PAPAL CALENDAR FOR 2015

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1 PAPAL CALENDAR FOR 2015 Bishops Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican Via dell Umiltà, Rome Tel (calling from USA): FAX (faxing from USA): (edited January 7, 2016) Please note that this calendar is not official, but created by this office. All events for the Extraordinary Jubilee for the Year of Mercy are found in bold JANUARY 2016 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.) 49 th World Day of Peace Opening of the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in the evening at the Basilica of St. Mary Major (No tickets are necessary to attend.) January 3 January 6 January 10 January 13 January 17 January Papal Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary.) Jubilee for those Engaged in Pilgrimage Work - Pope Paul VI Hall

2 January 20 January 21 January 24 January 25 January 27 January 30 Jubilee Papal Audience for those Engaged in Pilgrimage Work Pope Paul VI Hall at 12:00 p.m. Papal Vespers for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle at 5:30 p.m. in Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (Tickets are necessary.) FEBRUARY 2016 February 2 February 3 February 6 February 7 February 10 Jubilee for Consecrated Life - Papal Mass at 5:30 p.m. for the Feast of the Presentation in the evening in St. Peter s Basilica Closing of the Year of Consecrated Life (Tickets are necessary and very limited.) Jubilee Papal Audience for Padre Pio prayer groups at St. Peter s at 11:00 a.m. (For more information, visit ASH WEDNESDAY Papal Mass for Sending forth of the Missionaries of Mercy at 5:00 p.m. St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited) February February 14 February 17 Holy Father s Apostolic Visit to Mexico NO ANGELUS/PAPAL BLESSING

3 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 24 February 28 Jubilee for the Roman Curia, the Governorate, and the Institutions connected with the Holy See Papal Mass for the Feast of the Chair of Peter at 11:00 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary to attend.) MARCH 2016 March 2 March 4 March 4-5 March 6 March 9 Penance Service at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary to attend.) 24 Hours for the Lord March 12 March 13 March 16 March 20 PALM SUNDAY MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter s Diocesan Day for Youth

4 March 23 March 24 March 25 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 pm (No tickets are necessary to attend.) March 26 March 27 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 Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter s at 12:00 pm (No tickets are necessary to attend.) March 28 March 30 Pasquetta (Holy Father s blessing) at 12 Noon in St. Peter s (No tickets are necessary to attend.) APRIL 2016 April 1-3 April 2 April 3 Jubilee for those devoted to the Spirituality of Divine Mercy St. Peter s Prayer Vigil with the Holy Father at 6:00 p.m. in St. Peter s (Tickets are necessary) Papal Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s (Tickets are necessary) Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter s at 12 Noon No tickets April 6 April 9 April 10 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter s at 12 Noon No tickets

5 April 13 April 17 Papal Mass for Priestly Ordinations at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and are very limited) Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter s at 12 Noon No tickets April 20 April April 24 Jubilee for Boys and Girls St. Peter s Papal Mass for the Jubilee for Boys and Girls at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s (Tickets are necessary) Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter s at 12 Noon No tickets April 27 April 30 MAY 2016 May 1 May 4 May 5 May 8 May 11 May 14 May 15 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter s at 12 Noon No tickets Prayer Vigil to Dry the Tears at 6:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Basilica (Tickets are necessary to attend) Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter s at 12 Noon No tickets Papal Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s

6 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter s at 12 Noon No tickets May 18 May 22 May 25 May 26 May May 29 Papal Mass for Corpus Christi at St. John Lateran at 7:00 pm, followed by a Eucharistic Procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major (tickets are very limited) Jubilee for Deacons St. Peter s Jubilee of Mercy for Deacons Papal Mass at 10:00 a.m. at St. Peter s (Tickets are necessary) JUNE 2016 June 1 June 1-3 June 3 June 5 June 8 June June 12 Jubilee for Priests St. Peter s Jubilee of Mercy for Priests Papal Mass at 9:00 a.m. at St. Peter s (Tickets are necessary) Jubilee for the Sick and Persons with Disabilities St. Peter s Jubilee of Mercy for the Sick and Persons with Disabilities Papal Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter s (Tickets are necessary)

7 June 15 June 18 June 19 June 22 June 26 June 29 June 30 Pallium Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in St. Peter s Basilica 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 2016 *All Wednesday Papal audiences are suspended during the month of July. July 3 July 6 July 10 July 13 July 17 July 20 July 24 July Jubilee of Youth WORLD YOUTH DAY in Krakow, Poland

8 July 27 July 31 NO ANGELUS/PAPAL BLESSING AUGUST 2016 August 3 August 7 August 10 August 14 August 17 August 21 August 24 August 28 August 31