Basilica, at 11:30
PAPAL MASS
Funeral Mass for Card. Tomáš Špidlík, S.J.
Notification
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 


 

 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

MAY 2010
2 - Fifth Sunday of Easter
Pastoral Visit to Turin

for the Exposition of the Holy Shroud
Images of the celebration
 
3 Monday
Vatican Basilica, at 11:30
PAPAL MASS
Funeral Mass for Card. Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B.
Notification
(Video)
Images of the celebration
 
7 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 17:30
PAPAL MASS
Funeral Mass for Card. Luigi Poggi
Notification
 
11 Tuesday - 14 Friday
Apostolic Journey to Portugal
Missal for the Apostolic Journey

Photo Gallery: Lisbon, Fátima, Porto

 
23 Pentecost Sunday
Vatican Basilica, at 10:00
PAPAL MASS
Holy Mass 
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
 

 


 

 

 



 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE 2010
3 Thursday
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

Basilica of Saint John Lateran, at 19:00
Holy Mass, Procession to Saint Mary Major and Eucharistic Blessing
(Video)
Indications
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
 
4 Friday - 6 Sunday
Apostolic Journey to Cyprus
Missal for the Apostolic Journey

Photo Gallery

 
10 Thursday
Saint Peter's Square, at 20:30
Prayer Vigil with Priests
Indications
Images of the celebration
 
11 Friday
Solemnity of the Most Holy Heart of Jesus
Saint Peter's Square, at 10:00
PAPAL MASS
Mass for the conclusion of the Year for Priests
(Video)
Indications
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
   
20 - 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Vatican Basilica, at 9:30
Priestly Ordination of the Deacons of the Diocese of Rome
(Video)
Indications
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
 
28 Monday
Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls, at 18:00
PAPAL MASS
First Vespers
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
Images of the celebration
 
29 Tuesday
Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
Vatican Basilica, at 9:30
PAPAL MASS
Holy Mass and imposition of the Pallium on Metropolitan Archbishops
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration: 1, 2, 3
Images of the celebration
 

 


 

 

 



 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

JULY 2010
4 - 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to Sulmona

on the occasion of the 8th centenary of the birth of Saint Peter Celestine V
Photo Gallery
 

 


 

 

   

 

AUGUST 2010
15 Sunday
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Parish Church of Saint Thomas of Villanova, at 8:00
Castel Gandolfo
Holy Mass
Photo Gallery
 

 


 

 

 

  

 

SEPTEMBER 2010
5 - 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to Carpineto Romano

on the occasion of the 2th centenary
of the birth of Pope Leo XIII
(Video)
Photo Gallery
 
16 Thursday - 19 /25th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Apostolic Journey to the United Kingdom
Missal for the Apostolic Journey
Photo Gallery
 

 


 

 

 


 

    

 

OCTOBER 2010
3 - 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to Palermo
on the occasion of the Regional Meeting
of Families and Young People
Photo Gallery
 
10 - 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Vatican Basilica, at 9:30
PAPAL MASS
Opening of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops
Indications
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
Photo Gallery
 
17 - 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Saint Peter's Square, at 10:00
PAPAL MASS
Canonization of the Blesseds:
- Stanisław Sołtys (Kazimierczyk)
- André (Alfred) Bessette
- Cándida María de Jesús Cipitria y Barriola
- Mary of the Cross (Mary Helen) MacKillop
- Giulia Salzano
- Battista (Camilla) Varano
(Video)
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
Photo Gallery
 
24 - 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Vatican Basilica, at 9:30
PAPAL MASS
Conclusion of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops
(Video)
Indications
Notification

Booklet for the Celebration
Photo Gallery
 

 


 

 

 


 

 

    

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

  

NOVEMBER 2010
4 Thursday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Chair, at 11:30
PAPAL MASS
Mass for Cardinals and Bishops who died over the course of the year
Notification
Photo Gallery
 
6 Saturday - 7 / 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Apostolic Journey to Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona

Missal for the Apostolic Journey: Santiago de Compostela
Missal for the Apostolic Journey: Barcelona

Photo Gallery: Santiago de Compostela
Photo Gallery: Barcelona

 
20 Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 10:30
PAPAL MASS
Ordinary Public Consistory for
the Creation of New Cardinals
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Photo Gallery
 
21 Last Sunday of Ordinary Time
Solemnity of Christ the King
Vatican Basilica, at 9:30
PAPAL MASS
Holy Mass and Conferral of the Cardinal's Ring
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Photo Gallery
 
24 Wednesday
Vatican Basilica, at 11.30
PAPAL MASS
Funeral Mass for Cardinal Urbano Navarrete, S.J.
Notification
Photo Gallery
 
27 - 1st Sunday of Advent
Saturday evening
Vatican Basilica, at 18:00
PAPAL MASS
First Vespers
Notification
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Photo Gallery
 

 


 

 

 


 

 

      

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 2010
8 Wednesday
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Spanish Steps, at 16:00
Act of Veneration to Mary
(Video)
Photo Gallery
 
12 - 3rd Sunday of Advent
Pastoral Visit to the Roman Parish of
St. Maximilian Kolbe on the via Prenestina
(Torre Angela), at 9:00
Holy Mass

(Video)
Photo Gallery

 
16 Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 18:00
Vespers with the university students of Rome
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Photo Gallery
 
24 Friday
Solemnity of the Lord's Birth
Vatican Basilica, at 22:00
PAPAL MASS
Christmas Eve Mass
Liturgical Celebrations of the Christmas Season 2010-2011 presided over by the Holy Father

Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Photo Gallery

 
25 Saturday
Solemnity of the Lord's Birth
Central loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12:00
"Urbi et Orbi" Blessing
(Video)
Photo Gallery
 
31 Friday
Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
Vatican Basilica, at 18:00
First Vespers and Te Deum in thanksgiving for the past year
Booklet for the Celebration
(Video)
Photo Gallery
 

 


 

 

 


 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          

   

Vatican City, November 19, 2008

Latest revision: November 5, 2010

Guido Marini
Master of the Liturgical Celebrations 
of the Supreme Pontiff