PAPAL CALENDAR FOR 2016

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1 PAPAL CALENDAR FOR 2016 Bishops Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican Via dell Umiltà, Rome Tel (calling from USA): FAX (faxing from USA): (edited November 22, 2016) Please note that this calendar is not official, but created by this office DECEMBER 2016 December 4 December 7 December 8 Greeting for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at Piazza di Spagna at 4:00 p.m. No tickets are December 11 December 12 December 14 December 18 December 21 December 24 December 25 Papal Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at 6:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary.) Papal Mass for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord at 9:30 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary.) Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter s Square at 12 Noon (No tickets are necessary to attend.)

2 December 26 December 28 December 31 First Vespers of the Solemnity of the Mother of God and Te Deum at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.) 2017 JANUARY 2017 January 1 Papal Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and very limited.) 50 th World Day of Peace January 4 January 6 Papal Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary.) January 8 January 11 January 15 January 18 January 22 January 25 Papal Vespers for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle

3 at 5:30 p.m. in Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (Tickets are necessary.) January 29 FEBRUARY 2017 February 1 February 2 February 5 February 8 February 12 February 15 February 19 February 22 February 26 Papal Mass on the Feast of the Presentation for Consecrated Life at 5:30 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary.) MARCH 2017 March 1 Ash Wednesday Papal Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina at 5:00pm (Tickets must be requested directly from the Prefecture of the Papal Household.) March 5 March 6-10 Holy Father s Lenten Retreat

4 March 8 March 12 March 15 March 19 March 22 March 26 March 29 APRIL 2017 April 2 April 5 April 9 NO ANGELUS/PAPAL BLESSING PALM SUNDAY MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter s Square Diocesan Day for Youth April 12 April 13 April 14 CHRISM MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATION OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD, at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum at 9:15 p.m. (No tickets are necessary to attend.) April 15 April 16 EASTER VIGIL PAPAL MASS at 8:30 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica EASTER SUNDAY PAPAL MASS at 10:15 a.m. in St. Peter s Square Urbi et Orbi blessing at 12 Noon in St. Peter s Square (No tickets are necessary to attend.)

5 April 17 April 19 April 23 April 26 April 30 Pasquetta (Holy Father s blessing) at 12 Noon in St. Peter s Square (No tickets are necessary to attend.) MAY 2017 May 3 May 7 May 10 May 14 May 17 May 21 May 24 May 28 May 31 JUNE 2017 June 4 Papal Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter s Basilica at 10:00 a.m. (Tickets are limited.)

6 June 7 June 11 June 14 June 15 June 18 June 21 June 25 June 28 June 29 Papal Mass for Corpus Christi at St. John Lateran at 7:00 p.m., followed by a Eucharistic Procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Tickets to the Mass are very limited. No tickets are necessary to participate in the Eucharistic Procession.) Pallium Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Tickets must be requested directly from the Prefecture of the Papal Household. Please note that the Archbishops receiving the Pallium will have priority in the ticket distribution. JULY 2017 *All Wednesday Papal audiences are suspended during the month of July. July 2 July 5 July 9 July 12 July 16 NO ANGELUS/PAPAL BLESSING

7 July 19 July 23 July 26 July 30