Catholic Feast Days Celebrated In May 2013

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in may 2013:

May 2013
w	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 18	28Sunday	29Monday	30Tuesday	1Wednesday Saint Joseph the Worker ^[Optional]	2Thursday Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor ^[Memorial]	3Friday Saint Philip, apostle ^[Feast] Saint James, apostle ^[Feast] Exaltation of the Holy Cross ^[3]	4Saturday Saint Marie-Léonie Paradis ^[2] Saints Philip and James ^[3]
Week 18	5Sunday	6Monday Saint Francois de Laval ^[2]	7Tuesday	8Wednesday Our Lady of Luján, Patroness of Argentina ^[1] Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine ^[2]	9Thursday Ascension of the Lord ^[Solemnity]	10Friday Saint Damien de Veuster, priest ^[4]	11Saturday
Week 19	12Sunday Saints Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs ^[Optional] Saint Pancras, martyr ^[Optional]	13Monday Our Lady of Fatima ^[Optional]	14Tuesday Saint Matthias the Apostle ^[Feast]	15Wednesday Saint Isidore the Laborer ^[1] Saint Isidore (the Farmer)^[4]	16Thursday Saint Luigi Orione, Priest ^[1]	17Friday	18Saturday Saint John I, pope and martyr ^[Optional]
Week 20	19Sunday Pentecost ^[Solemnity]	20Monday Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest ^[Optional] Mary, Mother of the Church ^[1]	21Tuesday Saint Christopher Magallanes and companions, martyrs ^[Optional] Saint Eugene de Mazenod ^[2]	22Wednesday Saint Rita of Cascia ^[Optional]	23Thursday Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest ^[3]	24Friday Mary, Help of Christians ^[1] Blessed Louis-Zephirin Moreau ^[2]	25Saturday Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor ^[Optional] Saint Gregory VII, pope ^[Optional] Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin ^[Optional]
Week 21	26Sunday Saint Philip Neri, priest ^[Memorial] Holy Trinity ^[Solemnity]	27Monday Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury, bishop ^[Optional]	28Tuesday	29Wednesday	30Thursday Body and Blood of Christ ^[Solemnity]	31Friday Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ^[Feast]	1Saturday
	2Sunday	3Monday	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday
	9Sunday	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday

Notes:

^[Optional] Optional memorial day to commemorate a saint or saints.

^[Memorial] Memorial day to commemorate a saint or saints.

^[Feast] An annual religious celebration.

^[3] According to the national calendar of Chile, as requested by the Episcopal Conference of Chile (CECh) and approved by the Holy See.

^[2] Applies to Canada. Dates are according to the national calendar of Canada, as requested by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and approved by the Holy See.

^[1] Applies to Argentina.

^[Solemnity] A solemnity is a feast day of the highest rank in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite.

^[4] According to the national calendar of the United States, as requested by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and approved by the Holy See.

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Catholic Feast Days Celebrated In May 2013

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