The Church’s Feasts and Seasons

The Church’s Feasts and Seasons 2022-2023

Year A: The Year of Matthew’s Gospel

We follow a calendar based on a cycle of liturgical seasons including feasts and saints’ days.

We are constantly nourished by the story of Jesus and guided by our ancestors in the faith, living witnesses of God’s unchanging love.

Advent

The Church year begins on The First Sunday of ADVENT November 27 2022.

Advent is a period covering the four Sundays before Christmas during which we prepare to celebrate Christ’s birth, His coming into human history, & His ever constant coming into our lives and world, until finally there is a new heaven and a new earth.

The Christmas Season

Begins Christmas Day Sunday December 25th and concludes on January 9th 2023

January 1st: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
January 8th: The Epiphany
January 9th: The Feast of The Baptism of the Lord

On Tuesday 10th January we begin Ordinary Time which ends on Shrove Tuesday 21st February 2023

Lent

Begins on Ash Wednesday 22nd February 2023.

The forty days of Lent are a time of spiritual renewal and preparation for the celebration of Easter

Over this time of penance we strive to give more depth to our prayer, and grow in compassion through fasting, self-denial and acts of generosity and kindness

Easter

April 2nd: Palm or Passion Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week

The Easter Triduum (3 days) is the heart of our Liturgical Year, from the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, until Easter Sunday morning.