1 Thursday
Solemnity of All Saints
Vatican Grottos, at 6.00 p.m.
Prayer for the deceased Pontiffs
...a moment during the liturgy
4 XXX Sunday "per annum"
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beatification of the Servants of God:
- Pavol Peter Goidič
- Metod Dominik Trčka
- Giovanni Antonio Farina
- Bartolomeu dei Martiri Fernandes
- Luigi Tezza
- Paolo Manna
- Gaetana Sterni
- Maria del Pilar Izquierdo Albero
...a moment during the liturgy
6 Tuesday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Chair at 12.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass for the souls of deceased
Cardinals and Bishops
...a moment during the liturgy
9 Friday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Chair at 6.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Funeral mass for Cardinal Paolo Bertoli
...a moment during the liturgy
25 XXXIV Sunday "per annum"
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Canonization of the Blesseds:
- Giuseppe Marello
- Paola Montal Fornés of Saint Joseph Calasanzio
- Francesca Salesia Aviat
- Maria Crescentia Höss
OCTOBER
7 XXIV Sunday "per annum"
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beatification of the Servants of God:
- Ignazio Maloyan
- Nikolaus Gross
- Alfonso Maria Fusco
- Tommaso Maria Fusco
- Emilie Tavernier Gamelin
- Eugenia Picco
- Maria Euthymia Üffing
...a moment during the liturgy
19 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 5.30 p.m.
Holy Mass for the inauguration of the academic year
of the Ecclesiastical Universities
...a moment during the liturgy
20 Saturday
Saint Peter's Square, at 6.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Prayer vigil with families
21 XXIX Sunday "per annum"
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beatification of the Servants of God:
- Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi
- Maria Corsini, widow of Beltrame Quattrocchi
...a moment during the liturgy
27 Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 10.30 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass for the Conclusion of the 10th
Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
...a moment during the liturgy
SEPTEMBER
16 XXIV Sunday "per annum"
Pastoral visit to the Diocese of Frosinone
...a moment during the liturgy
22 Saturday - 27 Thursday
Pastoral Visit to Kazakhstan and Apostolic Visit to Armenia
28 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 6.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass for the souls of the deceased Popes
Paul VI and John Paul I
...a moment during the liturgy
30 XXVI Sunday "per annum"
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass for the Opening of the Synod of Bishops
...a moment during the liturgy
3 Sunday of Pentecost
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass
Transfer of the urn containing the body of Blessed John XXIII, Pope
...a moment during the liturgy
10 Sunday
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Canonization:
- Luigi Scrosoppi
- Agostino Roscelli
- Bernardo da Corleone
- Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
- Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
...a moment during the liturgy
14 Thursday
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Basilica of St John Lateran, at 7.00 p.m.
Mass, Solemn Procession to the Basilica of St Mary Major
for Eucharistic Benediction
...a moment during the liturgy
23 Saturday - 27 Wednesday
Apostolic Visit to the Ukraine
29 Friday
Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul
Vatican Basilica, at 6.30 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass and the imposition of the Pallium
...a moment during the liturgy
MAY
4 Friday - 9 Wednesday
Jubilee Pilgrimage of the Holy Father to Greece, Syria and Malta
13 V Sunday of Easter
Vatican Basilica, at 9.00 a.m.
Priestly Ordination of the Deacons of the Rome Diocese
...a moment during the liturgy
20 VI Sunday of Easter
Visit to the Roman Parish
of St. Edith Stein, at 9.30 a.m.
Mass
24 Thursday
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 10.30 a.m.
Mass with the Cardinals
on the occasion of the Extraordinary Consistory
...a moment during the liturgy
27 VII Sunday of Easter
Visit to the Roman Parish
of St. Angela Merici, at 9.30 a.m.
Mass
APRIL
1 V Sunday of Lent
Visit to the Roman Parish
of Our Lady of the "Suffragio" and St. Augustine of Canterbury
at 9.30 a.m.
Mass
8 Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord
XVI World Youth Day
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
Blessing of the Palms, Procession
Mass
...a moment during the liturgy
12 Holy Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30 a.m.
Chrismal Mass
...a moment during the liturgy
Basilica of St. John Lateran, at 5.30 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beginning of the Paschal Tridium
Mass of the Lord's Supper
...a moment during the liturgy
13 Holy Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 5.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Celebration of the LordÂ’s Passion
...a moment during the liturgy
Colosseum, at 9.15 p.m.
Way of the Cross
...a moment during the liturgy
14 Holy Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 8.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Easter Vigil: Celebration of Holy Mass
...a moment during the liturgy
15 Easter Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30 a.m.
Mass of the Day
"Urbi et Orbi" message and blessing
...a moment during the liturgy
22 II Sunday of Easter
"seu de Divina Misericordia"
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
Mass
...a moment during the liturgy
29 III Sunday of Easter
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beatification of the Servants of God:
- Manuel González García
- Maria Anna Blondin
- Caterina Volpicelli
- Caterina Cittadini
- Carlos Emanuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago
...a moment during the liturgy
MARCH
4 I Sunday of Lent
Pastoral Visit to the Diocese of Rome Parish of St. Andrew the Apostle
at 9.30 a.m.
Mass
Apostolic Building
"Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, at 6.00 p.m.
Beginning of the Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia
10 Saturday
"Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, at 9.00 a.m.
Conclusion of the Spiritual Exercises
11 II Sunday of Lent
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beatification of the Servants of God José Aparicio Sanz
and 232 Companions, Martyrs in Spain (+ 1936-1939)
...a moment during the liturgy
13 Tuesday
Apostolic Building, at 11.00 a.m.
Consistory for some Cases of Canonization
...a moment during the liturgy
19 Monday
Solemnity of Saint Joseph
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30 a.m.
Episcopal Ordinations
...a moment during the liturgy
25 IV Sunday of Lent
Visit to the Roman Parish of St. Dominic of Guzman, at 9.30 a.m.
Mass
FEBRUARY
2 Friday
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
V Day of Consecrated Life
Vatican Basilica, at 5.30 p.m.
Blessing of the lights and procession
Mass for Religious presided over by
Card. Eduardo Martinez Somalo with the
participation of the Holy Father
...a moment during the liturgy
4 V Sunday "per annum"
Pastoral visit to the Roman Parish of
St Alphonsus Marie Liguori at 9.00 a.m.
Mass
10 Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 11.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Funeral mass for Cardinal Giuseppe Casoria
...a moment during the liturgy
11 VI Sunday "per annum"
Vatican Basilica, at 4.00 p.m.
IX World Day of the Sick
Mass for the "Opera Roma Pellegrinaggi" and "U.N.I.T.A.L.S.I."
presided over by Card. Camillo Ruini.
At the end of the celebration the Holy Father
will greet the sick and will impart the apostolic blessing
18 VII Sunday "per annum"
Vatican Basilica, at 9.00 a.m.
Mass in the Armenian Rite
on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the "Baptism of Armenia"
...a moment during the liturgy
21 Wednesday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30 a.m.
Ordinary Public Consistory
for the creation of forty-four new Cardinals
...a moment during the liturgy
22 Thursday
Solemnity of the Chair of St Peter Apostle
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30 a.m.
Cappella Papale
Concelebration of the Mass with the new Cardinals
...a moment during the liturgy
25 VIII Sunday "per annum"
Pastoral visit to the Roman Parish of the
Nativity of Mary at 9.00 a.m.
Holy Mass
28 Ash Wednesday
Basilica of St Sabina, at 4.30 p.m.
Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes
...a moment during the liturgy
JANUARY
25 Thursday
Feast of the Conversion of St Paul Apostle
Basilica of St Paul-Outside-the-Walls, at 11.00 a.m.
Ecumenical celebration
Conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
...a moment during the liturgy
Vatican City, 15 February 2001
Latest revision: 26 December 2001