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Advent
Advent

A season of four weeks of preparation before the celebration of Jesus' birth.

Christmas
Christmas

A season recalling the Nativity of Jesus Christ and his manifestation to the peoples of the world.

Lent
Lent

A season consisting of a six-week peroid of pennance before Easter.

Paschal Triduum
Paschal Triduum

A season of the holiest "Three Days" of the Church's year, where the Christian people recall the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

Easter
Easter

A season of 50 days of joyful celebration of the Lord's resurrection from the dead and his sending forth of the Holy Spirit.

Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time

A season divided into two sections, wherein the faithful consider the fullness of Jesus' teachings and works among his people.

 

The Catholic liturgical calendar is the cycle of seasons in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. The Church year begins each year with Advent, the season of awaiting Christ’s coming, and ends with the final Saturday of Ordinary time. Within the standard calendar year, the Church year starts in early December (or sometimes the end of November) and goes through the following November.

The Church year consists of six liturgical seasons: Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Ordinary Time after Pentecost. Seasons begin or end based on a movable feast and so some seasons vary in length from year to year, and vary as to the calendar dates.

See also: Holy Days of Obligation