January is the Month the Church Dedicates to the
Most Holy
Name of Jesus and to the Most Holy Family
January 1: Circumcision of the Lord, Double of the II Class;
Octave of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
January 2: The most holy Name of Jesus, Double of the II Class.
January 3: Feria.
January 4: Feria.
January 5: FIRST FRIDAY/Commemoration of St. Telesphorus Pope and Martyr.
January 6: FIRST SATURDAY/Epiphany of the Lord, Double of the I Class.
January
7: The Most Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Greater Double.
January 8: Feria.
January 9: Feria.
January 10: Feria.
January 11: Commemoration of St. Hyginus Pope and Martyr.
January 12: Feria.
January 13: Commemoration of the Baptism of our Lord, Greater Double.
January
14: II Sunday after Epiphany, Double; Commemoration of St. Hilary Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church; Commemoration of St. Felix Priest and Martyr.
January 15: St. Paul first hermit,
Confessor, Simple; Commemoration of St. Maurus.
January 16: St. Marcellus I Pope and Martyr, Simple.
January 17: St. Anthony (of Egypt),
Double.
January 18: Chair of St. Peter Apostle at Rome, Greater Double; Commemoration of St. Paul Apostle, and of St. Prisca Virgin and Martyr.
January 19: Commemoration of Ss. Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum Martyrs; Commemoration of St. Canute, Martyr.
January 20: Ss. Fabian Pope and Sebastian Martyrs, Double.
January 21: III Sunday after Epiphany, Double; Commemoration of St. Agnes, Roman Virgin and Martyr.
January 22: Ss. Vincent and Anastasius Martyrs, Simple.
January 23: St. Raymund of Peñafort Confessor, Simple; Commemoration of St. Emerentiana Virgin
and Martyr.
January 24: St. Timothy Bishop and Martyr, Double.
January 25: Conversion of St. Paul Apostle, Greater Double; Commemoration
of St. Peter.
January 26: St. Polycarp Bishop and Martyr, Double.
January 27: St. John Chrysostom Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the
Church, Double.
(THE SHROVETIDE / PRE-LENTEN SEASON BEGINS)
January 28: Septuagesima Sunday, Double; Commemoration of St. Peter Nolasco Confessor, Double; Commemoration of St. Agnes Virgin
and Martyr (second feast).
January 29: St. Francis de Sales Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
January 30:
St. Martina Virgin and Martyr, Simple.
January 31: St. John Bosco Confessor, Double.