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Special | "Lest the feasts of the saints should take precedence over the feasts which commemorate the very mysteries of salvation, many of them should be left to be celebrated by a particular Church or nation or family of religious; only those should be extended to the universal Church which commemorate saints who are truly of universal importance" [http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html (''Sacrosanctum Concilium'', § 111).] | ||
Special celebrations are ranked in this order: | |||
* Solemnity | * Solemnity | ||
* Feast | * Feast | ||
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* Optional Memorial | * Optional Memorial | ||
[http://www.therealpresence.org/dictionary/calendar.htm The Roman Calendar] | == The Roman Calendar of Saints == | ||
* [http://www.therealpresence.org/dictionary/calendar.htm The Roman Calendar] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_calendar_of_saints Roman Catholic calendar of saints] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solemnity ''Wikipedia,'' "Solemnity."] Lists solemnities that take the place of Sunday Masses. | |||
[[Category:Liturgical Year]] | [[Category:Liturgical Year]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:16, 16 November 2014
"Lest the feasts of the saints should take precedence over the feasts which commemorate the very mysteries of salvation, many of them should be left to be celebrated by a particular Church or nation or family of religious; only those should be extended to the universal Church which commemorate saints who are truly of universal importance" (Sacrosanctum Concilium, § 111).
Special celebrations are ranked in this order:
- Solemnity
- Feast
- Memorial
- Optional Memorial
The Roman Calendar of Saints
- The Roman Calendar
- Roman Catholic calendar of saints
- Wikipedia, "Solemnity." Lists solemnities that take the place of Sunday Masses.