OFFICE OF PAPAL LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE HOLY FATHER 

CALENDAR OF CELEBRATIONS OVER WHICH
THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI
WILL PRESIDE

2007 

 

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

 

JANUARY 2007

1 Monday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

6 Saturday
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

7 Sunday
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Sistine Chapel, at 10.00
Holy Mass and Baptism of children
Images of the celebration

25 Wednesday
Feast of the Conversion of St Paul Apostle
Basilica of St Paul-Outside-the-Walls, at 17.30
Celebration of Vespers
Images of the celebration

FEBRUARY 2007

2 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 12.00
Cappella Papale for the funeral
of Card. Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B.
Images of the celebration

21 Ash Wednesday
Basilica of St. Sabina, at 17.00
Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes
Images of the celebration

23 Friday
Apostolic Palace
Consistory Hall, at 11.00
Consistory for several Causes of Canonization
Images of the celebration

25 - 1st Sunday of Lent
Apostolic Building
Redemptoris Mater Chapel, at 18.00 
Beginning of the Spiritual Exercises
for the Roman Curia
Images of the celebration

MARCH 2007

3 Saturday
Redemptoris Mater Chapel, at 9.00
Conclusion of the Spiritual Exercises
Images of the celebration

25 - 5th Sunday of Lent
Pastoral visit to the Parish
of Santa Felicita e Figli martiri, at 9.30
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

29 Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.30
Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
with the youth of the Diocese of Rome
Images of the celebration

APRIL 2007

1 Palm Sunday
and Passion of the Lord
Saint Peter's Square, at 9.30
Blessing of the Palms, Procession
Mass
Images of the celebration

2 Holy Monday
Saint Peter's Square, at 17.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass in suffrage of the deceased
Holy Father John Paul II
Images of the celebration

5 Holy Thursday
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
Chrismal Mass
Images of the celebration

Basilica of St. John Lateran, at 17.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Beginning of the Paschal Triduum 
Mass of the Lord's Supper
Images of the celebration

6 Good Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Images of the celebration

Colosseum, at 21.15
Way of the Cross
Images of the celebration

7 Holy Saturday
Vatican Basilica, at 22.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Images of the celebration

8 Easter Sunday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30
Mass of the Day
Images of the celebration

Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12.00
"Urbi et Orbi" Message and Blessing
Images of the celebration

15 - 2nd Sunday of Easter
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
Holy Mass on the occasion of the 80th birthday
of the Holy Father Benedict XVI
Images of the celebration

29 - 4th Sunday of Easter
Vatican Basilica, at 9.00
Priestly Ordination of the Deacons
of the Diocese of Rome
Images of the celebration

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

14 Saturday of the Octave of Easter
Turin (Italy), Church of the Holy Face, at 15.30
Beatification of the Servant of God:
- Luigi Boccardo
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

15 - 2nd Sunday of Easter
Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), Cathedral, at 10.30
Beatification of the Servant of God:
- Maria Maddalena of the Passion (Costanza Starace)
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

21 - 3rd Sunday of Easter
Palermo (Italy), Cathedral, at 17.00
Beatification of the Servant of God:
- Francesco Spoto
[Portuguese]

29 - 4th Sunday of Easter
Rimini (Italy), Cathedral, at 10.30
Beatification of the Servant of God:
- Maria Rosa Pellesi
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

MAY 2007

9 Wednesday - 14 Monday
Apostolic Journey to Brazil
on the occasion of the Fifth General Conference
of the Latin American Episcopate and of the Caribbean
Images of the celebration

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

6 - 5th Sunday of Easter
Antequera - Málaga (Spain), “Recinto ferial”, at 11
Beatification of the Servant of God:
- Mother Maria del Carmen of the Child Jesus
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

27 Sunday
Solemnity of Pentecost
Città di Castello (Italy), Cathedral, at 11
Beatification of the Servant of God:
- Carlo Liviero
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

JUNE 2007

3 Sunday
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Canonization of the Blesseds:
- George Preca
[English, French, Italian, Maltese, Spanish]
- Simon of Lipnica
[English, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish]
- Fr. Charles of St. Andrew
[Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish]
- Marie Eugenie of Jesus Milleret
[English, French, Italian, Spanish]
Images of the celebration

7 Thursday
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Basilica of Saint John Lateran, at 19 
Holy Mass
Procession to Saint Mary Major and Eucharistic Blessing
Images of the celebration

16 Saturday
Redemptoris Mater Chapel, at 12
Celebration of the Sext Hour on the occasion
of the visit of His Beatitude Chrisostomos II
Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus
Images of the celebration

17 Sunday
11th in Ordinary Time
Pastoral Visit to Assisi
 Images of the celebration

19 Tuesday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
CAPELLA PAPALE
Funeral Rites for the deceased Card. Angelo Felici
Images of the celebration

28 Thursday
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, at 17.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
First Vespers
 Images of the celebration

29 Friday
Solemnity of Saint Peter and Paul
Vatican Basilica, at 9.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass and imposition of the pallium
on Metropolitan Archbishops
Images of the celebration

AUGUST 2007

15 Wednesday
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Castel Gandolfo, Parish Church of Saint Thomas, at 8.00
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

SEPTEMBER 2007

1 Saturday - 2/22nd Sunday "per annum"
Pastoral visit to Loreto
on the occasion of the "Agorà of the Italian youth"
Images of the celebration

7 Friday - 9/23rd Sunday "per annum"
Apostolic Journey to Austria
Images of the celebration

23 - 25th Sunday "per annum"
Pastoral visit to Velletri
Square in front of the Cathedral, at 9.30
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

29 Saturday
Feast of the Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Episcopal Ordinations
Images of the celebration

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

15 - Saturday
24th Sunday "per annum"
Le Mans (France), Centre Antarès, at 16.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Basile-Antoine Marie Moreau
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

16 - 24th Sunday "per annum"
Licheń (Włocławek – Poland), Marian Shrine, at 10.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Stanislaw of Jesus and Mary (Jana Papczyński)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

16 - 24th Sunday "per annum"
Bordeaux (France), Cathedral, at 16.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Marie-Céline de la Présentation (Jeanne Germaine Castang)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

30 - 26th Sunday "per annum"
Nysa (Opole – Poland) Church of Saint James and Saint Agnes, at 10.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Maria Merckert
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

OCTOBER 2007

21 - 29th Sunday “per annum”
Pastoral visit to Naples
Images of the celebration

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

20 Saturday
Tubarão (Brazil),
Cathedral Square, at 16.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Albertina Berkenbrock
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

21 - 29th Sunday “per annum”
Frederico Westphalen (Brazil)
Parque Municipal de Exposições, at 16.00
Beatification of the Servants of God:
- Emmanuel Gómez González
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Adilio Daronch
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

26 Friday
Linz (Austria), Cathedral, at 10.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Franz Jägerstätter
[English, Portuguese, Spanish]

27 Saturday
Rome, Basilica of Saint John Lateran, at 16.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Celina Chludzińska v. Borzęcka
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

28 - 30th Sunday “per annum”
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.00
Beatification of 498 Spanish Martyrs (1936-1939)

NOVEMBER 2007

2 Friday
Vatican Grottoes, at 18.00
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
Prayer for the deceased Pontiffs
Images of the celebration

5 Monday
Vatican Basilica, Altar of the Chair, at 11.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass for the deceased Cardinals and Bishops
of the year 2007
Images of the celebration

24 Saturday
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30
Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of new Cardinals
Images of the celebration

25 Sunday
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Saint Peter's Square, at 10.30
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Mass and presentation of the cardinalitial ring to the new Cardinals
Images of the celebration

RITES OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

11 - 32nd Sunday “per annum”
Chimpay (Viedma - Argentina), at 10.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Zepherin Namuncurá
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

18 - 33rd Sunday “per annum”
Novara (Italy), Sports Arena, at 15.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Antonio Rosmini
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

DECEMBER 2007

1 - 1st Sunday of Advent
Saturday afternoon
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
First Vespers
Images of the celebration

2 - 1st Sunday of Advent
Pastoral visit to the Roman Hospital
"San Giovanni Battista" of S.M.H.O.
at 9.00
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

8 Saturday
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Spanish Steps, at 16.00 
Homage to the Immaculate
Images of the celebration

14 Friday
Vatican Basilica, at 17.00
Funeral Mass
for Card. Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B.
Images of the celebration

16 - 3rd Sunday of Advent
Pastoral visit to the parish of
"Santa Maria del Rosario ai Martiri Portuensi", at 9.00
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

24 Monday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 24.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Midnight Mass
Images of the celebration

25 Tuesday
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, at 12.00
"Urbi et Orbi" Blessing
Images of the celebration

31 Monday
Vatican Basilica, at 18.00
First Vespers of thanksgiving for the end of the year
Images of the celebration

RITE OF BEATIFICATION
APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER

2 - 1st Sunday of Advent
São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil),
Do Barradão Stadium, at 16.00
Beatification of the Servant of God
- Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
[English, Spanish]

JANUARY 2008

1 Tuesday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
41st World Day for Peace
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
CAPPELLA PAPALE
Holy Mass
Images of the celebration

6 Sunday
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Vatican Basilica, at 10.00
Holy Mass

13 Sunday after Epiphany
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Sistine Chapel, at 10.00
Holy Mass and Baptism of children

25 Friday
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul Apostle
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, at 17.30
Celebration of Vespers