APRIL 2004

4 Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord
19th World Youth Day  
St. Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
Blessing of the Palms, Procession
Mass
... a moment during the liturgy
  

8 Holy Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30 a.m.
Chrismal Mass
... a moment during the liturgy

Vatican Basilica, at 5.30 p.m. 
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beginning of the Paschal Tridium 
Mass of the Lord's Supper
... a moment during the liturgy
  

9 Good Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 5.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
... a moment during the liturgy
 
Colosseum, at 9.15 p.m. 
"Via Crucis"
... a moment during the liturgy
  

10 Holy Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 7.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE 
Easter Vigil: Celebration of Holy Mass
... a moment during the liturgy
  

11 Easter Sunday
St. Peter's Square, at 10.30 a.m.
Mass of the Day 
"Urbi et Orbi" Message and Blessing
... a moment during the liturgy
  

25 III Sunday of Easter
St. Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE 
Beatification of the Servants of God: 
- Augusto Czartoryski 
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Laura Montoya 
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- María Guadalupe García Zavala 
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Giulia Nemesia Valle 
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Eusebia Palomino Yenes 
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Alexandrina Maria da Costa
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
... a moment during the liturgy

MAY 2004

2 - IV Sunday of Easter
Vatican Basilica , at 9.00 a.m.
Priestly Ordination
of the Deacons of the Rome Diocese
... a moment during the liturgy
 

16 - VI Sunday of Easter
St. Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m. 
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Canonization of the Blesseds: 
- Luigi Orione
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] 
- Hannibal Mary Di Francia
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] 
- Josep Manyanet y Vives
[Catalan, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] 
- Nimatullah Kassab Al Hardini
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] 
- Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] 
- Gianna Beretta Molla
[English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
... a moment during the liturgy

29 Saturday
Vigil of Pentecost
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Vatican Basilica, at 6.00 p.m.
First Vespers of Pentecost Sunday
... a moment during the liturgy
  

JUNE 2004

5 Saturday - 6 Sunday
Apostolic Journey to Bern
... a moment during the liturgy

10 Thursday
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Basilica of St. John Lateran, at 6.30 p.m.
Mass, Procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major
Eucharistic Benediction
... a moment during the liturgy

29 Tuesday
Solemnity of St Peter and Paul, Apostles
St. Peter's Square, at 6.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass with the participation of the
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
Blessing and imposition of the Palliums
... a moment during the liturgy

AUGUST 2004

14 Saturday - 15 Sunday
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Apostolic Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Images of the Celebration

25 Wednesday
Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10.30 a.m.
Celebration of the Word for the delivery
of the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God
Images of the Celebration

SEPTEMBER 2004

5 XXIII Sunday "per annum"
Pastoral visit to Loreto
Beatification of the Servants of God:
- Pere Tarrés i Claret
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Alberto Marvelli
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Pina Suriano
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
Images of the Celebration

28 Tuesday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Chair
at 6.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass for the souls of the deceased Popes 
Paul VI and John Paul I

OCTOBER 2004

3 XXVII Sunday "per annum"
St. Peter's Square, at 10.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beatification of the Servants of God:
- Peter Vigne
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Joseph-Marie Cassant
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Anna Katharina Emmerick
[English, German, Italian, Portuguese,  Spanish]
- Maria Ludovica De Angelis
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Charles of Austria
[Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian,
Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish]
Images of the Celebration

17 XXIX Sunday "per annum"
Vatican Basilica, at 5.30 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beginning of the Year of the Eucharist
Mass, Adoration and Eucharistic Blessing
Images of the Celebration

22 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 5.30 p.m.
Mass for the inauguration of the academic year 
of the Ecclesiastical Universities
Images of the Celebration

NOVEMBER 2004

11 Thursday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Confession
at 11.30 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass for the souls of deceased Cardinals and Bishops
Images of the Celebration

13 Saturday
Vatican Basilica at 6.00 p.m.
First Vespers of the 33rd Sunday "per annum"
on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Decree
on Ecumenism "Unitatis Redintegratio" of the Second Vatican Council
Images of the Celebration

27 Saturday
Altar of the Confession, at 11.00 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Ecumenical Celebration for the return of the Relics
of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Gregory Nazianzen,
Bishops and Doctors of the Church
to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Images of the Celebration
 

DECEMBER 2004

8 Wednesday
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the 
Blessed Virgin Mary
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30 a.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass on the occasion
of the 150th anniversary of the definition of the dogma

Piazza di Spagna, at 4.00 p.m.
Homage to the Immaculate
Images of the Celebration

14 Tuesday
Vatican Basilica, at 5.30 p.m.
Mass for the Students of the Roman Universities
Images of the Celebration

24 Friday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 12.00 p.m.
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Midnight Mass

25 Saturday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
St Peter's Square, at 12.00 a.m.
"Urbi et Orbi" message and blessing
Images of the Celebration

31 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 6.00 p.m.
Vespers and "Te Deum" for the end of the year
Images of the Celebration