Wow. Just wow. There are only a couple more days left before December. I am so NOT ready! Well, ready or not, here it comes, right?! And, of course, with a new month comes a new set of saint and feast days – the last one for the year.
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Saints and Feasts
December 2: First Friday Devotions (optional)
December 3: First Saturday Devotions (optional)
December 3: St. Francis Xavier, priest (obligatory memorial)
December 6: St. Nicholas, bishop (optional memorial)
December 7: St. Ambrose, bishop & doctor of the church (obligatory memorial)
December 8: The Immaculate Conception (solemnity, holy day of obligation)
December 9: St. Juan Diego (optional memorial)
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe (feast)
December 13: St. Lucy, virgin and martyr (obligatory memorial)
December 14: St. John of the Cross, priest & doctor of the church (obligatory memorial)
December 21: St. Canisius, priest & doctor of the church (optional memorial)
December 23: St. John of Kanty, priest (optional memorial)
December 25: Nativity of Our Lord Merry Christmas! (solemnity, holy day of obligation)
December 26: St. Stephen, the first martyr (feast)
December 27: St. John, apostle and evangelist (feast)
December 28: The Holy Innocents, martyrs (feasts)
December 29: St. Thomas Becket, bishop & martyr (optional memorial)
December 30: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph (feast)
December 31: St. Sylvester I, pope (optional memorial)
Other Dates to Note
Every Saturday is traditionally dedicated to devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
December is traditionally dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
December 7: Pearl Harbor Day, 1941 (USA)
December 21: Winter Begins
December 26: Boxing Day (Canada)
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