A TABLE

Of all the Feasts that are observed by the Catholics of
England; with an obligation of hearing Mass and
resting from servile works.

JANUARY

JUNE

AUGUST

All Sundays in the year.

1 The Circumcision of our Lord, or New
Year's Day.

6 The Epiphany, or Twelfth-day.
29 SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles.

15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

Mary.

NOVEMBER 1 All Saints.

DECEMBER 25 Christmas-day.

Ascension-day.

Corpus Christi (being 1st Thursday after Trinity Sun-

day)..

DAYS OF DEVOTION.

FEBRUARY 2 The Purification, or Candlemas-day.
24 St. Matthias, Apostle.

MARCH 19 St. Joseph, Spouse of the B. Virgin.
25 The Annunciation of the B. Virgin or
Lady-day.

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

23 St. George the Martyr.

1 SS. Philip and James, Apostles.

3 The Finding of the Cross.

24 The Nativity of St. John Baptist.

25 St. James, Apostle.

26 St. Anne, Mother of the B. Virgin.

AUGUST 10 St. Lawrence, Martyr.

24 St. Bartholomew, Apostle.

SEPTEMBER 8 The Nativity of the B. Virgin.

21 St. Matthew, Apostle.

29 St. Michael Archangel, or Michaelmas-

day.

OCTOBER 28 SS. Simon and Jude
NOVEMBER 30 St. Andrew, Apostle,

DECEMBER 8 The Immaculate Conception.
21 St. Thomas, Apostle.
26 St. Stephen, Martyr.
27 St. John, Apostle.
28 Holy Innocents.

29 St. Thomas of Canterbury.
Easter Monday and Tuesday.

Monday and Tuesday in Witsun-week.

FASTING DAYS.

The forty days of Lent, except Sundays.
The Wednesdays and Fridays in Advent.
Ember-days, four times a year, viz.

Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

1. Next after the first Sunday in Lent.

2. In Whitsun-week.

3. Next after the fourteenth of September.

4. Next after the third Sunday of Advent.

VIGILS, WITH FASTS OF OBLIGATION ANNEXED TO THEM.

1. The Vigil of Pentecost.

2. The Vigil of SS. Peter and Paul, June 28.

3. The Vigil of the Assumption, August 14.

4. The Vigil of All Saints, October 31.

5. The Vigil of the Nativity of our Lord, December 24.

DAYS OF ABSTINENCE FROM FLESH-MEAT.

All Fridays, except when Christmas-day falls on a
Friday.

The solemnising of Marriage is forbidden from the first
Sunday in Advent until after the Epiphany, and from
the beginning of Lent until Low-Sunday.

PLENARY INDULGENCES.

I. Christmas-day, and the twelve days following,
to the day of the Epiphany, inclusively.

II. The first week of Lent, beginning with the

first Sunday, and ending with the second Sunday, inclusively.

III. Easter, i.e. from Palm-Sunday, inclusively, to Low Sunday, inclusively.

IV. From Whit-Sunday, inclusively, to the end of the Octave of Corpus Christi.

V. The Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, and during the Octave.

VI. From the Sunday, inclusively, preceding the Festival of the Assumption of the B. V. Mary, to the 22nd day of August, inclusively. But if the Festival of the Assumption fall on a Sunday, the Indulgence begins on that day.

VII. From the Sunday, inclusively, preceding the Festival of St. Michael, to the Sunday following, inclusively. But if the Festival of St. Michael fall on a Sunday, the Indulgence begins on that day.

VIII. From the Sunday, inclusively, preceding the Festival of All Saints, to the 8th day of November, inclusively. But if the Feast of All Saints fall on a Sunday, the Indulgence begins on that day.

The Conditions of II. IV. and VIII. are,—

1. That the faithful confess their sins, with sincere repentance, to a Priest approved by the Bishop. 2. That they worthily receive the holy commu

nion.

3. That if their state and condition allow it, they give some alms to the poor, either on the eve or on the day of their communion.

4. That on the day of their communion, they offer up some prayers to God for the whole state of the Catholic Church throughout the world; for bringing back all straying souls to the fold of Christ; for the general peace of Christendom; and for the blessing of God upon this nation.