The Liturgical Year
Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Ordinary Time organize the Church's prayer and reading of salvation history.
Advent: anticipationChristmas: incarnationLent: repentanceEaster: resurrectionOrdinary Time: discipleship
Catholic Feast Days
The calendar of the Church as a study guide.
Catholic feast days teach doctrine through time: the life of Christ, the memory of the saints, and the rhythm of the liturgical year.
The Saints
Feast days remember the saints as witnesses to Christ, not as separate stories detached from the Gospel.
ApostlesMartyrsDoctors of the ChurchVirginsPastorsMissionary saints
Mary And The Lord
Marian feasts belong to Christ because they celebrate what God has done in Mary for the sake of the incarnation and redemption.
AnnunciationVisitationNativity of MaryAssumptionImmaculate ConceptionQueenship of Mary
Holy Days And Local Feasts
Some feasts are universal, while others are local, national, or tied to a religious order or patronage.
Patron saintsMartyrsChurch dedicationsLocal diocesan feastsReligious order feastsVigil days